Parent Outreach
4K Outreach
4K outreach supports the belief that families are valued core partners in the educational process. Families have both the right and the responsibility to share in decisions about their child's education and development. Outreach is intended to develop and promote partnerships between families and schools and to support families in their role as the primary educators of their children.
4K Outreach Examples could include, but are not limited to the following activities:
- Orientation activities the summer before the 4K program begins
- Educational Family Fun Nights: Family Celebrations, Community Cultural Events, Playful Learning Activities, etc.
- Pot Luck Dinners: Informal get-to-know-each-other events with focused discussion and dialogue with staff, creative performances by children, learning about/exploring resources supporting child development, etc.
- Home or Family Visits: Remember, to schedule these at times and locations that work for individual families. *Note these would not be counted as individual hours. If a 4K class has 15 children, and the home visit is for 1 hour, outreach hours counted would be 1 hour (not 15 hours).
- Governance/School Engagement: Establishment of an ongoing parent "advisory" committee to give input/feedback on how the 4K program is organized, provide suggestions for program and communication improvement, assist with increasing school personnel (and other families) knowledge of different cultures and unique skills and abilities etc.
- Collaborative Events with Community Partners (Child Care, Head Start, Libraries, Family/Health Resources). These events can be planned based on input from families related to their needs and/or desires to learn more about a specific subject/resource, etc.
- Transition to 5K: Transition activities and information to support families and children in moving from 4K to 5K.
Above - Families participating in the cookie decorating parent outreach event.
For More Information, check out the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
