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PreK-3rd 3rd

The PreK-3 rd approach shows that the simplest aim of education may also be the most crucial: ensuring that learning builds from one year to the next. The goal of PreK-3 rd is to strengthen teaching and learning by connecting the dots-both from one early childhood year to the next and from PreK- 3 rd to later schooling.

Leading early learning efforts  Building partnerships   Department of Early Learning  Thrive by Five  OSPI Developing innovative programs   Bremerton School District  Nooksack Valley School District  NW ESD 189 – The Harvard Project  Edmonds School District

 Building Relationships and Partnerships  Using Professional Development to:  Increase teacher knowledge about best practices  Enhance school readiness  Create a seamless transition from pre-k to elementary school

 Connections with preschools ◦ September 2009 – 5 preschools ◦ June 2010 – 32 preschools  Jump Start – Learning Lab ◦ August 2009 – 12 preschool teachers ◦ August 2010 – anticipate 50  Early Learning Conferences ◦ Kick – Off Luncheon – 52 participants ◦ Fall Conference – 86 participants ◦ Winter Conference – 108 participants ◦ Spring Conference – 116 participants  Cross Site Visits ◦ Preschool teachers – 35 participants

 Presented to staff and parent groups  Connected the Head Start program to Kindergarten at Cedar Valley  Collaborated with Natural Leaders at College Place Elementary and Head Start to reach out to non-English speaking families  Awarded an OSPI P-3 Partnership Grant to provide literacy materials to 32 preschools

Preschool/Childcare Community Partners • Kiddie Koop • The Gratia Ainslie Foundation • Kids Corner • Childcare Research & Referral of • Alderwood Early Childhood • Kids R Special Snohomish County Center • Kindercare Lynnwood • Office of the Superintendent of • Another Best Child Care • Kindercare Brier Public Instruction • Bright Star Kids Academy • Kindercare Edmonds • Organization Research Services • City of MLT Parks & Rec Center • King’s Temple Preschool • Edmonds Community College Preschool • LaPetite Academy • Head Start • Children’s Center • Lil’ People’s World • NW ESD 189 • Pacific Preschool • Little Kingdom Preschool • Snohomish County Children’s • Edmonds CC Center for Families • Little Learners Academy Commission • Edmonds CC Co-op Preschools • Main Street Kids • Edmonds Bookshop Edmonds co-op • Meadowdale Preschool • Little Red Schoolhouse Center for Families Co-op • Montessori Schools • Snohomish County Early Mountlake Terrace Co-op • Multiple Intelligence Learning Learning Coalition West Edmonds Co-op Center Mill Creek Co-op • St. Timothy Lutheran Preschool • Gloria Dei Preschool • The Kids’ Center • Grow With Us Learning Centers • Trike Shop Gates Grant Schools • Head Start • Trinity Lutheran Preschool Whispering Pines • Kid City AECC • Beverly Elementary • Apple Preschool EDCC Center for Families • Cedar Valley Community School • Monica’s Place Cedar Valley • College Place Elementary • Kids’ Klub Preschool • Lynnwood Elementary • Esperance childcare • Mountlake Terrace Elementary • Spruce Elementary

 Continue to build connections between preschools and elementary schools  Create a seamless transition from pre-k to elementary school  Enhance school readiness  Increase teacher knowledge about best practices

 Aligning literacy instruction from preschool to kindergarten and beyond.  Moving from pre-k to pre – 1 st  Weaving Early Learning practices into existing district and community structures

 Large Group Overview (August) Preschool/childcare providers ◦ K and 1 st grade teachers ◦  Observation Cycle ( Sept., Dec., March) ◦ Representatives from preschool organizations ◦ K and 1 st grade teachers from six Gates Schools  Preschool teacher meetings (monthly)  Foundations in Early Literacy website: http://foundationsinliteracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&I temid=32

“Thanks for the great morning!!!! Thanks so much for giving preschools information that will enable our kids to succeed in kindergarten!!!!” Mimi Brusten, First Lutheran Preschool “I am so glad I came. Every single minute was filled with so much wealth. Well worth my time. Thank you.” Penny Thedens, Co-op Preschool “A really big thank you for a great conference. Our teachers were very excited when they came into work this morning and they all talked about the new ideas that each one wants to implement first in their classrooms this week. We will be very excited to attend the spring conference.” Kris Dudak, Trinity Lutheran Preschool “ Very well organized, great information…the materials are so thoughtful, generous and useful.” Kindergarten teacher