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EDUC 493 Early Childhood Education Assessment

Chris Booth

315C WLMS

359-7035

cbooth@mail.ewu.edu

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Course Description:

(si$) a *ariet% o! assessme$t +ractices i$ collaboratio$ with collea)ues a$d !amilies& this course e,+lores how to

assess a$d )uide the lear$i$) a$d holistic de*elo+me$t o! %ou$) childre$ a)es Birth to %ears.

Course Outcomes:

($dersta$d the !ou$datio$ o! assessme$t as it is to be a++lied i$ a$ arl% Childhood ducatio$ setti$).

bser*e a$d assess childre$ a)es Birth- %ears i$ authe$tic $atural setti$)s.

/er!orm obser*atio$s a$d !ormali$!ormal assessme$ts i$ de*elo+me$tall% a$d culturall% a++ro+riate wa%s

i$cludi$)& de*elo+me$tall% a++ro+riate assessme$t a$d )oal setti$).

*aluate a *ariet% o! +er!orma$ce based assessme$t tools that are curre$tl% used i$ the arl% Childhood

ducatio$ !ield a$d +ublic school s%stems& their data a$d other data.

(se +ro)ress mo$itori$) to +la$ curriculum !or both )rou+ setti$)s a$d i$di*idual childre$.

Stud% a$d a$al%e C 2/-34 assessme$t i$strume$ts curre$tl% used i$ the schools.

/la$ how to i$clude !amilies i$ the assessme$t +rocess.

/ro*ide e,am+les o! commu$icati$) obser*atio$ a$d assessme$t !i$di$)s to !amilies.

,+lore how to act as +art o! a team with other +ro!essio$als i$ de*elo+i$) a$d !ollowi$) /s a$d 6S/s.

Create a +la$ !or usi$) methods o! obser*i$)& recordi$) a$d assessi$) childre$ i$ a classroom setti$).

Evidence

Commu$it% Buildi$)

s this is a +rocess& class atte$da$ce is *er% im+orta$t. 8ou are res+o$sible !or e$)a)eme$t i$ %our lear$i$)& a$d

%our *oice is to be a$ acti*e +art i$ collaboratio$ a$d tra$s!er o! lear$i$).

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es+o$se a$d e!lectio$ /a+ers#

*er the course o! the :uarter& stude$ts will be ased to respondto readi$)s a$d issues discussed i$ class or reflect

o$ e,+erie$ces i$ the !ield. Stude$ts will be e,+ected to make connectionsbetwee$ the $owled)e the% bri$) to the

e,+erie$ce a$d the $owled)e the% ha*e )ai$ed b% +artici+ati$) i$ the class sessio$acti*it%.

Collaborati*e Small ;rou+ ,+erie$ce#

ach stude$t will collaborate i$ a small )rou+ withi$ the class. 'his )rou+ will +la$ a$d +rese$t a$ e,+erie$ce so

that the% will ha*e the o++ortu$it% to de*elo+ a curriculum based arou$d s+eci!ic e,+ressi*e outcomes that would be

de*elo+me$tall% a$d culturall% a++ro+riate !or a )rou+ o! %ou$) childre$ com+lete with assessme$t a$d +are$t

co$$ectio$s.

/ort!olio#

ach stude$t will ee+ a +ort!olio assessme$t +rocess to show their e*ide$ce o! what the% ha*e lear$ed a$d

accom+lished this :uarter. sectio$ will be re:uired !or each o! the lear$i$) outcomes. cti*ities& readi$)s&

summaries o! discussio$s are to be i$cluded i$ each sectio$ a$d at least a one page self reflectionis to be writte$as well as a !" page paperde!i$i$) e*elo+me$t ?5

Sel! assessme$t 10

'otal 100

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