Ecd chapter 2 Review Revision 2024/2025

Accreditation (of programs for children) - ANSWERSa voluntary process that enables programs for children (from birth to 5 years of age) to measure themselves against a national set of standards used to define high quality proactive in early education accreditation (of teacher education programs) - ANSWERSa process of peer review of teacher edu cation programs designed to determine if they meet national standards for teacher preparation center-based education and care - ANSWERScare and education provided in facilities that are specifically designed for goops of young children charter school - ANSWERSindepently operated, publicly funded programs that have greater flexibility than other public schools in meeting regulations child care - ANSWERSprovision of care and education for young children whose family members work or are unschool or training programs; also called day care common core standards - ANSWERSnationally agreed literacy and mathematics curriculum standards intended to prepare students from kindergarten through grade 12 to b college and career ready content standards - ANSWERSthe goals and objectives that are determined by each state to be important for every subject area for each grade early childhood - ANSWERSthe period in the the life cycle that includes birth through age 8 early childhood education - ANSWERSeducation and care provided in all settings for children between birth and age 8 early childhood family education - ANSWERSprograms that support families I their role as the child's firth teacher- they cab included home visiting programs and family-child interaction programs early head start - ANSWERSa downward extension of head for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers designed to enhance all areas of children's development and promote school readiness early intervention - ANSWERSfederally mandated programs and services for infants and toddlers with disabilities early learning standards - ANSWERSoutlines, described by state governments, of what tying children should know and be a able to do at different stages of the development; also called early learning and development; also called early learning and development guideline and early learning guidelines family-child interaction programs - ANSWERSprograms that provide opportunities for families and children to play and learn together- based on the assumptions that parens are the child's first and most important teachers head start - ANSWERSa federally funded child development program designed to ameliorate the effects of poverty on young children-provides comprehensive services, including an educational program, and health, nutritional , and social services home-based education and care - ANSWERScare and education of young children provided in their own homes or the home of a caregiver homeschooling - ANSWERSeducation children at home rather than in public or private schools home visiting programs - ANSWERSan approach to early childhood education that provides pregnant woman and families with young children with direct services in their homes individualized education plan - ANSWERSa plan developed by a team for a child who meets state disability requirements and is identified as needing special services- it has individualized objectives that are reviewed and revised regularly individualized family services plan - ANSWERSa written plan developed by a team to guide the provision of early intervention services to children under the age of 3 and their families kindergarten - ANSWERSoriginally a program for 4 to 6 year olds developed in Germany by Friedrich Froebel. Today in the US, the term refers to the firs year of formal schooling for 5 year olds. In many parts of the world, it is used to describe all programs for young children laboratory school - ANSWERSeducational programs operated in association with a university, college, or other teacher education institution that provide opportunities for those learning to teach to observe children and acquire teaching experience Licensing regulations - ANSWERSrequirements put inlace by state to protect the health safety, and well-being of children in early care and education programs nursery school - ANSWERSoriginally, part day programs designed to give children opportunities to socialize and engage in creative activities. the nursery schools of the past evolved into what is called preschool today. parent cooperative - ANSWERSearly childhood programs hat are organized and run by family members who are expected to actively participate in he program performance standards - ANSWERSassessments, often in the form of tests, used by states to determine the extent to which children have mastered the content prescribed in the standards: also Called achievement standards prekindergarten (pre-K) programs - ANSWERSeducational programs for children under age 5 designed to prepare them for the academic expectations they will encounter in kindergarten preschool - ANSWERSprograms for children under age 5 designed to support their development through the provision of education and care primary grades - ANSWERSfirst through third grade, kindergarten is sometimes included quality rating and improvement systems - ANSWERSstate-developed systems that evaluate and rate the quality of child care programs (beyond licensing requirements) school readiness - ANSWERSchildren's preparation to engage successfully with school learning experiences and meet school expectations standards - ANSWERSwritten descriptions of the knowledge and skills that children should possess at specific stages of their education teaching license - ANSWERSrecognition that an individual teacher has success fully completed a teacher preparation program, usually a bachelor's degree in education; also called certification