Heard It All Before
This activity requires focused attention and intentional observation of children of all times.
What is Active Supervision?
Furniture is waist height or shorter this strategy will help you.
What is set up the Environment?
The strategy that holds you accountable for the children in their care.
What is Scan and Count?
Staff use what they know about each child's individual interests and skills to predict what he/she will do
What is Anticipate Children's Behavior?
Writing the classroom newsletter during free choice time.
What is not OK
Identifying each child individually visually.
What is name to face contact?
Keeping small spaces clutter free and big spaces are clear will help educators do this better
What is observe?
You can will know where everyone is and what they are doing.
What is observing and moving around from area to area?
Educators may offer different levels of assistance or redirection depending on each individual child's needs.
What is engage and redirect?
Carrying out activities that will distract you from supervision should be...
What is avoided?
A program must establish, train staff on, implement, and enforce a system of health and safety practices that ensure children are kept safe at all times.
What is Performance Standard 1302.47
Educators carefully plan where they will position themselves in the environment to prevent children from harm.
What is Staff Positioning?
We count children this many times
While children are trying to solve problems on their own educators do this.
What is wait
Although staff is involved in activities, staff should still be directly involved by
What is regularly looking around?
The most effective strategy for keeping children safe.
What is Active Supervision?
Depending on where you stand you are able to do this with children in your care.
What is see and hear?
Specific sounds or the absence of them may signify reason for concern for this strategy.
What is Listening
In order to ensure what they see and hear all staff often do this
What is periodically observe and record briefly?
Confirming all children are present before, beginning, during, and returning and give extra attention during these activities
What is Transportation and Field Trips?
The TOP PRIORITY for ALL Head Start Programs
What is keeping children safe.
Teachers do this for students who need additional support.
What is stay close to children?
Educators who are listening closely to children immediately identify this.
What is signs of potential danger?
Educators use these skills to know when to offer children support
What are active supervision skill?
At this time of the day should you work on lesson plans, TSG, or blue folders.
What is during rest time?