Active Supervision
Promoting a safe environment and preventing injuries.
What is Active Supervision.
Strategies used to organize classroom staff.
What is zoning?
This takes place any time a child goes from one place to another within the center.
What is a transition?
Always being aware of the environment to know where everyone is and what they are doing.
What is Scan and Count?
This strategy is used to be aware of children's whereabouts at all times.
What is positioning your body?
Attendance" or "roll call" to quickly check if all students are present at any point in the day.
What is face to name?
Using what you know about each child’s temperament, developmental abilities, interests, and skills to predict what the child may do next.
What is anticipating children's behaviors.
This allows staff members to be constantly aware of what is happening in the classroom.
What is scanning your assigned area?
Name two strategies that support transitions before the transition happens.
What is planning your daily schedule?
What is teaching children routines?
What is providing verbal and non verbal cues?
Spreading out and monitor high volume areas.
What is Positioning Staff?
This specifies what area/activity the teacher/staff is in charge of.
What is creating a chart?
Name two strategies that support during the transition.
What is engaging children in songs, games, fingerplay?
What are photos?
What is a five minute warning?
When setting up your classroom environment, you will want to keep in mind these 3 things.
What is scanning the room
What is keeping the space clutter free and safe
What is arranging furniture in a way you are able to observe the whole room.
This strategy is used when a child leaves your area, and is joining another area.
What is talking to the other staff members?
Planning your schedule so that children have adequate time to finish projects or activities before the transition.
What is planning for a transitions?