create an “Advocacy and Action Plan” that requires you to demonstrate the culmination of knowledge you have gained throughout this course about fundamental concepts and core,underlying components for authentic home-school-community partnerships.

For your final project, you will create an “Advocacy and Action Plan” that requires you to demonstrate the culmination of knowledge you have gained throughout this course about fundamental concepts and core,underlying components for authentic home-school-community partnerships. You will have the opportunityto1) identify a pressing issue and/or concern for young children and their families,2) act as an advocatefor change, and3) plan action.A. Written Plan: Your advocacy and action plan will consist of 4 to 5 pages not including the Title andReferences pages. You are required to utilize course resources (e.g., textbooks, articles, and media).: Prepare a 5 to 7-minute presentation of the key advocacy and actionmessages. I want this done in a power point 4 slides of the most important facts from the paperComplete all of the followingsteps. Submit both the written plan and presentation document , PowerPoint.A. Identify one issue from one of two sources:i. The 2017 status of children in your home state or another chosen state (Children’s Defense FundAnnual “Children in the States Fact Sheets”) My home state is PENNSYLVANIA.B. Connect the issue to one of the five Strengthening Families Protective Factors.Write an explicit description of the issue and the connection to a protective factor.The five protective factors are:i. parental resilience,ii. social connections,iii. concrete support in times of need,iv. knowledge of parenting and child development, andv. social and emotional competence of children.C. Present your advocacy positionExplain why you have selected this issue and the need to advocate for change. Apply:i. one sociological theory,ii. at least two fundamental course concepts.  At least one ideal or principle from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct At least one standard from the Family and Community Relationships standardsD. Present a plan for action. Plan an ACTION TEAM!How would you address this issue to improve conditions for families with young children?i. Utilize at least two evidence-based programs, approaches, strategies and/or tools from courseresources. Examples: Help Me Grow, a checklist from Beyond the Bake Sale, an article, a video.ii. Demonstrate how this action plan supports families as their children’s first and most importantteachers and advocates!ACTION TEAM: Who will you need to partner with in the development and implementation of your plan?Families must be on the team! You are not to do this on your own!E. Video PresentationBased on your advocacy and action paper create a presentation to help others understand and supportyour position.i. Design a thorough, persuasive advocacy statement.Gather and structure key messages from all of the written paper sections.Be sure to Demonstrate application of one sociological theory, and two fundamental course concepts.ii. Prepare a 5 to 7 minute, narrated digital presentation.(e.g., PowerPointYou may find it helpful to revisit videos: TED Talk by Rita Pierson: “Every Kid Needs a Champion” “Wright’s Law: A Unique Teacher Imparts Real Life Lessons | The New York Times” TED Talk by Geoffrey Canada: “Enough is Enough! Reforming Our Schools”ReferenceTextbook:Couchenour & Chrisman:Chapter 9: Supporting Young Children’s Learning at HomeHenderson, et. al:Chapter 5: Linking to Learning: How Will Involving Parents Help Your Test Scores?Articles & Websites:We The Parents by Dennis Vicars (2013)Oh, Say Can You Sing? A National Anthem to Remember by Robert J. Elisberg (2009) Note: Watch the embedded video