Directions: Prepare a reflective statement about how you establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment. This statement should be no more than 500 words. Complete Competency Statement I by answering the following questions:
- How do your teaching practices promote a safe, healthy learning environment?
- Reflect on the sample menu you included in your resource collection. How does it support children’s nutritional needs? What are the strengths and limitations of the menu?
- How does your learning environment support children’s learning? What are its strengths? How could you improve it?
- Reflect on the weekly plan you included in your resource collection. How does the weekly plan support what children need on a weekly basis? What are its strengths? How could it be improved?
Competency Statement I
To establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment
Reference:
The Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program and CDA competency standards: Family Child Care edition. (2021). (pp. 13-19). Washington, DC: Council for Professional Recognition.