Attendance Participation Preparedness – Guiding Principles

Hide Assignment Information Attendance Participation Preparedness – Guiding Principles – 5/24 1. The following is a partial listing of Guiding Principles taken from the Pennsylvania Core Knowledge Competencies. Please review and choose three to share how those principles are applied or can be applied in your center or family home. 2. Please use the cover sheet template below. 3. The Guiding Principles to review are : Developing and sustaining positive relationships are the foundation for applying the knowledge base and for demonstrating the core competencies. These relationships: adult to child child to child professional to parent professional to professional and professional to community are essential to the coordination of each child’s learning experiences opportunities and outcomes. The family has a key role in nurturing their children’s growth and learning and supporting the programs in which their children are participating. Respectful and reciprocal relationships are critical. Understanding and applying the social and cultural context of children and their families is essential to creating developmentally and individually appropriate learning environments and to develop positive relationships. Professionals have a role as designers and builders of the world in which each child lives while in early childhood or school-age. They must understand the interplay between children’s experiences environments relationships and well-being development and learning. It is the responsibility of every professional to guide children’s behavior and mentor children’s understanding of socially appropriate ways to self-regulate communicate and be socially competent to become successful and productive members of society.