As an experienced early childhood educator at ABC Early Learning and in your community, you have been asked to present a workshop training at a local early childhood education conference on the subject of Language and Literacy Learning. The conference has requested an outline of your proposed workshop. Your audience is other early childhood educators in your area in in you preferred type of program: Infant/toddler (ages 1-3), Preschool (ages 3-5), or young School Age (ages 6-8).
Instructions
Choose one age group as the focus of your workshop. Create an outline of your workshop contents and a list of references. Your comprehensive outline should include the following components:
- Language/Speech Development for your chosen age group. Include key components and milestones, influences, importance, and potential challenges.
- Literacy Development for your chosen age group. Include key components and milestones, influences, importance, and potential challenges.
- Dual Language Learners in your chosen age group. Include differences and similarities, and other considerations.
- Assessing and Planning for children in your chosen age group. How do you best assess their development in language and literacy and prepare for their future learning? Provide examples.
- Activities and Strategies for encouraging both language and literacy development for your chosen age group in a group childcare setting. Provide 8-10 ideas with brief descriptions and photos.
- Reference list with at least 4 credible resources to support your content. The resources can originate from the course or other credible sources.
Proofread your work and be sure it is free of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
PLEASE USE GRADING RUBRIC
Language/Speech Development
20% of total grade
Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement
Language and speech development considerations were thoroughly presented, were relevant for the age group, and included significant detailed information for key components, milestones, influences, importance, and potential challenges.
20
Literacy Development
20% of total grade
Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement
Literacy development considerations were thoroughly presented, were relevant for the age group, and included significant detailed information for key components, milestones, influences, importance, and potential challenges.
Dual Language Learners
15% of total grade
Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement
Dual language learner considerations were thoroughly presented, were relevant for the age group, and included significant detailed information for differences, similarities, and other considerations.
15
Assessing and Planning
20% of total grade
Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement
Assessment and planning considerations were thoroughly presented, were relevant for the age group, and extensively addressed assessment for development and preparation for future learning. Detailed examples were included.
20
Activities and Strategies
15% of total grade
Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement
8-10 ideas for activities and strategies were thoroughly presented, were relevant for the age group, and skillfully encouraged language development. Brief descriptions and photos were included for each idea.
Grammar, Spelling, & Use of Sources
10% of total grade
Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement
Minimal to no spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. APA formatted references were included.
