Topic #2 Practical Strategies in Authentic Evidence-Based
Topic 2. Called my attention because it is related to using the DRDP, supported by Learning Genie and its components. As a Teacher and Home Visitor I believe that I, have the moral responsibility of teach and learn.
The concept of Teaching and learning applies to Children, parents, and relatives living in the same household.
I understand that the education is a two-way Ave. were the educator learns from children and families, and vice versa.
I would like to share a little bit about my experience using practical strategies in authentic evidence base Page | 2 assessment for the whole child. My experience begins from the moment that a child is assigned to me, in general those children are Dual Learning Language, monolingual or have limited Spanish language because they speak a dialect which is known as “Mam”’ Worthy to mention that according to some of the families coming from Guatemala, there are different Mam, dialects, making difficult to find who can help with interpretation. And even dough they speak some Spanish it is difficult to get across some topics.
My experience begins when a child is assigned to me for regular home visits. First establishing rapport is the beginning of a long and stable relationship, in which all together join efforts to cooperate with the development integral of the child Observations associated with the DRDP are required as a Page | 3 part of the integral education and development of the child. The activities to present to the child should be age appropriate but also attractive to the child and parents for them to actively participate.
Taking in consideration the age of the child, time spend in the activities, interest, assimilation and response of the child.
From there the observations take place, those observations helps to place the child on the appropriate DRDP level. Plus LG. have a camera and video that make it easy to record the observations at the very moment that the child’s action happens, then write a couple of lines, and finished them later on.
Being a Home Visitor places me on both positions Teacher and home visitor.
Since: Modeling and teaching empathy-concern for others Page | 4 feelings-is an important part of being an effective, culturally competent teacher. Retrieved from: Charis L. Wahman, Elizabeth A. Steed, Susan Friedman. Book: “Each & Every Child
The learning of two languages enriches the knowledge of the child, gives more opportunities for study, development and in the future better position within the society and community. A child with two languages has the opportunity to express his ideas clearly and precisely in two languages. And may have more mental quickness to learn, respond and solve problems.
The picture down below shows how the children learn through visualization and repetition of the ABC letters, and numbers as well. Strategies used just to mention few: Is To observe the child interest, engagement, language capacity, gestures and focus in the activity.
The Focused attention is an important topic in the present study Is marked by sustained and active engagement with stimulus or tasks (as compared with mere looking or “casual” attention). It is during periods of focused attention that cognitive information processing occurs (I.e.learning occurs (Ruff & Lawson.1990; Ruff & Rothbart.1996).
Our observations using Learning Genie tools also includes: Observations on children with mild disabilities, those children may suffer from mild mental retardation, behavior disorders and attention deficit- disorders.
Our observations using Learning Genie tools also includes: Observations on children with mild disabilities, Those children may suffer from mild retardation, behavior disorders and attention deficit- hyperactivity as mentioned on Gresham, F. M., & MacMillan, D. L. (1997). Social Page | 7 Competence and Affective Characteristics of Students With Mild Disabilities. Review of Educational Research, 67(4), 377–415. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543067004377
Mild-disability groups included children variously classified as having specific learning disabilities, mild mental retardation, behavior disorders, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Social competence was conceptualized as a multidimensional construct that included social skills, adaptive behavior, and peer relationship variables. Children with mild disabilities were shown to have difficulties in negotiating both peer-related and teacher-related adjustments in school settings.
Learning Genie tools give us the opportunity of keeping contact with parents, show back videos, where parents can see their children reactions, participations and interest in the activities presented by the Home Visitor, that later on those activities can be use as repetitive activities at home, in the meantime the Home Visitor can use the Learning Genie tools to communicate with parents, make observations, send books and , continuing keeping an open communication with them
References
Charis L. Wahman, Elizabeth A. Steed, Susan Friedman. Book: “Each and every child
Gresham, F. M., & MacMillan, D. L. (1997). Social Competence and Affective Characteristics of Students With Mild Disabilities. Review of Educational Research, 67(4), 377-415. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543067004377
(Ruff & Lawson, 1990; Ruff & Rothbart, 1996), Retrieved from Focus of Attention.
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When the Learning Genie was introduced to me, I was very excited about sharing with the parents what I was teaching to the children on a more personable level. One of the most valuable features that I used was taking photos of the children doing activities and being able to send the pictures electronically to the parents on a daily basis. The parents were very excited each day to receive their email and see what their child had learned. The parents would use information we provided on a daily basis and talk about what they learned at school. This was a great conversation starter. Most children would come home from school and ask their child what they learned at school today and most would say “nothing I just played”. With the daily information I found that the children showed what they learned at school sometimes teaching their parents some things.