Building Early Literacy Success

Building Early Literacy Success Developmentally Appropriate Practice and High Quality Environments January 4, 2011

Working Agenda-Part A Building Early Literacy Success Professional Learning Goals Essential Question: Participants will: How does an understanding of the environment  Develop understanding of DAP and DAP enhance learning for young children?  Become informed about the conscious use of environment to support standards and best practices

Grounding Activity –Developmentally Resources Appropriate Practice (DAP) KWL Make a KWL Chart  What do you know about DAP?  What do you want to learn about DAP?  What did you learn about DAP

Developmentally Appropriate Practice(DAP) Resources  What is it?  Power point  What does it mean for my classroom and  Key Messages of Position Paper (HO) my school?  Video Clip from DVD in DAP Book  DAP Book  Protocol 3,2,1 –(HO) Directions on last slide of power point Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) Resources  Understanding the ECERS tool in the  ECERS Power Point classroom  Intersecting Interests- (HO)  Setting up the environment and looking at  Directions on slide #9 a center and how it engages children and  ECERS Book communicate standards to others.

Article Resources Using Brain-Based Teaching Strategies to Create  Article (PDF ) Supportive Early Childhood Environments That  Jigsaw Protocol-(HO) Address Learning Standards  Directions on Slide 10

Closing Resources KWL – What did you learn about DAP?  Chart Have teachers discuss what they learned today.  Evaluation-Geometric Review PDSA Resources Plan, Do, Study, Act  PDSA form (HO) (Please complete one form even if you do both part A and  PDSA Instruction(HO) Part B)

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