Begins to Trusts and Establishes Accepts Accepts Accepts Accepts guidance and trust and interacts guidance guidance guidance support from interact with with and support and support and support classroom with familiar consistent from from from and school familiar adults adults other classroom classroom appropriate personnel adults other other than than personnel, personnel classroom when than primary primary but may not when and school primary caregivers. caregivers. actively personnel. and actively caregivers. seek and seeks Identifies seeks support support the support from when when adults when appropriate needed, but needed needed authority may not (e.g., may most of the figure for identify the abandon an time. support activity most of the authority when time and figure to frustrated articulates help in every without a need with situation or asking for some level articulate a help). of clarity. need clearly. Student Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 New Mexico Early Childhood Observation Tool Essential Indicators Domain 7 Approaches to Learning Outcome 24 The child takes initiative. Develops increasing independence during activities, routines, and play. Indicator 24.2 Making Progress Making Progress Accomplished Making Progress Accomplished for First Steps for 3s First Steps for 4s for 3s for 4s for 4s for K K
Begins to trust and interact with familiar adults other than primary caregivers. Trusts and interacts with familiar adults other than primary caregivers. Establishes with consistent adults other than primary caregivers. Accepts guidance and support from classroom personnel, but may not actively seek support when needed (e.g., may abandon an activity when frustrated without asking for help). Accepts guidance and support from classroom personnel when and seeks support when needed most of the time. Accepts guidance and support from classroom and school personnel when and actively seeks support from adults when needed, but may not identify the authority figure to help in every situation or articulate a need clearly. Accepts guidance and support from appropriate classroom and school personnel. Identifies the appropriate authority figure for support most of the time and articulates a need with some level of clarity. Student Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 New Mexico Early Childhood Observation Tool Essential Indicators Domain 7 Approaches to Learning Outcome 24 The child takes initiative. Indicator 24.2 Develops increasing independence during activities, routines, and play. First Steps for 3s Making Progress for 3s First Steps for 4s Making Progress for 4s Accomplished for 4s Making Progress for K Accomplished for K