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Introduction to ERS
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Introduction to ERS

Overview of the Infant/Toddler and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales
Created byBarbara Wood, R. Manuel, Tracy Jones
Last updated 4/2015
English
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What you'll learn

  • Become familiar with what the Environment Rating Scales are
  • Learn how the scales are used to assess a classroom
  • Learn how the scales can be used to improve quality in Early Care and Education Centers

Course content

3 sections • 25 lectures • 1h 19m total length

  • Introduction to the Environment Rating Scales Course4:05

    Explore the history and development of the environment rating scales and their structured subscales. Learn about ITERS and ECERS, space, furnishings, personal routines, and process of assessing and scoring ERS.

  • Course Objectives0:24

    Familiarize child care providers with environment rating skills, learn how these skills assess the classroom, and discover how they can improve quality in early care and education centers.

  • Part 1 Pre-test1:41

    Assess your knowledge of environment rating scales before training, including the infant-toddler, early childhood, and family child care scales, with a review at the end of part 1.

  • Development of the ERS2:45

    Develop the ERS to measure process quality through classroom interactions and materials, using observation to predict child outcomes and support program evaluation.

  • Types and Structure of the ERS4:00

    Explore the environment rating scales that assess quality across infant/toddler, early childhood, family child care, and school-age settings, focusing on health and safety, positive relationships, and learning opportunities.

  • Definition of Terms Used in the ERS6:13

    Define ERS terms such as accessible books and toys, open shelves, substantial portion of the day, weather permitting outdoor play, and positive relationships in free play.

  • ITERS-R and ECERS-R Overview3:14

    Explore ITERS-R and ECERS-R, infant to preschool environment rating scales, with seven subscales. Louisiana emphasizes the social emotional subscale and omits the parents and teachers subscale.

  • Space and Furnishings - ITERS-R4:04

    Examine indoor space and furnishings in early childhood settings to support routine care, play, and learning. Learn about safe, accessible, age-appropriate room arrangement, displays at eye level, and relaxing furnishings.

  • Space and Furnishings - ECERS-R3:03

    Examine the space and furnishings item of the ECERS-R and how furniture supports independence during care, play, and learning, with soft furnishings, eye-level displays, and varied gross motor equipment.

  • Personal Care Routines5:56

    Explores daily personal care routines in early childhood settings, including greeting, meals and snacks, sleep, diapering and toileting, sanitation, health and safety practices, and supervision.

  • Activities7:07

    Develop infants' and toddlers' eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills with age-appropriate toys and manipulatives, while guiding play and promoting diversity in materials and activities.

  • Part 1 Post-test2:15

    Take a post-test to assess your understanding of environment rating scales, covering ERS subscales, indicators, and the four scales across infant, toddler, early childhood, family child care, and school age.

Requirements

  • Students will need copies of the revised editions of the Infant/Toddler and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales.

Description

The Introduction to Environment Rating Scales is a three part course consisting of several lectures. The focus of Part 1 is to introduce learners to the history and development of the Environment Rating Scales, explain how Environment Rating Scales are structured, provide an overview of the Infant/Toddler and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales, and to provide an overview of the space and furnishings and personal care routines subscales. In Part 2, learners will be introduced to the Quality Start System for Louisiana, and the Social Emotional Subscales, and their importance in assessing quality in early childhood programs. The major focus of Part 3 is to introduce learners to the process of scoring the ERS, and what to expect prior, during, and after and ERS evaluation.

After completing all three parts of this training, learners should understand not only the reasoning behind and research that supports the Environment Rating Scales, but also gain an understanding about how the scales are organized, and how they can be utilized in helping child care providers set up classroom environments that foster active learning, health, and safety; thus improving the quality of early care and education programs for young children.

This course is worth 3 training credit hours.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is designed for child care providers or early childhood teachers who are unfamiliar with the Environment Rating Scales- especially, the Infant/Toddler and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales. This course is not intended for early childhood teachers who already have a basic knowledge about the Environment Rating Scales.

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