E-4 Curriculum Effective facilitation Instructional 1. Active, play-based, multi-sensory Teacher involvement, Learning Formats learning experiences. effective questioning, Met Not Met Ways in which the expanding children’s involvement teacher maximizes 4. Topics and materials related to Variety of students’ interest, children’s emergent interests. modalities and engagement, and Met Not Met materials ability to learn from E-7 Adult-Child Interactions lessons and activities. Range of auditory, visual, 12. Using a variety of teaching strategies and movement to address children’s learning styles, opportunities, interesting abilities, developmental levels and and creative materials, temperament. hands-on opportunities Met Not Met Student interest Active participation, 14. Providing materials to enrich listening, focused attention children’s explorations. Met Not Met Clarity of learning objectives Advanced organizers, summaries, reorientation statements Domain: Instructional Support This domain refers to specific teaching behaviors that support children’s cognitive development and language growth. Missed ECEAP Dimension Indicators and Feedback Statements Opportunities Standard Behavioral Markers Met/ Not Met E-3 Daily Routine Analysis and Concept 5. A large block of free choice time, at reasoning Development least 45 minutes. During free choice, Why and/or how questions, children initiate their own activities and Measures the teacher’s problem solving, engage in play-based learning. Staff use of instructional prediction/experimentation, converse with children to support discussions and classification/comparison, decision-making, problem solving and evaluation activities to promote higher order thinking. Creating Met Not Met students’ higher-order Brainstorming, planning, thinking skills and E-4 Curriculum producing cognition and the 2. First-hand exploration and investigation of real-life materials, people and events. teacher’s focus on Met Not Met understanding rather Integration than on rote Connects concepts, 3. Choice, decision-making and problem instruction. integrates with previous solving. knowledge Met Not Met
Instructional Learning Formats Ways in which the teacher maximizes students’ interest, engagement, and ability to learn from lessons and activities. Effective facilitation Teacher involvement, effective questioning, expanding children’s involvement E-4 Curriculum 1. Active, play-based, multi-sensory learning experiences. Met Not Met 4. Topics and materials related to children’s emergent interests. Met Not Met E-7 Adult-Child Interactions 12. Using a variety of teaching strategies to address children’s learning styles, abilities, developmental levels and temperament. Met Not Met 14. Providing materials to enrich children’s explorations. Met Not Met Variety of modalities and materials Range of auditory, visual, and movement opportunities, interesting and creative materials, hands-on opportunities Student interest Active participation, listening, focused attention Clarity of learning objectives Advanced organizers, summaries, reorientation statements Domain: Instructional Support This domain refers to specific teaching behaviors that support children’s cognitive development and language growth. Dimension Indicators and Behavioral Markers Feedback Statements Missed Opportunities ECEAP Standard Met/ Not Met Concept Development Measures the teacher’s use of instructional discussions and activities to promote students’ higher-order thinking skills and cognition and the teacher’s focus on understanding rather than on rote instruction. Analysis and reasoning Why and/or how questions, problem solving, prediction/experimentation, classification/comparison, evaluation E-3 Daily Routine 5. A large block of free choice time, at least 45 minutes. During free choice, children initiate their own activities and engage in play-based learning. Staff converse with children to support decision-making, problem solving and higher order thinking. Met Not Met E-4 Curriculum 2. First-hand exploration and investigation of real-life materials, people and events. Met Not Met 3. Choice, decision-making and problem solving. Met Not Met Creating Brainstorming, planning, producing Integration Connects concepts, integrates with previous knowledge
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