Teacher and Pr actitioner Tr aining
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND PRACTITIONERS
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Skills in supporting children learning and understanding learning/ development processes:
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Skills in managing behaviour of children and using positive discipline strategies
a. Good understanding of how children
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Skills in supporting development of children’s executive function
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Ability to organize and manage the learning environment for children
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Ability to encourage children to make choices in their learning
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Skills in engaging parents in their children’s learning
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Ability to include children with special needs and abilities, and with diverse first languages
develop and learn, and the differences between boys and girls in interests and abilities at different developmental stages;
b. Ability to develop children’s perspectives; c. Ability to praise, comfort, question and be responsive to children;
d. Leadership skills, problem solving and
development of targeted lesson/activity plans;
e. Good vocabulary and ability to elicit children’s ideas.
7.2. SELECTED PRACTICE The selected Good Practice for training and professional development is the programme developed for early childhood teachers and practitioners in Grenada in response to the introduction of the HighScope approach to the curriculum in early childhood settings. The programme’s components address all the elements in the conceptual framework. It is important to clarify that the selected Good Practice is not part of any programme for certification or qualification training for example the Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree currently offered in the region. The programme in Grenada is designed specifically as an in-service professional development programme for both teachers and practitioners who are or will be implementing the HighScope approach. There were also examples of good practice on some components of the conceptual framework in programmes in other countries. These included in-service training in Antigua and Barbuda and St Vincent and the Grenadines, and in-service, pre-service and certification training in Trinidad and Tobago. These are referenced as appropriate.
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