Purpose: To reflect on what you have learned over the semester and make connections between the content course and NAEYC Initial Standards listed on the course syllabus.
Use technology (i.e., PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Slides, etc.) to create a presentation to communicate what you have learned in this course. Presentation should include:
1. Three significant concepts you have learned in this class from the course topics. Include one significant concept for each standard listed below. NAEYC Professional Standards and Competencies
Standard 1: Child Development and Learning in Context 1a. Early childhood educators are grounded in an understanding of the developmental period of early childhood from birth through age 8 across developmental domains. 1c. Early childhood educators understand that children learn and develop within relationships and within multiple contexts, including families, cultures, languages, communities, and society.
Standard 4: Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices 4a. Understanding positive relationships and supportive interactions as the foundation of their work the young children 4b. Knowing and understanding effective strategies and tools for early education, including appropriate uses of technology 4c. Using a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate teaching/learning approaches 4d. Reflecting on own practice to promote outcomes for each child
Standard 6: Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educators 6e. Early childhood educators develop and sustain the habit of reflective and intentional practice in their daily work with young children and as members of the early childhood professional
2. Include specific examples of how you have used the new concepts learned and how you plan to use the new concepts in the future