Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 26 - STANDARDS FOR ENDORSEMENTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Subpart A - STANDARDS FOR ENDORSEMENTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Section 26.200 - Planning for Instruction
Universal Citation: 23 IL Admin Code ยง 26.200
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The competent early childhood teacher understands instructional planning and designs learning opportunities based on knowledge of the children, their families, and their communities and of content areas and curriculum goals.
a) Knowledge Indicators - The competent early childhood teacher:
1) understands how to plan developmentally
and culturally appropriate curriculum.
2) understands the rationale for
developmentally and culturally appropriate practice.
3) understands how to develop short- and
long-range instructional plans based on play, open-ended inquiry, and long-term
investigation.
4) understands how
to use and integrate appropriate technology technological resources into
classroom instruction.
b) Performance Indicators - The competent early childhood teacher:
1) plans,
implements, and evaluates developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum
and instructional practices that are based on knowledge of individual children,
their families, and their communities and of content areas and curriculum
goals.
2) incorporates a variety of
instructional strategies when designing learning experiences that promote
children's physical, social, emotional, aesthetic, linguistic, and cognitive
development.
3) develops,
implements, and evaluates an integrated curriculum that focuses on children's
needs and interests and takes into account culturally valued content and
children's experiences at home.
4)
creates, selects, evaluates, and incorporates developmentally and culturally
appropriate materials and equipment into the instructional plans.
5) uses and integrates appropriate
technological resources (e.g., puzzles, logical thinking programs, writing
tools, digital cameras, drawing tools) in instructional planning for
problem-solving, communication, and the illustration of thoughts, ideas, and
stories.
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