ECED 317 - Family & Community Partnerships

5 Credits

This course focuses on leadership in building equitable and authentic partnerships. Students will apply theoretical perspectives on identity and the principles of trauma-informed care to family partnership strategies. The course emphasizes leading collaborative efforts, synthesizing data from families to inform program practices, and critically evaluating community resource systems for accessibility and equity.

Pre-requisite(s) EDUC& 115, EDUC& 150, ECED& 190, ECED& 160, and EDUC& 204 min 2.0
Admitted Program BAS - ECE
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Evening, Online

Designed to Serve BAS in ECE students
Active Date 20260408T14:53:01

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Identity and Family Systems: Applying theoretical perspectives on identity to understand and equitably support diverse family structures, goals, and experiences.
Trauma-Informed Family Engagement: Analyzing and applying principles of trauma-informed care and healing-centered practice to all family partnership strategies, communications, and conflict resolution.
Leading Collaborative Partnerships: Developing advanced strategies to initiate, lead, and sustain authentic, collaborative partnerships with diverse families and community agencies.
Using Family Data for Program Improvement: Designing and implementing methods to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data from families to inform program practices, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
Evaluating Community Systems for Equity: Critically analyzing community resource systems to identify systemic barriers and evaluate their accessibility and equity for diverse families.

Student Learning Outcomes
Apply theoretical perspectives on identity development to ECE practice, including but not limited to research on race, ethnicity, gender/gender identity, class, language, religion, and ability.

Apply principles of trauma-informed care to family engagement and partnership.

Synthesize data from families and community partners to inform program practices and evaluation.

Construct strategies to lead collaborative partnerships with families and communities.

Evaluate and critique community resource systems for accessibility and equity.