Identify the difference between teacher-/child-directed activities.
Discover the key distinctions between teacher-directed and child-directed activities in early childhood education and child care centers. Learn the appropriate practices for identifying and demonstrating these differences to enhance children's learning experiences.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Proficiency Level
120 hours courses
12 CEUsRelated Outcomes
- Identify appropriate practices for teacher- and child-directed activities.
- Identify and understand the requirements of Child Care Subsidy (POC), Child and Adult Food Program, MSDE Child Care Credential, Tiered Reimbursement, and the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund
- Demonstrate an understanding of teacher vs. child directed activities.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development.
- Identify examples of appropriate activities for different ages.
- Identify different types of risk management common in child care.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development
- Identify different learning styles and how to differentiate instruction to meet a child's needs.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development.
- Identify the different types of portfolios used in child care programs, and the appropriate portfolio components for each type.
- Identify factors that may influence learning for a child in the family child care environment.
- Identify parenting styles and the influence those styles have on child development
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Identify strategies in promoting sound health and safety principles for in child care.
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