I wrote mine about a year ago before meeting with the director of intervention services in our district. I had generally been working off these thoughts for several years, but I wish I’d written it down and been more systematic about following this in my early years of advocacy for my kids.
My Family advocacy philosophy:
I wish for my kids to be met at their level and challenged socially, emotionally, and academically during the school day, making effective use of their time at school; Home is for following the child’s lead and interests.
For the school side of our philosophy, I put social and emotional growth on the same level as academic growth. Note that I word this as met at their level, acknowledging that their level might not be the same as the rest of the class, but I don’t say if I think their level is above or below the class. I feel that including social and emotional growth is a really important point that I will explore in later blog posts. As some foreshadowing, my kids are pretty immature.
Go ahead. Take a stab at writing your priorities, and please share!