Families often wish that parenting came with a manual. Your summative assignment is to develop a PowerPoint presentation designed as a comprehensive summary of the course. The presentation will demonstrate an understanding of philosophies, theories, and concepts learned and how they apply to family relationships. In a 12- to 14-slide PowerPoint presentation (not including the title, purpose, and reference slides) you will create a presentation to share with your staff to help them best support the families they will be working with. The Final Project represents 20% of the overall course grade.

Focus of Final Project
Create a PowerPoint presentation for your early childhood education center. The presentation must include the following:

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• Title slide
• Purpose (Objective) statement slide detailing the importance of positive parenting.
• APA Style Reference slide with at least two scholarly sources and the course text. Format your presentation according to APA as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

In addition, include slides that address the following:

• Defining Family: Explain your definition of family and how this definition will allow you to provide family-centered support. This slide was part of your Week Three assignment, so make sure to revise this slide based on your instructor’s feedback.
• How Parenting Has Changed: Discuss at least two ways that parenting has changed. Refer back to your Week One Discussion One to assist with this. This slide was part of your Week Three assignment, so make sure to revise this slide based on your instructor’s feedback.
• Parenting Styles: Explain the four different parenting styles. Refer back to your Week One assignment to assist with this. This slide was part of your Week Three assignment, so make sure to revise this slide based on your instructor’s feedback.
• Grandparents as Parents: Explain how parents can include grandparents as influences in their child’s life. Refer back to Week Two Discussion Two to assist with this.
• Collaborating with Families: Describe two strategies you will use to collaborate with families. Refer back to your Week Two assignment to assist with this.
• Poverty: Explain poverty and how it impacts both parents and children. Describe to parents how you will support their child in the classroom. Offer at least two outside resources to support your families. Refer back to your Week Two assignment to assist with this.
• Culture and Parenting: Describe two ways you will be sensitive to the cultural needs of the families you work with. Refer back to Week Three Discussion One to assist with this.
• Diverse Family Structures: Explain at least two strategies that you will use to foster inclusion of all diverse family structures, so that all children will feel supported, regardless of their family configuration.  Refer back to your Week Three Discussion Two to assist with this.
• Balancing Home and Work: Describe two strategies you can share with families to help them balance work and home life. Refer back to Week Four Discussion One to assist with this.
• Childcare: Explain the positive effects of a quality childcare program. Refer back to Week Five Discussion Two to assist with this.
• Conclusion slide: Restate your opening thesis statement and explain to parents that your classroom is tolerant, supportive, and encouraging to all families.

The Final Project

• Assignment Length: Your presentation must include 11 slides (not including title and reference slides).
• Title Slide: Inclusion of a separate title slide with the following:
  • Title of presentation
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Source Requirement: Reference four scholarly sources in addition to the text. All sources included in the reference list must be cited in the portfolio.
• APA Formatting: Use APA formatting consistently throughout the assignment, which includes citations in the body of the assignment, the title page, and references list, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Syntax and Mechanics: Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

  Discussion Questions (DQ)

  • Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
  • Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
  • One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
  • I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

  Weekly Participation

  • Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
  • In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
  • Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
  • Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

  APA Format and Writing Quality

  • Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
  • Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
  • I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

  Use of Direct Quotes

  • I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
  • As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
  • It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

   

  LopesWrite Policy

  • For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
  • Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
  • Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
  • Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

  Late Policy

  • The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
  • Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
  • If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
  • I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
  • As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

  Communication

  • Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
    • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
    • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.