Responds Promptly to Signals (E2.1.15)
Sub Category: Relationships with Individual Children: Security, Warmth, and Responsiveness
Credential Level: Level 1 •
Age Group: Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
COMPETENCY STATEMENT
Responds promptly and sensitively to children’s cognitive and affective signals (acknowledges and expands on children’s attempts at communication, play, and expression of needs.)
DEFINITIONS
Teachers can build strong supportive relationships with children through responding thoughtfully to children's signals including recognizing, acknowledging, and encouraging attempts at communication and emotional expression. Teachers should aim to respond quicky and regularly, noticing and validating children's cues and make sure to display attentiveness and care over their needs.
EXAMPLES
Exemplar Video #1
Age Group: Infant
Age Group: Infant
In this exemplar video, a teacher is engaging in play with an infant using toy blocks. Notice how the teacher acknowledges the child’s attempts at expression and narrates their communication –an example of responding promptly and sensitively to children’s cognitive and affective signals.
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