School, Family, and Community Partnerships Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering core terms and theoretical frameworks in school, family, and community partnerships.

Partnership (in Education)

A system in which children's education entities work together to improve student learning results.

Learning

The broader knowledge, skills, or attitudes obtained or developed by a process that may or may not take place at school.

Reconstituted Family

A family structure where two partners live in one household sharing parental duties for children, but only one partner is the biological parent.

Extended Family

A family arrangement where relatives such as aunts, uncles, or grandparents reside permanently in the same household as the nuclear family.

Family Process

The interpersonal dynamics between family members, including support, communication, decision making, conflict resolution, and violence.

Partnership Action Team (PAT)

A team that systematically plans and improves school-family relationships through four steps: Assess, Analyse, Create Vision, and Develop Policy.

Parent Involvement

The participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities.

Joyce Epstein's Six Types of Involvement

A framework outlining six key operational areas for partnerships: Parenting, Communicating, Volunteering, Learning at Home, Decision Making, and Collaborating with Community.

Child Care Centre Act 1984 (Act 308)

The primary Malaysian legislation regulating childcare services alongside guidelines from the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development.

Three Foundations of Collaboration

The three essential pillars of organizational collaboration: Governance (contracts and decisions), Operations (processes and metrics), and Behaviors (leadership actions and teamwork).

3C’s in Parent-School Communication

The three fundamental components required for successful parent-school connections: Communication, Consistency, and Collaboration.

Dual Capacity-Building Framework

Karen Mapp's model for family-school partnerships that addresses barriers, builds knowledge and confidence in both families and educators simultaneously, and creates equity.

Epstein's Overlapping Spheres of Influence

A conceptual model holding that student learning and development are most directly influenced by three intersecting contexts: School Influence, Family Influence, and Community Influence.

Level 1 Cross-Cultural Understanding

The information level of cultural awareness focusing on superficial or visible traits and stereotypes, typically acquired via tourism or textbooks and interpreted as exotic or unbelievable.

Culture Iceberg (Core Values)

The deep, unobservable level of culture consisting of learned concepts about what is considered good or bad, right or wrong, and proper in daily life.