Classroom Enviornments
School readiness begins at this age.
What is at birth?
The curriculum adopted by Head Start.
What is Creative Curriculum?
Begins with “why,” “how,” or “what” and require the respondent to provide more than a single-word answer.
What are open-ended questions?
Anecdotal, pictures, work samples, videos, checklists, on the spot.
What are types of documentation?
This is the screening tool used for Early Head Start.
What is the Brigance?
This is a mobile resource for teachers who want to access and learn more about the Head Start Framework.
What is the ELOF2GO app?
Under this tab on MyTeachingStrategies, you will create and submit your lesson plans.
What is the Teach tab?
In this teaching practice, a teacher intentionally describes what they are doing, seeing, hearing, touching, or thinking.
What is self-talk?
This plan is completed at the beginning of the year to help guide your documentation process and plan for your small groups.
What is the Assessment Plan?
This Head Start screener assesses the areas of: Motor, Concepts, Language, Self-Help, Social/Emotional.
What is the Dial-4?
Each child will have one of these and it will be asked for anytime that a child is released to the family.
What is security codes?
Worksheets that are close-ended and where children's work looks the same, which includes craft projects.
What is a ditto?
Your education specialist will complete one of these in the Fall and Spring to help grow your teaching practices.
What is CLASS & MERIT?
This online certification process gives you the opportunity to evaluate sample child portfolios and compare your ratings with those of Teaching Strategies master rater. It also must be completed every 3 years.
What is Interrater Reliability?
All screenings must be completed within this timeline.
What is 45 days?
Early Head Start 4:1
Head Start 10:1
What is maintaining ratios?
The digital content library in MyTeachingStrategies that contains all curriculum pieces.
What is MyTS Cloud?
This is the roof of the house of the Framework for Effective Practice.
What is Individualized Support?
This report shows how many times an objective or dimension has been associated with a piece of documentation for each child in your class.
What is the Documentation Status Report?
This form can be found in the child's yellow folder and in ChildPlus to show the entire screening and follow up process.
What is the Developmental Screening Summary form?
In this meeting, a group of people come together to discuss all aspects of the child's development and program experience.
What is Child/Family Staffings?
These volumes found in the curriculum build children's confidence, creativity, and critical thinking skills through hands-on, project-based investigations instead of thematic units.
What are Study Guides?
Every student has the resources and support they need to reach their full potential, regardless of factors like race or culture.
What is equity?
These are the four components of the Assessment-Instructional Cycle.
This is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs.
What is Response to Intervention (RTI)?