Demonstrate an understanding of teacher vs. child directed activities.
Discover the difference between teacher-directed and child-directed activities in early childhood education and child care centers. Learn appropriate practices for identifying and demonstrating these activities to promote optimal learning for children. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the benefits and strategies of each approach.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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120 hours courses
12 CEUs45 hours courses
35 hours courses
3 hours courses
2 hours courses
Related Outcomes
- Identify and understand the requirements of Child Care Subsidy (POC), Child and Adult Food Program, MSDE Child Care Credential, Tiered Reimbursement, and the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund
- Identify appropriate practices for teacher- and child-directed activities.
- Demonstrate understanding of strategies that utilize good time management practices for teachers and child care providers.
- Demonstrate understanding of developing strategies for involving parents in the child care setting.
- Demonstrate understanding of cultural differences and its influences on a child's social behavior.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the most effective way to listen to a child.
- Demonstrate an understanding of concepts within the activity and content area for the visual arts for school-age.
- Demonstrate understanding of developing positive relationships with child care families
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to create a natural outdoor classroom that supports child development in all areas.
- Demonstrate understanding of inclusionary practices for conduct disorder in the child care setting.
- Demonstrate an understanding of staff scheduling and student enrollment aligned with Child Care Regulations.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how ongoing preventive health and wellness care affects child development
- Demonstrate an understanding of the overall cost of child care
- Demonstrate understanding of optimal room arrangements for family child care settings and their components.
- Demonstrate an understanding of content areas and how they are related to child development.
- Demonstrate understanding of inclusionary practices for cerebral palsy in the child care setting.
- Demonstrate an understanding of prenatal development and its impact on child development
- Demonstrates understanding of developing positive relationships with child care families
- Demonstrate an understanding of how available materials and equipment guide activity development
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of schedules and consistency in a child care environment.
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