Figure i illustrates the reflective curriculum planning process. It is used by the teacher to collect information, form and test hypotheses,
and make adaptation and corrections. this process can be used to decide on momentary,daily,or weekly teacher corrections.
Once started it does not always follow the circular patten illustrated but rather an interactive one.
Good plans(a)reflect activites that orient the caregiver to the role of facilitator of learning rather than the role of "teacher" and
(b) assist the caregiver in reading the cues of each infant served
The appropriate view of infant curriculum is now seen as one with respect for the infant's interest.
What still needs to change?
What i have presented in this article are some of the new practices that are starting to redefine the role of the infant care teacher in the united
states, and i am very encouraged by what i see being practiced . Yet, the practices number of programs across the country, and almost always
those programs are receiving some kind of supplemental financial assistance. For example, the educare program, referred to earlier in this article
as an illustration of quality,provieds funding additional to what parents and government pay.it is extremely difficult to do the high -quality
work described here at the rate of compensation programs currently receive. issues that have been plaguing our country's infant-toddler
child care profession sinceit first startedstill exist. with low salaries, high turnover, large class sizes, little training, and inadequate time for
reflection, it is hard for infant care teachers to implement what they are coming to know is best pracice. let's hope that in the next 30 years
there will be a plethora of articles in zero to three describing new and excithing examples of infant and toddlers being enriched by their child care,
the type of care we know they need and deserve.