Darcy Townley discusses the importance of using developmentally effective approaches when teaching young children. It is crucial for teachers to understand what is appropriate based on the age range and developmental level of the children. Without this knowledge, it is difficult to set realistic expectations and manage behavior effectively. Darcy reflects on how a childhood development course helped provide knowledge on modeling positive behavior and setting guidelines based on the age group. While Darcy's original philosophy of guidance submission was good, reviewing it now allows improvements to be made, such as expanding the guidance plan and including more observational tools and ways to guide different learning styles.
Darcy Townley discusses the importance of using developmentally effective approaches when teaching young children. It is crucial for teachers to understand what is appropriate based on the age range and developmental level of the children. Without this knowledge, it is difficult to set realistic expectations and manage behavior effectively. Darcy reflects on how a childhood development course helped provide knowledge on modeling positive behavior and setting guidelines based on the age group. While Darcy's original philosophy of guidance submission was good, reviewing it now allows improvements to be made, such as expanding the guidance plan and including more observational tools and ways to guide different learning styles.
Darcy Townley discusses the importance of using developmentally effective approaches when teaching young children. It is crucial for teachers to understand what is appropriate based on the age range and developmental level of the children. Without this knowledge, it is difficult to set realistic expectations and manage behavior effectively. Darcy reflects on how a childhood development course helped provide knowledge on modeling positive behavior and setting guidelines based on the age group. While Darcy's original philosophy of guidance submission was good, reviewing it now allows improvements to be made, such as expanding the guidance plan and including more observational tools and ways to guide different learning styles.
Competency Statement 4: Using Developmentally Effective
Approaches When dealing with young children it is imperative that you, as a professional understand what is developmentally appropriate. It is important to know that what is developmentally appropriate in a 3year-old classroom can be radically different in a toddler classroom and learn to formulate your expectations, teaching strategies, and disciplinary methods based upon your knowledge of the various age ranges you may teach. In my own experience, before I had in depth developmental knowledge I often became frustrated when it came to managing behavior in my classroom as I hadnt formed realistic expectations for myself or the children in my room since I had limited prior developmental knowledge to aid me in forming these expectations. While reading this competency my CHD 205: Guiding Behavior in Young Children kept coming to mind. While this competency deals with more than behavior in a classroom, it really resonated with me on how vital it is to use developmentally effective approaches when it comes to managing behavior in a classroom. To illustrate this point I chose to submit my Philosophy Of Guidance assignment. In my philosophy of guidance I speak to the importance of modeling positive behavior, and setting realistic expectations based on the age group you are working with. I talk about making sure you dont have too many guidelines for young children to follow and how you should review these guidelines often so that the children know what is expected of you. I took CHD 205 in my second semester so its been quite a while since I reviewed any of the coursework I completed for that class. Im happy to say that Im still pleased with my philosophy of guidance. This is a very important piece to any teachers portfolio and should be reviewed continuously. Im sorry I neglected reviewing mine for such a long period of time. I also developed a guidance plan that I added to my philosophy. This is something that I would like to expand upon. I had not yet taken any observation courses when I completed this guidance plan. I now understand what a key part observation plays when developing a guidance plan. While I included observation in my guidance plan I will add additional tools such as checklists to my guidance plan. Also, after rereading competency standard 4 I see that I should also include various ways for teachers to guide the behavior of children. There is no one way that children learn and as an educator you have to be able to teach to the children who learn visually, or by listening or by doing. You also have to have certain expectations for each child. Your expectations should speak to their strengths and
highlight those. Again, Im so glad I was able to review this document
at the end of the program. I have learned a lot since I first wrote it.