Kindergarten Parent Education Needs Analysis (For KGs’ reference and deployment only. Submission to the EDB is NOT required.)

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Kindergarten Parent Education Needs Analysis

(For KGs’ reference and deployment only. Submission to the EDB is NOT required.)

(1) With reference to the following flow-chart, schools may plan their parent education work according to school situation and its parents’ needs:

(2) Schools may deploy the “Kindergarten Parent Education Needs Analysis” template below to analyse parents’ needs.

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Self-evaluation (with reference to School

Self-evaluation Report)

Daily communication with parents and observation on

children’s performance

Collection of opinions from parents through questionnaire survey

Analyse parents’ needs

Determine the focus and priority of parent education work

Formulate the strategies and success criteria of

the parent education work in every school year

Organise parent education programmes

E

valuate the effectiveness of the programmes

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Core strands and contents of parent education programme (with reference to the “Curriculum Framework on Parent Education (Kindergarten)”)

Parent education programmes organised in the past

3 years

Assessment on parents’ needs

Contents covered

Target

group K1 K2 K3

Parents of specific

target*

（____）

I. Understanding of Child Development (i) understand the scope and processes of

child development

 K1/K2/K3    

(ii) establish reasonable expectations on their children, enhance empathy and

acceptance of the uniqueness of each child

 K1/K2/K3    

(iii) acquire appropriate strategies to facilitate child development and wellbeing, and seek early intervention should their children show deviations from normal child development

 K1/K2/K3    

(iv) Others:_______________________

_______________________________

 K1/K2/K3    

II. Promotion of Healthy, Happy and Balanced Development of Children (i) learn the knowledge, skills and attitudes

in nurturing children’s holistic

development in psychological, emotional and mental well-being

 K1/K2/K3    

(ii) learn how to interpret and adopt the approach of "child-centredness" in parenting

 K1/K2/K3    

(iii) learn to cultivate an environment conducive to children's healthy and balanced development

 K1/K2/K3    

(iv) learn how to support children's learning and whole-person development by understanding the specific features of how students learn at this stage

 K1/K2/K3    

(v) learn the skills of proper management of children's behavioural problems and understand the beneficial effects of positive parenting in reducing negative behaviours

 K1/K2/K3    

(vi) understand the importance and benefits of parental involvement in dialogic reading and free play

 K1/K2/K3    

(vii) understand different issues affecting the mental well-being and emotional development of children

 K1/K2/K3    

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Core strands and contents of parent education programme (with reference to the “Curriculum Framework on Parent Education (Kindergarten)”)

Parent education programmes organised in the past

3 years

Assessment on parents’ needs

Contents covered

Target

group K1 K2 K3

Parents of specific

target*

（____）

I. Understanding of Child Development (viii) Others:_______________________

_______________________________

 K1/K2/K3    

III. Promotion of Parents’ Physical and Psychological Well-being

(i) develop awareness of positive mindset, psychological well-being and stress and the interconnectedness among them

 K1/K2/K3    

(ii) reflect on the relationship between parents' family history to parental attitudes and behaviours

 K1/K2/K3    

(iii) practise emotional management and stress coping strategies as well as problem-solving and conflict resolution skills

 K1/K2/K3    

(iv) develop commitment to parental self-care  K1/K2/K3    

(v) Others:_______________________

_______________________________

 K1/K2/K3    

IV. Fostering Home-school Co-operation and Communication

(i) learn the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes related to home-school co- operation and communication

 K1/K2/K3    

(ii) increase awareness of the contemporary diverse family patterns and structures in terms of their social and cultural

backgrounds; and the corresponding needs of the family

 K1/K2/K3    

(iii) be better prepared to explore solutions to problems and challenges affecting the level of parental involvement in home- school co-operation for supporting children development

 K1/K2/K3    

(vi) Others:___________________________

_________________________________

 K1/K2/K3    

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* For example, parents of non-Chinese speaking (NCS) children, students with special needs and newly- arrived children.

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