ECED 365 Observations, Documentation and Monitoring (3 credits)
Prerequisite Admission into the BAS-T program.
Course Description
Develop skills and strategies for observing, documenting, and monitoring children birth to grade 3 who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse and their families. Strategies for tracking progress towards meeting Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) goals will also be addressed.
Course Content
A. Professionalism
B. Progress monitoring
C. Communication strategies
D. Developmentally and culturally appropriate assessment practices
E. Observation and assessment of children
F. Standard observation formats
G. Standardized assessment tools
H. Use of data
Student Outcomes
1. Identify and use various developmentally and culturally appropriate practices to observe, record, and assess young children’s development and learning.
2. Evaluate various progress monitoring tools and formative and summative assessment strategies for the purpose of setting goals and planning appropriate programs, environments, and interactions, and adapting for individual differences.
3. Evaluate and use standardized assessment tools, and integrate standardized data with other assessment data in order to make informed decisions about adaptations and modifications to instruction.
4. Articulate strategies on how to engage children in developmentally appropriate self-assessment and goal setting.
5. Evaluate the processes of involving families in the assessment process and communicate assessment information with families.
6. Integrate assessment results from the student support team as an active participant in the development and implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP), Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP), and 504 plans for children with special developmental and learning needs.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
Relationships & Collaboration: The candidate articulates the importance of relationships with children, families, colleagues, and community agencies and is able to create and maintain those relationships to support children’s learning and development.
Organization & Compliance: The candidate develops, implements, and monitors Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs), Individual Educational Programs (IEPs), and 504 Plans in collaboration with families, as well as multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, to provide the services and supports necessary for the optimal growth of children with diverse abilities.
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30
Potential Methods
A. Oral presentations
B. Written critique
C. Observation critique
D. Small group assessment
E. Written quizzes and exams
F. Peer evaluation
G. Essay
H. Reflection paper
I. Role play
J. Self-assessment
K. Group debate
L. Action plan
M. Interview
N. Discussion boards
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