Effective Early Childhood Teaching

For Part 1 of your Competency Assessment, you will complete one of the activities below. If you are currently working within an early childhood program and can complete this assignment within that program you will complete Option A. If you are NOT currently working within an early childhood program you will complete Option B.
Option A: For Part 1 of your Competency Assessment, you will analyze how information you learn from interviewing and observing an early childhood teacher compares with research-based information on guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice and characteristics of effective early childhood teachers.
Option B: For Part 1 of your Competency Assessment, you will study the provided video of an early childhood classroom and analyze how what you see in that classroom compares with research-based information on guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice and characteristics of effective early childhood teachers.
For Part 2 of your Competency Assessment, you will analyze capabilities, practices, and understandings of effective leaders in early childhood settings in order to develop a Leadership Assessment and your professional philosophy of early childhood leadership.
Professional Skills: Written Communication is assessed in this Competency.

Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.

Access the RUBRIC and following to complete this Assessment:

Part 1 Option A: Effective Early Childhood Teaching
Part 1 Option B: Effective Early Childhood Teaching
Part 2: Effective Leadership in Early Childhood Settings

This Performance Task has 2 parts you will need to complete:

Part 1 Option A: Effective Early Childhood Teaching

To complete Part 1 of the Competency Assessment:

After you have carefully reviewed the 5 Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice and 12 Characteristics of Effective Early Childhood Teachers, interview and observe an early childhood teacher.
In your interview, share and discuss the 5 Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the 12 Characteristics of Effective Early Childhood Teachers.
Ask the teacher to share his/her interpretation, insights, and examples of at least 2 of the Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice and 3 of the Characteristics of Effective Early Childhood Teachers.
Spend at least 2 hours in the teacher’s setting observing for the three identified Guidelines of Appropriate Practice and Characteristics of Effective Teaching you discussed.
Then complete the chart located in the Early Childhood Effective Teaching document:

Summarize how the teacher interprets and demonstrates at least 2 of the 5 Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Analyze how the information you learn from the interview and observation compare with the research-based information in the resource. Offer 2 possible areas of improvement.
Explain how the teacher interprets and demonstrates 3 of the 12 Characteristics of Effective Teachers.
Based on what you have learned and observed about characteristics of effective early childhood teachers, analyze which characteristics you possess and which 3 you would most like to improve upon in your own practice.
Part 1 Option B: Effective Early Childhood Teaching

For Part 1 of your Competency Assessment, you will study the provided video of an early childhood classroom and analyze how what you see in that classroom compares with research-based information on guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice and characteristics of effective early childhood teachers.