Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale

It was in 1996 that the first UK curriculum was introduced which was called ‘Desirable Outcomes’. Within the document were learning outcomes to be achieved by all children by the age of five and being a centralised system, an inspection scheme was also introduced. In this article Soler and Miller (2010) highlight how these changes were perceived to be shaping the early childhood curriculum from the outside rather than from within the early childhood community.

The state of the early childhood profession has been discussed on the basis of the following key points in terms of the characteristics, complexities, strengths, challenges and the impact of the policies, trends and movements.

-quality and consistency in all early years settings, so that every child makes good progress and no

The film Precious is an emotional movie that deals with the unfortunate realities of everyday life for some individuals. The film that stares Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones is based out of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old obese and uneducated teenager whom has had to grow up in a severely dysfunctional family environment. Her mother verbally and physically abuses her, often times using her as a personal servant. Her father has been sexually abusing her since childhood, and has impregnated her twice. Precious has lived with the ugly truth that because of her weight, skin color, and sexual abuse, she does not fit in

In a developmentally appropriate, well organized environment, children grow and learn. The teacher is responsible for creating a pleasing environment that reflects the needs and interests of the children. The classroom should be designed to promote self-help and independent behavior.

A childcare setting is preparing for their annual self evaluation activity to ensure that it complies with the requirements of the Early Years Framework.

I went into this childcare center knowing that it would do rather well. Garnero Child Development Center is very well run and Ann, the side supervisor, makes sure that everything meets standards. I have seen her in the early mornings observing classrooms with a checklist. When I let the lead teachers know that we would be filling the ECERS out, they knew exactly what it was and both mentioned that they had filled them out multiple times. In the majority of the categories, they scored a seven. I am not sure if I was just being more lenient than I should have been, but the other student filling this out with me got the same scores as I did when we compared them afterwards.

In today's society, early childhood education programs have become an almost expected first step in every child's life. Studies have shown that when children attend they children who attend a preschool program are exposed to numbers, letter, and shapes on a daily basis. They also begin to learn many life skills, like how to socialize, share and separate from their parents. These first steps of learning are so important that now forty states in the U.S. now offer state funded pre-k programs (Kanter, 2016). With some many different preschools and early childhood programs, how do parents know if the programs are being held to a certain standard? The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) is one comprehensive assessment tool available. Using this tool while quietly observing a preschool classroom, will help to define areas of strength as well as areas needing to be strengthened. The scale has thirty five different areas that are divided into six subscales, that will be observed. Each question is yes or no answer to a specific question and example.

The 1980s brought a new reform movement in education, accompanied by a new emphasis on testing. The effort to improve education at all levels included the use of standardized tests to provide accountability for what students are learning. Minimum competency tests, achievement tests, and screening instruments were used to ensure that students from preschool through college reached the desired educational goals and achieved the minimum standards of education that were established locally or by the state education agency. As we continue in a new century, these concerns have increased.

The National Quality Standard includes standard 1.1 states that ‘An approved framework informs the development of a curriculum that enhances each child’s learning and development’. This is where the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is introduced. This framework is included in the National Quality Standard to help ensure the consistency in the delivery of learning programs within Australia. Within the EYLF is the Early Childhood curriculum framework which guides early childhood educators to develop quality early childhood education programs. This framework describes the principles, practice and learning outcomes which support and enhance young children’s learning from birth to five years old, and then their transition to school.

After reviewing the third-party quality endorsement systems the tool that I am most familiar is the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition and Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised. Our program uses these tools to assess process quality in our early childhood program. One of the areas that the tool helps to assess is the classroom interactions amongst staff, children, parents, and other adults. The purpose of this tool is to assist program “to provide care and education that will permit children to experience a high quality of life” (UNC, p. 1). This tool helps programs to find what are their strengths and areas of improvement. For example, in our program as a team we review

The development of a national set of child well-being indicators was identified as a key action under the National Children’s Strategy, was published in 2000. The ‘research took place over a one-year period and many different stakeholders were involved, including children themselves. Results were published in 2005 in the Report on the Development of a National Set of Child Well-Being Indicators (Hanafin and Brooks, 2005).’

I also feel that it is challenging for early childhood facilities to get high ratings. Assessors do not want to just “give” good ratings if the facility did not earn them. These ratings let families know how good/bad a program is so that they can help determine which program would be best for their child.

In this paper is focus on the early childhood education environment design of a preschool classroom. The materials that will be in the classroom and the purpose of why the material are chosen. The location of the preschool and the climate, geographic features, landscaping, the environment impact and more. The reason for designing this preschool and the different materials that are used to create this imaginary preschool. And the inspiration of what it takes to create an environment suitable for the preschool.

This document is designed for a Childcare and Education Student to explain how Oak Tree Nursery Class provides a positive environment for its children.