Early Childhood Standards of Quality for ... - State of Michigan

Learning EnvironmentClimate [LRCCC-R400.5106]Effective programs for three- andfour-year-old children are planned tobe age appropriate and to meet theirindividual needs. A program establishesa positive climate and promotes positiveinterpersonal relationships. This includesrelationships between children andadults, among children, among adults,and between the staff and families.1. Program Standard: The program is structured to enhance children’sfeelings of comfort, security and self-esteem and development ofpositive relationships with adults and other children.A Quality Program:To Support Positive Adult/Child Relationships:1. Accepts all children’s individual levels of development, interest,temperament, cultural background, language, and learning styles anduses them as the basis for programmatic planning.2. Treats all children with warmth, respect, and caring, regardless of social,economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic, religious, or family background, andregardless of gender, behavior, appearance, or any disability.3. Accepts and values children’s primary languages and uses them as ameans for communication.4. Promptly attends to children’s feelings and emotions with respect andgentleness.5. Assures that each child experiences positive adult attention duringthe day.6. Schedules staff to provide children with consistency of adult supervision.7. Assures that children can identify at least one primary caregiver fromwhom to seek help, comfort, attention, and guidance.To Support Positive Child/Child Relationships:8. Assures that children have ongoing opportunities to interact informallywith one another.9. Assures that children have ongoing opportunities to recognize and acceptsimilarities and differences among one another.10. Provides children with strategies and information about specific socialskills to enhance their interpersonal relations.38 Michigan Department of Education