Standard 1: Child Development

Sydney Shadle
What is Key Competency 1c?
● Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in
multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning
setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.
● Focus: Importance of High Quality Educators
Who are Quality Educators?
● Makes students feel confident
● Use DAP teaching strategies
● Classroom management skills
● Planned, prepared, and organized
● They know their students’ interests, strengths, and abilities
● Encourages family involvement
Quality Educators & Cognitive Development
● Make children eager to learn
● Make learning fun!
● Help children reach their goals
● Practice different learning strategies
● Manipulative activities
Quality Educators & Social Development
● Make children comfortable in the classroom
● Children enhance their communication skills
● Enhances peer interaction with various
activities
Quality Educators & Emotional Development
● Make children feel confident in their work
● Enhance positive self-esteem
● Make children feel loved and wanted