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Looking at the Big Picture:

Getting to Know the California Learning and Development System

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Activity: Getting to Know the California Learning and Development System

Working with your partner(s):1. Match the 5 descriptions to the correct component/box of

the CA Learning and Development System.

2. Match the related resources to the correct component/box of the CA Learning and Development System.

Share your knowledge of the different components of California’s Learning and Development System with your partner(s) as you are completing the activity.

Raise your hand when you are done.

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Program Guidelines and Resources• Infant/Toddler Learning &

Development Program Guidelines

•  Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Program Guidelines: The Workbook

•  Prekindergarten Learning & Development Guidelines

•  Preschool English Learners: Principles and Practices to Promote Language, Literacy, and Learning (PEL Guide)

•  Guidelines for Early Learning in Child Care Home Settings

•  Inclusion Works! Creating Child Care Programs That Promote Belonging for Children with Special Needs

These resources present information about how to provide high-quality early care and education, including recommendations for program policies and day-to-day practices that will improve program services to all children birth to 5 years.

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Learning and Development Foundations

Curriculum Frameworks

• Infant/Toddler Curriculum Framework

• Preschool Curriculum Framework Volume 1

• Preschool Curriculum Framework Volume 2

•  Preschool Curriculum Framework Volume 3 - to be released

These resources offer guidance for early childhood educators to plan experiences and instructional activities for young children. These documents describe the knowledge and skills young children develop and learn through child-initiated play and teacher-guided experiences and environments. An integrated approach to planning learning environments, interactions, and strategies is presented to support young children’s development and learning.

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Learning and Development Foundations

• Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations 

• Preschool Learning Foundations Volume 1 

• Preschool Learning Foundations Volume 2

• Preschool Learning Foundations Volume 3 –to be released

These resources include the competencies - knowledge and skills, that we would expect to see in the typically developing child in an appropriate, quality early care and education setting at specific age points in the child’s development. These resources outline these competencies from birth to age 5.

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Professional Development• Program for Infant

Toddler Care (PITC)

• California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN)

• Faculty Initiative Project (FIP)

• California Early Childhood Mentor Program (CECMP)

 • Child Development

Training Consortium (CDTC)

Includes pre-service education and training that teachers and administrators receive in institutions of higher education, and in-service and continuing education programs that early childhood professionals pursue to continuously increase their knowledge and skills.

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Desired Results Assessment System

• Desired Results Development Profile - Infant/Toddler© (2010)

• Desired Results Development Profile - Preschool© (2010)

• Desired Results Development Profile - School Age© (2010)

• Desired Results

Development Profile - Access

Reliable, strength-based tool teachers use to observe and document children’s learning and development, from birth through preschool. This tool points out observable aspects of development and provides a means to document actual progress a child is making in her learning and development. The assessment results are intended to be used by the teacher to plan curriculum for individual children and groups of children to guide continuous improvement.