Clinical Field Experience B: Safety Considerations
Teacher- Ms. Burns
School-Davis Early Learning Center
Safety is a critical component of a learning environment. Educators familiarize themselves with legal and moral aspects of the classrooms so they can best prepare for routines and instructional lessons.
Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Return to the birth to Pre-K child care facility from your Topic 2 field experience. Interview the same classroom teacher to gain insights on the safety measures taken at the facility.
At a minimum, ask about the following:
- Facility policies
- Legal policies regarding safety
- Safe use of technology
- Class size and ratios
- Emergency response training
- Fire safety
- Active supervision
- Naps (SIDS)
Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Write a 250-500 word reflection based on your experience at the child care facility. What were your initial thoughts and feelings related to maintaining a safe environment for young children? Did you notice anything unsafe or problematic? What did you learn about the legal and best practice safety features in the early child care facility?
This clinical field experience will inform this week’s assignment.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
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| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points | |||||||||
| ECE-530 | ECE-530-O500 | Clinical Field Experience B: Safety Considerations | 25.0 | |||||||||
| Criteria | Percentage | No Submission (0.00%) | Insufficient (69.00%) | Approaching (74.00%) | Acceptable (87.00%) | Target (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned | ||||
| 100.0% | ||||||||||||
| Initial Thoughts and Feelings | 25.0% | Not addressed. | The reflection poorly includes the initial thoughts and feelings related to maintaining a safe environment for young children. | The reflection vaguely includes the initial thoughts and feelings related to maintaining a safe environment for young children. | The reflection properly includes the initial thoughts and feelings related to maintaining a safe environment for young children. | The reflection thoroughly includes the initial thoughts and feelings related to maintaining a safe environment for young children. | ||||||
| Unsafe or Problematic Issues | The reflection imprecisely includes anything noticed that was unsafe or problematic at the childcare facility. | The reflection weakly includes anything noticed that was unsafe or problematic at the childcare facility. | The reflection accurately includes anything noticed that was unsafe or problematic at the childcare facility. | The reflection insightfully includes anything noticed that was unsafe or problematic at the childcare facility. | ||||||||
| Legal and Best Practice | Legal and best practices in regards to safety features at the child care facility are erroneously explained. | Legal and best practices in regards to safety features at the child care facility are marginally explained. | Legal and best practices in regards to safety features at the child care facility are clearly explained. | Legal and best practices in regards to safety features at the child care facility are thought provoking. | ||||||||
| Organization | 15.0% | An attempt is made to organize the content, but the sequence is indiscernible. The ideas presented are compartmentalized; may not relate to each other. | The content could be organized better even though it provides the audience with a sense of the main idea. | The content is logically organized. The ideas presented relate to each other. The content provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. | The content is well organized and logical. There is a sequential progression of ideas related to each other. The content is presented as a cohesive unit. Provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. | |||||||
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 10.0% | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice, sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. Uses a variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written academic English. | |||||||
| Total Weightage | 100% |