Assessment
What is the name of our ongoing assessment?
Teaching Strategies Smart Teach or Teaching Strategies Gold
What form do we use to collect information on children's strengths, interests, challenges, and goals?
Child School Readiness Report
What does DAP stand for?
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
What tool do we use to monitor teaching practices?
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
How do you know how effective your teaching practices are?
CLASS observations and feedback
What is the name of our developmental screening?
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
How do we keep track of children's goals?
They are added to our Weekly Planning Form and what activities we will do to support that child's goals. They are kept in the red folder.
What does Developmentally Appropriate Practice mean?
Doing activities that meet children where they are at developmentally so every child can be successful and reach their full potential
Name a quality teaching practice we use for Positive Climate?
Close proximity, matched affect, smiling, laughter, enthusiasm, positive communication, polite language, eye contact, warm and calm voice
What form do you complete where you evaluate your teaching practices?
Strengths & Needs Assessment
What is the name of our behavioral screening?
Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA)
How do we individualize activities for children?
We look at the goals from the Child School Readiness Report and add them to our Weekly Planning form along with what activities we will do support child goals
Name 3 things that need to be displayed in the classroom
Visual schedule, classroom rules, interest area signs, parent schedule, children's artwork, family wall, letter wall
Name a quality teaching practice we use for Concept Development?
How and why questions, prediction/experimentation, classification, connecting concepts, integrating activities with previous learning, connection to the real world (relate to students' lives)
My daily schedule is not working. How can I get support?
Call your Coach or Child Development Coordinator
How do we assess how the children are progressing?
Checkpoints - 3 times a Year: Fall, Winter, Spring
What report do you use to let families know how their child is progressing on kindergarten readiness skills?
TS Smart Teach Development & Learning Report at core visits
What are well-defines areas in the classroom called?
Interest areas
Name a quality teaching practice we use for Behavior Management?
Clear behavior expectations, anticipate problem behaviors, effective redirection of misbehavior, student behavior
I need help with setting up my classroom environment. How can I get help?
Call your Coach, Child Development Coordinator, Site Supervisor
What must be done weekly to get accurate information about how your children are progressing?
Documentation
How do you use child assessment data to individualize for children?
We look at classroom data after each checkpoint and complete the Child Outcomes Worksheet. We also review the TS Smart Teach Class Profile Report to see which children need extra support.
What does a well-organized classroom environment promote?
Independence in children and engagement
Name a quality teaching practice we use for Language Modeling?
Back and forth exchanges, peer conversations, open-ended questions, repetition and extension, advanced language, self and parallel talk
What do you do in conjunction with your coach to help you improve your teaching practices?
Goal setting