Partnerships with families
In this video Anne Stonehouse talks to educators about the importance of collaborating with families, and what it means to be a part of a ‘partnership’. Asking questions and giving examples of their practice in both a Family Day Care and community-based centre, this discussion will help you look at vignettes of practice from a variety of perspectives, reflect critically on your own interactions with families and build on these to develop stronger partnerships in your service.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Full version: Part 1
Full Version: Part 2

How to Use this e-Learning Video
This Talking about practice video is in five parts and will be discussed over four weeks. Here Anne Stonehouse talks to educators about the importance of collaborating with families, and what it means to be a part of a partnership. Asking questions and giving examples of their practice in both a Family Day Care and community-based centre, this discussion will help you look at vignettes of practice from a variety of perspectives, reflect critically on your own interactions with families and build on these to develop stronger partnerships in your service.
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About this e-Learning Video
These e-Learning Videos have been designed for educators and students to use together at educator planning, meeting times and or/for training purposes. They are designed for educators to have rich discussion about their own practices and their connections to the NQS. Each service will find their own way to promote discussion, reflection, review and revisit practices, as they negotiate a number of ways the presentations can be used.
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To download the full version of the NQS TAPS video, please go to http://vimeo.com/join and make sure you have registered and logged in. Go to the following links for each video:
Part 1: http://vimeo.com/34883187
Part 2: http://vimeo.com/34883207
Part 3: http://vimeo.com/35502716
Part 4: http://vimeo.com/34940025
Part 5: http://vimeo.com/39176912
Full version Part 1: http://vimeo.com/40850075
Full version Part 2: http://vimeo.com/40905100
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