DI4003

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DI003: Routines and Transitions That Foster Healthy Development

Infant or Toddler Teacher Interview: Routines and Transitions that Invite Participation

Use the graphic organizer below to guide your interview and also record your notes with an infant or toddler teacher. Explain that you would like to have a conversation about routines and transitions in the teachers’ setting. The routines and transitions you would like to talk about revolve around: greeting children, meals and snacks, diapering, napping, moving to new activities, and end of the day.

Teacher’s Name:

Teacher’s Program:

Teacher’s Position or Role:

Routine or Transition Questions	Interview Notes
Greeting Please describe the ways you greet children, typical interactions in which you engage with children, how children respond, physical and emotional safety related to this transition, how this routine fosters responsive relationships and/or builds autonomy, and any other comments and insights.
Meals & Snacks Please describe your meal or snack time routine, typical interactions in which you engage with children, how children respond, physical and emotional safety related to this transition, how this routine fosters responsive relationships and/or builds autonomy, and any other comments and insights.
Diapering Please describe your diapering routine, ways the ways you greet children, typical interactions in which you engage with children, how children respond, physical and emotional safety related to this routine, how this routine fosters responsive relationships and/or builds autonomy, and any other comments and insights
Napping Please describe your napping routine, typical interactions in which you engage with children, how children respond, physical and emotional safety related to this transition, how this routine fosters responsive relationships and/or builds autonomy, and any other comments and insight
Moving to New Activities Please describe the ways you transition individual children and/or the group to new activities, typical interactions in which you engage with children, how children respond, physical and emotional safety related to this transition, how this transition fosters responsive relationships and/or builds autonomy, and any other comments and insights.
End of Day Please describe the ways you end the day with children, typical interactions in which you engage with children, how children respond, physical and emotional safety related to this transition/routine, how this transition/routine fosters responsive relationships and/or builds autonomy, and any other comments and insights.

Additional Questions

As you think about your daily schedule, the children and families with whom you interact and the many routines and transitions that are a part of your daily life with the children:

1. What do you see as the role of transitions and routines in your program?

2. What insights can you share with me about transitions and routines from your experience that may be helpful to practitioners?

3. What’s working well in your setting regarding fostering infants’ healthy development and contributing to respectful and responsive relationships between early childhood professionals and the children through routines and transitions?

4. What would you like to improve?