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Competency CL2004: Culturally Responsive Relationships: Recommend culturally responsive practices to promote supportive and respectful partnerships with families.
Assessment Rubric
0 Not Present
1 Needs Improvement
2 Meets Expectations
Topic 1: Engaging Families Through Responsive Practices
Explain each benefit in 3-4 sentences including a research-based rationale that supports why each is important. LO1: Explain research-based ways families can benefit from engagement in their children’s early childhood programs.
Response is not present.
Explanation of the ways families benefit from family engagement is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete.
Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based, explanation of the ways families can benefit from family engagement in their child’s early childhood setting. .
LO2: Explain research-based ways children can benefit from family engagement in early childhood settings.
Response is not present.
Explanation of the ways children benefit from family engagement is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.
Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based, explanation of the ways children can benefit from family engagement in early childhood settings.
Topic 2: Culturally Responsive Communication and Collaboration Strategies
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Explain each culturally responsive communication and collaboration skill in 3-4 sentences including a research-based rationale that supports why each is important. LO1: Explain research-based culturally responsive communication and collaboration skills that support family engagement.
Response is not present.
Explanation of culturally responsive communication and collaboration skills supportive of family engagement is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.
Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based, explanation of culturally responsive communication and collaboration skills supportive of family engagement.
Topic 3: Effective Culturally Responsive Program and Classroom Practices That Promote Family Partnership and Engagement
Explain each culturally responsive practice/strategy in 3-4 sentences including a research-based rationale that supports why each is important. LO1: Explain research-based culturally responsive practices/strategies that can be implemented within early childhood settings to promote
Response is not present.
Explanation of culturally responsive practices/strategies that can be implemented within early childhood settings to promote family partnership and engagement is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete.
Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based, explanation of culturally responsive practices/strategies that can be implemented within early childhood settings to promote family partnership and engagement.
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family partnership and engagement.
Explain each culturally responsive opportunity for meaningful engagement in 3-4 sentences including how each opportunity represents culturally responsive practice. LO2: Explain culturally responsive ways families can become meaningfully involved in early childhood settings.
Response is not present.
Explanation of culturally responsive ways families can become meaningfully engaged in an early childhood setting is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.
Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based, explanation of culturally responsive ways families can become meaningfully involved in an early childhood setting.
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Mastery Rubric
Exceeds Expectations: In-Depth Analysis: Explores issues through analysis of evidence that result in informed conclusions.
LO1: Synthesizes in-depth information from relevant sources.
Responses to items synthesize information from relevant sources to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the role of culturally responsive relationships and family engagement in supporting positive outcomes for young children and their families.
 Yes
 No
Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose.
0 Not Present
1 Needs Improvement
2 Meets Expectations
LO1: Construct complete and correct sentences (AWE 2; Sentence Level
Sentences are incoherent and impede reader’s
Sentences are incomplete and/or include fragments and run-on sentences, limiting
Sentence structure effectively conveys meaning to the reader.
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Skills) access to ideas. reader’s access to ideas.
LO2: Demonstrate the effective use of grammar and mechanics. (AWE 2; Sentence Level Skills)
Multiple inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics impede reader’s access to ideas.
Some inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics limit reader’s access to ideas.
Use of grammar and mechanics is straightforward and effectively conveys meaning to reader.
LO3: Create cohesive paragraphs with a clear central idea. (AWE 2; Paragraph Level Skills)
Paragraphs, or lack of paragraphs, impede reader’s access to ideas.
Construction of main idea and/or supporting paragraphs limit reader’s access to ideas.
Main idea and/or supporting paragraphs effectively convey meaning to reader.
LO4: Use supporting material to support a claim. (AWE 2; Use of Evidence)
Supporting materials are not present.
Supporting material is used inconsistently or inappropriately.
Supporting material is used to enhance meaning. Writing is appropriately paraphrased and uses direct quotes as applicable.
LO6: Identify sources (AWE 2; Credit to source)
Sources are missing. Writing inconsistently identifies or misrepresents sources.
Writing clearly identifies the source of nonoriginal material and/or ideas.
Engaging Multiple Social and Cultural Perspectives: Apply strategies to develop intellectual flexibility and broad knowledge that enables perception of the world through the perspectives of diverse social and cultural perspectives.
0 Not Present
1 Needs Improvement
2 Meets Expectations
LO2: Recognize how knowledge from different cultural and social perspectives might affect interpretations of issues in society.
Recognition is not present.
Response demonstrates a vague understanding of how different cultural and social perspectives might affect interpretations of issues.
Response demonstrates a clear understanding of how different cultural and social perspectives might affect interpretations of issues.