1. Intentionality ACSI – Early Childhood March 2011 Beth Ackerman, EdD
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2. Intentionality
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.
Matt 6:33

3. Opposite of the Intentional Teacher….
the Accidental Teacher.

4. To act purposefully with a goal in mind and a plan to accomplish it
Intentionality
To act purposefully with a goal in mind and a plan to accomplish it

5. ACT PURPOSEFULLY Commit to Christ, children, and content
Assess child’s development and yourself
Respect your relationships
Engage through a positive environment

6. COMMIT to CHRIST, CHILD, and CONTENT
Christian Commitment
Children
Content

7. By just letting children play, they will emerge literate in grade 3.
Avoid ECE stereotypes
Drill and practice
Developmental
Teacher-directed
Academics: literacy and mathematics
Task-oriented
Child-directed
Social, physical, and artistic
Spontaneous play
DAP misinterpreted:
By just letting children play, they will emerge literate in grade 3.

8. Maintain balance TEACHER-DIRECTED CHILD-DIRECTED Developmentally
Intentional
teacher
CHILD-DIRECTED
Developmentally
appropriate
practice

9. Commit to Christ, children, and content
What are concrete ways that I can Commit to –
Christ
Children
Content?

10. ACT PURPOSEFULLY Commit to Christ, children, and content
Assess child’s development and yourself
Respect your relationships
Engage through a positive environment

11. ASSESS Child’s Development and Yourself
Assessing Children’s Development
Assessing yourself - reflecting and self-evaluation

12. 5 Questions to Ask What am I trying to accomplish?
What are my students' relevant experiences and needs?
What approaches and materials are available to help me challenge every student?
How will I know whether and when to change my strategy or modify my instruction?
What information will I accept as evidence that my students and I are experiencing success?

13. Assess child’s development and yourself
When you return to your Center, What are some specific ways you can intentionally assess –
Your Children’s Development
You?

14. ACT PURPOSEFULLY Commit to Christ, children, and content
Assess child’s development and yourself
Respect your relationships
Engage through a positive environment

15. RESPECT your RELATIONSHIPS
Interacting with children
Building Relationships with Families

16. Respect Your Relationships
JOY (Jesus, Others, You)
Speaking truth in Love (Eph. 4:15
Plan for healthy interactions
Positive relationships don’t just happen

17. Respect Your Relationships
As an intentional teacher, what are specific steps you can take to better respect your relationships?

18. ACT PURPOSEFULLY Commit to Christ, children, and content
Assess child’s development and yourself
Respect your relationships
Engage through a positive environment

19. ENGAGE through a positive ENVIRONMENT
Physical Environment
Scheduling the Day

20. Engage through a positive environment
What are ways to more intentionally create a positive environment?

21. Review
Commit to Christ, Children, and content
Assess Child’s Development and yourself
Respect your relationships
Engage through a positive environment

22. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
I Corinthians 9:24