California’s Preschool Learning and Development System

Prekindergarten Learning &

Development Guidelines

Desired Results

PRESCHOOL LEARNING

FOUNDATIONS

Professional Development

Preschool Curriculum Framework

Resource Guide for

Preschool English Learners

Beginning Comments

• Welcome

• Retrospective

• Perspective and Prospective– Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovations

• “Listening to Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovations and WAC,” Stephanie Vanderslice, University of Central Arkansas

• “Disseminating Innovations for the Common Good,” Susan Murcott Lecture Notes

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Preschool Learning FoundationsVolume I

•Social-Emotional Development•Language and Literacy•English-Language Development•Mathematics

Appendix: The Foundations is being translated into Chinese, Spanish, Hmong, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, and will be available on the CDE Web site in July 2008.

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Preschool Curriculum Framework

• Social-Emotional Development– Janet Thompson, University of California, Davis– Ross Thompson, University of California, Davis– Kelly Twibell, University of California, Davis

• Language and Literacy– Judith Schickendanz, Boston University– Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University– Roberta Golinkoff, University of Delaware

• English-Language Development– Marlene Zepeda, California State University, Los Angeles– Linda Espinosa, University of Missouri

• Mathematics– Osnat Zur, WestEd

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Preschool Curriculum Framework

Dates:• Stakeholder and Focus Group Meetings

October 2008

• Web Posting

December 2008/January 9, 2009

• Public Hearings

January 2009

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Preschool Learning FoundationsVolume II

• Physical Development– Abbey Alkon and Victoria Leonard, University of California,

San Francisco

• Health– Abbey Alkon and Victoria Leonard, University of California,

San Francisco

• Visual and Performing Arts– James Catterall, University of California, Los Angeles

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Preschool Learning FoundationsVolume II

• Expanded Research Consortium Dates:

Physical Development: June 2-3, 2008

Health: July 1-2, 2008

Visual and Performing Arts: July 24-25, 2008

• Stakeholder Organization Meeting Dates:

September 19, 22, and 23, 2008

• Input Sessions and Web Posting Dates:

November 3-14, 2008

Note: CPIN leads will receive the draft Input Session Module on October 2, 2008.

• Public Hearings: early December, 2008

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Resource Guide forPreschool English Learners

•EL Guide has been translated into Spanish and will be available for sale in July 2008.

•Appendix A: Principles for Promoting Language, Literacy, and Learning for Preschool English Learners has been translated into Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, and is available on the CDE Web site.

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Preschool English Learners Training Project2008-09

• Task 1: Conduct 13 Preschool English Resource Guide trainings with 50 participants per session

• Task 2: Conduct 25 module trainings on Chapter 8 with 50 participants per session

• Task 3: Develop new 4-hour training module for Chapter 7 on English Learners with disabilities or other special needs

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Faculty Initiative Project

• Present a new series of informational seminars for faculty on the Preschool Learning Foundations

• Develop and disseminate a series of learning modules for faculty that includes content from Preschool Foundations, Preschool English Learner Resource Guide, and other CDE/CDD publications

• Motivators and connectors to engage the student

• Information delivery strategies

• In-class activities

• Out-of-class activities

• Methods to evaluate student learning

• Foster integration of content from CDE/CDD material into core curriculum in early childhood education in CSU and CCC systems

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Prekindergarten Learning andDevelopment Guidelines

• Guidelines published in 2000 for administering high-quality prekindergarten programs

• Language, literacy, and mathematics based on California Kindergarten Standards.Sample prekindergarten activities:

– Language and Literacy, pp. 104-105

– Mathematics, pp. 113-114

• Continuum of Teaching Behaviors, pg. 172

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Prekindergarten Learning andDevelopment Guidelines

EL information is still current

• Addressing cultural diversity, pp. 41-46

• Parents’ partnership in education, pp. 66-71

• Quality program characteristics and activities in helping English Learners to acquire the second language, pp. 106-109

Live satellite broadcast training

• 200 sites at colleges, LEAs, and non-LEAs

• 8000 administrators, teachers, and FCC providers

• Topics: Social-Emotional, Language and Literacy, Mathematics, cultural diversity, role of teachers in learning

• Repeated fifteen times

• 2 hours

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Professional Development

• Quality Improvement Activities• CPIN• English Learners• Faculty Initiative• Mentor Teacher• CDTC• CCIP• Exempt Provider• TANF Training• PITC• Many others

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Preschool

SchoolAge

Infant&

Toddler

Trustline

Health & Safety

Licensing

Family & CommunitySupport

EnglishLanguageLearners

SpecialNeeds

Product Development

Professional Development

Program Support

Parent/ConsumerEducation

Success withK-12 Content

Standards

School-Age Resource Grants Training and Stipends Curriculum/Support Materials

Early Development

andLearning

Infant/Toddler Resource Grants Program for Infant Toddler

Caregivers Training and Regional Support Network

Special Needs/Inclusion Child Care Initiative Project Guidelines Curriculum/Support Materials Foundations and Framework

SchoolReadiness

Preschool

Resource Grants California Preschool

Instructional Network Special

Needs/Inclusion Preschool Education

Project Preschool Learning

Foundations and Framework

Preschool English Learners’ Resource Guide

Prekindergarten Guidelines and Family Child Care Adaptation

Early Childhood Educator Competencies

Grants: - Facilities Renovation/Repair - Instructional Materials - Health and Safety

Facilities Financing Technical Assistance

Program Evaluation

Healthline

Child Development Training Consortium Mentor Program TANF Child Development Careers Family Child Care Salary/Retention Program Child Development Teacher/Supervisor

Grant Program Stipend for Permit Child Care Initiative Project Exempt Providers Faculty Initiative Family Partnership

Quality Improvement Activities

Resource & Referral

LocalPlanningCouncils

Desired Results System Training DRDP-RDesired Results

Developmental Profile(DRDP-R)

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CPIN Modules 2004/2005

• Concepts in Print – based on presentation by Marilyn Astore

• Overview of ELLCO (Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation)

• Vocabulary Development – based on presentation by Marilyn Astore

• Oral Language Seed for Early Literacy - based on presentation by David Dickenson

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CPIN Modules 2005/2006

• Literacy for All Children

• Early Speech and Language Development - based on presentation by Dr. Mary McClean

• Transition to Kindergarten

• Developmental Writing

• The Roots of Learning to Read and Write: Acquisition of Letters and Phonemic Awareness in English-Language Learners and English-Only Children – based on presentation by Dr. Theresa Roberts

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CPIN Modules 2006/2007

• Developing and Promoting Early Language and Literacy in Young Children - based on regional lead work with Dr. Lonigan

• English Learner Panel - permission granted by researchers to use PowerPoint slides

• Preschool Learning Foundations Input Session Module

• Meeting the Needs of All Learners through the Early Childhood Curriculum - based on presentation by Whit Hayslip

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CPIN Modules 2007/2008• Getting Ready for Foundations

• Number Sense - based on Research Institutes with Dr. Clements

– Administrator Module

– Teacher Module

• Geometry Foundations - based on Research Institutes with Dr. Clements

– Administrator Module

– Teacher Module

• Preschool Learning Foundations Overview

– Three-hour Module

– Fifteen-minute Information PowerPoint

– One-hour Module

• Social-Emotional Development Foundations

– Administrator Module

– Teacher Module

• Phonological Awareness Foundations – under revision

• English-Language Development Foundations – under revision

• Language and Literacy Foundations Overview – draft being presented to leads for input on June 18, 2008

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• CCC• CSU• UC

Preschool programsIn non-LEAs

Preschools programsIn LEAs

K-1programs

ITprograms

Administrators and others Faculty and Teachers

CPIN AdvisoryCPIN Leads

CDE

CHILDREN

CPIN Exec

? ?

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Professional Development Continuum

2-4 hour modules

List of modules

2004-05 -- 42005-06 -- 52006-07 -- 42007-08 -- 8+2008-09

5 hours-severaldays/2 weeks

Institutes/Academies

6 months

team immersion

LEA Preschools

• Administrator•Teachers

Non-LEA Preschools

• Administrator•Teachers

First AdoptersTrainers-of-Trainers

Coaches

-Role of statewide professional development-Role of CPIN coordination-Role of modules-Role of regions-Role of leads-Role of CPIN funds

Saturation? Saturation? ????

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•Statewide

•Regions

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Prospective

• Statewide strategic plan?

• Eleven regional strategic plans?

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Desired Results

• Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised (DRDP-R)

• Desired Results Developmental Profile-Aligned with PS Foundations (DRDP-R2)

• Parent Surveys Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS)

• Categorical Program Monitoring (CPM) Instrument

• Measures for English Learners

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Aligning DRDP with Foundations

• In Progress

• Coming Soon

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Other Updates

• Preschool Legislation

• Teacher competencies

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Preschool LegislationSB 1629 (Steinberg)

• Passed Senate, scheduled to be heard by Assembly Education Committee on June 18, 2008; amended by the author on June 12, 2008; additional amendments currently being discussed.

• Establishes Early Learning Quality Improvement System Commission chaired and convened by SSPI, composed of 22 members; will develop policy and implementation plan for an Early Learning Quality Improvement System and submit recommendations by December 31, 2009, to Legislature and the Governor.

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Preschool LegislationSB 1629 (Steinberg)

The report will include:

• assessment and analysis of the existing early care and education infrastructure including strengths, gaps, and barriers to achieving higher quality early learning programs

• development of an early learning quality rating scale for programs serving children birth to 5 (including infants and toddlers is a significant change)

• development of a graduated funding model aligned with the quality rating scale

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Preschool LegislationAB 2759 (Jones)

• Passed Assembly, scheduled for Senate Committee on Education on June 25, 2008; most recently amended on May 23rd, additional amendments being discussed.

• Consolidates five CDE/CDD-funded child care and development programs (General Child Care and Development, State Preschool, State Preschool full-day, Prekindergarten and Family Literacy, and Prekindergarten and Family Literacy full-day) providing services to three- and four-year-old children to create the California State Preschool Program, the largest preschool program in the nation.

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Preschool LegislationAB 2759 (Jones)

• Consolidation will combine statutory and regulatory requirements to help streamline administration of programs while improving efficiency and effectiveness of program administration

• Contractors will have flexibility to provide full-or part-day child care and development services based on needs of the family.

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Teacher Competencies

• Stakeholder and focus groups: expert advisors to review drafts

• Expert advisors from IHEs

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Final Comments

Thanks!

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