VVC Child Development Professional Portfolio

Program Learning Outcome (PLO) Coversheet: PLO #2

PLO 2: Design, implement, and evaluate environments and activities that support positive developmental play
and learning outcomes for all young children.
Required Artifacts:
Activity Planning Form (CHDV 150 enhanced CHDV 210)
Block Plan (CHDV 150, enhanced in CHDV 210 as Teacher in Charge Project) CHDV 200
culturally relevant block plan - optional
ECERS (CHDV 160), and Designs for Living and Learning component of the Teacher in
Charge Project
Knowledge: for each of the above artifacts, please list (using bullets) the knowledge you gained pertaining to
this PLO.
Activity Planning Form (CHDV 150 enhanced CHDV 210)
o We will be able to understand why we do activity plans and its importance
o We will be able to understand how it benefits not only the teacher but the children as well.
o We have an understanding of why it is important to implement to the childs needs.
Block Plan (CHDV 150, enhanced in CHDV 210 as Teacher in Charge Project) CHDV 200
culturally relevant block plan optional
o Why it is important to keep the classroom in a general time frame.
o We are able to understand why it is important to plan ahead.
o
ECERS (CHDV 160), and Designs for Living and Learning component of the Teacher in
Charge Project
o We are able to understand the rating scale and why it is used.
o This tool will help us understand the learning from one child to the next.
o
Skills: for each of the above artifacts, please list (using bullets) the skills you gained pertaining to this PLO.
Activity Planning Form (CHDV 150 enhanced CHDV 210)
o How to create an activity plan that is developmentally appropriate.
o How to aim your activity plan for DRDPs that embarks on the childs interest.
o How to implement childs learning in different ways that keeps them interested.
Block Plan (CHDV 150, enhanced in CHDV 210 as Teacher in Charge Project) CHDV 200
culturally relevant block plan optional
o We will be able to use this as a guided daily planner.
o We will be able to give the children a sense of security.

o We will be able to create a better sense of what theme is going on that week because we planned
ahead.
ECERS (CHDV 160), Designs for Living and Learning component of the Teacher in Charge
Project).
o We will be able to scale each part of the classroom, according to this tool.
o We will be able to create an atmosphere that the children will feel a sense of safety and comfort.
o
**Growth: Please list how your knowledge and skills listed above, have grown as a result of your student
teaching experiences.
o I have been able to use many items that are already in the classroom and implement them to
create a sense of the theme we are doing this week.
o I am able to create learning in a way that best meets each child in the classroom.
o I am able to use my understanding of the rating scale to further advance the classroom.
**Beliefs: How has completing the above assignments and your student teaching influenced your beliefs about
designing/implementing/evaluating play-based curriculum?
**Future Growth & Next Steps: Think about your future teaching, list three goals to help you improve
upon your existing knowledge and skills and your teaching.
o I want create a strong enough plan to touch on every childs needs. I will do this by continuously
testing new ways the children can play.
o I will create an atmosphere that is warm and inviting but also educational, for example I will
have pots and pans in the dramatic play area, but they will be marked with different languages to
create the culturally diverse atmosphere.
o I will make sure to always be flexible to plans I make during the week due to loss of interest or
difficulty for the child.
Identify how you will achieve each of these three goals. Be specific. For instance, will you enroll in a
course? If so, what course? Will you read a book? What book? I will achieve these goals by creating a
folder that is already made and will only require minor adjustments.

**These sections should be based upon your reflections of your student teaching experiences.