Application

• Instructions Application: Developmentally Appropriate Practice: A Teacher’s Perspective

  You have been learning that developmentally appropriate infant programs require careful attention to a variety of factors, including knowledge of children’s growth and development, high-quality caregiver-child relationships, developmentally appropriate practices, and effective working relationships with families and colleagues. In this week’s Application assignment, you will have an opportunity to interview an infant caregiver regarding each of these factors and also learn about his/her educational preparation and future professional development goals.

  To complete this Application assignment:

  Plan your interview:

  • Arrange and confirm a date and time to interview a teacher in an infant setting that serves children between the ages of birth and 18 months.
  • Consider what you have learned about the teacher’s role in developing, implementing, and assessing developmentally appropriate practice and programs for infants, and how effective professional preparation contributes to effective programming.
  • Print out and review the Week 5 Interview Worksheet (linked below).
  • Week 5 Interview Worksheet
  • This is the questions on the worksheet 

  Week 5 Interview Worksheet

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Adult’s role in the program:

Age group with which the adult works:

Please ask the following questions of the teacher you are interviewing.

What do you feel are essential competencies teachers need to have to work with young infants and their families?

What formal education and job-related strategies have you used to develop competencies in order to prepare yourself as an effective teacher of infants?

What aspects of your role do you see as most challenging? What additional training or professional development opportunities do you feel would help you address those challenges?

What do you see as the relationship between teacher education and quality care?

What challenges exist in pursuing professional preparation?

What are your plans for pursuing ongoing professional development?

What advice do you have for a new teacher of infants or any new early childhood professional entering the field regarding ongoing professional development?
Implement your interview: