WorksheetsCredential Review 1
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Dual-career couples are. May select multiple answers.
Families in which both heads of the household pursue careers and maintain the family together
Where both adults in the home have high degrees of commitment to their careers
Where each parent takes shifts in their parenting journey of working. Example, one may work and the other stays home with the kids and then they rotate that over time.
All of the above
Children who begin preschool and have the opportunity to learn and gain enrichment early, tend to be better labor workers later in life.
True
False
Assists and leads teachers in the care, supervision and education of children in child daycare environments.
Administrative Assistant
Child Specialist
Curriculum Specialist
Associate/Assistant Teacher
Distinguished professionals who have earned national and state recognition for their achievements in child care and early childhood education.
Child Specialist
Curriculum Specialist
Licensed Teacher
Childcare Center Director (or Childcare Center Administer)
Responsible for answering phone calls, maintaining files and scheduling appointments for the director. Other responsibilities may include payroll, billing, accounts receivable and updating parent contact information.
Associate/Assistant Teacher
Licensed Teacher
Administrative Assistant
Licensed Specialist
Responsible for training staff, preparing budgets and meeting with parents about their children’s progress. Most have a college degree in early childhood education along with several years of experience working with children. Oversees regular activities such as parent registration and waitlists, early childhood educator staff management, talent and recruiting, operations and finance, marketing, and facility maintenance.
Childcare Center Director (or Childcare Center Administer)
Associate/Assistant Teacher
Licensed Specialist
Child Specialist
Typically begin their careers by earning a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child development, or a closely-related area of study.
Curriculum Specialist
Associate/Assistant Teacher
Licensed Teacher
Childcare Center Director (or Childcare Center Administer)
Inspects that childcare centers are following all guidelines and procedures
Child Specialist
Licensed Specialist
Curriculum Specialist
Provide support to teachers by helping create and revise materials used in the classroom. They analyze student data to assess and improve the school's implementation and evaluation of classroom material.
Child Specialist
Licensed Specialist
Curriculum Specialist
While many households pay for preschool education for their young children (ages three to four), a portion of households do not, due to
Budget contraints
Lack of income
Low income- which qualifies for income based childcare
All of the above
Provides childcare (which is free) and thereby increases labor force participation for parents in certain lower-income households.
Public pre-school
Religious based childcare
Family Home Childcare Centers
All of the above
What does CDA stand for?
Children's Developmental Accreditation Credential
Child Development Associate Credential
Child Development Association Credential
A person who has obtained a CDA license has done what?
Select all answers that apply
Legally turned 18
Graduated High-School
Complied with the minimum requirements of working with children
Passed the CDA licensing Test
Taken post-secondary courses in child care education
Early childhood programs must comply with or follow the rules of
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Title III of the Children against Discrimination Act
Title III of The Children with Development Disorders Act
If an individualized assessment shows the presence of children with disabilities would pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others or require a fundamental alteration of the program or facility then the program is allowed to deny care.
True - For all centers
True- Only for Religious centers
False - For all Centers
Centers operated by religious organizations must take children with disabilities
True
False
If a center can meet a child’s needs, it is required by law to include the child.
True
False
What are the teacher certification requirements for early childhood education?
The teacher certification requirements for early childhood education vary by state.
The teacher certification requirements for early childhood education only include a high school diploma.
There are no teacher certification requirements for early childhood education.
The teacher certification requirements for early childhood education are the same in every state.
What are some job opportunities in the field of early childhood education?
college professor
preschool teacher, daycare center director, early intervention specialist, child development specialist, early childhood education consultant
high school counselor
elementary school teacher
What are the roles and responsibilities of early childhood educators?
Creating and implementing curriculum, providing a safe environment, observing and assessing progress, communicating with parents, collaborating with professionals
Creating and implementing standardized tests, managing financial resources, coordinating with local government agencies, conducting professional development workshops
Providing medical care, managing behavioral issues, organizing extracurricular activities, conducting research on child development
Planning and organizing field trips, managing administrative tasks, conducting parent-teacher conferences, coordinating with other educators
What skills are important for early childhood educators to possess?
Technical skills in computer programming, proficiency in graphic design, and expertise in data analysis.
Knowledge of advanced mathematics, proficiency in coding, and expertise in foreign languages.
Strong leadership skills, extensive knowledge of history, and expertise in public speaking.
Strong communication skills, patience, creativity, flexibility, and the ability to build relationships with children and their families.
Usually designated for children who are overcoming poverty or are low income families. Usually income based. Most successful, longest-running, national school readiness program in the United States. Serve children between 3 and 5 years old.
(a)
Program offered to children under the age of 13 years in a facility that is not the residence of the provider or of any of the children in care. A building or place used for the supervision and care of children that:
provides long day care, pre-school care and out-of-school-hours care.
Childcare center
School-age program
Secondary School
Family Home Childcare
The first kindergarten focused on
Cognitive development
Creative development
Physical development
Play
These programs are formed and ran by parents
Family Child Care Homes
Parent Cooperatives
Kindergarten
Head Start
These programs do no always have to be licensed
Parent Cooperatives
School-Age Care
Head Start
Family Child Care Homes
This program offers full day care and is the most popular type of program
Kindergarten
Child Care Centers
Head Start
Montessori
For profit centers....
rely on parent fees to operate
are sponsored by an organization
are a franchise center
are funded by the federal government
Children with mastery of certain skills are free to go on ahead of typical grade-level expectations, while those who aren’t yet ready can take more time. Giving children that choice is a crucial characteristic of Montessori education.
Pre-School
Kindergarten
Montessori School
What is not a fact of an accredited program?
Staff have higher salaries
Guaranteed more knowledgeable teachers
Teachers are held to a higher standard
Ensures safety and a well prepared program
A way of teaching that meets young children where they are — which means that teachers must get to know them well.
Observation
DAP
Evalutation
Which activity best utilizes active and hands-on learning?
children sorting pictures of leaves by color
children go on nature walk and collect leaves to sort
children circling leaves that are the same color on a worksheet
Which scenario best demonstrates the use of play as a way for learning?
Margo has an art center where each child is required to complete a weekly project. The children follow directions to make their project look like the example.
Shauna has all of the learning centers open at all times and allows children to play freely. She does not intervene in their play unless she sees a safety issue.
Jessie observed students in the building center comparing the heights of their block towers as they built. She brought out tape measures and demonstrated how they could use them.
In Raylene's classroom the children pick a center to play in at the beginning of choice time. Every 10 minutes she rings a bell to signal that it's time for them to clean up and move to a new center.
Which teacher is using scaffolding BEST?
Before snack time, Jayla opens all of the children's snack packages since they aren't yet able to do it themselves.
Rashaad sits with the children at snacks time. He demonstrates how to open the snack packages, providing hand over hand support for those who need it.
Kristal requires her children to open their snack packages themselves so that they can learn to do it.
Which of the following is the most effective way to encourage language development in preschoolers?
Correcting their grammar mistakes during conversation.
Having them memorize and recite nursery rhymes.
Engaging them in meaningful conversations and asking open-ended questions.
Teaching them new words using flashcards.
John is a preschool teacher. He wants to introduce the concept of 'shapes' to his students. Which of the following activities would be most appropriate?
Showing them a video about shapes.
Reading a book about shapes.
Providing them with different shaped objects to explore and play with.
Asking them to draw shapes on a piece of paper.
Which of the following would demonstrate cultural responsiveness in a preschool classroom?
Reading books that feature characters from different cultures.
Decorating the classroom with photographs of the students' families.
Teaching children to say 'hello' in different languages.
All of the above.
What is intentional teaching?
teaching children based on curriculum only
to act purposefully with a goal in mind and to have a plan for accomplishing it
having the most expensive toys and books in the environment
working with the expectation of the child care center
What are the three core considerations when determining developmental appropriateness?
Curriculum appropriateness
Center approved appropriateness
Individual appropriateness
Age appropriateness
Social and cultural appropriateness
How do excellent teachers use curriculums within their classrooms?
provides a framework for developing a coherent set of learning experiences that enables children to reach the identified goals
tells the teacher what child should already know
outlines what is appropriate for all children
form a plan of what to do during the day
How do excellent teachers establish reciprocal relationships with families?
make ways to involve the families of their children
build partnerships; work to develop relationships with families, with communication and respect in both directions.
making children do what the teacher wants them to do
focus on what children will be testing on
How do excellent teachers teach to enhance development and learning?
make ways to involve the families of their children
use a wide range of teaching strategies
making children do what the teacher wants them to do
recognize children’s conflicts and “misbehaviors” as learning opportunities
Which below is directly related to the "age appropriateness" in Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Get to know the children
Children learn this through direct teaching from their parents and other important people in their lives
Recognize that developmental variations among children is normal
Being able to make predictions about what children of a particular age group typically will be like
Which below is directly related to the "individual appropriateness" in Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Get to know the families
Children learn this through direct teaching from their parents and other important people in their lives
Recognize that developmental variations among children are normal
Being able to make predictions about what children of a particular age group typically will be like
Which below is directly related to the "social and cultural appropriateness" in Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
check the curriculum to see what is available
Children learn this through direct teaching from their parents and other important people in their lives
Recognize that developmental variations among children are normal
Being able to make predictions about what children of a particular age group typically will be like
What pictured below does NOT belong in a Developmentally Appropriate Preschool Classroom?
According to the text, what is the primary focus of early childhood educators?
Fostering cognitive development
Promoting physical development
Supporting all domains of child development
Enhancing linguistic development
What is the importance of play in early childhood education?
Play is not important for children's development
Play promotes joyful learning and fosters various competencies
Play is only important for physical development
Play is a waste of time in educational settings
When the play is organized by group goals. There is at least one leader, and children are definitely in or out of the group. When children move from a self-centered world to an understanding of the importance of social contracts and rules, they begin to play games with rules.
solitary play
cooperative play
parallel play
associative play
Hannah observes her older sister coloring.
Unoccupied Behavior
Parallel Play
Onlooker Behavior
Solitary Play
The kids in the neighborhood are playing hide and go seek.
Associative Play
Cooperative Play
Solitary Play
Parallel Play
Sarah is at the park with her friends. Some are swinging and some are on the jungle gym.
Solitary Play
Associative Play
Parallel Play
Cooperative Play
Brittany is walking around while playing with her hair.
Unoccupied Behavior
Onlooker Behavior
Solitary Play
Associative Play
Kate and Carson finger paint their own art at school
Cooperative Play
Associative Play
Solitary Play
Parallel Play
Ella and her cousins play pretend house.
Parallel Play
Associative Play
Solitary Play
Cooperative Play
Mark enjoys playing Legos.
Solitary Play
Associative Play
Onlooker Play
Unoccupied Behavior
Paul and Jack are playing blocks, not interacting at all.
Solitary Play
Onlooker Bahavior
Associative Play
Parallel Play
Jimmy watches the children play tag in the park.
Unoccupied Behavior
Onlooker Behavior
Solitary Play
Associative Behavior
Johnny plays with blocks while Ian plays with Playdoh, while they talk about their favorite TV show.
Parallel Play
Associative Play
Cooperative Play
Solitary Play
A group of friends are playing Candy Land.
Cooperative Play
Associative Play
Solitary Play
Parallel Play
Learning styles are theories describing individual preferences for how we like to learn and how we best retain new information. TRUE OR FALSE?
(a)
Curriculum that is tailored to meet the needs of learners that are faced with extreme cognitive impairments and is in line with their stage of development.
Multicultural curriculum
Developmental curriculum
Art and Creative Curriculum
Curriculum that focuses on students development of a broader understanding of our diverse world.
Multicultural Curriculum
Developmental Curriculum
Art and Creative Curriculum
Stimulate their imaginations & problem solving skills
Multicultural Curriculum
Developmental Curriculum
Art and Creative Curriculum
