Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

One of the most important aspects of your role as an educator will be to effectively plan developmentally appropriate learning experiences for each child. Although effective planning is a necessity, it is crucial that you have a clear understanding of each and every child in your care to plan effectively. This assignment is your opportunity to put these two important necessities together for preparation in designing effective curriculum in a cohesive classroom plan, which is one goal you will also meet in the Week Five Final Project.

To prepare for this assignment, read the following scenario: Imagine you are preparing to interview for a teaching position at a local school or childcare facility. You have been sent the list of interview questions below, and have been asked to prepare a presentation to the hiring committee on the topic of fostering developmentally appropriate practices in the classroom. The hiring committee consists of an administrator or director, three teachers or caregivers, and one parent. 

Next, read the required readings for Week Two and consider the feedback you received on your presentation from the Week Two Discussion 2. Consider reviewing the Microsoft Office resource about effective presentation design to make sure your presentation is professionally designed. You practiced using the “slide notes” feature in the Discussion 2 this week by placing your feedback to your peers in that specific area of each content slide. For this assignment, you will elaborate on your own slides by providing slide notes.

Next, create your presentation using the instructions below. Remember to review the Grading Rubric associated with this assignment to understand how you will be evaluated.

Instructions