Rubi Hernandez

Part 1: Community Demographics

My child-care facility is located in high point, NC. My child-cares name is Little Ones
Academy. High point is mainly considered an urban place to live; there are all types of families
living here. My child-care facility will be a place mainly for low class and working class
families. There are many families in which both parents work or are single parent homes, so they
are forced to work full time. My child-care facility would also be available to students because
there are many high schools as well as colleges and universities located in high point around my
child-cares location.
There is a lot of diversity among cultures and races. There are about 52,612 Caucasians,
33,983 African Americans, 8,847 Hispanics, 6,302 Asians, 1,874 mixed races, 436 American
Indians, 279 other races and 38 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander in High Point. My
child-care facility will have a variety of races, but the majority will be Caucasian. There are other
races that may not speak English at home; statistics show Spanish is the second highest language
spoken at home after English with about 2,328 people speaking it.
In the infants room there are two African American babies and five Caucasian babies.
The young toddlers classroom has two African American toddlers, four Caucasian toddlers, and
one Hispanic toddler. The 3 year olds classroom has two Hispanic children, three African
American children, and four Caucasian children. The four year olds class has one Hispanic child,
five Caucasian children, and two African American children. The five year olds class has six
Caucasian children and one African American child. There are two Down syndrome children in
my facility, one is in the young toddlers classroom and the other child is in the four year olds
classroom.
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Part 2: Family Involvement Survey
Introduction
Dear Families,
As parents, you are your childs first teacher. As his/her newest teacher I would like to
benefit from your experience. It truly helps to hear about your childs strengths, interests, and
about you. Having this insight will help me to create a meaningful educational experience and
environment for him/her. Thanks for taking time to fill this out and return to me as soon as
possible.
Involvement Opportunities
1. Please check the volunteer options you are most interested in.
o Sending supplies to school
o Cutting out laminated items at home
o Assembling projects and games at home
o Serving as a field trip chaperone
o Supervising class during lunchtime once a week -Please list what day of the week you
can volunteer:_______________________________________________
o Assisting with filing, copying, etc. in the classroom -Please list what day(s) you can
volunteer:__________________________________________________
2. Are you willing to volunteer for community events and activities on weekends?
3. Would you like to read to our class once a week? -Please list what day of the week you
can volunteer: _____________________________________________
4. Are you interested in becoming a member of an advisory board for the child-care facility?
5. Would you like to volunteer once a month to call other families about upcoming events?
____________________________________
Interest
1. Please tell us what kinds of activities do your family and you enjoy doing?
2. What extracurricular activities does your child enjoy?
3. What makes your child feel happy?
4. What would you like for your child to learn this year?
5. What would you like to learn more about?
6. A good teacher for my child is someone who.
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Availability
1. What days and times are you available to talk or meet?
o Morning, what time? _____________
o Afternoon, what time? ____________
o Weekdays, what days? ____________
o Weekends, what days? ____________
2. How would you like to be contacted?
o Calls _________
o Emails _________
Diversity and Inclusion
1. Is there any other information you feel would help me understand or work with
your child better?
2. Do you think that placing students with disabilities in general education
classrooms with their peers who do not have disabilities is a good idea? Why or
why not? _____________________________________________
3. What concerns do (did) you have about your child being in an inclusion
classroom? Do you still have these concerns? _______________________
4. What is the primary language spoken at home? ______________________
5. Would you prefer to receive newsletters and other notifications in your preferred
language? If yes, please specify which language _____________
6. Please check which you may need in order to participate in class activities
o Transportation
o Translator
o Child care
Administrative
1. What kinds of rewards/prizes will motivate you to turn in this survey or other future
questionnaires on time? Please check which interest you.
o Gas Card
o Gift Card
o Passes to a childs museum
o Bag of books
o Other: ____________
2. Would you be interested in entering a raffle ticket drawing if survey is completed and
turned in on time?
Please be assured that I will not be disclosing information about your child or your
family to anybody else. All information will be kept private.
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Part 3: Community Resources for Families
1. The Helping Hands of High Point, NC help people in the community. Helping Hands
Emergency Assistance Ministry is a non-profit ministry that has been serving those in
need in the greater High Point area since 1995. We are a partner agency of Second
Harvest Food Bank in Northwest N.C. and a member of the Community Resource
Network in High Point. Helping Hands is supported entirely by individuals, churches,
businesses, foundations and civic organizations. Their mission is to serve people in a
crisis by meeting their most immediate needs, to Support encourage, and pray for them
during these difficult times, and to strengthen families within our community by
providing resources and training that will empower them toward self sufficiency.
http://www.helpinghandshp.org/helpinghands/Home.html
2. United Way of Greater High Point, NC. We develop community resources and
partnerships that support a broad array of critical health and human service needs in our
community, and make a measurable difference in peoples lives. These resources are
focused on effective community impact programs that promote thriving children and
families, independent and self-sufficient people, healthy people, and safe neighborhoods.

http://www.unitedwayhp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=E54C7506-
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3. The Arc of High Point, NC. Provides advocacy, education, family support, and direct
support in the areas of childcare, housing, job training, and recreation to individuals with
developmental disabilities.
http://www.arcofhp.org/
4. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Piedmont. Helps children reach their full potential
through professionally-supported, one-on-one relationships with measurable impact.
Volunteer mentors are matched with youth (ages 5-18) from primarily low-income, single
parent families and spend 1-5 hours per week together developing a positive relationship
and having fun.
http://www.bbbscp.org/
5. Alcohol and Drug Services. Provides comprehensive substance abuse treatment services,
substance abuse prevention and education, criminal justice programs, and DWI services
for Guilford County residents.
www.adsyes.org
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Part 4: Project Summary
Family is the very first institution you are a part of when you are born. The people you
may consider family may not all be related to you by blood. The meaning of family to me is
those people who love you unconditionally, care for you, are always there for you, and those
who stand by you in good and bad times. For me, I consider those people, who do all those
things for me, my family no matter if they are related to me by blood or not; I still consider them
my family. Now a days there are many types of families which include foster families, families
with gay or lesbian parents, adoptive families, single parent families and many more.
I think that family involvement has a significantly important role in the early years of a
child. When the families participate in their childs school or class the children are more likely to
thrive and reach their full potential in education. The children feel they are special when they see
their families volunteer or participate in school. This special feeling the children may experience
may cause them to enjoy learning and be a success in school. When families are involved, there
is a communication to children about the value of their families. Every child wants to feel pride
in their families, and that pride will influence how the child feels about themselves. As a teacher,
I want to help all families feel accepted in my class. I want to encourage their participation in
class as well as their communication. I want to help the families understand what benefits they
can have when they are involved in their childs school life. I want the families to understand I
am there for them and their children to successfully thrive in education.
One potential barrier is language. Language may cause difficulties in my facility because
Spanish I spoken a lot other than English. Not all my fellow teachers may know how to speak
it. I think that by having a translator around during parent meetings may help a lot. I also
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think that having posters and other materials in class in Spanish will help a great deal. I think
that we as teachers we should offer those parents that may need it English classes and offer
child care services during those classes. Another barrier could be the teen mothers that are
attending school. This could be a barrier because the children may not have a stable schedule
due to the school times and also they may not feel welcomed at the center because of their
education. I think that we should have our doors open to everyone and accept every type of
family. We could offer them resources that help teen mothers with dealing with school stress,
work, and parenting. The third barrier could be that the single parent low income family may
not have time to attend any parent meetings nor volunteer for class activities. A solution to
this barrier could be that I may schedule the meetings at a different time or whatever works
for them. I could also offer activities for the weekends that they could volunteer for with the
family. The demographics impact the content of my survey because there are a variety of
families and not all families are the same nor do they all have the same needs. Just like no
one child is the same, there is no one family the same. I have single parent families, teen
parent families, Hispanic families, African American families, and Caucasian families.









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Reference page
http://www.city-data.com/city/High-Point-North-Carolina.html
http://www.usa.com/high-point-nc-population-and-races.htm