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BEEP Parents
Involvement & Communication
1. Individual Visits
Prior to the start of school, individual parent-child visits to the classroom are scheduled to meet the teachers, discuss program information and relevant issues about the beginning of school, and to complete any necessary forms. This is also an opportunity for you to highlight information regarding your child and/or family that is important to you for the teachers to know. Your child has a chance to explore and play in the classroom, and meet the teachers before the first day of school.
2. Classroom Participation
We encourage parents to share their interests, read to the children and help out in the classroom after the first 6-8 weeks of school. This initial period allows the children to adjust to the routine, separation and group life as well as make meaningful connections to adults other than their parents.
3. Parent Meetings
An Open House/Parent Orientation meeting is scheduled in September/October for parents to visit the classroom and learn more about the curriculum and the special education inclusion aspect of the program. Meetings regarding parenting issues are offered during the year.
4. Classroom Observations
Parents observe their child participating in class prior the spring parent-teacher conferences. This gives parents the opportunity to view their child in the larger context of the group, and to observe specific behaviors and skills. Insights gained and questions raised are then discussed at the conference.
5. Parent Conferences
Conferences are scheduled in the fall to discuss your child's adjustment and set goals. You will receive a copy of a checklist regarding your child's adjustment to school. At the spring conference, your child's progress in all areas of development is reviewed as documented in our end-of-the-year report. Parents receive a copy of this report. At any point during the school year parents can request a conference.
6. Phone Calls
(after school)
7. Weekly Agendas
BEEP Blue Sheet regarding the classroom curriculum will be sent home.
8. Email
Email is an option; teachers will publish email contacts.
9. Office Hours
Individual teacher office hours will be posted.
10. BEEP Bulletins
BEEP Bulletins with information about child development will be sent home.
11. Parent/Family Breakfasts
Parent/Family Breakfasts occur 2 times per year and are an opportunity to visit the child's classroom, meet other families and share breakfast treats.
12. Parent Program Evaluation
Parent Program Evaluation - Each year we look for feedback from families so we know about your experience in a BEEP classroom. Toward the end of the school year, we will ask you to complete a Program Feedback form. Any changes made, based upon this feedback, will be shared in a newsletter and with the BEEP PTO and the School Site Council.
Mission Statement - Brookline Early Education Program
It is the mission of the early childhood programs of the Public Schools of Brookline to provide an inclusive environment where all children from ages three to five can learn social competency, develop cognitive motor and language skills and expand their understanding of themselves and the world in which they live.
