Quality Rating 2: Developmental Progress
Observation Practices Statement
Think about all you know about the children in your program. You know about their interests, their likes and dislikes, their strengths and challenges, their backgrounds and cultures. How did you gain this information and how do you use it to plan and deliver a quality program?
Most likely, you gained this information through every day interactions and observations. And, it’s from this information that you make decisions that influence the lives of the children and families you serve.
This section guides you to think about how you use observation to learn about, plan lessons for, and monitor the developmental progress of the children in your program. You will submit a statement that describes how your program uses observation as documentation for Developmentally Appropriate Learning and Practice: Developmental Progress: DAP 9.2.
Select the Requirements tab to review key information to include in a description of your program’s observation practices.
NOTE: There are no Development Progress requirements for School-Age Only programs.