Competency
Create assessment partnerships with families and professional colleagues to build effective learning environments.
Scenario
You are a lead teacher preparing to meet with a new family joining your early learning program. The purpose of this meeting is to form an assessment partnership with the family. During the meeting you will discuss with the family the benefits of sharing assessment information and how you will use the created communication plan to support your partnership.
Instructions
Create an original visual/informational tool to share your assessment communication strategy with the family. The visual tool can be in the form of a newsletter, visual organizer, slide deck or written document.
Include the following: 
Describes the characteristics of collaborative partnerships, including the roles of early childhood educators and family members towards creating and maintaining a partnership.
Describes how often you will communicate with families and what assessment information will be shared.

Provides at least three (3) examples of how you will provide assessment information in meaningful and useful ways to the family.
Provides at least three (3) ways families can communicate their child’s development observations and insight regularly to you.
Summarizes how the shared information will contribute to a developmentally appropriate learning environment.
Incorporate at least one (1) credible resource to support your thinking. 
Submission Requirements
Visual/informational tool which includes images, colors, icons, smart art and other visually appealing strategies.