Relationships
What is Serve and Return?
An experience when a teacher intentionally connects with and responds to children (back and forth exchanges)?
This center is a place in the classroom where children can relax in a soft environment and enjoy the wonderful world of literature.
Library
How many Services Values do we have?
6
What is the tool that we use daily to supervise and keep children safe?
Child Supervision Record (CSR)
True or False: Disposable gloves should be worn when preparing and serving food ?
Yes!
What are 3 ways we communicate with our Families (daily and throughout the year)?
- Face-to-face at drop-off and pick-up
-KCE App
- Family Conferences (twice a year)
This is a classroom routine that takes place every day - twice a day - in all classrooms expect Infants. What is it?
Community Time
What Service Value resonates the most with you and why?
- I build great relationships with families.
- An important part of my job is talking with parents about their children.
- I anticipate and quick resolve parents' concerns.
- I respond to the unique needs and interests of every child.
- I genuinely care about every child in my classroom.
- My team works together to make our center warm and welcoming.
What resource do you refer to when you need to know if a child has a dietary preference and or allergy?
Allergy and Dietary preference list.
It is best practice to prepare for nap time by laying out cots before or during lunch?
False
When a Teacher has meaningful and ongoing communication with families..it looks like this (list 2-3).
• Engages and communicates with prospective families with warmth and professionalism
• Shares meaningful moments with currently enrolled families to support effective center-to home transitions
• Demonstrates awareness of each child’s family circumstances
• Communicates with families in a variety of ways to meet families’ preferences
• Supports effective transitions across teachers and classrooms
Name every learning center?
Library - Math and Manipulatives - Library - Blocks - Creative Expression - Dramatic Play - Science and Sensory - Writing in PS/PK
No wrong answer!
During nap-time, it is okay to cover the heads of children while they nap as long as they can walk and talk.
NO!!!
Every Classroom should have this and it should be located in a spot that is clearly labeled, easily assessible to Teachers, but out of reach of Children.
First Aid Kit and Emergency Supplies
When using the KinderCare App; what are characteristics of GREAT App use?
-Add accurate information to each report.
-Include descriptions and notes that are meaningful and personal to connect with families.
-Add highlights, anecdotes, new words, or quotable comments to capture the child's development.
-Reflect the week's curriculum theme(s) in notes and comments.
- Ensure we are sending quality photos - please check for background images/noise, and ensure they are not blurry. Retake if needed.
-Edit the daily report before its sent to parents to ensure it is as accurate as possible.
-Send daily reports to families once children have been checked out.
What resource would you refer to when planning to enhance learning centers in your classroom? What does it mean for a learning center to be enhanced?
-Curriculum Manual
- Learning centers should be thematic and have a variety of age-appropriate materials
- Children are visibly engaged in learning center activities
- Child directed learning experiences
No wrong answer!
What is Safe Sleep?
Infants may only sleep in cribs.
Always place infants to sleep on their back.
Sound Machines are never permitted.
Infants should wear clothing appropriate to the temperature of the room to help prevent overheating.
Infants should only be placed in their crib when they are tired and should not follow a predetermined schedule.
Teachers should complete their Safe Sleep Commitment annually, signed commitments should be placed in their file.
In our Infant Classrooms, what are the two consistent enhancement experiences that we create for infant's on a weekly basis?
- Wet and Messy
- Discovery Baskets
What is ACT?
Apologize and Listen
Clarify for Problem
Timely Follow-up with Resolution
What does an exceptional evidence of learning board look like?
Displays should align to the specific learning
centers within each age-group program.
-Title the displays to reflect the activity shown,
for example, with the name of the activity.
-Display an Evidence of Learning
-Include photos of the children engaged in the
activity.
-It is not necessary to include a photo of
every child for every activity, but there
should be photos of all children engaged
in learning activities throughout the
classroom. Group photos are also
acceptable.
-Include quotes and/or dialogue from the
children on the display.
Name all 6 Service Values!
- I build great relationships with families.
- An important part of my job is talking with parents about their children.
- I anticipate and quick resolve parents' concerns.
- I respond to the unique needs and interests of every child.
- I genuinely care about every child in my classroom.
- My team works together to make our center warm and welcoming.
What is the process we follow for transitioning children from our classroom to the playground (and vice versa)?
transition routine (attention getter) - CSR - complete name-to-face supervision checks through the threshold (doorway to hallway) - continue with transition routine (walking song) - complete name-to-face supervision check through the threshold (hallway to playground).
Name 4 out of the 9 times within a day that we should facilitate children washing their hands?
- Upon entering the classroom
- Before and after preparing food to eat
- Before and after eating snacks and meals
- After diaper changes or trips to the bathroom
- After returning indoors from outdoors
- After coughing or sneezing into one’s hand
- After touching one’s eyes, nose, or mouth
- During this time, you can also teach children to wash hands whenever they transition from one learning center or learning experience to another
- Before they leave the classroom to head home each day.