Questions you
have with which your colleagues may be able to provide help and support.
When
presenting my advocacy plan, I'm trying to determine if I will ask my audience to hold
their questions until I finish the presentation, or if I will stop and answers
questions during the presentation. If hold questions until the end, many of their
questions may be covered in the plan. If I stop for every question, it may take
a long time to complete the presentation. Which would you do, answer questions during the presentation, or wait
to answers questions after the presentation?
Resources and information you are seeking
I have many online resources, but I
would like to survey my colleagues
in this course by asking. Do you currently see a need to improve parental
communication in your work place? What if any efforts have your program or school
made towards improving parental communication or increasing parental involvement?
Resources and/or information you have found helpful and
insightful
One
resource that I found to be helpful was a book by John Daly "Advocacy: "Championing
Ideas and Influencing Others". I haven't read the entire book, but it has provided
me with great insights on being confident in my plan, and ways to stay on track when presenting
plan. I know time is limited, but you may want to view one
of Daly's presentation on youtube.com "Advocacy: Selling Innovative Ideas within Your Organization".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSdBZ1b7bOs. His presentation isn't directly related to advocacy, but he has some tips on selling our message.
References
Daly,
J.A. (2011). Championing Ideas and Influencing Others. Yale University Press
Yes there is a need to improve parental involvement when it comes to their child(ren). Many parents are young themselves and may not know what themselves how to make sure their child is gaining what is needed to develop in and out of school. Communicate with each and every one of them during drop off and pickups, ask them questions and let them ask you the same even provide them with resources that can be of benefit to them. As for programs offered at my location their is Parent Night when they get to come and share their concerns or methods they have tried to make life easier for them and the child. If we show the parents that we care about them as well as the children they begin to open up and the communciation level expands.
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DeleteThank you for your feedback. I wanted the opinions of others, because many times we have good ideas but they are only good to use. I can use feedback from others to help move my plan forward. For example, I can say when surveying my colleages 9 of 10 of them supports the plan to improve parental involvement. Thanks again for your feedback.
Dear Vertina,
ReplyDeleteI would answer the questions during your presentation because if you are going to cover the question that they ask you can tell them that you will be covering that soon. If you wait until the end to answer question some people may forget their question and you might have not covered their question. I believe that it might take longer but you know that your audience is listening when they ask you questions. I believe improving parental communication is good because communication is necessary for parents to know what is going on with their child at school. Communication is also important for the parents because if they come in the classroom and you don't make them feel welcome they will not want to come back.
Thanks,
Teresa Smith
Terasa,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback.It is a great way to keep the group involved and listening to my plan.
Vertina
Vertina, I had the same question of whether to ask questions after the presentation. It was suggested that to answer the questions as they arise and that would keep the audience involved in what is going on. I can see that you got similar suggestions. I think that you picked a very important topic because parents need to know that for their children to be successful they need support from home.
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