- Questions you have with which your colleagues may be able to provide help and support.
My advocacy plan is on Early
Literacy with a focus on parent involvement. I am presenting my plan in the form
of a power point. I have a lot of information on early literacy development and
I want to have a question and answer period. Do you think that I should answer
questions as I go through the slides or should I save the questions for the
end? Also, I do not want my presentation to be too long or too short, how long
do you think that the presentation should be so that I do not loose my
audience?
- Resources and information you are seeking.
I am no really seeking any
information on early literacy, but if any one can share website on parent
involvement I would appreciate it.
- Resources and/or information you have found helpful and insightful.
•
The
Community Tool Box. http://ctb.ku.edu
• No
Child Left Behind. www.ed.gov/nclb
• Reading
Rockets. www.readingrockets.org/families
• PBS
Parents. www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/
• Ready
to Read. http://www.getreadytoread.org/early-learning-childhood-basics/early-literacy/building-literacy-every-day
• Children’s
Books and Reading. http://www.childrens-books-and-reading.com/early-literacy-activities.html
Great questions! I think that the biggest thing is to see if your policy makers have any specific questions first. If they do, then I think it would be great to answer them throughout your PowerPoint. Getting them to feel like they are involved in the presentation will grab their attention immediately!
ReplyDeleteGreat resources also!
Rosalie, I believe you should let parents ask questions during the presentation, because if you make them wait until the end, they may forget the questions and this will make them to stop asking you questions. About how long the presentation must be, usually workshops for parents last about 1 Hour, if you have enough information to keep your audience attention for an hour, I think it is long enough. I wish you good luck!
ReplyDeleteI too am leaving room for questions...at the end of my presentation. I am asking my audience to write down any questions they have and I will answer them at the end.
ReplyDeleteAs far as losing your audience I would take clues from their body language and facial expressions. I have not thought about how long I should be speaking..something I think I need to think about though. I think the learning module says we have to have 3 hours of field work in mod.5.....double check so you don't lose points because you were too short. Good Luck in your delivery!!!!
Hi Rosalie,
ReplyDeleteI think that you should leave the questionnaire for the end but allow time during the presentation for them to ask you questions. If you feel that you are losing the audience, try to be funny or tell a personal story to connect to your audience. Good luck! :)