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Hi all,
Teachstone drills into us that the behavior markers are not a checklist and we do not need to see all of them in order to get a HIGH for that indicator. In Facilitated exploration for involvement it says "Teachers spend most of their time actively involved with the infants, consistently initiating,, joining OR mirroring interactions with the infants during play and routines". However, I was told to change that OR to an AND in order for that indicator to get a HIGH. My confusion comes in that the MID states "At other times, however, teachers do not engage with infants".
If I see the teacher engaged and involved and interacting with the infants during play and routines, initiating activities, and joining in however, they do not mirror, I do not see how that would be a MID, it has to be HIGH even if they are not mirroring. Am I missing something?