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PURPOSE
The Early Childhood Education Externship badge documents the acquisition of practical skills and experience in historical, theoretical and developmental foundations for educating young children and designing and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum in order to provide the primary teacher with the most help possible.
jOB/CAREER REQUIREMENTS
This experience focuses on development of children from birth through age 8, the roles, responsibilities and requirements of individuals working in early childhood classrooms as well as curriculum development so that assistants can help the teachers most effective while also helping to cultivate a creative, caring and nurturing environment for young children.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WORKPLACE TASKS:
The Externship badge confirms the earner's continued and successful practice of the following tasks demonstrating their ability to:
Analyze the roles, responsibilities, and requirements for those who work in early childhood education (ECE) settings and the evolution of the field of ECE
Analyze current issues in ECE that have implications for children, families, and society
Describe the age-related developmental accomplishments of young children from birth through age 8 in each of the developmental domains
Analyze programs that support individual differences, culturally responsive, and inclusive
Analyze ECE standards as related to preparing developmentally appropriate activities
Analyze practices that ensure the health, safety, and well-being of all children
Compare strategies to develop emotional self-regulation and avoid challenging behaviors
Describe strategies that foster childcare worker and family partnerships
Describe the role of assessment/documentation to inform curriculum development
Evaluate the attributes of professionalism in ECE including advocacy, and social justice
Analyze how a learning experience reflects a developmentally appropriate practice
Explain how curriculum is affected by theories, models, government programs, and standards
Create a plan to establish reciprocal relationships with families
Plan developmentally appropriate learning environments and experiences for young children
Compare different teaching techniques in relationship to children's development and learning
Compare various forms of assessment for planning, documenting, communicating, and reflecting
Design a developmentally appropriate math, science, technology,