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Child Development Programs
Child Development Programs
6767 Green Valley Road
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: (530) 295-2270 FAX (530) 626-9511

 

Family and Community Involvement

One of the program goals for the Child Development Programs is to build partnerships among families, schools and communities to create seamless and strong alliances to enhance each child’s development and promote family self-sufficiency.

Families are encouraged to take an active role in their child’s program.  Family involvement is an important component of each Child Development Program.  In addition to volunteering in your child’s classroom, all families are encouraged to become involved in program planning and decision making.  Meeting schedules are set in advance and families are encouraged to attend.  Family involvement is vital to the successful operation of the Child Development Programs.

 

Head Start/Early Head Start Program
Center and Home Base Parent Meetings are held monthly at each site or at socializations.  Meetings are conducted by parents with teacher support.  Elected class representatives attend monthly Component Meetings, sharing class information with other site representatives and program administrators.


Component Meetings are held monthly to establish the agenda for the monthly Policy Council meetings.  Individual component topics are discussed and pertinent information from class meetings is shared.  All parents are encouraged to attend and meet with program administrators.


Policy Council Meetings are held monthly.  This group is comprised of a representative from each center and home base class, as well as, program administration and community members.  This group is designated as the decision making body of the Head Start/Early Head Start program.  By-laws indicate how participation takes place and how representatives are elected.  Policy Council meetings are open to all parents however only elected representatives may vote.  Policy Council information is then shared by each representative at their next class meeting.  Policy Council meetings are public meetings.  They run according to guidelines described in Roberts’s Rules of Order and a law known as the “Ralph M. Brown Act”.  The Policy Council is a “governing body” within the Head Start and Early Head Start Program because it was “created by state or federal law”.  As a public agency, these programs must conduct these meetings following the Brown Act.

General Child Care
Center Parent Meetings are held monthly, often in conjunction with Head Start or Early Head Start.  All parents are encouraged to attend.  Class representatives from Children’s Center sites also are invited to attend Children’s Center Advisory Meetings (CCAB).


CCAB Meetings are held quarterly.  Individual center information is shared with other parents and administration.  In turn, program information is shared by administration to keep representatives abreast of current issues.  Parent representatives then report CCAB information back to parents at the next site parent meeting.

 

State Preschool
Center Parent Meetings are held monthly, often in conjunction with Head Start.  Parent representatives are elected to report information to the quarterly State Preschool Advisory Board (SPAB).


SPAB Meetings are held quarterly to share site information and to learn about program services and operations from administration.  The representative then shares Advisory Board meeting information with site parents at the next monthly site parent meeting.