Teaching & Learning Environment
Teaching practices must emphasize _______and ______ practices, interactions, and environments that foster trust and emotional security;
nurturing and responsive
Center-based and family child care programs must implement developmentally appropriate research-based early childhood curricula aligned with
Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five
A program must complete or obtain a current _______ _______ to identify concerns regarding a child’s developmental, behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills.
Developmental Screening
Teachers must hold _______ _______, as needed, but no less than two times per program year.
Parent Conferences
Group socializations also must provide opportunities for parents to participate in activities that support ______ ______development.
Parenting Skill
Teaching practices must integrate ______ _______ data in individual and group planning
child assessment
A program must support staff to effectively implement _______ and at a minimum monitor curriculum implementation and fidelity
Curricula
A developmental screening must be complete within ____ calendar days of when the child first attends the program
45
The program’s settings are open to parents during ___ program hours
All
A program that operates the home-based option must ensure home-visiting and group socializations implement a developmentally appropriate research-based early childhood _____ ______ ______.
Home-Based Curriculum
For ____ _____ ______, a program must recognize bilingualism and biliteracy as strengths and implement research-based teaching practices that support their development.
Dual Language Learners
A program that chooses to make significant _________ to a curriculum or a curriculum enhancement described in paragraph (a)(1) to better meet the needs of one or more specific populations must use an external early childhood education curriculum
Adaptations
A program must conduct standardized and structured assessments, which may be observation-based or direct, for each child that provides ongoing information to evaluate the child’s developmental level and progress in outcomes
Assessment for individualization
Parents have the opportunity to learn about and to provide feedback on selected _____ and ______ materials used in the program.
Curricula and Instructional materials
A program that operates the home-based option must ensure all home visits focus on promoting high-quality early learning experiences.
Home Visit Experience
Teachers implement well-organized environments with developmentally appropriate schedules, lesson plans, and indoor and outdoor learning experiences that provide adequate opportunities for choice, play, exploration.
Learning Environment
If a program serves a child who speaks a language other than English, a program must use qualified _______staff to conduct screening and assessments.
Bilingual
Parents and family members have opportunities to ______ in the class and during group activities.
Volunteer
A home-based program must provide ____ _____ and ______ _______ activities that promote secure parent-child relationships.
Home Visits and Group Socialization
Preschool-age children in a program that operates for 6 hours or longer per day provides a regular time every day at which preschool-age children are encouraged but not forced to ______.
Rest or Nap
A program must not use _______or _______ to exclude children from enrollment or participation.
Screening or Assessments
Teachers must conduct at least two ____ _____ per program year for each family.
Home Visits
A program that operates the home-based option must ensure _____ ______ are planned jointly with families.
Group Socializations