Professional Relationships and Responsibilities Flashcards
According to the provisions of FERPA, when can schools furnish student records without consent?
a. To some doing studies, if on behalf of the school.
b. Court orders and legal subpoenas are insufficient.
c. Safety or health emergencies still require consent.
d. To juvenile justice system authorities in all states.
D
Which of the following is true of state legal regulations of medical care, policies, and procedures in ECE settings?
a. Being disease-free, passing TB tests, and accurate staff and child health records are omitted from state regulations
b. Staff’s administering medication to children in ECE is not a part of state government childcare licensing regulations
c. When emergencies due to illness, injuries, and accidents arise, management by ECE staff is regulated by the states
d. Litigation is more likely for not reporting abuse/neglect than not making accident reports or following procedures.
C
Of the following, which ECE expert is/was mostknown for her agreement with Piaget’s theory and beliefs about early childhood education, and especially that education’s goal is children’s moral and social as well as intellectual development?
a. Maria Montessori
b. Constance Kamii
c. Lucy S. Mitchell
d. Rheta DeVries
B
What best reflects things ECE center administrators can do if non-custodial/unauthorized adults come to pick up children?
a. Inform the unauthorized adult of the center’s policies and procedures regarding custody.
b. They must not show the adult the custodial court order when informing them of policies.
c. Notify the enrolling adult and write a report; meetings or other measures are unneeded.
d. An administrator should call the police whether the unauthorized adult goes away or not.
A
Which of these is true about confidentiality of records in ECE settings?
a. Records of children in special education are subject to FERPA, the IDEA, and state laws.
b. Records of children in special education are subject to the IDEA, not FERPA or state law.
c. Records of children are still subject to confidentiality laws if abuse/neglect is suspected.
d. Records of children released by ECE employees reporting abuse or neglect incur liability.
A
Regarding interactions among adults in ECE settings, which of these is most appropriate?
a. Sharing anecdotal observations of children within their program violates confidentiality.
b. Problem-solving activity and dialogue help educators identify what and how to improve.
c. Each teacher in an ECE program should be responsible for one classroom, and not share.
d. ECE educators can share information, but they should not collaborate to plan instruction
B
What statement is most correct about how research, theoretical literature, professionaldevelopment do/do not address adult-adult interactions within ECE settings and/or how educators can do this?
a. Research into ECE includes numerous studies of adult collaboration and how it influences children.
b. The HighScope curriculum model omits adult teamwork in planning lessons or sharing information.
c. The Creative Curriculum does not address adult-adult interactions or sharing responsibilities in ECE.
d. Sharing instructional goals and responsibilities as a team creates safe, trusting climates for children.
D
Which of these most accurately reflects expert guidelines for early childhood nutrition?
a. Give children drinks equally balancing water, milk, soda, and juices.
b. Give children fruit juices instead of whole fruits to prevent choking.
c. Give children whole milk until age 2, and skim or 1% milk thereafter.
d. Give children more beef as a protein source superior to other foods.
C
What is correct regarding the standards for physical education set forth by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)?
a. Their criteria for physical fitness do not directly mention health.
b. They mention social interaction but not self-respect as a benefit.
c. These standards do not address diet as a part of physical fitness.
d. They assume exercise confers pleasure and so do not mention it.
C
What is true regarding EC education relative to young children’s families and communities?
a. Educators should design and plan curriculum and instruction on their own.
b. Educators are responsible to plan instruction without community resources.
c. Educators should protect children’s education by containing it in the school.
d. Collaborating with communities strengthens schools, families, and learning.
D
Which of the following statements correctly reflects one of the principles of emergent literacy theory?
a. When young children “reread” storybooks, this means they have memorized them.
b. Young children’s invented spellings afford no information about phonetic familiarity.
c. It is crucial for adults to read to young children, but not before they are a certain age.
d. Reading and writing development are viewed as processes having successive stages.
D
Which of the following organizations is focused on national child advocacy that works to uplift all children, especially poor children and children of color?
a. Save the Children
b. Children’s Defense Fund
c. Child Fund
d. UNICEF
B
Which of the following organizations is focused on giving children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm?
a. UNICEF
b. Children’s Defense Fund
c. Child Fund
d. Save the Children
D
