Describe how to use the Strengthening Families Self-Assessment for program improvement.
Central Objective: Describe how to use the Strengthening Families Self-Assessment for program improvement in early childhood education and child care centers. Supporting Elements: Recognize informal and formal assessments to plan activities, individualize programs, and improve program quality.Trainings incorporating this outcome
10 hours courses
1 CEUs
Related Outcomes
- Recognize informal and formal assessments to plan activities, individualize programs, and improve program quality.
- Identify materials and equipment for family childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Describe the rights of children and families and their relation to home visiting.
- Demonstrate understanding of using assessment and observation for short and long term goal development for special needs
- Identify common tools and strategies in completing a comprehensive family assessment.
- Describe the importance of monitoring the family child care environment for potential risks.
- Describe the steps to use when collaborative coaching with teachers are not a match.
- Identify the different types of portfolios used in child care programs, and the appropriate portfolio components for each type.
- Identify statistics on child and family well-being in relation to home visiting programs.
- Describe how sign language can be used as a means of communication with infants
- Identify materials and equipment for center childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Describe strategies and experiences to promote collaboration between child and youth care professionals and programs and other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth.
- Identify materials and equipment for childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Demonstrate understanding of using assessment and observations for short and long term goal development for ages birth to three.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Strengthening Families Protective Factors
- Describe new methods to increase the positive emotional climate within a childcare program.
- Demonstrate understanding of using assessment and observations for short and long term goal development for ages four and above.
- Identify and discuss of the importance of using a variety of assessment methods.
- Describe positive discipline strategies to use in the classroom.
