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Running head: INFORMAL ASSESSMENT
INFORMAL ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION
Mary Arterberry
GEN430 General Early Childhood Education Capstone
Instructor Jessica DeBiase
April 4, 2017
An assessment is a method of authenticating acquisition, cognition, impressions and positions of the development of education for the children. There is a good number of assessment that is used to assess children by the teachers. These evaluations include anecdotal records, event sampling, checklists, portfolios, rubrics, rating scales, running record, teacher and child self-assessments and time sampling. In this assignment, I will discuss three assessment methods and how this assessment will help in four areas of learning, that is, planning and adapting curriculum, Improving Teacher and Program Effectiveness, Tracking Children's Progress for Teachers and Families, and Screening for Special Needs), advantages of using the assessment, potential obstacles to using the assessment, and plan of action to attempt to overcome barriers.
Anecdotal records
Planning and Adapting Curriculum
Most babies cry in the morning after their mother leaves. I will use the anecdotal history to find out and implement ways that will make the child accept the fact that the mother has left and avoided crying.
Improving Teacher and Program Effectiveness
This anecdote can help me in implementing the social skills that the children will use in the morning.
Tracking children progress for teacher and families
Talking to parents helps in improving the social skills of children. The child will avoid some behaviors such as crying, can develop some habits such as washing hands, and playing with friends.
Screening for Special Needs.
Special needs can be identified when a child has been taught some skills for a while, and he seems not to improve in some of those skills. After learning for some time, “look at some evidence to find out if a child emotional or social development problems and give the child the necessary help” (Krogh, 2013).
Advantages of anecdotal records
It can look for the behavioral problem.
It can help spot physical, emotional and cognition delays.
It will also enable me to identify exceptional capabilities.
Obstacles
The observer is likely to invite his bias into the observation when carrying out the assessment.
Checklists.
In using checklists, the observer needs to check or leave blocks that are unchecked if a behavior is evident or not and whether the criterion has been met. There are a vast number of checklists that I can use. For example, development, drafting, and validation.
Advantages of checklists
The observer can find out the skills that the child has mastered within a given time.
Obstacles
If a teacher chooses to use checklists for their assessment needs, the teacher won't be able to know how well the children is faring on with their behavior.
To overcome the obstacle, the teacher should make sure that the checklist used is suitable a child's needs and age. It is not advisable to use just one checklist for the assessment of all the children. The checklists are not so relevant when observing behavior but are important when checking the learned skills.
Planning and adapting curriculum
The checklist will enable the teacher to come up with better ways of the teacher and child concepts that ought to be learned. The teacher will be able to come up with better lessons plans that will make plans to be more efficient for the learners. This is similar to how the checklist will be applied improving teacher and program effectiveness.
When a checklist is administered at the beginning, middle and end of the year, I will be in a position to show the parents the skills that the children have improved and those that need more teaching (Krogh, 2013).
Screening for special needs.
Using the checklist will enable the teacher to identify the skills that the students haven't developed. Identifying children deficiencies early in the year will allow the teacher to concentrate on it so that the learning of the child will not be delayed.
Rubrics
A rubric is a chart that contains a list of short criteria that should be met along a rating scale.
Planning and adapting curriculum
The rubric will enable me to know the part of the curriculum that needs more emphasis. The part that I find out is essential in the lessons will have to be taught effectively so that the children can understand it. Improving the curriculum will make the children have a better understanding of the experiences and improve the skills.
Improving teacher and program effectiveness
When I'm graded based on my teaching, I will identify the areas that I need to improve. This will enhance my education and make sure that I deliver better content for the sake of better understanding of the children.
Tracking children's progress for teacher and families and screening for special needs
The rubric is essential in helping the teachers and parents know the track record of the students. The development of the child will be checked, and if there are any deficiencies in the skills that should be mastered by the children, the screening will be done so that the cause of the delay can be identified. The necessary precautions will be done to help the child develop the required skills.
Advantages of Rubrics
Can be used in any situation as it is flexible.
It can be amended to fit the situation at hand.
Obstacles
The performance of a student may sometimes not match the structure of the rubric available.
Overcoming the obstacle
Having a variety of assessment tools is good. “Having a variety of instruments will enable me to choose the right assessments for teaching purposes” (Krogh, 2013).
Develop a plan of action to attempt to overcome obstacles.
Staying neutral is good.
Avoid being biased in the classroom.
As a teacher, it’s nice to realize my limitations.
I will seek help from more experienced teachers to make sure that I deliver the best t the students. “Getting diverse opinions from different people will give me a wider knowledge and understanding of the concepts and skills that I will have to develop in the students” (Krogh, 2013).
References
Krogh, S. (2013). A Bridge to the Classroom and Early care: ECE Capstone. San Diego, CA: Bridge Point Education.
