Early Learning in Lincoln County School District Current Early - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Early Learning in Lincoln County School District

Current Early Learning Programs Learning is Fun Early Learning Summer LIFT Career& Technical Inclusive Preschool Together- Program Education Programs Coordinator Partnership with Early Childhood Provide preschool Summer program Early Childhood Full time position Special Education access to homeless for children Education/Educator within the school (ECSE) and low income entering Pathway of study district families Kindergarten Offer slots for • 4 Child • Early learning children with • 6 sites throughout • Focus on social- development labs • Kindergarten identified special the county emotional skill on campus for Transition needs to attend Serving 100 development practicum community • P-3 Alignment children per year experience • Targets children preschool program • Data shows who need extra • Community • Dual Credit for with typically participants out support as they high school Partnerships developing peers perform “all enter students student” sub - Co-staffed with Kindergarten • Grow your own school district and group in self- Education regulation skills ECSE staff pathway

Collaboration and Partnerships Community Partners Early Learning Hub: • Lincoln County School District • Early Childhood Special representative on Hub Education/Early Intervention Governing Board • Head Start • Receive Kindergarten • Child Care Resource & Referral Partnership & Innovation and other Hub Funding • Private center based and family • Support for LIFT programs care providers • Kindergarten transition events • Oregon Coast Community • Inclusive classroom staff College

Collaboration and Partnerships Increase partnership with… • Staff from other districts doing similar early learning work in K-12 • Early Learning Division/Oregon Department of Education • Continued alignment of early learning and K-12 systems

Areas of Need: Social-Emotional Skills More predictive of later math and reading achievement • “…behavioral regulation significantly and positively predicted fall and spring emergent literacy, vocabulary, and math skills.” ( McClleland, M. Et Al. 2007) • “Early childhood educational programs that effectively link emotional and motivational arousal with activities designed to exercise and promote executive functions can be effective in enhancing self-regulation, school readiness, and school success .” ( Blair, C., & Diamond, A. 2008).

Areas of Need: Stable and consistent high quality care

Areas of Need: Access to preschool programs Two storie ies of famil ilie ies searching for access to early ly le learning. .

Future Investments • More slots available to children • Support for programs to pay professional wages without having to raise tuition rates Early learning professionals in our district also qualify for child care subsidies due to earning such low wages • Early Childhood is defined as “birth -age 8” • How are we preparing K-3 teachers to be early childhood educators?

Dr. Karen Gray- Superintendent Karen.gray@Lincoln.k12.or.us Lauren Sigman- Early Learning Coordinator lauren.sigman@Lincoln.k12.or.us