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Updated April 1, 2017

Module 3: Celebrating Child Growth

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Outcome B:  The student will identify techniques for collecting child development information. 

The learning outcomes for this section address topics from the following WACs:
Minimum Licensing Requirements for Child Care Centers
170-295-2080 What must I communicate to parents?
170-295-2010 What types of play materials, equipment and activities must I provide for the children?
Licensed Family Home Child Care Standards 
170-296A-2050 Child records--Contents
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1) Read the following pages in the Child Care Licensing Guidebook
Recording and documentation of data is an important part of any system.  Your program might create electronic portfolios, using a computer to keep documentation.  Others might create hardcopy files, documenting each child’s growth.  It is essential that whatever system you use, you are able to maintain confidentiality. 

​Confidentiality means that any observation you capture will not be revealed to others besides the family or approved staff who also works with the child.  In addition, you must not leave written materials where others can see them or discuss a child in front of other parents or children.  
Ongoing and systematic observation of the children will provide you with the information you need in order to offer quality care and comply with the WAC requirements to:
  • Provide a variety of easily accessible learning and play materials of sufficient quantity to implement the center’s program and meet the developmental needs of children in care.
  • Have a current daily schedule of activities and lesson plans that are designed to meet the children’s developmental, cultural and individual needs.
  • Ensure the lesson plan, daily schedule of events, available toys and equipment contain a range of learning experiences to allow each child the opportunity to:
  1. Gain self-esteem, self-awareness, self-control, and decision-making abilities,
  2. Develop socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically,
  3. Learn about nutrition, health and personal safety, and
  4. Experiment, create and explore.      
​Child Care Licensing Guidebook: Page 224
Child Records and Information
​You are also required to keep written documentation that you have informed parents of their child’s individual
progress (WAC 170-295-2080) in each child’s file. This may include a signed statement that parents have received written observations or assessments about their child, reviewed a child’s portfolio, or attended a parent-teacher conference."
Optional Online Resource for Further Study​