Making a Difference: 10 Essential Steps to Building a PreK-3 System

Making a Difference: 10 Essential Steps to Building a PreK-3 System
ISBN-10
1412974232
ISBN-13
9781412974233
Series
Making a Difference
Category
Education
Pages
162
Language
English
Published
2010-01-06
Publisher
Corwin Press
Authors
Linda Sullivan-Dudzic, Donna K. Gearns, Kelli Leavell

Description

The national push for early learning is no longer about preschool alone, but rather about strategic planning to increase achievement by working with communities to establish a strong Key Stages 1 and 2 foundation. This book provides the essential steps for carrying out this important work, including how to reach out to community early childhood education providers to establish quality instruction and build bridges to Key Stages 1 and 2. Drawing on their success in building a PreK-3 system in the Bremerton, WA school district and their work with schools across the USA, the authors provide education professionals with a field-tested, step-by-step road map that can be adapted for your own community and school district. Essential topics include: - Identifying the needs of families and children - Aligning resources, curriculum, instruction, and assessment - Establishing key players - Training staff - Developing a plan for implementation - Instituting professional learning communities - Anticipating potential challenges - Celebrating successes This book shows head teachers and early childhood professionals, as well as county officials, Education Officers, Head Start programmes, and Title I directors, how to provide all children with access to high-quality educational experiences in and before Reception and link early childhood standards and goals to the Key Stages 1 and 2 systems.

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