Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network

On-the-job Training

• Principles of Child Growth and Development
  • Nurtures relationships with children by valuing each child's individuality
  • Assists in maintaining an inclusive environment for all children; carries out activities that support children's IFSP/IEP goals
  • Supervises and facilitates children's involvement in all learning environments using a variety of modalities
  • Maintains a positive classroom climate and is responsive to child perspectives
  • Assures continuity of care, spending time engaging with each child each day in addition to care routines.
• Social and Emotional Development
  • Provides intentional activities to support children's development of a positive self-image, including the understanding of similarities and differences
  • Encourages children to express themselves in safe and appropriate ways to promote self-regulation
  • Engages in adult-child interactions, encouraging self-help skills and encouraging peer interactions
• Physical and Intellectual Development
  • Models physical activity by being physically active, both indoors and outdoors
  • Provides opportunities to acquire language and literacy skills through interactions with others, materials and the environment
  • Promotes children's higher order thinking skills through the use of scaffolding, self and parallel talk, concept development, advanced language and open-ended questioning
• Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
  • Maintains clear and consistent behavioral expectations and minimizes transitions by maintaining classroom organization
  • Assists in curriculum planning sessions to develop clear learning objectives for optimal learning and assists in documenting weekly learning plans
  • Assists in using standardized and authentic assessment data to create learning opportunities to advance children's development and goals
  • Assists in maintaining a portfolio of each child's progress
• Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
  • Assists in assuring healthy meals and meal attendance are in accordance with Child Care Licensing, Let's Go! 5-2-1-0 and USDA's CACFP and Dept. of Education guidelines
  • Models healthy eating habits and tooth brushing
  • Follows cleaning, sanitation and disinfectant procedures to promote healthy habits within the classroom environment
  • Assists in promoting protective factors to prevent child abuse and neglect; identifies and refers families to Department of Health and Human Services' Child Protective Services
  • Assists with completion, accuracy and appropriate follow-up of Health & Safety Checklists
  • Assists with required emergency procedures
• Relationships with Families
  • Demonstrates and recognizes parents as children's first and most important teachers
  • Connects with families and children to make them feel welcomed, safe and respected
  • Views children in the context of their family and their culture
  • Demonstrates respectful interest in learning about each family's values, beliefs, faith traditions, cultural influences, family structure and circumstances
• Effective Program Operation
  • Maintains cooperative, respectful interactions and supports the employer's policies
  • Contributes to effective, purpose and respectful team communications to promote continuous program involvement
  • Demonstrates understanding of and on-going compliance with Child Care Licensing and other regulations or requirements
• Professionalism
  • Communicates positively and effectively using appropriate verbal, nonverbal and written messages
  • Demonstrates effective customer service assuring respect for families' culture and language
  • Assures personal safety and actively communicates with supervisor
  • Establishes and maintains professional boundaries
  • Adheres to employer and collaborative partner policies, procedures and guidance
  • Promotes community partnerships and initiatives
  • Effectively utilizes supervisory support and technical resources to improve competence
  • Assesses self, values and ethics as they impact with work with families
  • Completes mandated trainings and maintains required certifications
  • Seeks opportunities for ongoing professional growth; implements to improve practice and share with colleagues as appropriate
  • Demonstrates progress toward annual evaluation goals
• Training