Recognize informal and formal assessments to plan activities, individualize programs, and improve program quality.
Recognize informal and formal assessments to plan activities, individualize programs, and improve program quality. Identify regulations as it pertains to program planning, activities, and equipment and toys. Explore the central objective and supporting elements in early childhood education and child care centers.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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120 hours courses
12 CEUs45 hours courses
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Related Outcomes
- Describe how to use the Strengthening Families Self-Assessment for program improvement.
- Identify regulations as it pertains to program planning, activities, and equipment and toys.
- Identify materials and equipment for center childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Identify regulations as it pertains to environment, health and safety, staffing, enrollment, attendance, and program planning and operation
- Demonstrate an understanding of individual planning
- Identify indoor activities to plan for infants and toddlers during inclement weather.
- Demonstrate an understanding of translating assessment and observational information into short and long term goal development
- Demonstrate understanding of observational and assessment techniques to track skill development and individual need
- Explain safety guidelines involved when planning sensory activities for young children.
- Identify necessary information and format for a business plan
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to implement an Individual Family Support Plan.
- Recognize the importance of maintaining a balance between teacher directed and child directed activities
- Demonstrate assessment techniques to track skill development and individual need.
- Demonstrate an understanding of individual planning.
- Recognize the needs of individualized learning in family child care.
- Identify importance of individual planning.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to implement an Individual Education Plan.
- Recognize the importance of collaborating to improve academic performance.
- Recognize ways to incorporate learning activities in the classroom that would normalize breastfeeding.
- Recognize the needs of individualized learning in preschool.
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