what is it? what does it mean for my classroom and my school?
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What is it? What does it mean for my classroom and my school?
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Knowledge Must Inform Decision Making
Goals Must Be Challenging And Achievable
Teaching Must Be Intentional To Be Effective
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◦What is known about child development and learning
Age related characteristics Predict what experiences will promote
learning and development
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What is known about each child as an individual has implications for:
How best to adapt curriculum How to be responsive to each child.
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What is known about the social and cultural contexts in which children live:
Understand values, expectations, behavior and languages of children
Ensures their learning experiences are meaningful, relevant , and respectful for each child and their family.
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Meet children where they are but don’t leave them there
Scaffold learning
Reflect on student learning and advancing learning in a developmentally appropriate way
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Intentional in everything you do◦ Setting up the classroom◦ Planning curriculum◦ Making use of various teaching strategies◦ Assessing children ◦ Interacting with children◦ Working with their families
Direct your teaching toward the goals of the program (i.e. standards)
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DAP is not a curriculum◦ Provides guidelines for what makes a curriculum
developmentally appropriate◦ Teachers use this set of guidelines to help them
make sound decisions
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Teachers make decisions with the following key points in mind:
Age Appropriateness
Individual Appropriateness
Social and Cultural Appropriateness
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1. View the DVD included in Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs◦ Video Examples #2
What Does Developmentally Appropriate Practice Look Like?
2. Read the handout “Key Messages of the Position Statement”
3. Use the 3,2,1 protocol to share with your co-workers