Instructions
Step One: For this assignment, you will observe the videos below, take
notes, and record in detail six (6) total instances when you observed the
teachers or caregivers in each setting as they provide the Three R’s of
Quality of Care: respectful care, responsive care, and reciprocal care.
Infants:
https://youtu.be/LIjjCDBchSw (youtu.be/LIjjCDBchSw)
Toddlers:
https://youtu.be/GSR8PIGLkZY (youtu.be/GSR8PIGLkZY)
Step Two: After observing and documenting your observations, you’ll
write a report describing each instance of care you witnessed, along
with your assessment of whether or not the caregivers you observed
provided respectful, responsive, and reciprocal care to the children in
their charge. There’s no specified word count or page count for this
assignment. Use fully-developed sentences, and include 5 – 7 sentences per fully developed paragraph.
Paragraph One: Begin with an introductory paragraph that
introduces the reader to the setting in the infants’ classroom
and previews what the reader will be learning in your report.
For example, where do your observations take place? How
many infants are present? What are their ages? How many
teachers, teacher’s assistants, or caregivers are present?
What work experiences, degrees, and credentials do the
infants’ teachers and caregivers possess?
Paragraph Two: Describe in detail an instance when you
observed the infants’ teacher providing respectful care.
Provide objective (fact-based) observations. What did
respectful care look like? How did you recognize the care
being provided was, in fact, respectful care? What was the
environment or event, situation or challenge the teacher
encountered in that moment? What did the teacher do? What
did the teacher say? What were the teacher’s facial
expressions, body language, and tone of voice? How did the
infant or infants react and respond to the teacher when they
were provided with respectful care? Use descriptive details
and be specific in sharing your observations within your repor
Paragraph Three: Assess the quality of respectful care
provided by the infants’ teacher above. Do you believe the
infants’ teacher was effective in providing respectful care?
What did he or she do well? In your opinion, what should he or
she have done differently or done better? What would you
have done if you were the infants’ teacher? What did you learn
from your observation of this type of care? What will you do
if/when you encounter a similar event in your infants’
classroom?
Paragraph Four: Repeat the steps above, this time describing
an instance when you observed the infants’ teacher providing
responsive care. Provide objective (fact-based) observations.
What did responsive care look like? How did you recognize the
care being provided was, in fact, responsive care? What was
the environment or event, situation, or challenge the teacher
encountered in that moment? What did the teacher do? What
did the teacher say? What were the teacher’s facial
expressions, body language, and tone of voice? How did the
infant or infants react and respond to the teacher when they
were provided with responsive care? Use descriptive details
and be specific in sharing your observations within your report
Paragraph Five: Assess the quality of responsive care
provided by the infants’ teacher above. Do you believe the
infants’ teacher was effective in providing responsive care?
What did he or she do well? In your opinion, what should he or she have done differently or done better? What would you
have done if you were the infants’ teacher? What did you learn
from your observation of this type of care? What will you do
if/when you encounter a similar event in your infants’
classroom?
Paragraph Six: Repeat the steps above, this time describing
an instance when you observed the infants’ teacher providing
reciprocal care. Provide objective (fact-based) observations.
What did responsive care look like? How did you recognize the
care being provided was, in fact, reciprocal care? What was
the environment or event, situation, or challenge the teacher
encountered in that moment? What did the teacher do? What
did the teacher say? What were the teacher’s facial
expressions, body language, and tone of voice? How did the
infant or infants react and respond to the teacher when they
were provided with reciprocal care? Use descriptive details
and be specific in sharing your observations within your report.
Paragraph Seven: Assess the quality of reciprocal care
provided by the infants’ teacher above. Do you believe the
infants’ teacher was effective in providing reciprocal care?
What did he or she do well? In your opinion, what should he or
she have done differently or done better? What would you
have done if you were the infants’ teacher? What did you learn
from your observation of this type of care? What will you do
if/when you encounter a similar event in your infants classroom?
Paragraph Eight: Summarize your observations, and share
what you’ve learned in your time, observations, and
assessments in the infants’ classroom. Share several
suggestions for improvement. What are your views of
respectful, responsive, and reciprocal care in infants’ care? In
your own practice, how will you know when to provide each
type of care?
Paragraphs Nine–Sixteen: Following the steps outlined above,
next share your detailed observations and assessments of the
three types of care provided in the toddlers’ setting.
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