This course includes a study of the relationship between the child, family, community and educators including a study of parent education and involvement, family and community lifestyles, child abuse, and current family life issues. The course includes a required 16 contact hour field experience. Students must be THEA passed in both reading and writing to enroll in this class.
Welcome to Family, School, & Community (TECA 1303). This course focuses the relationship between the child, family, community and educators. By the end of the semester the student will be able to satisfactorily complete all the listed learning objectives.
If you successfully complete this course you will be able to understand each of the following concepts and apply them to the field of education:
Discuss the relationship between the child, family, community and educators.
Discuss the concept of parent education and involvement.
Discuss the impact of family and community lifestyles, child abuse, and current family life issues on education.
Discuss specifically how these issues have an impact on early childhood education.
Read and comprehend assigned reading material.
Write in an intelligent, informative manner.
Think critically in analyzing information.
Institutional policies are in effect. All your work must be your own, unless I authorize collaboration, in which case you must, in writing, acknowledge the help you have received. Presenting as one's own work the words, ideas, or expressions of another in any form is cheating through plagiarism, and is not tolerated by your institution or by me. The claim of ignorance is no excuse. The web is a marvelous resource for today's students. I encourage you to use web resources in preparing your work. However, any sites used must be listed at the end of your work. Too, using web resources does not mean you can copy-and-paste from a site for use in your assignment, even if you give credit to the site. Your work must be precisely that ... your work in your words. I use web resources extensively and I can usually spot a copy-and-paste job instantly. At the least, I will refuse to accept your assignment. At the worst, students are frequently expelled for academic plagiarism. It's a huge risk for a limited return.
We recommend that you take advantage of the writing lab in Jenkins Hall. The lab staff have been kind enough to offer online services for those of you in online education classes. If you are interested, please contact them at link at the top of the page. If you are in a traditional class, your education classroom is just a couple of doors down the hall from the writing lab. Take that assignment you're working on and stop in at the lab. Get help from the superb lab specialists with your writing assignments. They can help you with spelling, grammar, structure ... anything that has to do with writing. Not only will your assignments (and grades!) improve, in the process you'll learn how to be the kind of writer you want YOUR students to become. As a teacher, you need to model for your students the things you want them to learn. But first, you have to learn it yourself! The Jenkins Hall Writing Lab is a great resource and it's free. Take advantage of it.
For information and instructions about the internship program go to the TJC Education Department webpage. Click HERE.