Ch 1&2 Vocab Flashcards
Early childhood
Carries the period from birth to nine years old
Entrepreneur
Create and run their own business
Skipped family generation
Raised by grandparents or other family members apart from their parents
Pre-K
School base programs for 3 to 5-year-old children
Nanny
Provides care in a child home
AU PAIR
A person from another country who temporarily lives with a family and performs task like those of a nanny
Headteacher
Handles all aspects of a class functioning
Family childcare home
Provide childcare for children ranging in ages six weeks to 12 years
Licensing specialist
To protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of children attending centers
Quality rating specialist
Evaluate and rate the achievement on benchmarks that exceeded the minimal state licensing requirements
Advocate
A person who defends, supports, or promotes interest of others
Developmentally appropriate practice
Framework or approach to working with young children
Ethical
Conforming to accepted standards of conduct
Ethics
Guiding set of moral principles
Professional development
Process through which people update their knowledge and skills related to the professional lives
Intentional
Teachers act, purposely and helping children, gain knowledge, interest, habits, and attitude
Intrinsic motivation
Driven by internal rewards that you find satisfying
Mentor
More experience, teacher, who encourages, guides, coaches, influences the growth and development of a less experienced person
Child development associate credential
A reward for one of the 4 settings: center-based infant-toddler, center-based preschool, family daycare homes, home visitor programs
Socioeconomic status
Relates to a combination of social and financial factors that affect peoples ability to meet basic needs, including access to early childhood care, education, and other resources
Headstart
Provides free national comprehensive child development program
Early Headstart
Year-round services for infants and toddlers.
Focuses: child development, family development, staff development, and community development
Universal pre-K
State and federal government fund these programs, usually housed in public school systems
Learning standards
Instructional tools that state boards of education agree on with the help of educators in the field
School age, childcare programs
Provide care for children before and/or after school
Check-in services
Hire workers who called the home to check whether the child has arrived safely
Parent cooperative
Serving children from 3 to 5 years old (usually a preschool)
Laboratory schools
Or university and college affiliated programs, are on a post secondary or college campus
For profit centers
Rely on parent fees to operate
Nonprofit centers
Religious groups, universities, colleges, YMCA, YWCA, hospitals, and recreation departments sponsor the largest number of nonprofit centers
Structural quality
Define teacher, qualifications, teacher-child ratios, and group size
Process quality
Defines the quality of relationships among the teachers and children, teaching strategies, curriculum, and learning environment
Teacher child ratio
Refers to the number of children per teacher or caregiver
Licensing rules and regulations
Standards set to ensure that centers follow uniform and safe practices
Childcare license
State provided certification granting permission to operate a childcare center, early childhood center, or family child care home
Accreditation
Voluntary program that improves the overall quality of the early childhood program
