Texas Director's Final Exam

______________________ is a lasting emotional bond that one person has with another, starts to form soon after birth, and continues throughout life.

What causes childhood obesity?

In what age group does effortful control (the ability to regulate your own emotions and actions through control and effort) emerge?

Which of the following is an appropriate and acceptable responds a teacher can give a child when he is upset because his mother left him?

Discontinuity, inconsistency, or conflict between a young child’s school and home environments:

As a child manipulates their environment and makes discoveries about it, they are demonstrating activities from which developmental domain?

Which of the following dressing skills do most five year old children have?

If you place a toy near a three to six month old infant, what is the child most likely to do?

Erik Erikson states that ______________________ are a valuable component to children learning social skills.

Though there are multiple combinations of characteristics, which of the following is NOT a possible characteristic of a child within the Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Adults and children must wash hands when?

A self-made disinfecting solution can be used as long as it is made:

When you follow the following steps, what are you doing?

STEP 1 : Wash with water and soap

STEP 2 : Rinse with clear water

STEP 3 : Soak in or spray on solution for at least two minutes.  Rinsing with cool water only   items that children place in mouths.

STEP 4 : Allow article/surface to air dry

Employees may use a wet wipe to clean a diapered child’s hand?

If a child becomes ill at the center, which of the following is NOT a required step to preform?

According to the Minimum Standards, electrical outlets accessible to children younger than _________ years must have childproof covers or safety outlet. However, it is still recommended that ALL outlets have covers.

According to the Minimum Standards equipment that explodes or shoots things, like cap guns and darts, are permissible for children over five years of age.

According to the Minimum Standards, a director or employee must conduct at least a _________ inspection of the active play space and equipment utilizing a written general maintenance checklist.

With the recent recall of infant cribs, it is ok to use one of the old cribs produced before 2010 as long as you make sure to tie or screw the drop side so that it stays up at all times.

Head entrapment can occur when a gap in material is between _______ and ______ inches.

SAFE playgrounds refer to which of the following group of words?

Part of your emergency action plan should include:

Which of the following are characteristics of a high quality early child care and education program?

Why is it important to plan for developmentally appropriate toys and activities?

It is ok to have a regular size dining room table for a toddler classroom as long as the teacher is in the room to supervise when the children are sitting in the normal chairs?

Which of the following statement or statements is acceptable to say to a child in a three year old classroom in regard to anit-bias statements?

When creating a classroom schedule, you must make sure to consider which group of the following?

________________ is the term used to refer to a regular classroom setting in which children with and without special needs are attending.

Which of the following is a trait of a Developmentally Appropriate Program?

Which of the following is NOT a method of discipline and guidance that is acceptable for a caregiver to use?

Which of the following denies the rights of the other person / child?

The authoritative style of teaching and guidance incorporates which combination of demandingness and responsiveness.

Which of the following questions should you ask yourself when thinking about how to handle a guidance situation in the classroom?

Of the following, which is NOT a reason that a child might misbehave in the classroom.

Which of the following groups represents a room design based for positive guidance?

A well-defined space helps positive guidance by helping children be more independent and self-controlled?

Suggestions to arrange a room logically:

If your child is enrolled in the center you work at, you can use physical punishment to discipline him as long as you go to your car to do it.

Discipline and Guidance must be:

As a last resort, it is acceptable to use a brief supervised separation for a child as long as the child’s ability to understand is present, and last for no more than one minute per year of the child’s age.

Which of the following is NOT true in regard to discipline and guidance policies required by the Minimum Standards?

Observations and assessments must be all EXCEPT which one of the following.

When taking notes for observation it is best to use ________ ___________ to record what you see quickly and then write in paragraph form if needed.

There is only one correct way to organize a child’s portfolio.

_________________ is designed to gather information on which to build decisions, make recommendations, develop curriculum, plan for teaching, select activities and learning strategies, and assess children’s growth, development and learning.

All children’s records, including observations, must be kept strictly confidential and only shared with parents, Licensing Staff, or colleagues who need to have the information for professional reasons (i.e. ECI, Child move to another classroom).

Typically when a child falls they will bruise their:

When a child is being abused or neglected they will:

Signs of possible child abuse include changes in the child’s behavior and changes in the parent’s behavior?

What reasons below are benefits of family involvement?

Parents who experience separation anxiety with their child are:

When a parent has a special concern or ask for special arrangements for their child, the teacher or director should:

Young children benefit the most when teachers and parents work together to create a partnership.

The best way to describe an ideal school / parent relationship is:

When a disagreement with parents arises, what must the teacher’s goal be?

Which one below demonstrates when a school/parent conference will be most beneficial?

Why is it important to keep a Director’s Community Resource File current available?

Before staff or you attend training from an outside source you should?

Which of the following is part of the problem/conflict clarification and resolution process?

According to the NAEYC Code of Ethics, which of the following principles takes precedence over all other?

To be most effective, professional improvement activities must be all EXCEPT which one of the following?

When creating staff scheduling, one must remember to consider which of the following?

It is not important to remember the particular staff member’s responsibilities when creating their schedule?

An upset teachers remarks to the director “The children were so active today with the rain, I thought they’d enjoy the new activity more than they did.” Which of the following is an example of active listing on the part of the director.

Which of the following is important for staff meetings?

Which example is it appropriate to use one-way communication?

A good time to give a teacher a copy of the job evaluation form is?

Which of the following is a responsibility of an early childhood program?

Which technique is best to use during an interview process to learn the most about a person’s child care philosophy?

Which of the following is NOT an identifying expense for you to remember when working on developing your budget?

__________ __________ develop(s) in response to critical social needs.

Which of the following is NOT a goal for professionalism?

_____________________ have the characteristics, knowledge and skills necessary to teach and conduct programs so that children will learn, the ability to communicate successfully with parents, and the passion to advocate for children.

You must know the cost to keep your program running so you can examine your tuition to see if it is enough to meet those costs?

Which of the following aspects to determining your fee structure?

To save on taxes, you can make all of your employees “self employed” so they have to pay their own taxes.

Which of the following is the best daily menu?

Which of the following is NOT a part of SMART planning?

Which of the following is the best style of leadership?

Which of the following is good to keep in mind when working with your employees?

__________ _______________ reflects the time that a specific budget is in effect.

Which of the following is NOT a time you must notify Child Care Licensing?

You must develop written policies that include all except ONE of the following:

Children’s records must be kept at the child-care center and must be available during hours of operation and for at least ______ months after the child’s last day in care.

According to NAEYC Code of Ethics it is the early childhood director’s responsibility to:

Please answer in regard to best practice advice and not what you have witnessed at other child care centers. There is no word limit or minimum and points will not be deducted for spelling or grammar issues. Please use the back if needed. This question and the next are worth 15 points together.

Question #1: The four year old teacher comes to you upset because Jimmy’s behavior has not been appropriate the last couple of weeks and she is unsure what to do next. During the parent conference, Jimmy’s mother explains that her husband is about to be deployed overseas. Explain a guidance plan that you, the teacher and Jimmy’s mother can create and how you will implement it.

Question #2: Please explain the director’s typical role in planning and managing secure finances for a child care program.