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Keystone Star Pest Analysis

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The regulations of NAEYC and Keystone Star’s standards have a lot of similarities like working on two way communication between the teacher and families. Also, work with families with transitioning into programs and work on the child’s individual needs. Plus we need to remind and share the classroom rules, expectations and routines throughout the year not just at enrollment.
Also, we should keep building on positive relationships between the teachers and children we care for. Some of the ways we can do this is by demonstrating respect for the children. We can show them we care by giving them physical affection, using eye contact, be careful with tone of voice and showing them our smile. We need to be consistent with the children. Finally, …show more content…

We can do this through a variety of different ways of having conversations about what we are learning about or by talking about what they did in art. We can provide materials that encourage them to have a discussion, especially in the dramatic play area with telephones, dolls, puppets and flannel board stories.
Another area is Cognitive Development where the children can learn from books, songs and sequence and finger plays. The books we use can be wordless, have minimum words to help them become familiar with print. These books should be available to the children every day since it is very important to help the build their vocabulary and become successful learners.
Math and Science are two other areas that we need to support the learning. We need to provide materials that will allow them to measure, have colors, shapes so they can create patterns. Children need to be able to explore their five senses as well. Need opportunities that will encourage them to think, question and reason.
The arts an area you can have a lot of fun with children through music, plays and dance. Acting out fairy tales can be a lot of fun and the children really enjoy trying to fill the roles. We can support their artistic expression by cutting, gluing, play dough, paints and caring for the tools they …show more content…

When it comes to performance standards I do have my regular certificate of compliance. Along with doing all of the professional development, Continuous Quality Improvement(CQI), Big Ideas, and Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) and the Learning Standards. I do not have any secondary staff so I do not need to comply with that. Although I do have two subs and I require them to have their First Aid/CPR, 6 hours of PD, and Child Mandated Reporter. As for doing the observation/curriculum assessment I do assessments on the child after their first 45 days of care, and every 6 months thereafter and put all their demographic information in the Early Learning Network (ELN). We also need to do an ERS- self assessment annually along with a written improvement plan if a score falls below 3.0. I try to keep up to date on all community resources available to our families so that way if they are ever in need of help I am able to send them in the right direction. Since I do not have any staff I am always communicating with my husband about what is going on and see what his thoughts might be on how to handle the situation. If we are not able to figure out what direction to go I contact my STARS manager for advice on who to

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