Childhood Compass

Observe. Reflect. Plan. Teach. Then begin again, knowing more. Childhood Compass is built around the teaching cycle — so what you documented last week is what decides next week's plan. OBSERVE Record what you see, where you see it. • South Dakota's Early Learning Guidelines are built in: 46 objectives across five domains, every one described at all five age bands, with 465 behavioral indicators. You place a child against written behavior, not a hunch. • Attach a photo and a note to the objective it belongs to. • No portal, no parent logins, no evening of data entry. REFLECT See what your documentation is actually telling you. • Where your class sits across each domain — and when the evidence is too thin or too scattered to say so honestly, Compass says that instead of guessing. • Who you haven't observed lately, and which objectives are still empty. • Which children may need a closer…