Unit 4 Case Study Scenario

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CHS450 – Observation, Assessment & Individualization

Unit 4 Assignment: Observing and Planning for Social Development Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 4 Points: 100 Overview: For this child observation assignment, you will write a two-page paper describing and evaluating a plan for recording a child’s social development. You will base the paper on the scenario below, focusing on the child’s behavior. Instructions: Begin by reading this scenario: Scenario: You are a teacher in a class of three-year-olds. You have a new student in your class named Chelsea. Before Chelsea’s first day, her mother told you that Chelsea had had difficulties at previous centers. At the end of the first day, you can understand why she’s had some challenges. Chelsea knocked all the books off the shelves during playtime and toppled over another child’s block structure. You are determined to understand more about Chelsea’s behavior, so you think about how you will gather data on her behavior. (2022 Cengage Learning) In writing your paper, include complete responses to the following eight prompts:

1. After reading the scenario, describe the assessment tool you would use to focus

on recording the child’s destruction of items around the room and explain why it would be an appropriate way to document progress and promote a positive outcome for the child. (NAEYC Standard 3c)

2. Create a plan for using the data you collected to determine a method to support the child’s social development. Explain how this method addresses the issues in the scenario. Give evidence from the chapter supporting this method (with citations). (NAEYC Standard 3a)

3. Describe how you will create and share a preliminary action plan with the student’s family. Please explain how you will encourage the child’s family to share their thoughts on your analysis and their observations of their child in their own environment. (NAEYC Standard 2b)

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4. Describe a follow-up plan that would include how you would use the information you learned from the family to collaborate with them and share and discuss the progress with the family on modifying the concerning behavior. (NAEYC Standard 1c)

5. Provide an example of how you would build assessment partnerships with professional colleagues and the child’s family to help achieve a positive outcome regarding the child’s social development. (NAEYC Standard 3d)

6. Research community resources in your area that you could suggest to the family to support them and their child concerning the behavior. Describe the resource and how it could be of benefit. (NAEYC Standard 2c)

7. Describe one way that you would address the situation regarding the child’s concerning behavior by applying, expanding, integrating, or updating your content knowledge of one of the following pedagogical “peh-duh-gow-jee-cal” components: knowledge of classroom management and discipline; knowledge of teaching methods or instructional strategies; knowledge of learning environments; knowledge of classroom assessment. (NAEYC 5c)

8. Write a reflection on how the process of applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating a plan to address the concerning behavior of the child made you feel about your role on you as a professional. Describe how and why you would use these skills to advocate for children, families, and the profession. (NAEYC 6a)

Requirements:

• Address all aspects of the eight items above. • Write two pages double-spaced with 1-inch margins (about 500 words). • Include a cover and reference pages. • Use 12 pt: Times New Roman or similar font. • Use APA formatting. • Submit the paper as an MS Word document using the assignment link in Unit 4.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

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Evaluation Rubric for Unit 4 Assignment

CRITERIA

Excellent Good Fair Needs Improvement

10 points 8 – 9 points 5 – 7 points 0 – 4 points Prompt 1 Standard 1c: Understand how child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.

Insightful development and mature style describe the assessment tool for recording the child’s destruction of items around the room and explain why it would be an appropriate way to document progress and promote a positive outcome for the child.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis describe the assessment tool and explain why it would be an appropriate way to document progress and promote a positive outcome for the child.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

Prompt 2 Standard 3a: Understand that assessments (formal and informal, formative, and summative) are conducted to make informed choices about instruction and

Insightful development and mature style describe the preliminary action plan and how to share it with the student’s family to encourage collaboration and obtain information about the child’s behavior at home.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis describe the preliminary action plan and how to share it with the student’s family to encourage collaboration and obtain information about the child at home.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

Prompt 3 Standard 5c: Using own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum for each child

Insightful development and mature style that identifies appropriate next steps for learning based upon observation data, own knowledge, and early learning standards, plans developmentally appropriate ways to support learning, and reflects upon current strategies in place as appropriate.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis identify appropriate next steps for learning based upon observation data and own knowledge, plan strategies to support learning and reflect upon current strategies.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

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CRITERIA

Excellent Good Fair Needs Improvement

Prompt 4 Standard 2b: Collaborate as partners with families in young children’s development and learning through respectful, reciprocal relationships and engagement.

Insightful development and mature style used to describe how to share a preliminary action plan with the student’s family and encourage the family to share their thoughts on your analysis and their observations of their child in their environment.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis describe how to share a preliminary action plan with the student’s family and encourage the family to share their thoughts on your analysis and their observations of their child in their environment.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

Prompt 5 Standard 2c: Use community resources to support young children’s learning and development and support families, and build partnerships between early learning settings, schools, and community organizations and agencies.

Insightful development and mature style describe a community resource and how it could benefit the child regarding the concerning behavior.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis describe a community resource and how it could benefit the child regarding the concerning behavior.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

Prompt 6 Standard 3c: Use screening and assessment tools in ways that are ethically grounded and developmentally , ability, culturally, and linguistically appropriate to document developmental progress and promote positive outcomes for each child.

Insightful development and mature style are used to provide an accurate description of an appropriate tool(s) to record the child’s destruction of items around the room and an informed explanation of why it would be an appropriate way to document progress and promote a positive outcome for the child.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis are used to accurately describe an appropriate tool(s) to record the child’s destruction of items around the room and sensible reasoning of why it would be an appropriate way to document progress and promote a positive outcome for the child.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

Prompt 7 Standard 3d: Build assessment partnerships with families and professional colleagues.

Insightful development and a mature style are used to describe examples of how to build assessments.

Competent and thoughtful analysis are used to describe examples of how to build assessments.

Marginally satisfactory in one or more of the following ways. It may respond to the item illogically, need more coherent

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or

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CRITERIA

Excellent Good Fair Needs Improvement

partnerships with professional colleagues and the child’s family to help achieve a positive outcome regarding the child’s social development.

partnerships with professional colleagues and the child’s family to help achieve a positive outcome regarding the child’s social development.

structure or elaboration, or reflect an incomplete understanding.

incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the topic.

20 points 16 – 19 points 10 – 15 points 0 – 9 points Prompt 8 Standard 6a: Standard 6a Identify and involve themselves with the early childhood field and serve as informed advocates for young children, families, and the profession.

Insightful development and mature style demonstrate professionalism by reflecting upon the how the behavior and attitude they described of themselves as the teacher in the scenario make them feel regarding the importance of being an informed advocate for children, families, and the profession.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis demonstrate professionalism by reflecting upon the how the behavior and attitude they described of themselves as the teacher in the scenario make them feel regarding the importance of being an informed advocate for children, families, and the profession.

Competent response and thoughtful analysis demonstrate professionalism by reflecting upon the how the behavior and attitude they described of themselves as the teacher in the scenario make them feel regarding the importance of being an informed advocate for children, families, and the profession.

The response shows serious weaknesses, ordinarily of several kinds. It may present a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the prompt, suggesting some significant misunderstanding of the meaning of professionalism in the context of an early childhood educator.

10 points 8 – 9 points 6 – 7 points 0 – 5 points SS3. Candidates have effective skills in written and verbal communication. and are technologically literate.

Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines are not followed.

Significant errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

The writing and format are clear, professional, APA-compliant, and error free.