QR4 Developmental Progress Requirements

Quality Rating 4: Developmental Progress

Requirements

Let’s look at the requirements for Developmentally Appropriate Learning and Practice: Developmental Progress: DAP 9.4.

Review the requirements for your program type.

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Child Care Center

DAP 9.4: Developmental Progress

Staff observes children’s progress using developmental checklists that are either designed for or aligned with the curriculum.

Documentation to submit: Observation Practices Statement & Developmental Checklist

Family Child Care

DAP 9.4: Developmental Progress

Provider observes children’s progress using developmental checklists that are either designed for or aligned with the curriculum.

Documentation to submit: Observation Practices Statement & Developmental Checklist

School-Age Only

DAP 9.4: Developmental Progress

There is no developmental progress requirement for School-Age Only programs.

Key Terms

Observation:

Observation is a way to gain information about children that can be used to build relationships, plan meaningful activities, and monitor their progress.

Developmental Checklists:

Young children’s development and progress occur at different rates and may follow different patterns. Understanding different patterns and rates of development help you encourage each child’s growth and development through the activities you plan and deliver. Developmental checklists help you monitor a child’s progress along a continuum of developmental milestones.