The open house presentation will give you a chance to practice presentation skills to a diverse family
Question:
The open house presentation will give you a chance to practice presentation skills to a diverse family population. You will implement techniques of culturally responsive practices to develop a mock open house for your own "classroom". Some of your website information will be utilized as a framework for the presentation.
Why do it?
The open house presentation allows you the opportunity to utilize the skills they are learning in the course. Communicating with diverse families takes a lot of consideration and this will help enhance your real-world application.
How to do it?
You will useScreencast-o-Maticto present a portion of what your classroom open house night would look like. Think about meeting your families for the first time, how would you want to showcase the classroom information in a way that is inclusive for all families and begins to lay the foundation for relationship building?
The presentation should include the following 2 sections:
Please feel free to use any information you might have gathered to build your website information.
- Introduction: The introduction is the most important part of your presentation as it sets the tone for the entire presentation. Its primary purpose is to capture the attention of the audience. Make those first few moments count and be creative!
- Chooseoneof the following areas to build your presentation around. Remember this is only a portion of what an open house presentation would look like. You want to make sure you are implementing culturally responsive practices to better connect and communicate with families.
- Curriculum
- Classroom Climate
- Learning Environment
Your presentation should be no more than 10 minutes in length. Be creative!