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Course Syllabus

HFST 2180 Collaborating with Families, Schools, and Communities

  • Division: Social and Behavioral Science
  • Department: Education and Family Studies
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 0
  • Repeatable: Yes.
  • Prerequisites: HFST 1500
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2024
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2029
  • End Semester: Summer 2030
  • Optimum Class Size: 20
  • Maximum Class Size: 30

Course Description

In this course, we explore culturally sustaining philosophies, processes, and methods of relational ethical practice for collaborating with families of young children. Students will garner a richer sense of meaningful partnerships for effective teaching practices during the early childhood years. This course is repeatable for credit.

Justification

This course is designed to give students a knowledge of the various contexts and ethics when working with families and children. Pre-professionals benefit from the in-depth study of professionalism, collaboration, theory, and research. This course is articulated with similar courses in the Utah System of Higher Education.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will understand and establish values and commitments to guide professional practices with families.
  2. Students will understand reciprocal relationships by "showing up" for our learning community, make meaningful contributions, and navigate complex issues by wondering, examining assumptions, and pursuing solutions.
  3. Students will integrate commitments, theory, and research to better understand and support family-child relationships.
  4. Students will integrate commitments, theory, research, and observation to evaluate and reflect on the process of supporting parent-child relationships.
  5. Students will use values, commitments, theory, and research to create a family engagement framework to guide family engagement planning and professional practices.

Course Content

The content of this course includes exploration of culturally sustaining philosophies, processes, and methods of relational ethical practice for collaborating with families, organizations and partnerships that affect young children. The content will be presented through lecture, hands-on exploration, guided reflection, and other teaching methods to explore topics of partnership and collaborative relationships in educating and guiding young children professionally.