Personal Professional Philosophy to Documentation, Planning, Assessment, and Teaching in Early Childhood Education

TITLE PERSONAL
PROFESSIONAL
PHILOSOPHY TO
DOCUMENTATION
PLANNING ASSESSMENT
AND TEACHING IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Personal Professional Philosophy on Documentation.................................................................3
Personal Professional Philosophy on Planning...........................................................................4
Personal Professional Philosophy on Assessment......................................................................6
Personal Professional Philosophy on Teaching Young Children...............................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Early Childhood Education is a crucial activity for educators all over the world because
these are extremely crucial years where children need maximum guidance and support in order to
turn out into healthier individuals. In this report, personal philosophies of a teacher has been tried
to be presented regarding various important aspects in a child's educational phase.
MAIN BODY
Personal Professional Philosophy on Documentation.
I have been a kindergarten teacher for past five years and the most frequent question that
my juniors have asked me is why documentation is given so much importance in early life
education. I cannot emphasize enough upon the importance that regular tracking and recording of
what the child is learning and his pace of learning holds for a teacher. Every child has a different
learning capability and a teacher as well as the student must recognize it and work accordingly.
In order to develop a positive approach.
I personally use documentation panels for my children through which I display what
they have done and also maintain record of the work done (Olsen, 2016). To do this, there are a
few steps which I follow:-
 I collect the art work that students have done and ensure that I select something from
each student. However, I ensure that my board does not look uninteresting crowded with
too many photographs and utilise the art of arranging.
 Next, I identify that which technology will help me in displaying my student's work in
the best manner. Sometimes I use photo albums, or create video clips etc. based on the
activity for e.g. when we do an outdoor activity I shoot videos as well as take
photographs so that I can record them.
 Then I ensure that I capture all the important moments and stages of achievement in a
child's learning phase and process. This helps me in determining how engaged a child is
in the activities happening around him.
 After this, in order to enhance the experience, I include a written description of the entire
experience or event that child went through and reciting this helps me in integrating child
as well.
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 Lastly, I also frame very easy questions through which I ask children how they felt or
what was the most important thing for them etc. so that I could know what they actually
felt during the process.
Thus, documentation of the children's work helps in presenting a summarised view of their
learning and also ensures that it is at par with the curriculum that has been devised for the
children. Documentation helps in preparation of a base through which a child can be further
assessed and helps the evaluator in developing an insight into child's thinking process and
mentality so that his further education can take place accordingly.
Personal Professional Philosophy on Planning.
When the documentation part is successfully done on behalf of the educator, the next
aspect on which I emphasize is proper planning in order to ensure that the child's growth and
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Illu
stration 1: Display of a student Pete's work
Source: Meaningful Documentation in the Early Childhood Classroom, 2016