Early Childhood professions
A person who promotes child development, builds family and community relationships, observes and documents students needs, and used content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum.
What is an Early Childhood Professional.
Ages 1-2
basic trust vs mistrust
Physiological needs
Food,water,rest
Birth-2
Sensorimotor stage
Experience
480 hours work experience with 3-5 year olds
Provides care in a child’s home
What is a nanny
Anatomy vs Shame
Security and safety
Safety needs
concrete operational stage
7-11
Education
120 clock hours divided among different program areas
A person from a foreign country who lives with a family and performs tasks similar to those of a nanny
What is an au pair
Ages 4-5
What is initiative vs guilt
Intimates relationships and friends
Belonging and love needs
2-6
preoperational stage
Personal
18 years old with a high school diploma, academic skills, signed statement of ethical conduct
Needed in public and private schools
What is a kindergarten teacher
Ages 5-13
Industry vs inferiority
Esteem needs
Feeling of accomplishments
12-adulthood
formal operational stage
Setting
State-approved center
Provides support and assistance to the lead teacher in providing developmentally appropriate curriculum.
What are Early Childhood Assistant and Associate Teachers
Ages 13-21
Identity vs confusion
Self-fulfillment
Achieving full potential
Paiget's theory
how a child constructs a mental model of the world.
CDA
Child Development Associate