What's In This Kit?
This training kit is designed to help Learners understand how to enrich children’s lives by walking alongside children as they form compassion. This training program contains the following components:
- Expected training outcomes and learning objectives
- Training tips and strategies
- Training benchmarks
- Preparation and implementation steps
- Handouts
- The article “Walking Alongside Children as They Form Compassion”
by Wendy Hinrichs Sanders
- References
- Resources
- Training Certificate for Learner �" Certificate of Attendance and Participation
- Training Certificate for Trainer �" Award Certificate
Who's the Target Audience?
The target audiences for this are beginning, intermediate, and advanced teachers working with children from birth to age 8. This kit introduces teachers to the
hallmarks of compassion and helps them understand how to promote and sustain
compassionate classrooms.
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beginning |
intermediate |
advanced |
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Children's Age Level |
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infants |
toddlers |
preschoolers |
school-agers |
birth to 8 |
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Kit Timeline:
Preparation time for this kit is estimated at 1.0 hour. Implementation and actual training time is 3.0 hours, which includes 1.5 of face-to-face training and 1.5 hours of independent study.
Training Outcomes:
- Learner will identify the four research-based components (i.e., readiness, recognize, rehearse, and respond) that are vital for fostering and sustaining a compassionate classroom.
- Learner will either observe or create each of the four research-based components (i.e., readiness, recognize, rehearse, and respond) and describe an example of these components.
- Learner will list at least 3 ways or strategies that they can use to foster and sustain compassion in the early childhood classroom.
These training outcomes address the following professional standards:
- National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Standards and Accreditation Performance Criteria (2005). www.naeyc.org.
�" 1.B.01, 1.B.02, 1.B.03, 1.B.04, 1.B.06, 1.B.07, 1.B.09, 1.B.14, 1.B.15, 1.C.02, 1.C.03, 1.C.04, 1.C.05, 1.C.06, 1.D.04,
1.D.05, 1.E., 1.F., 2.B.01, 2.B.03, 2.B.04, 2.B.05, 2.B.06, 2.B.07, 3.B.02, 3.B.05, 3.B.06, 3.B.07, 3.B.08, 3.B.09, 3.B.11,
3.B.12.
- NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation, Initial Licensure Level (2003) www.naeyc.org.
�" 1.4a, 1.4b.
- Head Start Performance Standards (Federal Register, Nov. 5, 1-6, Volume 6), Number 215). www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/
�" 1304.21(a)(3)(i)(C), 1304.21(a)(4)(iii), 1304.21 (b)(1)(ii), 1304.21 (b)(2)(i), 1304.21(c)(1)(iv),1304.21(c)(1)(vi)
- National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs, National Association of Child Care Professionals (2005). www.naccp.org
�" E11, E112, F1, F3, and F6.
You may want to take the time now to locate additional state and local standards that relate to this topic or requirements of other regulatory bodies specific to your program. Add those to this plan to personalize it.
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