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SCMA Childminders: Parental Involvement
This badge is awarded to childminders who can demonstrate their understanding on the importance of parental involvement in delivering a quality childminding service. Particularly around key aspects such as:
- Understanding the background relating to the current focus on parental involvement.
- Defining the benefits of parental involvement.
- An awareness and understanding of barriers to parental involvement and seeking practical solutions to those barriers.
- An understanding on how to establish meaningful ways of involving parents in a childminding service.
To earn this badge you will need to:
- have completed the SCMA Parental Involvement CPL workshop or completed the Parental Involvement eLearning programme
Tell us the following:
- What is your understanding of the importance of parental involvement and current best practice?
- Explain the benefits and barriers to parental involvement and give examples on how to seek practical solutions to those barriers
- Tell us how you will use what you have learnt on the course to improve and develop your practice and establish meaningful relationships with parent
Submit your application
The SCMA Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge. By submitting an application you agree to the following statement: “In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own.” The SCMA will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge