Regulations
What is the recommended time to practice fire drills and an emergency plan?
Fire drills once a month and emergency plan once a year.
What does MTSS stand for?
Multi-tiered systems of support
Sugar Maple
What are early intervention services?
Bonus - what is it called in our area?
Educational services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and their families.
CIS children's integrated services
If you want to know what's happening, where should you look?
The weekly updates
What is the best way to reduce the spread of germs?
Handwashing
What is the goal of MTSS?
The goal of MTSS is to ensure that all students receive high-quality instruction and support matched to their individual needs.
Located in Waterbury, Vermont, this company is named for its founders and makes frozen treats sold around the world.
Ben and Jerry's
When talking with staff and family members, early childhood professionals have an ethical responsibility to maintain what?
CONFIDENTIALITY
If you want to request time off, what are the steps?
1) check the calendar to make sure other people aren't out
2) fill out a time off request slip and put it in the folder.
3) check your folder up front to make sure your time off was approved!
If you see a safety concern what should you do?
Address it immediately and notify an administrator.
What role do teachers play in the MTSS process?
Teachers implement interventions, monitor student progress, and provide feedback on the effectiveness of strategies.
This river, which flows into Lake Champlain just north of Burlington, shares its name with a Vermont City.
Winooski River
What does the acronym DAP stand for in early childhood education?
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
What are the center wide expectations?
respectful, responsible, safe and kind!
When do you need to wash your hands?
(hint there are 9 times!)
5.2.1.1 CBCCPP staff shall ensure that adults and children wash their hands: • Upon arrival at the CBCCPP; • Before they eat, prepare or handle food; • Before and after handling raw meat; • Before feeding children; • After toileting or diapering; • After cleaning; • After taking out the garbage; 42 • After handling animals; and • After outdoor play.
When analyzing if an intervention worked, teams check this metric to ensure the strategy was actually put into practice correctly and consistently as planned.
Implementation Fidelity
The Green Mountains are part of this major North American Mountain range.
The Appalachian Mountains
This activity is often believed by parents to be a one-day miracle, but actually requires patience, consistency and approximately 47 pairs of ?
What is potty training?
Where can you find professional development activities (outside what we provide)
Bonus
How many hours of PD are required by the state?
How many hours are required here?
Seed and Sew
Emtss modules
Penn State Better Kid Care
Northern Lights
CCV
15
45
What are the different ratios for each age group?
Bonus- What is the ratio for a group of children with mixed ages?
Birth – 18 months 8 (max in a group) 1:4
18 months – 30 months 10 1:4
24 months – 36 months 10 1:5
32 months – 42 months 15 1:6
36 months – Kindergarten 20 1:10 1st grade and up 26 1:13
The ratio meets the youngest child's ratio.
Name 3 components of a successful mtss framework
Universal screening, tiered interventions, and progress monitoring.
This snake, Vermont's only venomous species is endangered and rarely seen.
Timber Rattlesnake
Studies have shown that children who attend high-quality daycare often experience better outcomes in this area.
What is education or early childhood development?
What is the mission here?
We believe in the value & uniqueness of each child & family we serve. Our center experience is designed to promote each child’s own individual social, emotional, physical, & cognitive development. As early educators, our mission is to provide a nurturing, safe & developmentally appropriate learning environment, which fosters a child’s natural instinct to explore, discover, create, & become a lifelong learner.