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

Learning Environment3. Program Standard: The program’s policies and practices supportthe enrollment and participation of all children including those withdisabilities and promote an environment of acceptance that supportsand respects gender, culture, language, ethnicity, individual capacities,and family composition.A Quality Program:1. Implements nondiscriminatory enrollment and personnel policies.2. Expects staff to demonstrate, through action, a genuine respect for eachchild’s family, culture, and life-style.3. Provides an environment that reflects the cultures of all children in theprogram in an integrated, natural way.4. Fosters children’s primary language, while supporting the continueddevelopment of English.5. Avoids activities and materials that stereotype or limit children accordingto their gender, age, disability, race, ethnicity, or family composition.6. Expects staff to model respect and help children to demonstrateappreciation of others.4. Program Standard: The program uses positive guidance techniqueswhich further children’s development of self-control, responsibility, andrespect for self, others, and property. [LRCCC-R400.5107]A Quality Program:1. Uses positive, predictable, consistent, and constructive guidance(discipline) techniques (e.g., modeling and encouraging expectedbehavior, redirecting children to more acceptable activities, meeting withindividual children to discuss concerns).2. Applies individually determined guidance practices based upon the child’sdevelopmental level using natural and logical consequences allowingchildren to assume greater responsibility for their actions.3. Provides support to children in appropriately resolving their personalconflicts (e.g., negotiating, helping, cooperating, talking with the personinvolved).4. Has policies stating that depriving a child of snack, rest, or necessarytoilet use or using disciplinary practices that involve shaming, hitting, orspanking are forbidden.40 Michigan Department of Education