The National Standards for The National Standards for Early Care and Education Early Care and Education

ProfessionalsProfessionals

NAEYCNAEYC20092009

http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/programStandards.pdf

Standard 1Standard 1Promoting Child Development and Learning Promoting Child Development and Learning

Students prepared in early childhood degree programs:Students prepared in early childhood degree programs: Are grounded in a child development knowledge base. Are grounded in a child development knowledge base. Use their understanding of:Use their understanding of:

young children’s characteristics and needs, and of young children’s characteristics and needs, and of multiple interacting influences on children’s multiple interacting influences on children’s

development and learning. development and learning. Create environments for each child that are: Create environments for each child that are:

healthyhealthy respectful respectful supportivesupportive challenging challenging

Standard 1: Key ElementsStandard 1: Key ElementsPromoting Child Development and Learning Promoting Child Development and Learning

1a: Knowing and understanding young 1a: Knowing and understanding young children’s characteristics and needs children’s characteristics and needs

1b: Knowing and understanding the multiple 1b: Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on development and learning influences on development and learning

1c: Using developmental knowledge to 1c: Using developmental knowledge to create healthy, respectful, supportive, and create healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environmentschallenging learning environments..

Portfolio Preparation:Portfolio Preparation:Promoting Child Promoting Child

Development and Learning Development and Learning What college classes or workshops/trainings have What college classes or workshops/trainings have

you had that have helped you understand young you had that have helped you understand young children’s characteristics and needs?children’s characteristics and needs?

What have you learned about the multiple What have you learned about the multiple influences on development and learning and how influences on development and learning and how can you show you have this knowledge and can you show you have this knowledge and understanding?understanding?

What artifacts will demonstrate that you have What artifacts will demonstrate that you have developmental knowledge and understand how developmental knowledge and understand how children learn at different stages?children learn at different stages?

How can you demonstrate that you are able to How can you demonstrate that you are able to create healthy, respectful, supportive, and create healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environments for all children?challenging learning environments for all children?

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Standard 2Standard 2Building Family and Community Relationships Building Family and Community Relationships

Students prepared in early childhood degree Students prepared in early childhood degree programs:programs:

Understand that successful early childhood Understand that successful early childhood education depends upon partnerships with education depends upon partnerships with children’s families and communities. children’s families and communities.

Know about, understand, and value the Know about, understand, and value the importance and complex characteristics of importance and complex characteristics of children’s families and communities. children’s families and communities.

Use this understanding to create respectful, Use this understanding to create respectful, reciprocal relationships that support and reciprocal relationships that support and empower familiesempower families

Involve all families in their children’s Involve all families in their children’s development and learning. development and learning.

Standard 2: Key ElementsStandard 2: Key ElementsBuilding Family and Community Relationships Building Family and Community Relationships

2a: Knowing about and understanding family 2a: Knowing about and understanding family and community characteristics and community characteristics

2b: Supporting and empowering families and 2b: Supporting and empowering families and communities through respectful, reciprocal communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships relationships

2c: Involving families and communities in 2c: Involving families and communities in their children’s development and learning their children’s development and learning

Portfolio Preparation:Portfolio Preparation:Building Family and Building Family and

Community Relationships Community Relationships Which courses in your education have Which courses in your education have

helped you understand family and helped you understand family and community characteristics?community characteristics?

What artifacts can you put in your portfolio What artifacts can you put in your portfolio that will demonstrate that you are able to that will demonstrate that you are able to support and empower families and support and empower families and communities through respectful, reciprocal communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships?relationships?

What evidence can you provide that shows What evidence can you provide that shows you effectively involve families and you effectively involve families and communities in their children’s development communities in their children’s development and learning and learning

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Standard 3Standard 3Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Observing, Documenting, and Assessing to Support Young Children and Families to Support Young Children and Families

Students prepared in early childhood Students prepared in early childhood degree programs: degree programs:

Understand that child observation, Understand that child observation, documentation, and other forms of assessment documentation, and other forms of assessment are central to the practice of all early childhood are central to the practice of all early childhood professionals. professionals.

Know about and understand the goals, Know about and understand the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment. benefits, and uses of assessment.

Know about and use systematic observations, Know about and use systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment documentation, and other effective assessment strategies in a responsible waystrategies in a responsible way in partnership with families and other in partnership with families and other

professionals, to positively influence the professionals, to positively influence the development of every child.development of every child.

Standard 3: Key ElementsStandard 3: Key ElementsObserving, Documenting, and Assessing Observing, Documenting, and Assessing to Support Young Children and Families to Support Young Children and Families

3a: Understanding the goals, benefits, and 3a: Understanding the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment uses of assessment

3b: Knowing about assessment partnerships 3b: Knowing about assessment partnerships with families and other professionals with families and other professionals

3c: Knowing about and using observation, 3c: Knowing about and using observation, documentation, and other appropriate documentation, and other appropriate assessment tools and approaches assessment tools and approaches

Portfolio Preparation:Portfolio Preparation:Observing, Documenting, Observing, Documenting, and Assessing to Support and Assessing to Support

Young Children and Families Young Children and Families

Which college courses have helped you Which college courses have helped you prepare and use observations and prepare and use observations and assessments?assessments?

What assessment partnerships can you use What assessment partnerships can you use to demonstrate your competence in working to demonstrate your competence in working with families and other professionals? with families and other professionals?

What artifacts can you use as evidence that What artifacts can you use as evidence that you know about and use observation, you know about and use observation, documentation, and other appropriate documentation, and other appropriate assessment tools and approaches?assessment tools and approaches?

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Standard 4 Standard 4 Using Developmentally Effective Approaches Using Developmentally Effective Approaches

to Connect with Children and Families to Connect with Children and Families Students prepared in early childhood degree programs:Students prepared in early childhood degree programs: Understand that teaching and learning with young Understand that teaching and learning with young

children is a complex enterprise, and its details vary children is a complex enterprise, and its details vary depending on children’s ages, characteristics, and depending on children’s ages, characteristics, and the settings within which teaching and learning the settings within which teaching and learning occur.occur.

Understand and use positive relationships and Understand and use positive relationships and supportive interactions as the foundation for their supportive interactions as the foundation for their work with young children and families. work with young children and families.

Know, understand, and use a wide array of Know, understand, and use a wide array of developmentally appropriate approaches, developmentally appropriate approaches, instructional strategies, and tools to connect with instructional strategies, and tools to connect with children and families and positively influence each children and families and positively influence each child’s development and learning. child’s development and learning.

Standard 4: Key Elements Standard 4: Key Elements Using Developmentally Effective Approaches Using Developmentally Effective Approaches

to Connect with Children and Families to Connect with Children and Families

4a: Understanding positive relationships 4a: Understanding positive relationships and supportive interactions as the and supportive interactions as the foundation of their work with children. foundation of their work with children.

4b: Knowing and understanding effective 4b: Knowing and understanding effective strategies and tools for early strategies and tools for early education. education.

4c: Using a broad repertoire of 4c: Using a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate developmentally appropriate teaching /learning approaches. teaching /learning approaches.

4d: Reflecting on own practice to 4d: Reflecting on own practice to promote positive outcomes for each promote positive outcomes for each child. child.

Developmentally Effective Developmentally Effective Approaches to Connect with Approaches to Connect with

Children and Families Children and Families

Fostering oral language and Fostering oral language and communication communication

Making the most of the Making the most of the environment and routines environment and routines

Capitalizing on incidental Capitalizing on incidental teaching teaching

Focusing on children’s Focusing on children’s characteristics, needs, and characteristics, needs, and interests interests

Linking children’s language and Linking children’s language and culture to the early childhood culture to the early childhood program program

Portfolio Preparation:Portfolio Preparation:Developmentally Effective Approaches to Developmentally Effective Approaches to

Connect with Children and Families Connect with Children and Families

Teach through social Teach through social interactions interactions

Create support for play Create support for play Address children’s Address children’s

challenging behaviors challenging behaviors Support learning through Support learning through

technology technology Use integrative approaches Use integrative approaches

to curriculumto curriculum EDUU330

What artifacts can you use as evidence

in your portfolio?

Standard 5 Standard 5 Using Content Knowledge Using Content Knowledge

to Build Meaningful Curriculumto Build Meaningful Curriculum

Students prepared in early childhood degree Students prepared in early childhood degree programs: programs:

Use their knowledge of academic disciplines to Use their knowledge of academic disciplines to design, implement, and evaluate experiences design, implement, and evaluate experiences that promote positive development and that promote positive development and learning for each and every young child. learning for each and every young child.

Understand the importance of developmental Understand the importance of developmental domains and academic (or content) disciplines domains and academic (or content) disciplines in early childhood curriculum. in early childhood curriculum.

Know the essential concepts, inquiry tools, and Know the essential concepts, inquiry tools, and structure of content areas, including academic structure of content areas, including academic subjects. subjects.

Standard 5 Standard 5 Using Content Knowledge Using Content Knowledge

to Build Meaningful Curriculumto Build Meaningful Curriculum

Students prepared in early childhood degree Students prepared in early childhood degree programs: programs:

Can identify resources to deepen their Can identify resources to deepen their understanding. Students understanding. Students

Use their own knowledge and other resources to Use their own knowledge and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, challenging curriculum that promotes challenging curriculum that promotes comprehensive developmental and learning comprehensive developmental and learning outcomes for every young child.outcomes for every young child.

Standard 5: Key Elements Standard 5: Key Elements Using Content Knowledge Using Content Knowledge

to Build Meaningful Curriculumto Build Meaningful Curriculum

5a: Understanding content knowledge 5a: Understanding content knowledge and resources in academic disciplines. and resources in academic disciplines.

5b: Knowing and using the central 5b: Knowing and using the central concepts, inquiry tools, and structures concepts, inquiry tools, and structures of content areas or academic of content areas or academic disciplines. disciplines.

5c: Using own knowledge, appropriate 5c: Using own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other early learning standards, and other resources to design, implement, and resources to design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, challenging evaluate meaningful, challenging curriculum for each child.curriculum for each child.

Portfolio Preparation:Portfolio Preparation:Evidence Demonstrating Evidence Demonstrating

Ability to Use Content Knowledge Ability to Use Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculumto Build Meaningful Curriculum

How can you show your understanding content How can you show your understanding content knowledge and resources in academic disciplines?knowledge and resources in academic disciplines?

Which courses have you taken that demonstrate Which courses have you taken that demonstrate using the central concepts, inquiry tools, and using the central concepts, inquiry tools, and structures of content areas or academic disciplines?structures of content areas or academic disciplines?

How do you use your own knowledge, appropriate How do you use your own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other resources to early learning standards, and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, challenging curriculum for each child?challenging curriculum for each child?

What artifacts can you provide in your portfolio?What artifacts can you provide in your portfolio?

Content Knowledge to Build Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful CurriculumMeaningful Curriculum

Early Childhood curriculum content includes: Early Childhood curriculum content includes: Learning goals, experiences and assessment in Learning goals, experiences and assessment in

academic disciplines or content areas including academic disciplines or content areas including Language and literacy Language and literacy The arts: Music, creative movement, dance, The arts: Music, creative movement, dance,

drama, and visual arts drama, and visual arts Mathematics Mathematics Science Science Physical activity, physical education, health Physical activity, physical education, health

and safety and safety Social studies Social studies

Comprehensive developmental and learning Comprehensive developmental and learning outcomes outcomes Security and self-regulation Security and self-regulation Problem-solving and thinking skills Problem-solving and thinking skills Academic and social competence Academic and social competence

Standard 6 Standard 6 Becoming a ProfessionalBecoming a Professional

Students prepared in degree programs: Students prepared in degree programs: Identify and conduct themselves as members of Identify and conduct themselves as members of

the early childhood profession. the early childhood profession. Know and use ethical guidelines and other Know and use ethical guidelines and other

professional standards related to early childhood professional standards related to early childhood practice. practice.

Are continuous, collaborative learners who Are continuous, collaborative learners who demonstrate knowledgeable, reflective and demonstrate knowledgeable, reflective and critical perspectives on their work, making critical perspectives on their work, making informed decisions that integrate knowledge from informed decisions that integrate knowledge from a variety of sources. a variety of sources.

Are informed advocates for sound educational Are informed advocates for sound educational practices and policies. practices and policies.

Standard 6: Key Elements Standard 6: Key Elements Becoming a ProfessionalBecoming a Professional

6a: Identifying and involving oneself 6a: Identifying and involving oneself with the early childhood field with the early childhood field

6b: Knowing about and upholding 6b: Knowing about and upholding ethical standards and other ethical standards and other professional guidelines professional guidelines

6c: Engaging in continuous, 6c: Engaging in continuous, collaborative learning to inform collaborative learning to inform practice practice

6d: Integrating knowledgeable, 6d: Integrating knowledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectives reflective, and critical perspectives on early education on early education

6e: Engaging in informed advocacy 6e: Engaging in informed advocacy for children and the professionfor children and the profession

Portfolio Preparation:Portfolio Preparation:How can you show you are How can you show you are becoming a professional?becoming a professional?

What organizations do you belong to that show you What organizations do you belong to that show you are deeply involved with the early childhood field?are deeply involved with the early childhood field?

How can you demonstrate that you know and uphold How can you demonstrate that you know and uphold ethical standards and other professional guidelinesethical standards and other professional guidelines

What professional growth activities demonstrate What professional growth activities demonstrate your own efforts for continuous, collaborative your own efforts for continuous, collaborative learning to inform your practice? learning to inform your practice?

What evidence can you show that addresses the What evidence can you show that addresses the integration of knowledgeable, reflective, and critical integration of knowledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectives on early education?perspectives on early education?

What advocacy efforts for children and the What advocacy efforts for children and the profession are you involved in?profession are you involved in?