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Thursday, September 26 • 8:30am - 10:00am
Relational Family Engagement with Diverse Families in Preschool: Relationships, Language, and Culture

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This presentation will share strategies to enhance cultural and linguistic responsiveness through the conceptual framework of relational family engagement. Relational family engagement acknowledges that relationships, culture, and language are central to all learning and development. Families and preschool staffs cultural ways of being influence how they interpret the meaning of the behaviors, actions, and choices of others. Activities focus on identity, relationships, culture, and reflection in the context of home visits and classroom participation.
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avatar for Ann-Marie Wiese

Ann-Marie Wiese

Senior Research Associate, WestEd
Ann-Marie Wiese, PhD, focuses on issues related to the education of young dual language learners at WestEd’s Center for Child and Family Studies and currently directs the Parent Involvement Project, a family engagement project that partners with California State Preschool Programs... Read More →
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Jenine Schmidt

Program Associate, WestEd
Jenine Schmidt is an Early Childhood Program Associate at WestEd. Schmidt holds expertise in early childhood development and culturally responsive pedagogy. Currently, Schmidt is developing early math resources to support professional learning providers throughout California. She... Read More →

Thursday September 26, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
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