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Early Childhood Network
Considerations
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The Child and the Learning Environment
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Children are…unique individuals, aesthetic and artistic beings,
emotional and social beings with unique personalities, intellectual
beings, physical beings, and constructors of knowledge.
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Families and the Learning Environment
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Parents and families are…children's first and most important role
models, advocates for their children, active partners in the education of
their children, active learners, supporters of the school and its
activities, active participants in the life of the classroom, advisors
and decision makers, and advocates for the school.
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The Teacher and the Learning Environment
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The teacher's role is to facilitate learning and guide learning
experiences through strategies that encourage children to think
creatively, problem solve, make decisions, and expand their thinking
skills.
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The Administrative Team and the Learning Environment
- The administrative team's role is to support children, teachers, and
parents through the change process, to provide opportunities for communication and
collaboration with all interested parties, and to keep the board abreast of current and
anticipated progress.
- The Curriculum and the Learning Environment
- Curriculum fosters the development of the child and promotes learning,
begins where the child is and builds on the child's interests, is meaningful and engaging,
enhances success, provides a balance of activities, develops attitudes, dispositions,
skills, and knowledge.
- Assessment & Evaluation and the Learning
Environment
- Assessment and evaluation foster the development of the child and
promote learning. Both components are an integral part of the ongoing teaching-learning
process, but do not dominate or fragment learning. Assessment and evaluation should be
based on authentic evidence and appropriate practices, acknowledge the whole child, and
link home and school in a partnership.
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