Standard 2
An Early Years Teacher must:
2. Promote good progress and outcomes by children
For this standard - as well as finding strategies to promote and support a progression of learning - it will be necessary to find ways to collect and manage information to show a progression, and also develop a good working knowledge of child development throughout the full early years age range.
SUPPORTING STATEMENTS
2.1 Be accountable for children's progress, attainment and outcomes
The challenge here is in finding suitable methods for observing and obtaining information on children in your setting, which can then be used in a practical way to support each child as an individual. Information should come from a mix of observation and communication with the child during normal day-to-day interactions in a natural way, plus information from additional sources such as parents/carers, special educational needs co-ordinators and other professionals involved in a child's care.
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