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ED 402 032 TITLE INSTITUTION PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME PS 024 794 Colorado Quality Standards for Early Childhood Care and Education Services: A Planning Document. Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Nov 94 290p.; For 1992 version, see ED 367 452. Colorado Foundation for Families and Children, 1580 Logan Street, Suite 740, Denver, CO 80203 ($25). Tests/Evaluation Instruments (160) MFO1 /PC12 Plus Postage. *Classroom Environment; Curriculum Evaluation; Day Care; *Early Childhood Education; Educational Quality; *Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Personnel Evaluation; Program Evaluation; School Community Relationship; Self Evaluation (Groups); State Standards; Statewide Planning; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship *Colorado This set of quality standards for Colorado's early child care and education programs, developed over a 4-year period, is intended to help these programs move toward quality services for all young children. Programs using the standards and checklists will provide feedback to the Colorado Department of Education, and the standards will be updated accordingly. The standards document includes self-evaluation checklists designed to help programs document the state standards they have achieved, 'the standards they are seeking to meet, and the resources needed to meet the standards in the following areas: (1) interaction among staff and children; (2) curriculum; (3) family-staff partnership (4) staff qualifications and development; (5) administration; (6) staffing patterns; (7) the role and function of the teaching team; (8) physical environment; (9) health and safety; (10) nutrition and food service; and (11) evaluation. The goals and rationale are outlined for each of the 11 areas. Appendices contain Colorado's Comprehensive Training Plan for Early Childhood Care and Education, Professional Standards Development, Early Childhood Career Lattice, Resources, and Definitions. (KDFB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************

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ED 402 032

TITLE

INSTITUTIONPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

PUB TYPE

EDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

IDENTIFIERS

ABSTRACT

DOCUMENT RESUME

PS 024 794

Colorado Quality Standards for Early Childhood Careand Education Services: A Planning Document.Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver.Nov 94290p.; For 1992 version, see ED 367 452.Colorado Foundation for Families and Children, 1580Logan Street, Suite 740, Denver, CO 80203 ($25).Tests/Evaluation Instruments (160)

MFO1 /PC12 Plus Postage.*Classroom Environment; Curriculum Evaluation; DayCare; *Early Childhood Education; EducationalQuality; *Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods;Parent Teacher Cooperation; Personnel Evaluation;Program Evaluation; School Community Relationship;Self Evaluation (Groups); State Standards; StatewidePlanning; Teacher Role; Teacher StudentRelationship*Colorado

This set of quality standards for Colorado's earlychild care and education programs, developed over a 4-year period, isintended to help these programs move toward quality services for allyoung children. Programs using the standards and checklists willprovide feedback to the Colorado Department of Education, and thestandards will be updated accordingly. The standards documentincludes self-evaluation checklists designed to help programsdocument the state standards they have achieved, 'the standards theyare seeking to meet, and the resources needed to meet the standardsin the following areas: (1) interaction among staff and children; (2)

curriculum; (3) family-staff partnership (4) staff qualifications anddevelopment; (5) administration; (6) staffing patterns; (7) the roleand function of the teaching team; (8) physical environment; (9)

health and safety; (10) nutrition and food service; and (11)evaluation. The goals and rationale are outlined for each of the 11areas. Appendices contain Colorado's Comprehensive Training Plan forEarly Childhood Care and Education, Professional StandardsDevelopment, Early Childhood Career Lattice, Resources, andDefinitions. (KDFB)

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Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

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and

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n an

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re f

or o

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oung

chi

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n. C

onsi

dera

ble

inpu

t has

been

obt

aine

d in

wri

ting

this

doc

umen

t, an

d ad

ditio

nal i

nput

has

bee

nso

ught

dur

ing

a "f

ield

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t" p

erio

d fr

om 1

992-

1994

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s is

a w

orki

ng d

ocum

ent t

hat w

ill g

uide

ear

ly c

hild

hood

car

e an

ded

ucat

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prog

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s in

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ality

ser

vice

s fo

r al

lyo

ung

child

ren.

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ill b

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vise

d an

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prov

ed b

ased

on

feed

back

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ilies

and

oth

ers

wor

king

with

you

ng c

hild

ren.

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ndar

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deve

lope

d du

ring

a p

roce

ss th

at s

pann

edm

ore

than

fou

r ye

ars.

Dur

ing

1990

rep

rese

ntat

ives

wor

king

with

sev

eral

pre

scho

ol p

rogr

ams

with

in th

e C

olor

ado

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artm

ent o

f E

duca

tion

(CD

E)

met

toge

ther

todi

scus

s ea

rly

child

hood

pro

gram

col

labo

ratio

n. T

hese

pro

gram

sin

clud

ed T

itle

1 (h

as b

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fund

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pres

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vice

s in

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1965

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e C

olor

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gram

(fi

rst e

stab

lishe

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ate

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as h

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sinc

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sw

hich

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ust 8

, 199

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ref

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itmen

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con

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xpec

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ality

acr

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all e

arly

chi

ldho

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rogr

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anua

ry o

f 19

91, t

he C

olor

ado

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y m

anda

ted

that

scho

ol d

istr

icts

pro

vide

spe

cial

edu

catio

n se

rvic

es f

or a

ll el

igib

le th

ree-

and

four

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ds. R

espo

ndin

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that

man

date

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y, w

orki

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etre

at in

Jul

y of

that

yea

r. I

t bro

ught

toge

ther

peop

le f

rom

a w

ide

rang

e of

per

spec

tives

to b

rain

stor

m a

nd id

entif

yw

hat "

best

pra

ctic

es"

shou

ld b

e fo

r pr

esch

ool s

peci

al e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s. T

he r

etre

at in

clud

ed p

aren

ts, p

riva

te p

rovi

ders

, and

dire

ctor

s of

spe

cial

edu

catio

n. R

epre

sent

ativ

es w

ere

also

pre

sent

fro

mth

e C

olor

ado

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

, the

Col

orad

o D

epar

tmen

t of

Soci

al S

ervi

ces

(CD

SS),

the

Col

orad

o D

epar

tmen

t of

Inst

itutio

ns, a

ndH

ead

Star

t. T

here

wer

e re

pres

enta

tives

of

Titl

e 1

Prog

ram

s, th

eC

olor

ado

Pres

choo

l Pro

gram

, Spe

cial

Edu

catio

n, a

nd th

e M

igra

ntE

duca

tion

Prog

ram

.

The

Col

orad

o St

ate

Boa

rd o

f E

duca

tion

Pos

ition

Sta

tem

ent,

adop

ted

inA

ugus

t of

1991

, gui

des

CD

E's

con

tinui

ng in

itiat

ive

for

colla

bora

tive

earl

y ch

ildho

od s

ervi

ces.

Thi

s st

atem

ent w

as o

ne o

f th

e im

port

ant

foun

datio

ns o

n w

hich

the

Qua

lity

Sta

ndar

dsw

ere

built

.It

rec

ogni

zes

the

cruc

ial i

mpo

rtan

ce o

f pa

rtne

rshi

ps b

etw

een

earl

y ch

ildho

odpr

ogra

ms

and

fam

ilies

, sup

port

s a

qual

ity le

arni

ng e

nvir

onm

ent f

or th

eto

tal c

hild

, and

enc

oura

ges

the

effe

ctiv

e an

d ef

fici

ent u

se ,o

f pu

blic

and

priv

ate

reso

urce

s to

mee

t chi

ldre

n's

need

s.

The

sta

tem

ent's

em

phas

is o

n co

llabo

ratio

n le

d C

DE

to f

orm

an

Ear

lyC

hild

hood

Lea

ders

hip

Tea

m m

ade

up o

f re

pres

enta

tives

fro

m a

ll of

the

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

ams

with

in th

e D

epar

tmen

t. T

his

team

now

incl

udes

per

sons

fro

m th

e C

olor

ado

Pres

choo

l Pro

gram

, Eve

n St

art,

Titl

e .1

, Spe

cial

Edu

catio

n, M

igra

nt E

duca

tion,

Hea

d St

art-

Stat

eC

olla

bora

tion

Proj

ect a

nd th

e C

hild

Car

e an

d D

evel

opm

ent B

lock

Gra

nt, a

s w

ell a

s a

repr

esen

tativ

e fr

om th

e O

ffic

e O

f C

hild

Car

eSe

rvic

es in

the

Dep

artm

ent O

f H

uman

Ser

vice

s.

In 1

992,

the

stat

e le

gisl

atur

e re

auth

oriz

ed th

e C

olor

ado

Pres

choo

lPr

ogra

m a

nd r

emov

ed th

e "p

ilot"

sta

tus

from

the

Prog

ram

. It i

nclu

ded

prov

isio

ns to

req

uire

that

the

prog

ram

ado

pt n

atio

nally

rec

ogni

zed

stan

dard

s an

d to

insu

re th

at f

unde

d si

tes

mee

t the

lice

nsur

ere

quir

emen

ts o

f th

e C

olor

ado

Dep

artm

ent o

f So

cial

Ser

vice

s, n

ow th

eC

olor

ado

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

uman

Ser

vice

s (C

DH

S). I

n ad

ditio

n, o

ne o

fth

e go

als

of th

e C

olor

ado

2000

initi

ativ

e st

ates

that

all

child

ren

inC

olor

ado

begi

n sc

hool

rea

dy to

lear

n, a

nd th

at c

hild

ren

rece

ive

earl

yse

rvic

es th

at s

uppo

rt th

is g

oal.

13

In r

espo

nse

to th

ese

polic

y de

cisi

ons,

CD

E a

nd C

DH

S la

unch

ed a

colla

bora

tive

initi

ativ

e to

ens

ure

that

all

earl

y ch

ildho

od c

are

and

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

ms

fund

ed b

y C

DE

mee

t a c

onsi

sten

t set

of

stan

dard

s.

The

join

t CD

E/C

DH

S in

itiat

ive

stat

es th

at a

ll C

DE

-fun

ded

earl

ych

ildho

od p

rogr

ams

will

:

be li

cens

ed b

y C

DH

Sm

eet c

rite

ria

esta

blis

hed

in th

e C

olor

ado

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s fo

rE

arly

Chi

ldho

od C

are

and

Edu

catio

n Se

rvic

esbe

enc

oura

ged

to b

ecom

e ac

cred

ited

by th

e N

atio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

nfo

r th

e E

duca

tion

of Y

oung

Chi

ldre

n (N

AE

YC

) or

oth

er n

atio

nally

reco

gniz

ed a

ccre

ditin

g or

gani

zatio

ns.

The

initi

ativ

e fu

rthe

r st

ates

that

trai

ning

, tec

hnic

al a

ssis

tanc

e, a

ndfi

nanc

ial i

ncen

tives

will

be

prov

ided

to lo

cal e

duca

tion

agen

cies

tohe

lp th

em m

eet t

hese

thre

e ob

ject

ives

.

The

tim

elin

e fo

r ac

tion

adop

ted

by C

DE

and

CD

HS

follo

ws:

Dur

ing

the

1992

-93

scho

ol y

ear,

all

fund

ed s

ites

will

app

ly f

orlic

ensi

ng f

rom

CD

HS.

CD

HS

will

rev

iew

all

appl

icat

ions

and

gra

nt li

cens

es b

y A

ugus

t 1,

1993

.Pr

ogra

ms

usin

g th

e dr

aft Q

ualit

y St

anda

rds

will

pro

vide

fee

dbac

kto

CD

E d

urin

c, 1

993-

94.

The

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s w

ill b

e re

vise

d ba

sed

on th

is f

eedb

ack

and

dist

ribu

ted

in f

inal

for

m th

roug

h R

egio

nal T

rain

ing

Wor

ksho

ps.

By

the

year

200

0, a

ll sc

hool

dis

tric

ts a

nd c

omm

unity

site

sre

ceiv

ing

CD

E f

undi

ng f

or e

arly

chi

ldho

od s

ervi

ces

will

mee

t the

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s, a

nd a

ll si

tes

that

SO

cho

ose

will

hav

e re

ceiv

edna

tiona

lly r

ecog

nize

d ac

cred

itatio

n.

In M

arch

of

1992

, the

Sta

tew

ide

Adv

isor

y C

ounc

il on

the

Car

e an

dE

duca

tion

of Y

oung

Chi

ldre

n w

as e

stab

lishe

d, w

hich

incl

uded

par

ents

,ad

voca

tes,

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs a

nd a

dmin

istr

ator

s w

orki

ng in

ear

lych

ildho

od p

rogr

ams

acro

ss th

e st

ate

and

stat

e le

vel p

olic

y m

aker

s.O

ne o

f th

e fi

rst t

asks

of

the

Cou

ncil

was

to r

evie

w th

e Q

ualit

ySt

anda

rds

docu

men

t to

ensu

re th

at th

e pe

rson

s m

ost d

irec

tly a

ffec

ted

by th

em w

ere

activ

ely

invo

lved

in th

eir

deve

lopm

ent.

14

A ta

sk f

orce

of

this

adv

isor

y co

unci

l and

the

Lea

ders

hip

Tea

m f

rom

CD

E m

erge

d th

e "b

est p

ract

ices

" fo

r ea

rly

child

hood

spe

cial

edu

catio

npr

ogra

ms

and

the

high

ly r

espe

cted

sta

ndar

ds d

evel

oped

by

the

Nat

iona

l Ass

ocia

tion

for

the

Edu

catio

n of

You

ng C

hild

ren

(NA

EY

C).

The

sta

ndar

ds c

omm

ittee

als

o in

corp

orat

ed c

once

pts

from

oth

erre

cogn

ized

sta

ndar

ds d

ocum

ents

.

In S

epte

mbe

r of

199

2, a

sta

tew

ide

tele

conf

eren

ce w

as h

eld

that

invo

lved

CD

E a

nd C

DH

S st

aff,

the

Stat

e B

oard

of

Edu

catio

n, th

eO

ffic

e of

the

Gov

erno

r an

d lo

cal s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

. A p

anel

dis

cuss

ion

abou

t lic

ensi

ng r

equi

rem

ents

and

the

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s w

as h

eld

follo

wed

by

a pe

riod

of

ques

tions

and

ans

wer

s vi

a te

leph

one

linka

ges

with

the

tele

conf

eren

ce o

bser

vatio

n si

tes.

CD

E a

nd th

e D

ivis

ion

of C

hild

Car

e in

CD

HS

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

clos

ely

with

the

Gov

erno

r's E

arly

Chi

ldho

od P

rofe

ssio

nal S

tand

ards

Com

mitt

ee a

s th

ey w

ork

on a

pro

posa

l for

a s

yste

m o

f ea

rly

child

hood

prof

essi

onal

dev

elop

men

t. T

he s

ectio

n of

thes

e st

anda

rds

that

addr

esse

s st

aff

qual

ific

atio

ns a

nd s

taff

dev

elop

men

t ref

lect

s fi

ndin

gsan

d re

com

men

datio

ns o

f th

e C

omm

ittee

.

Use

of

the

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s

The

Qua

lity

Suin

dard

s do

cum

ent i

s in

tend

ed to

be

a pl

anni

ng to

ol to

assi

st p

rogr

ams

wor

king

tow

ard

qual

ity s

ervi

ces.

It is

a s

elf-

eval

uatio

ngu

ide

to h

elp

prog

ram

s do

cum

ent t

hose

sta

ndar

ds th

at th

ey h

ave

achi

eved

and

thos

e th

ey a

re s

eeki

ng to

mee

t. T

his

proc

ess

will

als

opr

ovid

e in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

trai

ning

, tec

hnic

al a

ssis

tanc

e ne

eds,

and

othe

r re

sour

ce n

eeds

. As

part

of

CD

E's

rev

iew

pro

cess

pro

gram

s w

illbe

exp

ecte

d to

dem

onst

rate

that

they

are

usi

ng th

e do

cum

ent f

orpr

ogra

m d

evel

opm

ent a

nd s

taff

dev

elop

men

t pla

nnin

g.

The

Nee

d fo

r C

omm

unity

Fee

dbac

k

The

bes

t tho

ught

s an

d id

eas

of m

any

indi

vidu

als

and

agen

cies

hav

ere

sulte

d in

the

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s do

cum

ent.

As

note

d pr

evio

usly

, thi

sis

a w

orki

ng d

ocum

ent w

hich

will

be

upda

ted

regu

larl

y. I

t is

esse

ntia

lth

at f

eedb

ack

be r

ecei

ved

from

par

ents

, ser

vice

pro

vide

rs a

ndad

min

istr

ator

s ac

ross

the

stat

e if

the

docu

men

t is

to r

emai

n re

leva

ntan

d us

eful

for

all

prog

ram

s.

A P

lea

for

Com

mun

ity C

olla

bora

tion

The

tim

e is

pas

t whe

n an

y pr

ogra

m o

r ag

ency

can

ope

rate

in is

olat

ion.

Mou

ntin

g so

cial

pro

blem

s an

d la

ck o

f re

sour

ces

mak

e it

esse

ntia

l tha

tth

e pe

ople

of

Col

orad

o re

stru

ctur

e pr

ogra

ms

to m

ake

them

as

prod

uctiv

e as

pos

sibl

e. I

n ad

ditio

n, it

is b

ecom

ing

incr

easi

ngly

cle

arth

at f

or a

n ea

rly

child

hood

car

e an

d ed

ucat

ion

prog

ram

to b

e ef

fect

ive,

stro

ng f

amily

and

com

mun

ity in

volv

emen

t are

ess

entia

l.

Res

truc

turi

ng p

rogr

ams,

how

ever

, may

not

be

easy

, for

ther

e is

a lo

nghi

stor

y of

com

petit

ion

amon

g pr

ovid

ers.

Sha

ron

Lyn

n K

agan

, wri

ting

in T

he C

are

and

Edu

catio

n of

Am

eric

a's

You

ng C

hild

ren:

Obs

tacl

esan

d O

ppor

tuni

ties,

des

crib

ed th

e nu

mer

ous

sepa

rate

chi

ldre

n's

prog

ram

s th

at h

ave

been

dev

elop

ed w

ith li

ttle

reco

gniti

on o

f th

ew

hole

. "It

is a

kin

to s

tren

gthe

ning

an

umbr

ella

by

rand

omly

add

ing

spok

es, b

ut la

cks

the

fabr

ic o

f co

ordi

natio

n,"

she

says

.

Kag

an n

otes

, how

ever

, tha

t cha

nges

in b

oth

theo

retic

and

pra

ctic

alpa

radi

gms

have

shi

fted

, and

thes

e of

fer

hope

that

the

prof

essi

on c

anm

ove

from

wel

l-in

tent

ione

d pi

ecem

eal p

rogr

ams

to h

igh-

qual

ity,

com

preh

ensi

ve s

ervi

ces.

New

com

mitm

ents

to s

erve

the

who

le c

hild

in th

e co

ntex

t of

the

fam

ily a

nd th

e co

mm

unity

, she

wri

tes,

req

uire

that

serv

ices

and

pol

icie

s be

inte

grat

ed.

CD

E, C

DH

S, a

nd m

any

othe

rs s

eeki

ng to

res

truc

ture

Col

orad

o's

earl

ych

ildho

od s

yste

ms

shar

e K

agan

's v

isio

n fo

r pr

ogra

ms

that

off

erco

mpr

ehen

sive

ser

vice

s fo

r al

l 'ch

ildre

n no

mat

ter

how

thos

e se

rvic

esar

e fu

nded

. In

part

icul

ar, C

DE

and

CD

HS

have

wor

ked

with

par

ents

,ad

min

istr

ator

s, p

rovi

ders

, and

oth

er s

tate

pro

gram

s to

dev

elop

thes

eQ

ualit

y St

anda

rds.

The

pro

cess

has

mod

eled

the

kind

of

colla

bora

tive,

inte

rage

ncy

and

inte

rdis

cipl

inar

y ef

fort

we

hope

com

mun

ities

will

.

unde

rtak

e to

mak

e th

e be

st u

se o

f th

eir

loca

l res

ourc

es a

nd ta

lent

s.It

ises

sent

ial t

hat e

very

one

invo

lved

wor

k to

geth

er to

ach

ieve

the

best

poss

ible

car

e an

d ed

ucat

ion

for

the

fam

ilies

and

you

ng c

hild

ren

ofC

olor

ado.

I 7

16

Tab

le o

f C

onte

nts

A. I

nter

actio

n am

ong

Staf

f an

d C

hild

ren

Com

mun

icat

ion;

div

ersi

ty; e

ncou

rage

men

t of

inde

pend

ence

in a

ll ar

eas

ofde

velo

pmen

t; po

sitiv

e ap

proa

ches

; atm

osph

ere

of g

roup

; pro

blem

sol

ving

;m

odel

ing

of p

ositi

ve in

tera

ctio

n.B

.C

urri

culu

mPh

iloso

phy

and

goal

s; in

divi

dual

izat

ion;

env

iron

men

t, sc

hedu

le a

ndac

tiviti

es; m

ater

ials

; pos

itive

sel

f-co

ncep

t; de

velo

pmen

t of

soci

al s

kills

;en

cour

agem

ent o

f th

inki

ng, r

easo

ning

, que

stio

ning

and

exp

erim

entin

g;pr

oble

m s

olvi

ng; l

angu

age

deve

lopm

ent;

phys

ical

dev

elop

men

t; cr

eativ

eex

pres

ion;

cul

tura

l div

ersi

ty; c

hoic

e of

act

iviti

es; t

rans

ition

s be

twee

nac

tiviti

es.

C. F

amily

/Sta

ff P

artn

ersh

ipIn

form

atio

n to

par

ents

; fam

ily-c

ente

red

proc

ess;

par

ents

as

part

ners

;ad

viso

ry c

ounc

il; o

ngoi

ng c

omm

unic

atio

n be

twee

n fa

mili

es a

nd s

taff

.D

. Sta

ff Q

ualif

icat

ions

and

Dev

elop

men

tQ

ualit

y of

sta

ff; s

taff

dev

elop

men

t and

trai

ning

; tea

cher

ass

ista

nts;

volu

ntee

rs; o

rien

tatio

n of

new

sta

ff.

E. A

dmin

istr

atio

nPr

ogra

m e

valu

atio

n; p

olic

ies

and

proc

edur

es f

or p

rogr

am o

pera

tion;

tran

spor

tatio

n; c

onfi

dent

ialit

y; tr

ansi

tions

for

chi

ldre

n en

teri

ng a

nd le

avir

ngth

e pr

ogra

m; c

omm

unity

and

inte

rage

ncy

part

icip

atio

n.F

.St

affi

ng P

atte

rns

Gro

up s

ize

and

com

posi

tion;

adu

lt/ch

ild r

atio

s; c

ontin

uity

of

adul

ts.

G. T

he R

ole

and

Func

tion

of th

e T

each

ing

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mPr

ovis

ion

of m

ater

ials

; cur

ricu

lum

dev

elop

men

t; op

port

uniti

es f

or s

ocia

lin

tera

ctio

n w

ith a

dults

and

oth

er c

hild

ren;

com

mun

icat

ion

with

chi

ldre

nan

d fa

mili

es; d

evel

opm

enta

l obs

erva

tion

and

asse

ssm

ent.

H. P

hysi

cal E

nvir

onm

ent

Indo

or a

nd o

utdo

or s

pace

; var

iety

of

appr

opri

ate

mat

eria

ls a

nd e

quip

men

t;in

divi

dual

spa

ce a

nd p

riva

te a

reas

.I.

Hea

lth a

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afet

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omm

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t to

prev

entio

n; r

ecor

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epin

g; p

olic

ies;

med

icat

ions

;su

spec

ted

inci

dent

s of

chi

ld a

buse

; med

ical

em

erge

ncie

s; m

aint

enan

ce a

ndcl

eani

ng o

f ph

ysic

al e

nvir

onm

ent.

J.N

utri

tion

and

Food

Ser

vice

Mea

l and

sna

ck p

lann

ing;

mea

ltim

e at

mos

pher

e; f

ood

prep

arat

ion.

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valu

atio

nPr

ogra

m e

valu

atio

n; in

volv

emen

t of

staf

f; in

volv

emen

t of

fam

ilies

;in

divi

dual

des

crip

tions

of

child

ren'

s de

velo

pmen

t; -u

se o

f ev

alua

tion

info

rmat

ion.

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ppen

dice

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olor

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inin

g Pl

an f

or E

arly

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od C

are

and

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catio

n; P

rofe

ssio

nal S

tand

ards

Dev

elop

men

t; E

arly

Chi

ldho

od C

aree

rL

attic

e; R

esou

rces

; Def

initi

ons.

1819

2j

A. I

nter

actio

ns a

mon

g St

aff

and

Chi

ldre

n

GO

AL

: Int

erac

tions

bet

wee

n ch

ildre

n an

d st

aff

prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ities

for

chi

ldre

n to

dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

sel

f an

d ot

hers

and

are

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y w

arm

th,

pers

onal

res

pect

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ivid

ualit

y, p

ositi

ve s

uppo

rt, a

nd r

espo

nsiv

enes

s. S

taff

fac

ilita

te in

tera

ctio

ns a

mon

g ch

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n to

pro

vide

opp

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nitie

s fo

r de

velo

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t of

self

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eem

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cial

com

pete

nce,

and

inte

llect

ual g

row

th.

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: All

area

s of

you

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hild

ren'

s de

velo

pmen

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soci

al, e

mot

iona

l, co

gniti

ve, a

nd p

hysi

cal

are

inte

grat

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ptim

al d

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l are

as d

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es f

rom

posi

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sup

port

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elat

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hips

with

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chi

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mot

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telle

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f re

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mat

ters

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are.

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f gi

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e to

resp

ond.

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e an

d en

cour

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or.

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chi

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lers

and

list

en to

child

ren

with

atte

ntio

n an

d re

spec

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aff

liste

n an

d re

spon

d to

chi

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n's

ques

tions

and

req

uest

s.

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nly

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n's

activ

ities

outs

ide

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e E

CC

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ettin

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.g.,

spor

ts, s

cout

s, b

row

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).

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chi

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n, a

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rage

chi

ldre

n of

all

ages

to u

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age.

exam

ple:

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at in

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bout

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yle

of c

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unic

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n, w

hich

cou

ld in

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e:-

gest

ures

and

jarg

on,

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gn la

ngua

ge,

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mpu

ter

enha

nced

lear

ning

,-

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r as

sist

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devi

ces,

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her

form

s of

non

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age,

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lang

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aff

dem

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the

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ty to

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mun

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n.St

aff

faci

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mm

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n am

ong

all c

hild

ren.

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f as

k op

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que

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ns.

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f pr

ovid

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port

uniti

es a

nd ti

me

each

day

for

con

vers

atio

ns b

ased

on

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child

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st.

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f an

d C

hild

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tinue

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aff

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ate

activ

ities

and

dis

cuss

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tobu

ild p

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ve s

elf-

iden

tity

and

to te

ach

the

valu

e of

dif

fere

nces

.

A-4

a.St

aff

trea

t chi

ldre

n of

all

race

s, r

elig

ions

,cu

lture

s, a

nd a

bilit

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equa

lly, w

ith r

espe

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d co

nsid

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ion,

and

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on

a da

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holid

ays

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peci

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casi

ons.

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f po

int o

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of

ethn

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, par

ticul

arly

gro

ups

repr

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ted

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n in

the

setti

ng.

A-4

b.St

aff

prov

ide

child

ren

of b

oth

sexe

s w

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ual o

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ties

to ta

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n al

lac

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11/9

4.

28A

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A. Interactions am

ong Staff and Children

Continued

A-4c.

Staff provide equal educationalopportunities for children from

families

who are hom

eless and for children whose

families are m

igrant and seasonalw

orkers.

A-5.

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Staff encourage independencein children through appropriate age anddevelopm

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nm

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sk.

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r ru

les

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aine

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youn

ger

child

ren,

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er n

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iliat

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n.

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appi

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, slid

es,

tunn

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.T

oys

larg

e en

ough

to p

reve

nt s

wal

low

ing

or c

hoki

ng.

.

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rec

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mus

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and

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var

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NO

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56

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ricu

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mat

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lay

mat

eria

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uch

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olls

,dr

ess-

up c

loth

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rops

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ld-s

ized

furn

iture

, pup

pets

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nd a

nd w

ater

equ

ipm

ent.

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sum

able

lear

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eria

ls s

uch

assh

avin

g cr

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and

oth

er in

gred

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s.

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equ

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ater

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suc

has

bat

s an

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lls f

or o

rgan

ized

gam

es.

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stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

for

woo

dwor

king

,bl

ocks

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ater

ials

for

art

and

sci

ence

pro

ject

s.M

ater

ials

for

dra

mat

ics

and

cook

ing.

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ks, r

ecor

ds, m

usic

al in

stru

men

ts.

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rd a

nd c

ard

gam

es.

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h m

anip

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ives

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sel

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ell a

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mat

eria

ls.

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ting

mat

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ols.

NO

TE

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prog

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edia

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and

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her

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ly r

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aff

prov

ide

a va

riet

y of

dev

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men

tally

appr

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ate,

han

ds-o

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tiviti

es f

orch

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n to

ach

ieve

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follo

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als:

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e ea

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epar

atel

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nsid

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ampl

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elat

ed to

the

age

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obse

rved

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iviti

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thin

king

of

child

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clos

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odel

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at in

hibi

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child

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atio

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prod

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ent t

han

the

disp

laye

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riO

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.C

ontin

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Act

iviti

es s

houl

d be

dev

elop

ed f

rom

aw

ide

vari

ety

of m

ater

ials

/med

ia s

o th

atch

ildre

n ca

n de

mon

stra

te a

uni

que

appr

oach

.

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AL

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B-7

a.St

aff

fost

er p

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elf-

conc

ept i

n ch

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r ex

ampl

e:

Infa

nts/

youn

ger

todd

lers

Hol

d, p

at, a

nd to

uch

babi

es f

or c

omfo

rt a

ndst

imul

atio

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alk

and

sing

to b

abie

s.Im

itate

eac

h ba

by's

act

ions

and

sou

nds.

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mir

ror

gam

es, l

abel

fac

ial f

eatu

res

and

body

par

ts.

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w in

fant

s to

fee

d th

emse

lves

whe

n re

ady.

Enc

oura

ge a

nd s

uppo

rt e

ach

baby

's d

evel

opm

enta

lac

hiev

emen

ts s

uch

as p

ullin

g up

sel

f.

Old

er to

ddle

rs/p

resc

hool

ers

Allo

w ti

me

for

child

ren

to ta

lk a

bout

wha

t the

y se

e,do

, and

like

.U

se c

hild

ren'

s na

mes

fre

quen

tly in

son

gs, g

ames

.D

ispl

ay c

hild

ren'

s w

ork

and

phot

os o

f ch

ildre

n.E

ncou

rage

chi

ldre

n to

dra

w p

ictu

res,

tell

stor

ies

abou

tse

lf a

nd f

amily

.

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ary

stud

ents

Prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ities

to e

xpre

ss g

row

ing

inde

pend

ence

/sel

f-re

lianc

e su

ch a

s th

e ab

ility

tom

ake

posi

tive.

choi

ces,

initi

ate

own

activ

ities

.A

llow

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

wor

k or

pla

y al

one.

11/9

4

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AL

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t

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or E

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rin

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ace

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ED

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esou

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B-7

b.St

aff

help

chi

ldre

n de

velo

p so

cial

ski

lls.

11/9

4

For

exam

ple:

Infa

nts/

youn

ger

todd

lers

Hol

d, p

at, a

nd to

uch

babi

es.

Tal

k to

, sin

g to

, and

pla

y w

ith e

ach

baby

on

aon

e-to

-one

bas

is.

Res

pond

to a

nd e

xpan

d on

cue

s co

min

g fr

omch

ild.

Inte

rpre

t you

nger

todd

lers

' act

ions

to o

ther

child

ren

to h

elp

them

get

alo

ng in

the

grou

p(e

.g.,

"Mar

y ha

d it

firs

t").

Old

er to

ddle

rs/p

resc

hool

ers

Ass

ist t

oddl

ers

in s

ocia

l int

erac

tion.

Cre

ate

spac

e an

d tim

e fo

r sm

all g

roup

s of

child

ren

to b

uild

blo

cks

toge

ther

or

enjo

ydr

amat

ic p

lay.

Prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ities

for

sha

ring

, car

ing,

and

help

ing,

suc

h as

mak

ing

card

s fo

r a

sick

chi

ldor

car

ing

for

pets

.

Prim

ary

stud

ents

Arr

ange

pla

nned

and

spo

ntan

eous

act

iviti

es in

team

spo

rts,

gro

up g

ames

, int

eres

t clu

bs, b

oard

and

card

gam

es.

Allo

w ti

me

to s

it an

d ta

lk w

ith p

eer

or a

dult.

63

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

64

B. C

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ontin

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B-7

c.St

aff

enco

urag

e ch

ildre

n to

thin

k, r

easo

n,qu

estio

n, a

nd e

xper

imen

t.

For

exam

ple:

Infa

nts/

youn

ger

todd

lers

Prov

ide

a st

imul

atin

g, s

afe

envi

ronm

ent i

n w

hich

infa

nts

and

todd

lers

can

exp

lore

and

man

ipul

ate.

Prov

ide

pict

ures

, mob

iles,

bri

ghtly

col

ored

obj

ects

for

babi

es to

look

at,

reac

h fo

r, a

nd g

rasp

.Pl

ay n

amin

g an

d hi

ding

gam

es s

uch

as p

eek-

a-bo

o,pa

t-a-

cake

.Pr

ovid

e ra

ttles

, squ

eak

toys

, and

oth

er n

oise

-mak

ing

obje

cts

for

babi

es to

hea

r.M

ove

or c

arry

aro

und

non-

craw

ling

infa

nts

so th

ey c

anse

e di

ffer

ent t

hing

s an

d pe

ople

.U

tiliz

e th

e ou

tdoo

rs a

s a

lear

ning

env

iron

men

t, by

taki

ngda

ily w

alks

and

usi

ng la

ngua

ge to

com

men

t on

addi

tions

,ch

ange

s, a

nd th

e w

eath

er.

1 1

/9 4

Old

er to

ddle

rs/p

resc

hool

ers

Plan

act

iviti

es f

or la

belin

g, c

lass

ifyi

ng, s

ortin

g ob

ject

s by

shap

e, c

olor

, and

siz

e.D

iscu

ss d

aily

and

wee

kly

rout

ines

in te

rms

of ti

me

conc

epts

, and

sea

son

of th

e ye

ar.

Obs

erve

nat

ural

eve

nts

such

as

seed

s gr

owin

g an

d th

e lif

ecy

cle

of p

ets.

Cre

ate

oppo

rtun

ities

to u

se n

umbe

rs a

nd to

cou

nt o

bjec

ts.

Tak

e w

alks

aro

und

build

ing

or n

eigh

borh

ood.

Plan

trip

s th

at in

tegr

ate

new

lear

ning

exp

erie

nces

for

pres

choo

lers

.E

ncou

rage

wat

er a

nd s

and

play

.

Prim

ary

stud

ents

Prov

ide

activ

ities

suc

h as

coo

king

, mon

ey-m

akin

gpr

ojec

ts, g

arde

ning

, sci

ence

exp

erim

ents

, tri

ps w

ithin

the

com

mun

ity, i

nter

actin

g w

ith v

isito

rs, m

ultic

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ral

expe

rien

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and

com

pute

r pr

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ts.

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Phys

ical

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cog

nitiv

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tera

ctio

ns w

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viro

nmen

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ater

ials

, and

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erin

divi

dual

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ovid

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ough

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t and

pro

cess

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ildre

n ar

e he

lped

to le

arn

way

s of

disc

over

ing

wha

t mak

es th

ings

hap

pen,

and

are

prov

ided

with

a b

ette

run

ders

tand

ing

of th

e w

orld

, enh

anci

ngth

eir

sens

e of

won

der

and

curi

osity

.T

hrou

gh c

oncr

ete

expe

rien

ces

that

are

mea

ning

ful t

o th

eir

lives

, chi

ldre

n de

velo

pa

begi

nnin

g aw

aren

ess

of th

emse

lves

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hers

, and

the

wor

ld in

whi

ch th

ey li

ve.

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ldre

n so

lve

prob

lem

s on

a d

aily

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is in

a cl

assr

oom

clim

ate

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enc

oura

ges

and

supp

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pro

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-sol

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eff

orts

.M

athe

mat

ics

and

the

scie

ntif

ic p

roce

ss a

rein

tegr

ated

into

chi

ldre

n's

daily

exp

erie

nces

(bot

h pl

anne

d an

d sp

onta

neou

s) a

nd in

toth

e on

goin

g ac

tiviti

es o

f th

e cl

assr

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.

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TE

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ME

NT

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child

ren

with

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

expl

ore,

man

ipul

ate,

inve

stig

ate,

and

disc

over

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ovid

e a

wid

e va

riet

y of

life

sci

ence

mat

eria

ls in

clud

ing

live

anim

als

(e.g

.,fi

sh, g

uine

a pi

gs, i

nsec

ts),

pla

nts,

and

scie

ntif

ic to

ols

(sca

les,

mag

nifi

ers,

mag

nets

).E

ncou

rage

chi

ldre

n to

take

ris

ks a

nden

gage

in tr

ial a

nd e

rror

lear

ning

.R

espo

nd to

chi

ldre

n's

ques

tions

in a

way

that

ext

ends

the

child

ren'

s id

eas.

Prov

ide

time

for

conv

ersa

tion

and

ask

child

ren

ques

tions

that

req

uire

mor

eth

an a

one

-wor

d an

swer

.E

ncou

rage

chi

ldrd

n to

com

men

t on

thei

r ob

serv

atio

n of

the

natu

ral a

ndso

cial

wor

ld (

the

seed

s ha

ve b

egun

tosp

rout

, the

pla

nt g

rew

ove

rnig

ht).

Faci

litat

e di

scus

sion

s w

ith c

hild

ren

inw

hich

poi

nts

of v

iew

are

ope

nly

shar

ed_

.

Initi

ally

pre

sent

con

cept

s to

chi

ldre

nvi

a co

ncre

te, h

ands

-on

mat

eria

ls, a

ndpr

ovid

e co

ncre

te m

ater

ials

on

anon

goin

g ba

sis

to r

einf

orce

con

cept

s.

_

Use

mul

ti-se

nsor

y ac

tiviti

es to

pre

sent

info

rmat

ion

to c

hild

ren.

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TE

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Prov

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expe

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requ

irin

g th

eus

e of

qua

ntity

-com

para

tive

term

s,su

ch a

s "m

ore,

" "a

lot,"

"so

me,

""a

ll,"

"sam

e,"

"not

as

muc

h."

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prov

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ED

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e pr

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olvi

ng s

ituat

ions

that

are

rea

l and

rel

evan

t to

child

ren.

Prov

ide

man

y op

port

uniti

es f

orch

ildre

n to

mat

ch,'

estim

ate,

cre

ate

sets

, and

cou

nt.

Acc

ept c

hild

ren'

s ap

prox

imat

ion

inth

ese

area

s.

ildre

n

Des

crib

e, m

atch

, and

sor

t obi

ects

.Pr

ovid

e da

ily c

are

for

plan

ts a

ndan

imal

s.R

ecog

nize

, des

crib

e, c

opy,

ext

end,

and

crea

te p

atte

rns

conc

rete

ly a

ndpi

ctor

ially

.G

ener

ate

prob

lem

s th

at in

volv

eco

llect

ing

and

anal

yzin

g in

form

atio

n.U

se e

stim

atio

n to

rec

ord

info

rmat

ion

to m

ake

bette

r gu

esse

s.Sh

ow a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e co

ncep

tof

tim

e, b

egin

ning

with

the

reco

gniti

onof

tim

e as

a s

eque

nce

of e

vent

s.

7 1

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AIL

AB

LE

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

B.

Cur

ricI

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ontin

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B-7

c.C

hild

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cont

inue

d

Rec

ord

thei

r w

ork

with

num

bers

in a

vari

ety

of f

orm

ats

at th

e co

ncre

te,

pict

oria

l, an

d sy

mbo

lic le

vels

.

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AL

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ED

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Use

qua

ntity

-rel

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wor

ds w

ithin

the

cont

ext o

f th

eir

own

lang

uage

str

uctu

re.

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ssif

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d or

der

mat

eria

ls, e

vent

s,an

d ph

enom

ena

acco

rdin

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attr

ibut

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oper

ties.

'

Util

ize

disc

over

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arni

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y pr

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ting

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y th

ink

will

hap

pen,

test

out

thei

r pr

edic

tions

, and

eva

luat

e th

ere

sults

of

thei

r ex

peri

men

ts.

B-7

d.St

aff

enco

urag

e ch

ildre

n's

lang

uage

deve

lopm

ent.

For

exam

ple:

Infa

nts/

youn

ger

todd

lers

Loo

k at

sim

ple

book

s an

d pi

ctur

es.

Tal

k to

, sin

g to

, and

pla

y w

ith b

abie

s th

roug

hout

the

day.

Lab

el o

bjec

ts a

nd e

vent

s.U

se a

ctio

n rh

ymes

.

Enc

oura

ge im

itatio

n by

rep

eatin

g ch

ild's

ges

ture

san

d at

tem

pts

at w

ords

.Pl

ay v

erba

l gam

es, h

ave

info

rmal

con

vers

atio

ns.

Res

pond

to s

ound

s in

fant

mak

es.

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AL

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73

B. C

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culu

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d.C

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11/9

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Old

er to

ddle

rs/p

resc

hool

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Rea

d bo

oks,

tell

stor

ies

abou

t exp

erie

nces

, tal

kab

out p

ictu

res.

Prov

ide

time

for

conv

ersa

tion,

ask

que

stio

ns th

atre

quir

e m

ore

than

one

-wor

d an

swer

s.A

nsw

er c

hild

ren'

s qu

estio

ns.

Add

mor

e in

form

atio

n to

wha

t chi

ld s

ays.

Lab

el th

ings

in r

oom

, use

wri

tten

wor

ds w

ithpi

ctur

es a

nd s

poke

n la

ngua

ge.

Use

fla

nnel

boa

rd, p

uppe

ts, s

ongs

, fin

ger

play

s.

Prim

ary

stud

ents

Prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ities

to r

ead

book

s.W

rite

and

pro

duce

pla

ys, p

ublis

h ne

wsp

aper

s,w

rite

sto

ries

and

poe

try.

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e ex

peri

ence

s w

ith f

rien

ds o

r ad

ults

.U

se a

udio

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ual e

quip

men

t suc

h as

tape

rec

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rs.

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e ow

n fi

lmst

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.

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(

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guag

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tiviti

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re in

tegr

ated

thro

ugho

ut d

aily

exp

erie

nces

.A

ctiv

ities

and

mat

eria

ls a

re a

dapt

ed to

enco

urag

e al

l chi

ldre

n to

use

thei

rre

cept

ive

and

expr

essi

ve la

ngua

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ilitie

s (c

omm

unic

atio

n bo

ards

, tou

chta

lker

s, v

oice

am

plif

icat

ion

syst

ems,

mag

nifi

ers;

wor

dpro

cess

ors)

.C

hild

ren'

s lit

erat

ure

incl

udin

g po

etry

,nu

rser

y rh

ymes

, and

fol

k ta

les,

is u

sed

ofte

n fo

r en

joym

ent a

s w

ell a

s to

supp

lem

ent c

hild

ren'

s re

al li

feex

peri

ence

s re

late

d to

cur

ricu

lar

topi

cs.

Staf

f pr

ovid

e ch

ildre

n w

ith a

var

iety

of

way

s to

rea

d, w

rite

, lis

ten,

and

spe

akre

late

d to

thei

r in

tere

sts

and

abili

ties.

75

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

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76B

-16

B.

Cur

riel

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d.C

on 0 0 0 0 0

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tinue

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Chi

ldre

n's

nam

es a

re a

foc

al p

oint

of

daily

pri

nt u

sed

in a

ctiv

ities

with

old

erpr

esch

oole

rs a

nd k

inde

rgar

tene

rs.

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AL

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prov

e-m

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fac-

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ED

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l lan

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layf

ulla

ngua

ge s

uch

as c

hant

s, p

oem

s,nu

rser

y rh

ymes

, and

son

gs a

re a

regu

lar

part

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the

prog

ram

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hild

ren

shar

e st

orie

s on

a r

egul

arba

sis

incl

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petit

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of o

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vori

tes

and

new

mat

eria

l in

smal

lgr

oups

, at l

iste

ning

cen

ters

, with

old

erch

ildre

n, a

nd w

ith a

dults

.O

lder

chi

ldre

n re

ad o

n th

eir

own

asw

ell a

s be

ing

read

to o

n a

daily

bas

is.

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wor

k do

ne in

rea

ding

/wri

ting

isal

way

s re

late

d to

the

who

le c

onte

xt o

fth

e ch

ildre

n's

wri

ting

or th

e st

ory

used

.Sa

mpl

e ac

tiviti

es m

ight

incl

ude:

lang

uage

exp

erie

nce

stor

ies,

tape

dst

orie

s, f

ilm/f

ilmst

rips

, cre

ativ

e dr

ama,

pict

ure

stor

ies,

coo

king

act

iviti

es, a

ndfl

anne

l boa

rd a

ctiv

ities

.

.

77

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TE

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ME

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78

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Dem

onst

rate

the

rela

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hip

betw

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the

wri

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and

spok

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daily

by

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ing

to c

hild

ren,

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ng c

hild

ren'

s di

ctat

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labe

ling

natu

ral o

bjec

ts, a

nd h

elpi

ngch

ildre

n w

rite

thei

r ow

n ph

rase

s.U

se a

ppro

pria

te w

ritte

n sy

mbo

lsw

hile

wor

king

with

chi

ldre

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rite

out

chi

ldre

n's

idea

s, th

usre

latin

g th

e sp

oken

wor

d to

the

wri

tten

wor

d (e

.g.,

desc

ript

ions

of

wor

k, ti

tles

of d

raw

ings

).Pr

ovid

e a

vari

ety

of in

tere

stin

gac

tiviti

es f

or c

hild

ren

othe

r th

anw

orkb

ooks

to d

evel

op la

ngua

ge,

liste

ning

, and

rea

ding

abi

lity.

Intr

oduc

e a

vari

ety

of li

tera

ry f

orm

ssu

ch a

s st

oryb

ooks

, poe

ms,

big

book

s, n

ewsp

aper

s, m

agaz

ines

,ca

talo

gues

, and

sig

ns.

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oura

ge a

nd p

rais

e ch

ildre

n's

atte

mpt

s at

usi

ng w

ritte

n/sy

mbo

licla

ngua

ge f

or th

e sp

oken

wor

d.

dren

Use

wri

tten

and/

or il

lust

rativ

e fo

rms

of la

ngua

ge to

exp

ress

them

selv

es.

Inve

nt s

pelli

ngs

to r

epre

sent

spo

ken

wor

ds.

Dic

tate

sto

ries

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stat

emen

ts to

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lts.

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rpre

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tten/

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stra

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com

mun

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verb

ally

.W

rite

, dra

w p

ictu

res,

and

/or

dict

ate

stor

ies

in jo

urna

ls o

r ot

her

reco

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epin

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s on

a r

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rogr

am e

nhan

ces

child

ren'

s ph

ysic

alde

velo

pmen

t.

11/9

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For

exam

ple:

Infa

nts/

youn

ger

todd

lers

Prov

ide

open

car

pete

d sp

ace

for

craw

ling.

Prov

ide

low

stu

rdy

furn

iture

for

chi

ld to

pul

l up

self

or h

old

on to

whi

le w

alki

ng.

Prov

ide

outd

oor

activ

ities

for

infa

nts.

Prov

ide

obje

cts

for

infa

nts

to r

each

for

and

gra

sp.

Allo

w m

obile

infa

nts

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abou

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ely,

pla

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ith a

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xplo

re th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

Old

er to

ddle

rs/p

resc

hool

ers

Prov

ide

time

and

spac

e fo

r ac

tive

play

suc

h as

jum

ping

,

runn

ing,

bal

anci

ng, c

limbi

ng, r

idin

g tr

icyc

les.

Prov

ide

crea

tive

mov

emen

t act

ivity

usi

ng o

bsta

cle

cour

se o

r ac

tivity

son

gs a

nd r

ecor

ds.

Prov

ide

fine

-mot

or a

ctiv

ities

suc

h as

sta

ckin

g ri

ngs,

popb

eads

, peg

boar

ds, a

nd p

uzzl

es f

or to

ddle

rs; i

nclu

dela

cing

car

ds a

nd w

oodw

orki

ng f

or p

resc

hool

ers.

Prim

ary

stud

ents

Prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ities

for

phy

sica

l exe

rcis

e an

d fo

r th

eus

e of

a v

arie

ty o

f ou

tdoo

r eq

uipm

ent.

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oura

ge p

artic

ipat

ion

in g

roup

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lan

d te

am s

port

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e fi

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otor

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iviti

es s

uch

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Mov

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roug

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the

phys

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catio

n of

chi

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fac

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aily

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e pr

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m.

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f pr

ovid

e ac

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hich

sup

port

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sm

all-

and

larg

e-m

uscl

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aff

prov

ide

a va

riet

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act

iviti

es f

orbo

ys a

nd g

irls

to p

lay

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ther

, tak

etu

rns,

and

ass

ist o

ther

s so

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all

can

cont

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te.

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f Prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ities

whe

rech

ildre

n ca

n im

prov

e th

eir

phys

ical

mov

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t ski

lls th

roug

h pr

actic

e.Pr

ovid

e op

port

uniti

es w

here

child

ren

can

part

icip

ate

in v

igor

ous,

sust

aine

d ph

ysic

al a

ctiv

ity to

deve

lop

stre

ngth

and

sta

min

a.Fa

cilit

ate

activ

ities

whi

ch d

evel

opch

ildre

n's

abili

ty to

jum

p, r

un,

bala

nce,

clim

b, w

alk,

ski

p, g

allo

p,an

d sl

ide,

usi

ng a

var

iety

of

outd

oor

equi

pmen

t.Fa

cilit

ate

activ

ities

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ch d

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ctic

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child

ren.

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ldre

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phys

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dev

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mili

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prin

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ativ

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unic

atio

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etho

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use

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rm f

amili

es a

bout

com

mun

ity r

esou

rces

suc

h as

par

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infl

uenc

es, t

o m

inim

ize

pote

ntia

l con

flic

tsan

d co

nfus

ion

for

child

ren.

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AL

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TIO

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AT

US

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dsSa

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ryT

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ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

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tR

esou

rce

Info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

to p

aren

ts a

bout

child

dev

elop

men

t is

cons

iste

nt w

ithin

esta

blis

hed

para

met

ers

of c

hild

hood

grow

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

Indi

vidu

alch

ild d

iffe

renc

es in

atta

inin

g th

ose

para

met

ers

are

ackn

owle

dged

and

supp

orte

d.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-St

reng

thG

oal F

orE

mer

g-In

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men

tto

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Yea

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ace

C-4

.T

he p

rogr

am's

pol

icy

open

ly e

ncou

rage

sar

ent i

nvol

vem

ent.

11/9

410

7

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NE

ED

l NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Tec

hR

esou

rcA

ssis

t

108

C. F

a iy

-Sta

ff P

artn

ersh

ip C

ontin

ued

C-4

a.Pa

rent

s ar

e W

elco

me

at a

ll tim

es (

e.g.

, to

obse

rve,

eat

lunc

h w

ith a

chi

ld, o

r vo

lunt

eer

in th

e cl

assr

oom

).

Pare

nts

are

valu

ed a

s ob

serv

ers

and

part

icip

ants

.W

elco

me

sign

s or

oth

er s

igns

indi

cate

that

par

ents

are

impo

rtan

t.Pa

rent

/com

mun

ity v

olun

teer

s ar

e so

licite

dan

d re

cogn

ized

.Pa

rent

/com

mun

ity v

olun

teer

trai

ning

ispr

ovid

ed.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

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ourc

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Yea

rin

gPl

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Ass

ist

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

e

C-4

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cpr

o 0 0 0 0

11/9

4-

109

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

oal F

or E

mer

g-In

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Impr

ove-

tory

e Y

ear

ing

Plac

eA

ssis

tm

ent

rent

s an

d ot

her

fam

ily m

embe

rs a

reou

rage

d to

be

invo

lved

par

tner

s in

the

gram

in v

ario

us w

ays.

Eac

h fa

mily

def

ines

how

it w

illpa

rtic

ipat

e (e

.g.,

pare

nt in

tere

stI 1

Que

stio

nnai

re).

The

pro

gram

acc

epts

and

val

ues

the

diff

eren

t lev

els

of p

artic

ipat

ion

offa

mili

es.

The

re a

re a

var

iety

of

oppo

rtun

ities

toen

cour

age

fam

ily p

artic

ipat

ion.

Staf

f is

rec

eptiv

e to

par

ents

as

advo

cate

sfo

r th

eir

child

.St

aff

and

fam

ilies

wor

k to

geth

er to

deve

lop

com

mun

icat

ion

and

advo

cacy

skill

s.

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

110

C. F

amily

-Sta

ff P

artn

ersh

ip C

ontin

ued

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-St

reng

thoa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

e

C-4

b.C

ontin

ued

Impr

ove-

men

tto

ryT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

eA

ssis

t

Staf

f an

d fa

mily

hav

e op

port

unity

tosh

are

cultu

ral v

alue

s.St

aff

reco

gniz

e an

d ar

e se

nsiti

ve to

the

dive

rsity

of

chan

ging

fam

ily s

truc

ture

s.C

omm

unity

invo

lvem

ent p

roje

cts

are

show

case

d in

the

prog

ram

(e.

g., v

oter

regi

stra

tion

driv

es, c

lean

-up

days

, hea

lthfa

irs,

foo

d do

natio

n dr

ives

).

C-4

c.T

hco

u

0 0 0 0 0 0J1

/94

prog

ram

has

an

activ

e ad

viso

rync

il.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

The

list

of

advi

sory

cou

ncil

mem

bers

ispo

sted

in th

e fa

cilit

y an

d se

nt h

ome

toea

ch f

amily

.Pa

rent

s ar

e m

embe

rs o

f th

e ad

viso

ryco

unci

l.Pa

rent

s ar

e in

volv

ed a

t all

leve

ls o

n th

eco

unci

l, in

clud

ing

sign

ific

ant

deci

sion

-mak

ing

proc

edur

es.

Pare

nt r

epre

sent

ativ

es p

artic

ipat

e in

the

annu

al r

evie

w o

f bu

dget

, pro

gram

pla

ns,

pers

onne

l pol

icie

s.T

rain

ing

is p

rovi

ded

for

all a

dvis

ory

coun

cil m

embe

rs.

Adv

isor

y co

unci

l mem

bers

are

appo

inte

d fo

r st

agge

red

term

s of

ser

vice

.C

ounc

il m

embe

rs a

re tr

aine

d to

be

activ

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts in

the

self

-eva

luat

ion

proc

ess.

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S 112

liC

. Fam

ily-t ta

ff P

artn

ersh

ip C

ontin

ued

C-5

.T

hdo

cco

nvi

sit

con

0

11/9

4

prog

ram

has

dev

elop

ed a

sys

tem

toum

ent a

nd m

aint

ain

an o

ngoi

ngim

unic

atio

n pr

oces

s su

ch a

s ho

me

ts, t

elep

hone

cal

ls, w

ritte

nim

unic

atio

n.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

erit

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

A v

erba

l and

/or

wri

tten

syst

em is

use

dfo

r sh

arin

g da

y-to

-day

hap

peni

ngs

that

affe

ct c

hild

ren.

Car

egiv

ers

and

pare

nts

talk

reg

ular

lyab

out a

chi

ld's

phy

sica

l or

emot

iona

lst

ate.

Sche

dule

d co

nfer

ence

s ar

e he

ld a

t lea

sttw

ice

a ye

ar a

nd a

t oth

er ti

mes

, as

need

ed, t

o di

scus

s ch

ildre

n's

prog

ress

,ac

com

plis

hmen

ts, a

nd d

iffi

culti

es a

tho

me

and

in th

e pr

ogra

m.

Pare

nts

are

info

rmed

abo

ut th

e pr

ogra

mth

roug

h re

gula

r ne

wsl

ette

rs, b

ulle

tinbo

ards

, fre

quen

t not

es, t

elep

hone

cal

ls,

hom

e vi

sits

, adv

isor

y co

unci

l com

mitt

eem

eetin

g no

tes,

and

oth

er s

imila

rm

easu

res.

The

se r

esou

rces

, alo

ng w

ithno

tices

of

othe

r co

mm

unity

eve

nts,

are

avai

labl

e in

a d

esig

nate

d pa

rent

are

a of

the

faci

lity.

113

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

114

D. S

taff

Qua

lific

atio

ns a

nd D

evel

opm

ent

GO

AL

: The

pro

gram

is s

taff

ed b

y ad

ults

who

und

erst

and

child

dev

elop

men

t and

who

rec

ogni

ze a

nd p

rovi

de f

or c

hild

ren'

s ne

eds.

RA

TIO

NA

LE

: The

qua

lity

of th

e st

aff

is th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t det

erm

inan

t of

qual

ity in

an

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

am. R

esea

rch

has

foun

d th

at s

taff

trai

ning

inch

ildho

odde

velo

pmen

t and

/or

earl

y ch

ildho

od e

duca

tion

is r

elat

ed to

pos

itive

out

com

es f

or c

hild

ren

such

as

incr

ease

d so

cial

inte

ract

ion

with

adu

lts, d

evel

opm

ent o

f pr

o-so

cial

beha

vior

s, a

nd im

prov

ed la

ngua

ge a

nd c

ogni

tive

deve

lopm

ent.

D-1

.

D-l

a.

11/9

4W

ITH

CH

ILD

RE

N U

ND

ER

SU

PER

VIS

ION

OF

QU

AL

IFIE

D S

TA

FF, A

ND

HA

VE

AN

IN

DIV

IDU

AL

ON

GO

ING

TR

AIN

ING

Pla

n

117

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

Staf

f qu

alif

icat

ions

nee

d to

be

cons

iste

nt f

orea

rly

child

hood

car

e an

d ed

ucat

ion

prof

essi

onal

s re

gard

less

of

setti

ng o

rfu

ndin

g so

urce

(pu

blic

sch

ool,

priv

ate

orpu

blic

cen

ter,

fam

ily c

hild

car

e ho

me,

Hea

dSt

art)

.

The

pro

gram

is s

taff

ed b

y in

divi

dual

s w

hoar

e 18

yea

rs o

f ag

e or

old

er, w

ho h

ave

been

trai

ned

in E

arly

Chi

ldho

od E

duca

tion/

Chi

ldD

evel

opm

ent,

and

who

dem

onst

rate

the

appr

opri

ate

pers

onal

cha

ract

eris

tics

for

wor

king

with

chi

ldre

n as

exe

mpl

ifie

d in

the

crite

ria

for

Inte

ract

ions

am

ong

Staf

f an

dC

hild

ren

(Sec

tion

A),

and

for

Cur

ricu

lum

(Sec

tion

B).

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-Im

prov

e-to

rym

erit

Stre

ngth

STA

TU

S

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l For

Em

erg-

The

Yea

rM

g

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

*IF

STA

FF M

EM

BE

RS

AR

E B

ET

WE

EN

16-

18 Y

EA

RS

OF

AG

E, T

HE

Y M

UST

RE

CE

IVE

A S

PEC

IFIC

OR

IEN

TA

TIO

N, W

OR

K

1

D. S

taff

Qua

lific

atio

ns a

nd D

evel

opm

ent

Con

tinue

d

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

S

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l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

D-l

b.St

aff

who

are

in c

harg

e of

a g

roup

of

child

ren

shou

ld h

ave

at le

ast a

Chi

ld C

are

Prof

essi

onal

Cre

dent

ial (

CC

P), C

hild

Dev

elop

men

t Ass

ocia

te C

rede

ntia

l (C

DA

),or

an

asso

ciat

e de

gree

in E

arly

Chi

ldho

odE

duca

tion/

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent.

D-l

c.In

cas

es w

here

sta

ff m

embe

rs d

o no

t mee

tth

e sp

ecif

ied

qual

ific

atio

ns, a

trai

ning

plan

and

tim

elin

e, b

oth

indi

vidu

aliz

ed a

ndpr

ogra

m-w

ide,

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

and

isbe

ing

impl

emen

ted

for

thos

e st

aff

mem

bers

. The

trai

ning

is a

ppro

pria

te to

the

age

grou

p w

ith w

hich

the

staf

fm

embe

r is

wor

king

.

D-1

d.

11/9

4

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

Vol

unte

ers

shou

ld b

e 16

yea

rs o

f ag

e or

olde

r, r

ecei

ve o

rien

tatio

n, a

nd o

nly

wor

kw

ith c

hild

ren

unde

r su

perv

isio

n of

qual

ifie

d st

aff

mem

bers

.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

'ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hR

esou

rcA

ssis

te

1 19

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

D. S

taff

Qua

lific

atio

ns a

nd D

evel

opm

ent

Con

tinue

d

It

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

ds

mpr

ove-

men

t

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

t

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Res

ourc

D-l

e.T

each

ing

assi

stan

ts p

lay

a si

gnif

ican

t rol

ein

the

educ

atio

n of

you

ng c

hild

ren.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-St

reng

thG

oal F

orE

mer

g-In

mpr

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tto

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he Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

D-l

f.T

each

ing

assi

stan

ts a

nd v

olun

teer

s w

ork

with

app

ropr

iate

ly q

ualif

ied

staf

f to

desi

gn a

nd c

arry

out

ser

vice

s.

NE

ED

I N

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

Tec

hR

esou

rcA

ssis

t

D-2

.A

n ea

rly

child

hood

edu

cato

r is

em

ploy

ed to

dire

ct th

e ed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

of

child

ren

birt

h th

roug

h ei

ght.

The

qua

lific

atio

ns o

fan

ear

ly c

hild

hood

edu

cato

r ar

e a

bacc

alau

reat

e de

gree

in E

arly

Chi

ldho

odE

duca

tion/

Chi

ld D

evel

opm

ent a

nd a

t lea

stth

ree

year

s of

ful

l-tim

e te

achi

ng e

xper

ienc

ew

ith y

oung

chi

ldre

n, a

nd/o

r a

grad

uate

degr

ee in

EC

E/C

D. T

his

indi

vidu

al m

ay b

eth

e cl

assr

oom

teac

her,

ear

ly c

hild

hood

coor

dina

tor,

bui

ldin

g pr

inci

pal,

or c

ente

rdi

rect

or.

1 1

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EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-St

reng

thG

oal F

orE

mer

g-In

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ove-

men

tto

ryT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Ass

ist

121

122

D. S

taff

Qua

lific

atio

ns a

nd D

evel

opm

ent

Con

tinue

d

I

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

mpr

ove-

men

tW

ry

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

mg

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

D-3

.N

ew s

taff

are

ade

quat

ely

orie

nted

abo

ut th

ego

als

and

philo

soph

y of

the

prog

ram

,em

erge

ncy

heal

th a

nd s

afet

y pr

oced

ures

,th

e re

port

ing

of c

hild

abu

se, s

peci

al n

eeds

of c

hild

ren

assi

gned

to th

e st

aff

mem

ber's

care

, pro

cedu

res

for

hand

ling

disc

iplin

e in

the

prog

ram

, and

pla

nned

dai

ly a

ctiv

ities

of

the

prog

ram

.

D-4

.T

he p

rogr

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tran

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and

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spe

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pla

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child

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ir c

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eeds

, and

lega

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sour

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optio

ns f

or w

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child

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be

elig

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;-

poss

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and

assi

stan

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fam

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rran

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visi

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and

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sour

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the

send

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pos

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tran

sitio

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naly

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nex

tle

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nvir

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ents

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pla

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nch

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for

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child

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G-2

.T

he te

am h

as e

stab

lishe

d an

ong

oing

proc

ess

to d

eter

min

e ho

w it

will

fun

ctio

n.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

oal F

ore

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

I N

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-St

reng

thoa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

em

prov

e-m

ent

tory

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

G-2

a.T

eam

mem

bers

are

res

pect

ed f

or th

eir

indi

vidu

al c

ontr

ibut

ions

.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

Impr

oVe-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

SN

EE

Dl N

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

Th

e Y

ear

ing

Plac

eA

ssis

t

G-2

b.T

he te

am r

ecog

nize

s th

e im

port

ance

of

pers

onal

gro

wth

and

pro

fess

iona

lde

velo

pmen

t.

G-2

c.In

mul

ti-ag

e se

tting

s, th

e ea

rly

child

hood

teac

hing

team

s pl

ay a

n in

tegr

al r

ole

in th

esu

cces

s of

the

broa

der

envi

ronm

ent.

11/9

4

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

D N

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

oal F

or E

mer

g-In

Tec

hR

esou

rcIm

prov

e-to

rye

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

men

t

178

,

179

G-2

G.

The

Rol

e A

nd F

unct

ion

Of

The

Tea

chin

g T

eam

Con

tinue

d

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

The

Yea

rin

gIn

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Ass

ist

G-2

d.T

he te

achi

ng te

am h

as d

evel

oped

a v

arie

tyof

str

ateg

ies

to im

plem

ent t

he p

roce

ss.

The

team

has

reg

ular

sch

edul

ed p

lann

ing

time.

The

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pla

nin

clud

es te

am b

uild

ing

activ

ities

.T

he te

am p

erio

dica

lly a

sses

ses

its a

bilit

yto

fun

ctio

n as

a te

am.

G-3

.T

hy en ma 0 0 0 0

11/9

4

teac

hing

team

pro

vide

s an

iron

men

t whi

ch h

as a

var

iety

of

teri

als.

.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

In Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

The

team

pro

vide

s su

pplie

s an

d m

ater

ials

whi

ch p

rom

ote

high

er le

vels

of

thin

king

inch

ildre

n.T

he te

am e

ncou

rage

s ne

w w

ays

of u

sing

earl

y ch

ildho

od m

ater

ials

.T

he te

am m

aint

ains

and

rep

leni

shes

supp

lies

and

mat

eria

ls o

n a

daily

bas

is.

The

team

mak

es a

wid

e va

riet

y of

child

ren'

s lit

erat

ure

avai

labl

e so

that

all

child

ren

in th

e pr

ogra

m a

re m

otiv

ated

topa

rtic

ipat

e in

pre

-rea

ding

and

rea

ding

activ

ities

. Sel

ectio

ns r

epre

sent

a w

ide

vari

ety

of c

ultu

res,

inte

rest

s, a

nd a

bilit

ies.

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

S1 1

G.

The

Rol

e A

nd F

unct

ion

Of

The

Tea

chin

g T

eam

Con

tinue

d

G-4

.T

he a cu

is in

avai

hang

que 0 0 0 0 0 0

11/9

4

teac

hing

team

dev

elop

s an

d ad

here

s to

rric

ulum

pro

cess

in w

hich

cur

ricu

lum

tegr

ated

, mul

tiple

exp

erie

nces

are

labl

e, b

lock

s of

tim

e ar

e de

sign

ated

for

is-o

n ex

plor

atio

n, a

nd c

hild

ren

don

and

appl

y w

hat t

hey

lear

n.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

,

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

,

The

team

pla

ns a

n en

viro

nmen

t in

whi

chch

ildre

n m

ay c

hoos

e se

lf-d

irec

ted

activ

ities

.T

he te

am s

ets

up th

e le

arni

ng e

nvir

onm

ent

so th

at c

hild

ren

can

achi

eve

an o

utco

me

inm

ore

than

one

way

.T

he te

am p

rovi

des

deve

lopm

enta

lac

tiviti

es w

hich

rel

ate

to th

e re

alex

peri

ence

and

wor

ld o

f th

e ch

ild.

The

team

em

phas

izes

act

iviti

es w

hich

deve

lop

the

thin

king

pro

cess

of

the

child

,no

t the

pro

duct

whi

ch m

ay b

e a

resu

lt.T

he te

am e

mph

asiz

es c

once

ptua

l rat

her

than

rot

e le

arni

ng.

The

team

mod

els

the

cont

inuo

us th

inki

ngab

out a

topi

c/id

ea b

eyon

d on

eso

lutio

n/an

swer

as

lear

ning

occ

urs.

The

team

pro

vide

s a

vari

ety

of le

arni

ngex

peri

ence

s to

enc

oura

ge e

xper

imen

tatio

nan

d ex

plor

atio

n.T

he te

am a

dapt

s m

ater

ials

for

use

by

all

child

ren.

.

The

team

pro

vide

s on

goin

g ob

serv

atio

n,re

cord

ing,

and

eva

luat

ion

of e

ach

child

'sgr

owth

and

dev

elop

men

t for

the

purp

ose

of p

lann

ing

activ

ities

to s

uit i

ndiv

idua

lne

eds.

182

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Q-1

-, 3

(4G

-4

G.

Tlh

e R

ole

And

Fun

ctio

n O

f T

he T

each

ing

Tea

mC

ontin

ued.

G-4

.C

o 0 0 0 0

ltinu

ed

The

team

con

stru

cts

an in

crem

enta

l 'le

arni

ng p

roce

ss le

adin

g to

cle

arly

defi

ned

goal

s.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ein

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

The

team

val

ues

the

prog

ress

of

child

ren'

s pe

rfor

man

ce a

t eac

h in

crem

ent.

The

team

use

s di

scus

sion

and

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

thin

k al

oud

to g

uide

child

ren

in id

entif

ying

thin

king

pro

cess

es(m

etac

ogni

tion)

and

to in

vest

igat

ech

ildre

n's

unde

rsta

ndin

g.T

he te

am p

rovi

des

child

ren

with

oppo

rtun

ities

to c

onfe

r w

ith o

ne a

noth

eran

d w

ith th

e te

ache

r to

eva

luat

ein

divi

dual

and

gro

up le

arni

ng.

The

team

pro

vide

s ap

prop

riat

e gu

idan

cew

hile

chi

ldre

n ar

e us

ing

equi

pmen

t and

mat

eria

ls (

play

grou

nd)

to p

rom

ote

child

ren'

s ph

ysic

al g

row

th.

The

team

con

tinua

lly a

nd s

yste

mat

ical

lyre

view

s as

sess

men

ts, m

odif

ying

and

plan

ning

for

indi

vidu

al in

stru

ctio

n.

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

185

11/9

4G

-5

G.

The

Rol

e A

nd F

unct

ion

Of

The

Tea

chin

g T

eam

Con

tinue

d

G-5

.T

h op int 0 0 0

teac

hing

team

pro

vide

s ch

ildre

n w

ithor

tuni

ties

to le

arn

thrO

ugh

soci

alra

ctio

n w

ith a

dults

and

oth

er c

hild

ren.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

oal F

ore

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

The

team

invi

tes

the

soci

al in

tera

ctio

n of

all c

hild

ren.

The

team

cre

ates

situ

atio

ns th

at m

otiv

ate

the

initi

atio

n of

chi

ld-t

o-ch

ildin

tera

ctio

ns.

The

team

use

s cl

assr

oom

man

agem

ent

tech

niqu

es w

hich

are

non

-thr

eate

ning

,no

n-hu

mili

atin

g, a

nd a

lway

s re

spec

t the

dign

ity o

f th

e ch

ild.

.

The

team

pro

vide

s st

rate

gies

to a

ssis

tch

ildre

n in

ent

erin

g so

cial

situ

atio

ns.

The

team

hel

ps c

hild

ren

reso

lve

thei

row

n so

cial

con

flic

ts a

nd r

ealiz

e ho

wot

hers

fee

l abo

ut c

onfl

ict s

ituat

ions

.T

he te

am p

rom

otes

chi

ld-t

o-ch

ild m

utua

lco

oper

ativ

e le

arni

ng.

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

LL

11/9

4G

-6

G.

The

Rol

e A

nd F

unct

ion

Of

The

Tea

chin

g T

eam

Con

tinue

d

G.-

6.T

han far 0 0 0

teac

hing

team

com

mun

icat

es o

penl

yI

effe

ctiv

ely

with

chi

ldre

n an

d th

eir

lilie

s.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

erit

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Ern

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

t

I

Res

ourc

e

The

team

mod

els

the

use

of d

iver

sifi

edco

mm

unic

atio

n (t

alki

ng, w

ritin

g,ill

ustr

atin

g, m

essa

ges)

.T

he te

am u

ses

effe

ctiv

e m

odel

ing,

ques

tioni

ng, a

nd e

labo

ratio

n st

rate

gies

tohe

lp c

hild

ren

expa

nd th

eir

liste

ning

and

spea

king

voc

abul

arie

s.T

he te

am d

emon

stra

tes

that

the

wri

tten

wor

d is

the

sym

bolic

for

m o

f th

6 sp

oken

wor

d.T

he te

am p

rovi

des

accu

rate

and

pos

itive

feed

back

to c

hild

ren.

The

team

fac

ilita

tes

mee

tings

with

the

fam

ily a

nd c

lass

room

team

for

dis

cuss

ion

and

asse

ssm

ent o

f ea

ch c

hild

's in

divi

dual

prog

ress

.

188

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S 189

11/9

4G

-7

G.

The

Rol

e A

nd F

unct

ion

Of

The

Tea

chin

g T

eam

Con

tinue

d

G.-

7.T

has

sde

'in

to 0 0

11/9

4

.

teac

hing

team

util

izes

obs

erva

tion

and

ssm

ent p

ract

ices

whi

ch r

efle

ct'e

lopm

enta

l pri

ncip

les,

and

whi

ch a

re!g

rate

d an

d us

ed to

ben

efit

each

chi

ld.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

The

Yea

r

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

The

team

pla

ns f

or f

utur

e ac

tiviti

es b

yob

serv

ing

and

eval

uatin

g ho

w c

hild

ren

inte

ract

with

pre

sent

mat

eria

ls a

ndac

tiviti

es.

The

team

use

s ob

serv

atio

n of

.

open

-end

ed ta

sks

and

ques

tion'

s as

par

tof

thei

r as

sess

men

ts.

.

.

The

team

use

s ch

eckl

ists

con

tain

ing

posi

tivel

y-st

ated

, wel

l-de

fine

dbe

havi

ors.

The

team

use

s ph

otog

raph

s an

dvi

deot

apes

to r

ecor

d ch

ildre

n's

actu

alco

nstr

uctio

n an

d pe

rfor

man

ce.

The

team

pro

vide

s op

port

uniti

es f

orch

ildre

n to

ass

ess

attit

udin

al, c

ogni

tive,

and.

aff

ectiv

e as

pect

s of

thei

rex

peri

ence

s.T

he te

am s

hare

s le

arne

r go

als

and

indi

cato

rs w

ith c

hild

ren

to h

elp

them

mon

itor

thei

r ow

n pr

ogre

ss a

ndfo

rmul

ate

goal

s w

ith te

ache

rs a

ndpa

rent

s.

.

The

team

reg

ular

ly s

aves

sel

ecte

dch

ildre

n's

wri

ting

and

art w

ork

as p

art o

fth

eir

port

folio

s; c

hild

ren

are

invo

lved

inth

e se

lect

ion

proc

ess.

The

team

con

tinua

lly u

pdat

escu

rric

ulum

as

a re

sult

of a

sses

smen

tre

view

. 190

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

131

191

IlkH

. Phy

sica

nvir

onm

ent

GO

AL

: The

indo

or a

nd o

utdo

or p

hysi

cal e

nvir

onm

ent f

oste

rs o

ptim

al g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent t

hrou

gh o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

expl

orat

ion

and

lear

ning

.

RA

TIO

NA

LE

: The

phy

sica

l env

iron

men

t aff

ects

the

beha

vior

and

dev

elop

men

t of

the

peop

le, b

oth

child

ren

and

adul

ts, w

ho li

ve a

nd w

ork

in it

. The

qua

lity

ofth

eph

ysic

al s

pace

and

mat

eria

ls p

rovi

ded

affe

cts

the

leve

l of

invo

lvem

ent o

f th

e ch

ildre

n an

d th

e qu

ality

of

inte

ract

ion

betw

een

adul

ts a

nd c

hild

ren.

The

am

ount

,ar

rang

emen

t, an

d us

e of

spa

ce, b

oth

indo

ors

and

outd

oors

, are

to b

e ev

alua

ted

regu

larl

y.

H-1

.T

he in

door

and

out

door

env

iron

men

tsha

ve a

ppro

pria

te a

mou

nts

of s

pace

.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

Goa

l For

Th

e Y

ear

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c-St

reng

thG

oal F

orE

mer

g-In

Tec

hR

esou

rcIm

prov

e-m

ent

tory

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

H-l

a.T

here

is e

noug

h us

able

spa

ce in

door

s so

child

ren

are

not c

row

ded.

H-l

b.T

here

is e

noug

h us

able

spa

ce f

or o

utdo

orpl

ay f

or e

ach

age

grou

p.

For

exam

ple:

Age

gro

ups

use

diff

eren

t are

as o

r ar

e sc

hedu

led

atdi

ffer

ent t

imes

.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

The

Yea

rin

gIm

prov

e-to

rym

ent

NE

ED

InT

ech

Res

ourc

Plac

eA

ssis

t

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

194

11/9

4H

- 1

193

H. P

hysi

cal E

nvir

onm

ent C

ontin

ued

H -

ic.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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l For

Em

erg-

InIm

prov

e-to

rym

ent

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Ass

ist

Whe

n ne

cess

ary,

phy

sica

l spa

ce h

as b

een

mod

ifie

d to

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f in

divi

dual

child

ren

(ref

er to

the

Am

eric

ans

With

Dis

abili

ties

Act

and

Sec

tion

504

of th

eR

ehab

ilita

tion

Act

Of

1973

).

H-2

.Sp

ace

is a

rran

ged

to a

ccom

mod

ate

child

ren

indi

vidu

ally

, in

smal

l gro

ups,

and

in a

larg

egr

oup.

1 1

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EV

AL

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TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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l For

Em

erg-

InIm

prov

e-to

rym

ent

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Ass

ist

The

re a

re c

lear

pat

hway

s fo

r ch

ildre

n to

mov

e fr

om o

ne a

rea

to a

noth

er w

ithou

tdi

stur

bing

act

iviti

es.

Are

as a

re o

rgan

ized

for

eas

y su

perv

isio

nby

sta

ff. 19

5

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

196

H. P

hysi

cal E

nvir

onm

ent C

ontin

ued

H-3

.Sp ac

t

0 0 0

tce

is a

rran

ged

to f

acili

tate

a v

arie

ty o

f[v

ities

for

eac

h ag

e gr

oup.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

ioa

l For

e Y

ear

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

In Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

t

I

Res

ourc

Non

-wal

kers

are

pro

vide

d w

ith o

pen

spac

e fo

r cr

awlin

g an

d pr

otec

ted

spac

efo

r pl

ay.

Tod

dler

s an

d pr

esch

oole

rs h

ave

spac

ear

rang

ed f

or a

var

iety

of

indi

vidu

al a

ndsm

all g

roup

act

iviti

es in

clud

ing

bloc

kbu

ildin

g, d

ram

atic

pla

y, a

rt, m

usic

,sc

ienc

e, m

ath

man

ipul

ativ

es, a

nd q

uiet

book

rea

ding

.

i

Sand

and

wat

er p

lay

and

woo

dwor

king

are

avai

labl

e on

reg

ular

occ

asio

ns.

Are

as a

re la

bele

d so

that

chi

ldre

n ca

nea

sily

und

erst

and

rule

s fo

r th

e ar

ea (

i.e.,

num

ber

of c

hild

ren,

type

of

mat

eria

ls,

clea

n-up

pro

cedu

res,

etc

.).

1

H-4

.A

var

iety

of

deve

lopm

enta

lly a

ndag

e-ap

prop

riat

e m

ater

ials

and

equ

ipm

ent

are

avai

labl

e fo

r ch

ildre

n in

door

s an

dou

tdoo

rs.

Mat

eria

ls a

re p

lent

iful

and

div

erse

toal

low

chi

ldre

n m

any

choi

ces

for

exte

ndin

g an

act

ivity

or

elab

orat

ing

apr

oduc

t.

11/9

4

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

For

Em

erg-

e Y

ear

ing

Plac

eA

ssis

tIn

Tec

hR

esou

rce

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

SN

EE

D

Nee pr

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

ove-

tory

mer

it

197

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H-3

H.

Phys

iiEnv

iron

men

tC

ontin

ued

H-4

.C

o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

itinu

edM

ater

ials

are

dur

able

and

in g

ood

repa

ir.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dspr

ove-

men

t

Satis

fac-

tory

Stre

ngth

oal F

orI

e Y

ear

STA

TU

S

Em

erg-

ing

InPl

ace

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rc

Mat

eria

ls a

re o

rgan

ized

con

sist

ently

on

low

, ope

n sh

elve

s to

enc

oura

gein

depe

nden

t use

by

child

ren.

Ext

ra m

ater

ials

are

ava

ilabl

e to

the

staf

f in

orde

r to

add

var

iety

to u

sual

act

iviti

es.

Mat

eria

ls a

re c

onsi

sten

t with

edu

catio

nal

obje

ctiv

es.

Mat

eria

ls a

re c

onsi

sten

t with

the

cultu

rean

d et

hnic

bac

kgro

und

of th

e po

pula

tion

serv

ed.

Mat

eria

ls a

re a

cces

sibl

e, a

ttrac

tive

and

invi

ting

to th

e ch

ildre

n.M

ater

ials

are

des

igne

d to

pro

vide

a v

arie

tyof

lear

ning

exp

erie

nces

and

to e

ncou

rage

expe

rim

enta

tion

and

expl

orat

ion.

Mul

ti-pu

rpos

e, o

pen-

ende

d m

ater

ials

are

used

so

that

chi

ldre

n ar

e no

t res

tric

ted

to a

spec

ific

use

for

mat

eria

ls (

clay

, pai

nt,

bloc

ks, w

ood,

nat

ural

mat

eria

ls, p

arqu

etry

,ro

ds).

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

20 9

199

11/9

4H

-4

H.

Phys

illE

nvir

onm

ent

Con

tinue

d

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

prov

e-to

ryT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

eA

ssis

tm

ent

H-5

.In

divi

dual

spa

ce is

pro

vide

d fo

r ea

chch

ild's

bel

ongi

ngs.

The

re is

a p

lace

to h

ang

clot

hing

for

eac

hch

ild.

The

re a

re p

lace

s fo

r st

orin

g ex

tra

clot

hing

and

oth

er b

elon

ging

s su

ch a

s ar

tw

ork

to b

e ta

ken

hom

e.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

men

t

STA

TU

SN

EE

DN

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

oal F

or E

mer

g-In

Tec

hR

esou

rcT

he

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

H-6

.Pr

ivat

e ar

eas

whe

re c

hild

ren

can

play

or

wor

k al

one

or w

ith a

fri

end

are

avai

labl

e,

indo

ors

and

outd

oors

.

For

exam

ple:

Boo

k co

rner

s, lo

fts,

tunn

els,

or

play

hous

es th

atar

e ea

sy f

or a

dults

to s

uper

vise

.

20/

1 1

/9 4

202

H. P

hysi

cal E

nvir

onm

ent C

ontin

ued

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

In

Impr

ove-

tory

men

tT

h e Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Ass

ist

H-7

.-

The

env

iron

men

t inc

lude

s so

ft,

com

fort

able

ele

men

ts.

For

exam

ple:

Rug

s, c

ushi

ons,

roc

king

cha

irs,

sof

t fur

nitu

re,

soft

toys

, and

adu

lts w

ho c

uddl

e ch

ildre

n in

thei

r la

ps.

H-8

.So

und-

abso

rbin

g m

ater

ials

suc

h as

cei

ling

tile

and

rugs

are

use

d to

cut

dow

n no

ise.

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

Impr

ove-

tory

men

tT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

eA

ssis

t

I

H-9

An

outd

oor

play

and

lear

ning

spa

ce is

prov

ided

or

arra

nged

.

1 1

/94

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AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

I N

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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l For

Em

erg-

In

mpr

ove-

tory

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

men

t

Tec

hR

esou

rcA

ssis

t

203

204

111/

H. P

hysi

ca E

nvir

onm

ent C

ontin

ued

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InIm

prov

e-to

rym

ent

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Tec

hR

esou

rce

Ass

ist

H-9

a.A

var

iety

of

daily

act

iviti

es c

an o

ccur

outd

oors

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar. T

he o

utdo

orar

ea h

as a

:N

atur

al e

nvir

onm

ent (

a ba

lanc

e of

sha

dean

d su

n, w

ith v

eget

atio

n) w

hich

is u

sed

for

both

lear

ning

and

soc

ial a

ctiv

ities

.V

arie

ty o

f su

rfac

es s

uch

as h

ardt

op f

orw

heel

toys

, gra

ss f

or r

ollin

g, s

and

and

soil

for

digg

ing.

Var

iety

of

age-

appr

opri

ate

equi

pmen

t for

ridi

ng, c

limbi

ng, b

alan

cing

, ind

ivid

ual

play

ing.

H-9

b.T

he o

utdo

or p

lay

area

is p

rote

cted

fro

mac

cess

to s

tree

ts a

nd o

ther

dan

gers

.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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l For

Em

erg-

Impr

ove-

tory

The

Yea

rin

gm

ent

InT

ech

Res

ourc

Plac

eA

ssis

t

205

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

206

11/9

4H

-7

I. I

lea

Rh

Safe

ty

GO

AL

: The

hea

lth a

nd s

afet

y of

chi

ldre

n an

d ad

ults

are

pro

tect

ed a

nd e

nhan

ced.

RA

TIO

NA

LE

: The

pro

visi

on o

f a

safe

and

hea

lthy

envi

ronm

ent i

s es

sent

ial.

No

amou

nt o

f go

od c

urri

culu

m p

lann

ing

or p

ositi

ve a

dult-

child

inte

ract

ion

can

com

pens

ate

for

an e

nvir

onm

ent t

hat i

s da

nger

ous

for

child

ren.

Qua

lity

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

ams

act t

o pr

even

t illn

ess

and

acci

dent

s, a

re p

repa

red

to d

eal w

ithem

erge

ncie

s sh

ould

they

occ

ur, a

nd e

duca

te c

hild

ren

conc

erni

ng s

afe

and

heal

thy

prac

tices

.

The

re is

a w

ritte

n co

mm

itmen

t to

prev

entiv

e,he

alth

-pro

mot

ing

prac

tices

in th

e pr

ogra

m,

and

such

pra

ctic

es a

re s

hare

d w

ith o

rro

le-m

odel

ed f

or p

aren

ts a

nd c

hild

ren.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

H N

OT

ES/

CO

MM

EN

TS

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

mpr

ove-

tory

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

men

t EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

Impr

ove-

tory

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

men

t

I-la

.T

he p

rogr

am p

rese

nts

valid

cer

tific

atio

nth

at it

is in

com

plia

nce

with

all

lega

lre

quir

emen

ts f

or p

rote

ctio

n of

the

heal

than

d sa

fety

of

child

ren

in g

roup

set

tings

,su

ch a

s sa

nita

tion,

wat

er q

ualit

y, a

nd f

ire

prot

ectio

n. T

he p

rogr

am is

lice

nsed

or

accr

edite

d by

the

appr

opri

ate

loca

l/sta

teag

enci

es.

210

1 1

/9 4

209

I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

1-2.

Eac

h ad

ult i

s fr

ee o

f ph

ysic

al a

ndps

ycho

logi

cal c

ondi

tions

that

mig

htad

vers

ely

affe

ct c

hild

ren'

s he

alth

. Sta

ffre

ceiv

e pr

e-em

ploy

men

t phy

sica

lex

amin

atio

ns, t

uber

culo

sis

test

s, a

ndev

alua

tions

for

com

mun

icab

le d

isea

ses.

Hir

ing

prac

tices

incl

ude

care

ful c

heck

ing

ofpe

rson

al r

efer

ence

s of

all

pote

ntia

l new

empl

oyee

s. N

ew s

taff

mem

bers

ser

ve a

prob

atio

nary

em

ploy

men

t per

iod

duri

ngw

hich

the

adm

inis

trat

or o

r ot

her

qual

ifie

dpe

rson

mak

es a

pro

fess

iona

l jud

gmen

t as

toth

eir

phys

ical

and

psy

chol

ogic

al c

ompe

tenc

efo

r w

orki

ng w

ith c

hild

ren.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

NST

AT

US

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

ech

Res

ourc

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

Impr

ove-

tory

mee

t

1-3.

A c

urre

nt, w

ritte

n re

cord

is m

aint

aine

d fo

rea

ch c

hild

, inc

ludi

ng th

e re

sults

of

a co

mpl

ete

heal

th e

valu

atio

n by

an

appr

oved

hea

lth c

are

reso

urce

with

in s

ix m

onth

s pr

ior

toen

rollm

ent,

reco

rd o

f im

mun

izat

ion,

a li

st o

fan

y cu

rren

t med

icat

ions

, em

erge

ncy

cont

act

info

rmat

ion,

nam

es o

f pe

ople

aut

hori

zed

toca

ll fo

r th

e ch

ild, a

nd p

ertin

ent h

ealth

hist

ory

(suc

h as

alle

rgie

s or

chr

onic

cond

ition

s, a

nd d

evel

opm

enta

l iss

ues)

.C

hild

ren

have

rec

eive

d th

e ne

cess

ary

imm

uniz

atio

ns a

s re

com

men

ded

for

thei

r ag

egr

oup

by th

e A

mer

ican

Aca

dem

y of

Pedi

atri

cs o

r th

e C

olor

ado

Dep

artm

ent O

f1

1 /9

4Pu

blic

Hea

lth A

nd E

nvir

onm

ent.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

tory

mer

it

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

'ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hA

ssis

tR

esou

rce

211

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

212

I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

1-4.

The

pro

gram

has

a w

ritte

n po

licy

whi

chlim

its th

e at

tend

ance

of

child

ren

and

staf

fw

ho a

re il

l. Pr

ovis

ion

is m

ade

for

the

notif

icat

ion

of p

aren

ts, t

he c

omfo

rt o

f ill

child

ren

and

staf

f, a

nd th

e pr

otec

tion

of w

ell

child

ren.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

Impr

ove-

men

tto

ry

STA

TU

S

Goa

l For

Em

erg-

InT

he Y

ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

Tec

hR

esou

rCe

Ass

ist

1-5.

The

pro

gram

has

a w

ritte

n po

licy

whi

chre

quir

es a

dvan

ced

pare

nt/g

uard

ian

auth

oriz

atio

n fo

r an

y he

alth

and

deve

lopm

enta

l eva

luat

ion

of a

chi

ld a

nd f

orth

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

ervi

ces.

1 1

/94

EV

AL

UA

TIO

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ealth

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fety

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tinue

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erg-

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ing

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eT

ech

Ass

ist

Res

ourc

e

1-6.

Prov

isio

ns a

re m

ade

for

a sa

fe a

rriv

al a

ndde

part

ure

proc

ess

for

all c

hild

ren

whi

chal

low

s fo

r pa

rent

-sta

ff in

tera

ctio

n. A

syst

em e

xist

s fo

r en

suri

ng th

at c

hild

ren

are

rele

ased

onl

y to

aut

hori

zed

peop

le. A

nac

coun

tabi

lity

proc

edur

e is

in p

lace

and

follo

wed

whe

n a

child

fai

ls to

arr

ive

at th

epr

ogra

m. A

sys

tem

exi

sts

to e

nsur

e th

esa

fety

of

child

ren

who

se p

aren

ts h

ave

agre

ed to

allo

w th

eir

olde

r pr

imar

y st

uden

tsto

leav

e th

e pr

ogra

m o

n th

eir

own.

The

syst

em in

clud

es w

ritte

n ag

reem

ents

bet

wee

npa

rent

s an

d th

e pr

ogra

m p

rovi

ders

, and

cons

iste

nt s

ign-

out p

roce

dure

s fo

r re

leas

edch

ildre

n.

1-7.

If tr

ansp

orta

tion

is p

rovi

ded

for

child

ren

byth

e pr

ogra

m, v

ehic

les

are

equi

pped

with

age-

appr

opri

ate

rest

rain

t dev

ices

. The

prog

ram

pre

sent

s ce

rtif

icat

ion

that

veh

icle

sus

ed in

tran

spor

ting

child

ren

are

appr

opri

atel

y lic

ense

d, in

spec

ted,

and

mai

ntai

ned.

Whe

n ch

ildre

n w

ith d

isab

ilitie

sar

e tr

ansp

orte

d, r

estr

aint

s sh

ould

be

appr

opri

ate

for

the

leve

l of

disa

bilit

y.

11/9

4

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AL

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I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

1-8.

Chi

ldre

n ar

e un

der

adul

t sup

ervi

sion

at a

lltim

es.

For

exam

ple:

Infa

nts

and

todd

lers

are

nev

er le

ft u

natte

nded

.Pr

esch

oole

rs a

re s

uper

vise

d by

sig

ht a

nd s

ound

.Pr

imar

y st

uden

ts m

ay n

ot b

e in

sig

ht, b

ut s

taff

kno

ww

here

chi

ldre

n ar

e an

d w

hat t

hey

are

doin

g.

1-9.

Staf

f ar

e al

ert t

o th

e he

alth

sta

tus

of e

ach

child

and

to a

ny c

hang

es in

that

sta

tus.

Indi

vidu

al h

ealth

con

cern

s an

d ac

cide

nts

are

reco

rded

and

rep

orte

d to

sta

ff a

ndpa

rent

s.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsIm

prov

e-m

ent

Satis

fac-

tory

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ngth

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l For

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r

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ED

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S/C

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ME

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S

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AL

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Tec

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I-10

.W

hene

ver

poss

ible

, chi

ldre

n's

med

icat

ion

is a

dmin

iste

red

at h

ome.

EV

AL

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AT

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11/9

421

7

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218

I. H

ealth

and

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ety

Con

tinue

d

I- 1

0a.

If i

an foil

req

not

0

L b

ecom

es n

eces

sary

for

a c

hild

to ta

ke' f

orm

of

med

icat

ion,

thes

e st

eps

are

owed

. With

out t

hese

fiv

e le

gal

uire

men

ts b

eing

met

, med

icat

ion

may

be a

dmin

iste

red

at th

e pr

ogra

m.

EV

AL

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The

re is

a s

epar

ate

wri

tten

orde

r fr

omth

e ph

ysic

ian

to th

e pr

ogra

m s

tatin

g th

ech

ild's

nam

e, m

edic

atio

n, d

osag

e, a

ndtim

e fo

r it

to b

e ad

min

iste

red.

Med

icat

ion

is p

rope

rly

iden

tifie

d an

d in

its o

rigi

nal p

harm

acy-

labe

led

cont

aine

r.W

ritte

n pe

rmis

sion

by

the

pare

nts,

givi

ng th

e pr

ogra

m a

utho

riza

tion

toas

sist

with

med

icat

ion,

is o

n fi

le.

A m

edic

atio

n lo

g in

dica

tes

whe

nm

edic

atio

n w

as g

iven

.M

edic

atio

n is

sto

red

in a

cle

an, l

ocke

dca

bine

t or

cont

aine

r.

I -l

Ob.

Med

icat

ion

can

only

be

lega

lly g

iven

by

pers

onne

l who

m a

reg

iste

red

nurs

e ha

str

aine

d an

d de

lega

ted

the

task

of

givi

ngm

edic

atio

n.

EV

AL

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it

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421

922

0

I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

Wri

tten

polic

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and

proc

edur

es a

re in

plac

e to

ass

ist s

taff

in r

epor

ting

asu

spec

ted

inci

dent

of

child

abu

se a

nd/o

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glec

t.

EV

AL

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a.St

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for

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spec

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inci

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chi

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use

and/

or n

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I-11

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1 1

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f an

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rent

trai

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abo

ut th

e ne

edto

pre

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chi

ld a

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and

neg

lect

ispr

ovid

ed r

egul

arly

. The

nee

d fo

r ea

rly

reco

gniti

on o

f ch

ild a

buse

and

neg

lect

isem

phas

ized

.

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222

I. H

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and

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tinue

d

I-11

c.

EV

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erg-

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Susp

ecte

d in

cide

nts

of c

hild

abu

se a

nd/o

rne

glec

t by

pare

nts,

sta

ff, o

r ot

her

pers

ons

are

repo

rted

to a

ppro

pria

te lo

cal a

genc

ies

in a

tim

ely

man

ner.

1-12

.A

t lea

st o

ne s

taff

mem

ber

per

clas

sroo

mis

alw

ays

pres

ent w

ho h

as c

ertif

icat

ion,

from

a li

cens

ed h

ealth

pro

fess

iona

l or

cert

ifie

d pr

ogra

m, i

n em

erge

ncy

pedi

atri

cfi

rst-

aid

trea

tmen

t, ca

rdio

pulm

onar

yre

susc

itatio

n te

chni

ques

(C

PR)

for

infa

nts

and

child

ren,

and

em

erge

ncy

man

agem

ent o

f ch

okin

g.

EV

AL

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NE

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1-13

.T

he p

rogr

am e

ffec

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als

with

emer

genc

ies.

1 1

/94

EV

AL

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223

224

I. H

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and

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tinue

d

I-13

a.A

dequ

ate

firs

t-ai

d su

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I-13

b.

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AL

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exi

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for

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med

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cies

.

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wri

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.T

elep

hone

num

bers

of

polic

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ire

prot

ectio

n, a

nd p

oiso

n co

ntro

l off

ices

are

post

ed b

y te

leph

one.

All

staf

f ha

ve c

urre

nt c

ertif

icat

ion

for

CPR

and

fir

st a

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AL

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Ass

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1-14

.C

hild

ren

are

dres

sed

appr

opri

atel

y fo

rac

tive

play

indo

ors

and

outd

oors

.

Ext

ra c

loth

ing

is k

ept o

n ha

nd.

Prot

ectiv

e cl

othi

ng s

uch

as s

moc

ks a

ndm

itten

s is

kep

t on

hand

.

11/9

4

0

226

I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

I-15

b.C

ontin

ued

Surf

aces

touc

hed

by c

hild

ren

are

clea

ned

and

disi

nfec

ted

at le

ast d

aily

(e.g

., do

or k

nobs

, cou

nter

tops

, sin

ks).

Indi

vidu

al b

eddi

ng is

was

hed

once

aw

eek

and

used

by

only

one

chi

ldbe

twee

n w

ashi

ngs.

Ind

ivid

ual c

ribs

,co

ts, b

eddi

ng, o

r m

ats

are

was

hed

mor

e fr

eque

ntly

if s

oile

d.

EV

AL

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I-15

c.T

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11/9

4

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AL

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cov

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f th

e ch

angi

ng ta

ble

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sinf

ecte

d or

dis

pose

d of

aft

er e

ach

use.

Soile

d di

aper

s ar

e di

spos

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f or

hel

dfo

r la

undr

y in

clo

sed

cont

aine

rs o

ut o

fre

ach

of c

hild

ren.

A s

ink

with

run

ning

hot

and

col

dw

ater

is v

ery

clos

e to

dia

peri

ng a

nd_

toile

ting

area

s.T

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ilet a

rea

is s

aniti

zed

daily

or

asne

eded

dur

ing

the

day.

229

NO

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S 230

I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

1-15

d.T

oil

faci

lan

d

0 0 0 0 0 0

ets,

dri

nkin

g w

ater

, and

han

dwas

hing

ities

are

eas

ily a

cces

sibl

e to

chi

ldre

nst

aff.

EV

AL

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Nee

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prov

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fac-

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The

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Faci

litie

s an

d fi

xtur

es (

sink

s an

dto

ilets

) ar

e ei

ther

chi

ld-s

ized

or

mad

eac

cess

ible

by

non-

slip

sto

ols.

Soap

and

dis

posa

ble

tow

els

are

prov

ided

at a

ll si

nks.

Staf

f w

ash

thei

r ha

nds

with

soa

p an

dw

ater

bef

ore

feed

ing,

pre

pari

ng o

rse

rvin

g fo

od.

Chi

ldre

n w

ash

hand

s w

ith s

oap

and

wat

er b

efor

e ea

ting

snac

ks o

r m

eals

.C

hild

ren

was

h ha

nds

with

soa

p an

dw

ater

aft

er to

iletin

g.St

aff

was

h th

eir

hand

s w

ith s

oap

and

wat

er a

fter

dia

peri

ng o

r as

sist

ing

child

ren

with

toile

ting

or n

ose

wip

ing.

1-16

.T

he b

uild

ing,

pla

ygro

und,

and

all

equi

pmen

t are

mai

ntai

ned

in s

afe,

cle

anco

nditi

on a

nd in

goo

d re

pair

.

EV

AL

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N

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ME

NT

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EE

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mpr

ove-

tory

The

Yea

rin

gPl

ace

Ass

ist

men

t

232

2,31

11/9

41-

12

I. H

ealth

and

Saf

ety

Con

tinue

d

I-16

a.T

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236

1-14

I. H

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Con

tinue

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a.St

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AB

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240

J. N

utri

tion

and

Food

Ser

vice

GO

AL

: The

nut

ritio

nal n

eeds

of

child

ren

and

adul

ts a

re m

et in

a m

anne

r th

at p

rom

otes

phy

sica

l, so

cial

, em

otio

nal,

and

cogn

itive

dev

elop

men

t.

RA

TIO

NA

LE

: Chi

ldre

n m

ust b

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith a

dequ

ate

nutr

ition

and

als

o m

ust b

e ed

ucat

ed c

once

rnin

g go

od e

atin

g ha

bits

.

J-1.

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ls a

nd/o

r sn

acks

are

pla

nned

inpr

opor

tion

to th

e am

ount

of

time

the

child

is in

the

prog

ram

eac

h da

y. T

hey

mee

t the

child

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utri

tiona

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uire

men

ts, a

sre

com

men

ded

by th

e C

hild

Car

e an

d A

dult

Food

Pro

gram

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

esD

epar

tmen

t of

Agr

icul

ture

. The

am

ount

and

type

of

food

ser

ved

are

adju

sted

acco

rdin

g to

the

age

of th

e ch

ildre

n, s

ince

infa

nts

and

todd

lers

req

uire

sm

alle

ram

ount

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ntly

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nee

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241

J. N

utri

tion

and

Food

Ser

vice

Con

tinue

d

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J-2.

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u in

form

atio

n is

pro

vide

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par

ents

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edin

g tim

es a

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ood

cons

umpt

ion

info

rmat

ion

are

prov

ided

to p

aren

ts o

fin

fant

s an

d to

ddle

rs a

t the

end

of

each

day.

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eal a

nd s

nack

men

us a

nd ti

mes

are

post

ed f

or f

amili

es.

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AL

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fed.

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one

adu

lt si

ts w

ith c

hild

ren

duri

ng m

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to p

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lem

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and

enc

oura

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rsat

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dler

s an

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esch

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rs a

reen

cour

aged

to s

erve

and

fee

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emse

lves

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424

324

4J-

2

J. N

utri

tion

and

Food

Ser

vice

Con

tinue

d

J -3

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tinue

d

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mily

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le m

anne

rs a

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ppro

pria

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bits

are

rei

nfor

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tabl

es, a

nd e

atin

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ensi

ls a

resu

itabl

e fo

r th

e si

ze a

nd d

evel

opm

enta

lle

vels

of

the

child

ren.

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arie

ty o

f fo

ods

is s

erve

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hich

broa

den

child

ren'

s fo

od e

xper

ienc

es b

utco

nsid

er c

ultu

ral a

nd e

thni

cpr

efer

ence

s.Su

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ient

tim

e is

allo

wed

for

chi

ldre

nto

eat

.A

ll fo

ods

are

serv

ed a

t the

sam

e tim

e.

J-4.

Food

is n

ot u

sed

as a

pun

ishm

ent o

rre

war

d, a

nd c

hild

ren

are

enco

urag

ed, b

utno

t for

ced,

to e

at o

r ta

ste

a va

riet

y of

food

s.

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4

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AL

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245

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S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

NO

TE

S/C

OM

ME

NT

S

246

J. N

utri

tion

and

Food

Ser

vice

Con

tinue

d

J-5.

J-6.

EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

Nee

dsSa

tisfa

c- S

tren

gth

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ove-

tory

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t

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l For

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erg-

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ear

ing

Plac

e

NE

ED

Tec

hR

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rce

Ass

ist

If th

e pr

ogra

m d

oes

not p

rovi

de f

ood,

pare

nts

are

educ

ated

reg

ardi

ngw

ell-

bala

nced

mea

ls a

nd/o

r fo

od w

hich

may

be

brou

ght f

rom

hom

e. F

ood

brou

ght

from

hom

e is

sto

red

appr

opri

atel

y un

tilse

rved

.

Whe

re f

ood

is p

repa

red

on th

e pr

emis

es,

the

prog

ram

ver

ifie

s it

is in

com

plia

nce

with

lega

l req

uire

men

ts f

or n

utri

tion

and

food

ser

vice

. Foo

d m

ay b

e pr

epar

ed a

t an

appr

oved

fac

ility

and

tran

spor

ted

to th

epr

ogra

m in

app

ropr

iate

san

itary

cont

aine

rs a

nd a

t app

ropr

iate

tem

pera

ture

s.

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NT

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NO

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S/C

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ME

NT

S

248

247

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4

Eva

uat

ion

K. E

valu

atio

n

K-1

.GO

AL

: Sys

tem

atic

ass

essm

ent o

f th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of th

e pr

ogra

m in

mee

ting

its g

oals

for

chi

ldre

n, p

aren

ts, a

nd s

taff

is c

ondu

cted

to e

nsur

e th

at q

ualit

y ca

rean

ded

ucat

ion

are

prov

ided

and

mai

ntai

ned.

RA

TIO

NA

LE

: Ong

oing

and

sys

tem

atic

eva

luat

ion

is e

ssen

tial t

o im

prov

ing

and

mai

ntai

ning

the

qual

ity o

f an

ear

ly c

hild

hood

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m. E

valu

atio

n ef

fort

s ar

eba

sed

on p

rogr

am g

oals

and

ass

essm

ent o

f ne

eds,

and

iden

tify

both

str

engt

hs a

nd w

eakn

esse

s of

pro

gram

com

pone

nts.

Prog

ram

eva

luat

ion

is a

met

hod

ofga

ther

ing

info

rmat

ion

that

can

be

used

tost

reng

then

pro

gram

s to

bet

ter

mee

t the

need

s of

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es. P

rogr

amev

alua

tion

shou

ld in

clud

e al

l are

as o

f th

epr

ogra

m, i

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ding

fam

ily a

nd c

omm

unity

part

icip

atio

n, d

evel

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ent o

f th

ein

divi

dual

ized

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ning

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n, th

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the

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and

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ram

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ctiv

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mpl

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set

tings

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exit

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rvie

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with

fam

ilies

whe

n a

child

leav

es th

e pr

ogra

m.

259

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26.0

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App

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PRE

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NSI

VE

TR

AIN

ING

PL

AN

FO

R E

AR

LY

CH

ILD

HO

OD

CA

RE

AN

D E

DU

CA

TIO

N

Thi

s tr

aini

ng p

lan

is b

ased

on

a vi

sion

of

com

preh

ensi

ve, a

cces

sibl

e, q

ualit

y se

rvic

es a

nd s

uppo

rts

for

all y

oung

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es.

Thi

s vi

sion

rel

ies

on a

n as

sum

ptio

n of

the

inte

rrel

ated

ness

and

com

mon

aliti

es o

f al

l goo

d ea

rly

child

hood

pra

ctic

es.

Bas

ic a

ssum

ptio

ns:

1.A

ll pr

ogra

ms

are

licen

sed

by th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Hum

an S

ervi

ces.

2. T

he tr

aini

ng n

eeds

ass

essm

ent i

s ba

sed

on C

olor

ado

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s fo

r E

arly

Chi

ldho

od C

are

and

Edu

catio

n Se

rvic

es.

3.A

ll se

rvic

es w

ill b

e de

velo

pmen

tally

app

ropr

iate

.

4.Fa

mili

es w

ill b

e fu

ll pa

rtne

rs in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f se

rvic

es.

Thi

s pl

an is

des

igne

d to

add

ress

the

ongo

ing

lear

ning

and

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

need

s of

all

fam

ilies

, ear

ly c

hild

hood

car

e an

d ed

ucat

ion

prov

ider

s, a

nd c

omm

uniti

es. I

t is

impo

rtan

t to

utili

ze a

ll ou

r re

sour

ces,

hum

an a

nd f

inan

cial

, by

wor

king

toge

ther

and

lear

ning

fro

m e

ach

othe

r th

roug

h a

colla

bora

tive

trai

ning

eff

ort.

Com

pone

nts

of th

e tr

aini

ng p

lan

incl

ude:

inte

rage

ncy

part

ners

hip

blen

ded

fund

ing

colla

bora

tive

com

mun

ity s

yste

m/le

arni

ng c

lust

er, b

ased

on

a co

mm

unity

nee

ds a

sses

smen

tde

velo

pmen

t of

a co

mm

unity

app

licat

ion

and

trai

ning

pla

nfa

mily

prov

ider

par

tner

ship

equa

l acc

ess

for

all f

amili

es a

nd p

rovi

ders

coor

dina

tion

with

exi

stin

g tr

aini

ng s

yste

ms

stat

ewid

e tr

aini

ng e

vent

sm

aste

r tr

aini

ng c

alen

dar

reso

urce

men

uin

divi

dual

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

Col

orad

o's

Com

preh

ensi

ve T

rain

ing

Plan

For

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Car

e A

nd E

duca

tion,

ple

ase

cont

act

Sand

ra P

eter

sen

at (

303)

866

-694

2.

267

268

App

endi

x II

PRO

FESS

ION

AL

ST

AN

DA

RD

S D

EV

EL

OPM

EN

T

Col

orad

o's

syst

em o

f ea

rly

care

and

edu

catio

n is

des

crib

ed b

y m

any

as a

"no

n-sy

stem

"..

. pro

gram

s ar

ede

liver

ed in

a w

ide

vari

ety

ofse

tting

s.T

hese

pro

gram

s ar

e de

liver

ed b

y pu

blic

sch

ools

, Hea

d St

art,

priv

ate

for-

prof

it an

d no

npro

fit p

rovi

ders

in c

hild

car

e ce

nter

s,fa

mily

chi

ld c

are

hom

es, c

omm

unity

cen

ters

and

oth

er f

acili

ties.

Whi

le th

is "

non-

syst

em"

has

cert

ain

adva

ntag

es (

e.g.

, par

enta

l cho

ice

and

a va

riet

y of

ser

vice

del

iver

y m

odel

s), i

t lac

ks m

ost o

f th

ede

sira

ble

com

pone

nts

of a

man

aged

sys

tem

. It h

as s

pora

dic

trai

ning

and

no

form

al c

aree

r la

dder

for

sta

ff. I

t has

no

inte

grat

ed s

trat

egic

plan

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t pro

cess

and

con

sequ

ently

can

not k

eep

pace

with

cha

nges

in th

e fi

eld.

In N

ovem

ber

1990

, Gov

erno

r R

oy R

omer

, thr

ough

Fir

stim

pres

sion

s, c

onve

ned-

a m

eetin

g w

ith e

arly

chi

ldho

od c

are

and

educ

atio

npr

ofes

sion

als

to d

iscu

ss tr

aini

ng s

tand

ards

. Inc

lude

d w

ere

repr

esen

tativ

es f

rom

Hea

d St

art,

the

Col

orad

o D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n, th

eC

olor

ado

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

uman

Ser

vice

s, c

omm

unity

col

lege

s, f

our-

year

col

lege

s an

d un

iver

sitie

s an

d ea

rly

child

hood

pro

fess

iona

las

soci

atio

ns.

A P

rofe

ssio

nal S

tand

ards

Con

fere

nce

was

hel

d in

Apr

il 19

91. W

orki

ng g

roup

s re

com

men

ded

that

Gov

erno

r R

omer

est

ablis

h a

task

forc

e co

mpr

ised

of

polic

ymak

ers,

legi

slat

ors,

bus

ines

s le

ader

s an

d pr

ofes

sion

als

to b

egin

pla

nnin

g a

care

er d

evel

opm

ent s

yste

m in

ear

lych

ildho

od c

are

and

educ

atio

n an

d to

rev

iew

wha

t is

happ

enin

g in

oth

er s

tate

s an

d on

a n

atio

nal l

evel

. Gov

erno

r R

omer

app

oint

edm

embe

rs to

the

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Pro

fess

idna

l Sta

ndar

ds T

ask

Forc

e in

Dec

embe

r 19

91.

The

task

for

ce h

as d

evel

oped

rec

omm

enda

tions

and

act

ion

step

s to

cre

ate

a ca

reer

dev

elop

men

t sys

tem

for

ear

ly c

hild

hood

edu

cato

rs.

Thi

s m

odel

add

ress

es c

ore

know

ledg

e, s

eam

less

art

icul

atio

n, s

tand

ardi

zatio

n of

trai

ning

, bri

dgin

g of

non

-cre

dit a

nd c

redi

ted

trai

ning

and

ince

ntiv

es.

Gov

erno

r R

omer

est

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und

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e Fi

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mpr

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isor

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ounc

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char

ged

the

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ndar

ds C

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on im

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artm

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n, H

uman

Ser

vice

s, P

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nvir

onm

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and

Hig

her

Edu

catio

n.

Pres

ent E

ffor

ts a

nd A

ccom

plis

hmen

ts

Cor

e K

now

ledg

e

The

Pro

fess

iona

l Sta

ndar

ds C

omm

ittee

has

iden

tifie

d ei

ght a

reas

of

core

kno

wle

dge.

The

y ar

e co

nsis

tent

with

the

Nat

iona

l Ass

ocia

tion

for

the

Edu

catio

n of

You

ng C

hild

ren

(NA

EY

C)

Prof

essi

onal

Dev

elop

men

t Ins

titut

e's

mod

el. T

he e

ight

are

as a

re:

270

969

1.C

hild

Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t2.

Hea

lthy

Safe

Env

iron

men

tM

edic

al w

ell-

bein

gN

utri

tion

Cre

atin

g a

safe

, hea

lthy

envi

ronm

ent

Chi

ld p

rote

ctio

n3.

Dev

elop

men

tally

App

ropr

iate

Pra

ctic

es4.

Gui

danc

e5.

Fam

ily R

elat

ions

hips

6.C

ultu

ral a

nd I

ndiv

idua

l Div

ersi

ty7.

Pro

fess

iona

lism

8.O

bser

vatio

n an

d R

ecor

ding

.

Art

icul

atio

n of

Tra

inin

g

In J

uly

1993

a c

olla

bora

tive

effo

rt o

f th

e G

over

nor's

off

ice,

the

Col

orad

o D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n, th

e C

olor

ado

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

uman

Serv

ices

, the

Col

orad

o C

omm

unity

Col

lege

and

Occ

upat

iona

l. E

duca

tion

Syst

em a

nd th

e N

orth

Cen

tral

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Tec

h/Pr

epC

onso

rtiu

m b

egan

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a

stat

ewid

e se

amle

ss a

rtic

ulat

ion

syst

em.

It is

the

inte

nt o

f th

is p

roje

ct to

bui

ld o

n an

d ex

tend

sta

tew

ide

the

exis

ting

effo

rts

to d

evel

op a

sea

mle

ss, s

kills

enh

ance

d, a

cade

mic

ally

inte

grat

ed e

duca

tiona

l pro

gram

pro

gres

sing

fro

m th

e 11

th g

rade

thro

ugh

asso

ciat

e de

gree

and

eve

ntua

lly to

the

bacc

alau

reat

e an

d gr

adua

tele

vel.

One

out

com

e of

this

pro

ject

is th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f co

mpe

tenc

y ba

sed

indi

cato

rs o

f th

e di

ffer

ent l

evel

s of

cor

e kn

owle

dge

for

each

of

the

eigh

t are

as. T

hese

indi

cato

rs f

orm

the

basi

s of

the

artic

ulat

ion

mod

el.

App

rova

l of

Non

-Cre

dit T

rain

ing

A tr

aini

ng c

lear

ingh

ouse

wor

k gr

oup

has

been

mee

ting

regu

larl

y to

dev

elop

gui

delin

es f

or th

e ap

prov

al o

f no

n-cr

edit

trai

ning

that

supp

orts

the

care

er d

evel

opm

ent m

odel

, rec

ogni

zes

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f co

re k

now

ledg

e an

d m

eets

sta

ffin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

he a

ppro

val

proc

ess

will

add

ress

con

tent

, mat

eria

ls a

nd tr

aine

r qu

alif

icat

ions

. The

com

pete

ncy

base

d in

dica

tors

(m

entio

ned

abov

e) w

ill b

e us

ed in

the

appr

oval

pro

cess

. Cri

teri

a fo

r no

n-cr

edit

trai

ning

app

rova

l will

be

deve

lope

d by

Dec

embe

r 31

, 199

4.

272

271

Coo

rdin

atio

n of

Tra

inin

g

The

Sta

te E

ffor

ts in

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Man

agem

ent T

eam

, com

pris

ed o

f m

anag

ers

from

Col

orad

o's

heal

th, e

duca

tion

and

hum

an s

ervi

ces

syst

em h

as d

evel

oped

a c

oord

inat

ed e

arly

chi

ldho

od tr

aini

ng p

lan

and

has

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r th

e us

e of

trai

ning

fun

ds. (

see

App

endi

x I.

)

Opt

iona

l Pro

fess

iona

l-C

rede

ntia

ling

The

Pro

fess

iona

l Sta

ndar

ds C

omm

ittee

is p

ullin

g to

geth

er le

ader

ship

fro

m a

ll th

e ea

rly

child

hood

pro

fess

iona

l org

aniz

atio

ns to

exp

lore

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

opt

iona

l pro

fess

iona

l cre

dent

ialin

g sy

stem

for

ear

ly c

hild

hood

and

sch

ool-

age

child

car

e pe

rson

nel.

It w

as f

elt t

hat

Col

orad

o ne

eds'

a c

rede

ntia

ling

syst

em th

at r

ecog

nize

s di

ffer

ent l

evel

s of

pro

fess

iona

lism

with

in o

ur f

ield

. The

com

mitt

ee f

elt t

hat t

hecr

eden

tialin

g sy

stem

sho

uld

be o

ptio

nal a

nd th

at it

be

man

aged

out

side

of

stat

e go

vern

men

t. It

was

"su

gges

ted

that

a c

onso

rtiu

m o

fpr

ofes

sion

al o

rgan

izat

ions

mig

ht d

evel

op a

nd o

vers

ee th

e cr

eden

tialin

g sy

stem

. The

fir

st m

eetin

g of

this

cre

dent

ialin

g w

ork

grou

p w

illbe

in th

e fa

ll, 1

994.

273'

274

DR

AFT

EA

RL

Y C

HIL

DH

OO

D C

AR

EE

R L

AT

TIC

E (

July

20,

199

4)

ASS

IST

AN

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evel

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rain

ing

BA

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CA

RE

GIV

ER

entr

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vel

cent

er a

ssis

tant

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m a

ssis

tant

assi

stan

t in

larg

e fa

mily

chi

ld c

are

hom

epa

rapr

ofes

sion

al in

a s

choo

l

Lev

el 2

Tra

inin

g

licen

sed

fam

ily c

hild

car

ena

nny

lega

lly e

xem

pt f

rom

lice

nsin

gsc

hool

-age

car

egiv

er

ED

UC

AT

OR

IL

evel

3 T

rain

ing

"gro

up le

ader

"ac

cred

ited

fam

ily c

hild

car

eC

olor

ado

Pres

choo

l Pro

gram

teac

her

ED

UC

AT

OR

II

275

CD

A' o

r L

evel

3 T

rain

ing

plus

spec

ializ

ed tr

aini

ng in

are

a of

empl

oym

ent

Hea

d St

art l

ead

teac

her

infa

nt to

ddle

r ed

ucat

orsc

hool

-age

chi

ld c

are

educ

ator

trai

ner/

men

tor

in f

amily

chi

ld c

are

hom

esch

ild c

are

prof

essi

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cre

dent

ial

(NC

CA

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ED

UC

AT

OR

III

Ass

ocia

te D

egre

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ear

lych

ildho

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cent

er d

irec

tor

earl

y ch

ildho

od a

dmin

istr

ator

scho

ol-a

ge c

hild

car

e pr

ogra

msu

perv

isor

ED

UC

AT

OR

IV

Bac

cala

urea

te D

egre

e w

ith e

arly

child

hood

teac

her

cert

ific

atio

npe

dago

gy o

r B

acca

laur

eate

Deg

ree

in e

arly

chi

ldho

od

ED

UC

AT

OR

V

cert

ifie

d/lic

ense

d ea

rly

child

hood

teac

her

(aut

omat

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ly b

ecom

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tiale

d E

duca

tor

IV)

trai

ner/

men

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sch

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s

Mas

ters

Deg

ree

earl

y ch

ildho

od s

peci

alis

tea

rly

child

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spe

cial

edu

cato

rsc

hool

adm

inis

trat

orsc

hool

dis

tric

t ear

ly c

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hood

coor

dina

tor

or s

uper

viso

r

ED

UC

AT

OR

VI

Ph.D

. or

Ed.

D.

276

CO

NSU

LT

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el 3

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inin

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erra

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oal.

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res

ult i

s a

high

ly s

hare

den

deav

or w

ith m

embe

rs e

vent

ually

com

mitt

ing

them

selv

es a

s m

uch

to th

e co

mm

on g

oal a

s to

the

inte

rest

s of

par

ticip

atin

g ag

enci

es.

Age

ncy

auto

nom

y is

ther

efor

e lim

ited,

and

the

effo

rt in

volv

es h

igh

cont

act (

incl

udin

g hi

gh c

onfl

ict)

and

is u

sual

ly q

uite

con

spic

uous

toth

e ou

tsid

e w

orld

.. A

n ex

ampl

e w

ould

be

the

deci

sion

to b

uild

and

join

tly o

pera

te a

com

mun

ity c

ente

r th

at h

ouse

s sc

hool

, rec

reat

iona

l,an

d so

cial

ser

vice

com

pone

nts.

Com

mun

ity C

olla

bora

tion:

Act

ive

part

icip

atio

n by

the

larg

er c

omm

unity

is c

ritic

al to

the

max

imum

suc

cess

of

the

earl

y ch

ildho

odpr

ogra

m. A

n or

gani

zed

grou

p of

per

sons

, usu

ally

an

advi

sory

cou

ncil,

whi

ch is

rep

rese

ntat

ive

of th

e ho

me,

sch

ool,

and

com

mun

itysh

ould

be

form

ed. T

his

coun

cil s

erve

s as

a c

omm

unic

atio

n lin

k an

d pr

ovid

es d

irec

tion

in p

lann

ing,

dev

elop

ing,

impl

emen

ting,

and

revi

ewin

g th

e ea

rly

child

hood

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m. I

n ad

ditio

n, r

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f th

e co

mm

unity

will

be

invi

ted

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

earl

ych

ildho

od p

rogr

am.

Dev

elop

men

tally

App

ropr

iate

: Ref

ers

to o

ffer

ing

cont

ent,

mat

eria

ls, a

nd m

etho

dolo

gies

, in

a la

ngua

ge th

at th

e ch

ild u

nder

stan

ds,

that

are

com

men

sura

te w

ith th

e ch

ild's

leve

l of

deve

lopm

ent a

nd f

or w

hich

the

child

is r

eady

. Thi

s m

eans

con

cret

e ha

nds-

on e

xper

ienc

esin

pre

para

tion

for

mov

ing

to s

ymbo

lic le

vels

(le

tters

, num

bers

, pic

ture

s).

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Car

e an

d E

duca

tion:

Pro

visi

on o

f pu

rpos

eful

exp

erie

nces

, pub

lic o

r pr

ivat

e, a

imed

at g

uidi

ng th

e ph

ysic

al,

emot

iona

l, in

telle

ctua

l, an

d so

cial

dev

elop

men

t of

youn

g ch

ildre

n, b

irth

thro

ugh

eigh

t yea

rs o

f ag

e or

thro

ugh

thir

d gr

ade.

Fam

ily: P

eopl

e re

late

d to

eac

h ot

her

in m

any

way

s: b

y bl

ood,

mar

riag

e, a

dopt

ion,

or

lega

l gua

rdia

nshi

p. F

amily

mem

bers

incl

ude:

biol

ogic

al p

aren

ts (

cust

odia

l and

non

cust

odia

l); a

dopt

ive

pare

nts;

fos

ter

pare

nts;

ste

p-pa

rent

s; g

rand

pare

nts

and

othe

r re

lativ

es o

fsi

gnif

ican

ce to

the

child

; all

sibl

ings

(ha

lf, s

tep,

ful

l). I

n ad

ditio

n, a

ny in

divi

dual

who

has

ext

ensi

ve c

onta

ct w

ith th

e ch

ild a

nd/o

r is

asi

gnif

ican

t per

son

in th

e ch

ild's

life

cou

ld b

e in

clud

ed.

Fam

ily P

artn

ersh

ips:

Fam

ily m

embe

rs s

houl

d be

res

pect

ed a

s eq

ual p

artn

ers

in a

ll ph

ases

of

the

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

am. F

amili

esar

e in

tegr

ated

into

the

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

am th

roug

h op

port

uniti

es to

pla

n an

d pa

rtic

ipat

e in

all

stat

es o

f pr

ogra

m d

evel

opm

ent a

ndim

plem

enta

tion.

Sup

port

ive

oppo

rtun

ities

sho

uld

be p

rovi

ded

for

fam

ily m

embe

rs to

exp

and

thei

r kn

owle

dge

of c

hild

dev

elop

men

t,in

crea

se p

aren

ting

skill

s, e

xten

d ch

ildre

n's

lear

ning

at h

ome,

and

util

ize

com

mun

ity r

esou

rces

.

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288

Incl

usio

n: C

hild

ren

with

a w

ide

rang

e of

abi

litie

san

d so

met

imes

dis

abili

ties

lear

n fr

om e

ach

othe

r in

ear

ly c

hild

hood

set

tings

.W

here

incl

usio

n ex

ists

, all

child

ren

are

view

ed a

s eq

ual m

embe

rs o

f th

e le

arni

ng c

omm

unity

thou

gh s

ome

child

ren

may

nee

d ad

ditio

nal

supp

orts

for

thei

r pa

rtic

ipat

ion.

Lea

rnin

g C

ente

rs: A

reas

in th

e cl

assr

oom

des

igna

ted

for

inte

ract

ion

area

s (d

ram

a, c

onst

ruct

ion,

tact

ile a

nd a

rt m

edia

) or

cur

ricu

lum

area

s (m

anip

ulat

ives

for

mat

h an

d fi

ne m

otor

dev

elop

men

t, m

ater

ials

for

lang

uage

dev

elop

men

t and

sci

ence

exp

lora

tion)

.

Part

H: R

efer

s to

ser

vice

s fo

r in

fant

s an

d to

ddle

rs w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s an

d th

eir

fam

ilies

.

Prim

ary:

Pro

gram

s fo

r ch

ildre

n 5-

8 ye

ars

of a

ge in

Kin

derg

arte

n, F

irst

, Sec

ond,

and

Thi

rd g

rade

s.

Staf

f: A

ll pe

rson

s w

ho in

tera

ct d

irec

tly w

ith c

hild

ren.

Stan

dard

s: T

he C

olor

ado

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s fo

r E

arly

Chi

ldho

od C

are

and

Edu

catio

n Se

rvic

es w

ere

deve

lope

d co

llabo

rativ

ely

with

inpu

t fro

m p

ract

ition

ers

and

polic

y m

aker

s th

roug

hout

Col

orad

o. T

hey

wer

e de

sign

ed to

hel

p en

sure

that

ear

ly c

hild

hood

pro

gram

s w

illpr

ovid

e qu

ality

ser

vice

s to

hel

p ch

ildre

n re

ach

thei

r de

velo

pmen

tal p

oten

tial.

It is

the

inte

nt o

f th

e au

thor

s to

pro

vide

thes

e st

anda

rds

as a

reso

urce

and

sel

f-as

sess

men

t gui

de f

or p

ract

ition

ers.

We

hope

that

the

user

-fri

endl

y fo

rmat

pro

mot

es th

eir

use

to a

sses

s, e

valu

ate,

and

impr

ove

exis

ting

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

ams.

The

Col

orad

o Q

ualit

y St

anda

rds

for

Ear

ly C

hild

hood

Car

e an

d E

duca

tion

Serv

ices

sho

uld

not b

e co

nfus

ed w

ith c

onte

nt s

tand

ards

as

requ

ired

by

Col

orad

o B

B 9

3-13

13 o

r w

ith c

onte

nt o

r pe

rfor

man

ce s

tand

ards

req

uire

d by

fede

ral i

nitia

tives

.

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