Children's Enrichment Enterprises, Inc
Early Childhood Professional Development
Infant/Toddler Assessment Training      Printable Info Page
ASSESSMENT: OPENING THE DOOR TO QUALITY INFANT/TODDLER CARE

Module 1 - What Is Assessment and How It Helps You Provide Quality Care - 6.0 Hours
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
•        Identify 6 keys to quality care.
•        Apply strategies for building relationships with all children.
•        Explain ways assessment helps to achieve quality care.
•        Understand that assessment is asking questions and gathering information with others to learn about children.
•        Apply 3 new assessment strategies for getting to know children.

Module 2 - Getting To Know Children - 6.0 Hours
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
•        Identify helpful questions to guide assessment in order to get to know children well and respond in ways that support their growth and
learning.
•        Recognize the role of self-awareness and an open mind when conducting ongoing, equitable assessment and providing quality care.
•        Apply strategies for building positive relationships with children who may “push buttons.”
•        Use observation more effectively day by day and in partnership with families to learn about children.
•        Apply a deeper understanding of child development and learning to their work with children and families.
•        Use an observation action plan to learn more about a child.

Module 3 - Being An Effective Observer - 6.0 Hours
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
•        Apply guidelines for effective observation
•        Use strategies for recording and organizing observations of children’s learning
•        Recognize how personal feelings for children and families can interfere with assessment
•        Use open and focused observation
•        Use strategies for exchanging assessment information with families

Module 4 - Using Assessment to Make Decisions About Development and Learning - 6.0 Hours
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
•        Explain how to use assessment to promote development and learning
•        Describe factors that lead to effective decisions
•        Identify 5 recent decisions that promoted a child’s development and learning
•        Apply 3 new strategies for planning and deciding with families

Module 5 - Using Assessment Everyday to Support Quality Infant/Toddler Care - 6.0 Hours
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
•        Describe assessment knowledge, skills, and a personal action plan for professional growth.
•        Use new strategies for assessing children daily.
•        Use a tool to keep track of information and questions about children.
•        Use reflection and interpretation of assessment information to guide decision-making.
•        Apply new assessment strategies for partnering with families.

Infant/Toddler Assessment training is offered at the Educare Learning Center (formerly Dandelion), 2538 Jefferson Pike,
Jefferson, MD 21755 (8 miles west of Frederick on Route 340) from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM;  and The Learning Center, 535 Summit
Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740;

Fee = $40 per Person per Module.
Your Location: This Infant/Toddler Assessment Training can be offered at your location for a minimum fee of $800 for up to 20
trainees.