At ABC Early Learning, you are a curriculum specialist who works with all age groups. To support your team, you need to develop and implement an original assessment tool that will provide a better understanding of where their children stand with language or literacy development.
Instructions
Part1: Choose a focus language use or literacy skills. In a Word document, develop an original assessment tool which measures and evaluates your chosen focus. The tool should include the following:
- Measurements of the childs language use or literacy skills
- A minimum of five (5) indicators
Part 2: Use your tool to observe a child from one of the following age groups: Toddlers (2-3 years), Preschool-age (3-5 years) or Young School-age (6-8 years). Perform the following: Give the child a name.
- Assess one child for a minimum of 10 minutes during a literacy or language-heavy activity and make observation notes using your original assessment tool.
- Write a 1-2-page developmental goals document that includes the following:
- Description of the childs age, any developmental attributes, and the setting.
- Based on the results of your observation, write three (3) achievable DAP goals for the childs language or literacy development.
- For each goal, suggest a developmentally appropriate activity which might be best suited to support that goal.
NOTE: If you are unable to observe a child in one of the age groups, choose one of the videos below to observe instead.
Submission Requirements
Be sure to use professional language, spelling, and punctuation on all documents. Submit one zipped (compressed) file that contains the following: 3 separate documents/files
- Original assessment tool blank
- Original assessment tool complete with observation notes
- Developmental goals document
For assistance with creating a zipped (compressed) file, please visit the Rasmussen FAQ: .
