The Ala labama Department of Early Chil ildhood Education Office of School Readiness, Alabama First Class Pre-K Webinar 2020/2021 New Cla lassroom Funding Application Presenters: Barbara Cooper, Ph.D .D., ., Dir irector Offi fice of f School Readiness All llison Muhlendorf, Executive Dir irector , , ASRA 1
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Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D. Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and Director, NSF Science of Learning Center, University of Washington, Seattle 3
Early Years of Life Matter Nobel Prize winner Professor James Heckman’s work with a consortium of economists, psychologists, statisticians, and neuroscientists shows that early arly chil childhood dhood developmen development directly influences economic, health and social outcomes for individuals and society. 4
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Alabama Department of f Early Childhood Education Early Ea rly Lea Learn rning ing an and d Fam amily ily Su Suppor pport: t: First t T eacher cher Hom ome Vi Visiting ting As the lead agency for home visitation in the state, DECE administers voluntary evidence-based home visiting programs that focus on school readiness, family and child health, and families in need of resources in their communities. . 26
Alabama Department of f Early Childhood Education L a n g u a g e E s s e n t i a l s L E A D E R S H I P f o r Te a c h e r s o f • Embrac mbrace the Pre-K-3 early learning R e a d i n g a n d S p e l l i n g continuum ( L E T R S ) • Ensure developmentally appropriate practice • Parti tici cipa pate te in a year long leadership academy • Recomm mmit it to ensure that every child reads on and a community of practice grade level by the end of 3 rd grade Leadership A S S E S S M E N T • Inte tens nsive ve learning ing experie rienc nce e for Alabama P-3 teachers, coaches, administrators, and Ongoing, observation, standard- • college and university professors based • 290 ed educa cator tors who voluntarily chose to Include ude all doma mains ins of devel elopm pment ent: • further their knowledge and skills by social emotional, language, physical, Assessment participating in the LETRS opportunity: 123 cognitive, literacy, mathematics, social (coaches, administrators, professors), 124 K- studies, science and technology 3 teachers, and 43 Pre-K teachers. I N S T R U C T I O N • 132 educator cators s on the LETRS RS waitlist ist Instruction • 8 educators who would like to receive • Alig ign and coordinate standards additional training to become an Alabama • Use consist stent ent instru ruct ction onal al appr proac oaches es Facilitator of LETRS in Summer 2019 across grades • Fam amily ly engageme gagement nt • Horizontal and vertical team am meet etings ngs • Active participatory learning approach, project-based learning • Build lds on the success ess of Alabama First Class Pre-K 27
“ Alaba Alabama ma needs needs a compr omprehe ehens nsive ive appr approach oach of of colla collabor boration ation that that impr improves oves educ education ation fr from om Pr Pre-K to to the the wor workfor kforce ce. That’s the the goal goal of of Strong ong Star art, t, Str trong ong Fini nish. Ever ery y child ild deser erve ves s a strong ong start t to their eir educa ucational tional experience. erience. De Developme velopmentally ntally-appr appropria opriate te policies policies will will str strengthe engthen and nd suppor upport educ education ation fr from om Pr Pre-K thr through ugh the he thir third grade grade. This his imp impacts acts a child’s so social, cial, emotio emotional, nal, ” and nd cognitive nitive developmen velopment. - Govern vernor or Kay Ive vey 28
FOUNDANT Grant Management System Starting the Application Process 29
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Finding the Online Application • Visit our website: children.alabama.gov • Click on First Class Pre-K Funding Applications 31
Accessing Your Grant Information Creating a new account will not link you to existing applications Password reset 32
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Application Page – Options & Preview 34
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Dashboard – Process and Status 37
Dashboard – Payment Award Details Electronic transfer will show payment date and amount. Mailed payments will show check number also. 38
Finding your MOU • Select Request Print from FollowUp Packet tab 39
Reading MOU/Funding Source • Once you click on the Follow Up Packet tab, it’ll come up in a PDF form. Open and the second page will provide you information on Funding… 40
Organization Information Organizational History View 41
2019-2020 Classrooms and Regions In 2019-2020, Alabama First Class Pre-K served 1,209 classrooms in all 67 counties 42
Regional Director Contact Information Region 1: Jenny Copeland Jenny.copeland@ece.alabama.gov Region 2: Pam Turner Pam.Turner@ece.alabama.gov Region 3: Dr. Pamela Truelove-Walker pamela.truelovewalker@ece.alabama.gov Region 4: Kimberly Ford Kimberly.ford@ece.alabama.gov Region 5: Stacey Turner Stacey.turner@ece.alabama.gov Region 6: Andretta Albright Andretta.Albright@ece.alabama.gov Region 7: Misty Blackmon Misty.Blackmon@ece.alabama.gov Region 8: Gidget Haslam gidget.haslam@ece.alabama.gov Please use the previous slide to determine which Regional Director supports your region. 43
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