Week by Week: Plans for Documenting Children's Development, Reprint

Week by Week: Plans for Documenting Children's Development, 4e is a text that not only presents the technical aspects of many various methods of documentation, it also reviews domains of development and the efficiency of each method to capture important information. Early childhood teachers should be keeping written records for every child in their group, documenting events, achievements, and concerns. There are many methods or types of documentation to use. The dilemma of both student teachers and experienced teachers is how to manage detailed, meaningful documentation while attending to all the functions that a teacher needs to perform to keep children safe and actively involved in learning. This text is an all-purpose guide for students and practitioners to gather meaningful developmental information. The new online companion contains forms and additional resources that will assist in using the child assessments to guide curriculum planning. Also added to this new edition are 'It Happened To Me' vignettes that illustrate key points and are both entertaining as well as illustrative of the experiences of real teachers. It also includes an expanded discussion of the implications of No Child Left Behind and authentic assessment by portfolio documentation. The text can be useful for courses in observation methods, child development, curriculum planning and practicum. This text is a must-have that provides a year's plan for gathering developmental data on every child; something every classroom teacher needs.

Barbara Ann Nilsen, Ed.D. is a former professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York. She is a past president of the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children. In addition to authoring WEEK BY WEEK: PLANS FOR DOCUMENTING CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT, Sixth Edition, Barbara is the author of AN INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND TEACHING: INFANTS THROUGH ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN, also published by Cengage Learning.