The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education 2019 Jeana Ross, Secretary First Class Pre-K First Teacher Home Visiting Children’s Policy Councils Children First Trust Fund Head Start Collaboration Child Care Quality Coaching/ Parent Engagement
Early Years of Life Matter Nobel Prize winner Professor James Heckman’s work with a consortium of economists, psychologists, statisticians, and neuroscientists shows that ear early ly childh hildhood ood develop developme ment nt directly influences economic, health and social outcomes for individuals and society. 1
Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D. Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and Director, NSF Science of Learning Center, University of Washington, Seattle 2
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Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Budget et Year Stat ate Appropria iatio tions Numb mber er of Clas assrooms ms Numb mber er of Student ents Numb mber er of Elig igib ible le Child ildren en Percen cent Acce cess 2005-2006 $4,326,050 57 1,026 60,002 1.7% 2006-2007 $5,369,898 59 2,062 60,565 1.8% 2007-2008 $10,000,000 128 2,304 62,354 3.7% 2008-2009 $15,490,831 185 3,330 59,803 5.5% 2009-2010 $18,376,806 215 3,870 61,093 6% 6% 2010-2011 $18,376,806 217 3,906 62,104 6% 6% 2011-2012 $19,087,050 217 3,906 62,104 6% 6% 2012-2013 $19,087,050 217 3,906 59,987 6.5% 2013-2014 $28,624,146 311 5,598 60,665 9% 9% 2014-2015 $38,462,050 419 7,698 59,216 13% 13% 2015-2016 $48,462,050 652 11,736 58,740 20% 20% 2016-2017 $64,462,050 811 14,934 59,736 25% 25% 2017-2018 $77,462,050 941 15,996 57,128 28% 28% 2018-2019 $95,962,050 1,045 18,756 58,317 32% 32% Investment in There are currently 5,462 students on the waitlist for this current 2018-2019 school year. As of January 28, 2019, 9,904 children have pre-registered for the 2019-2020 school year. Expanding Access 6 5
Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Monitors Regional Directors Other Administrative Personnel & Benefits Coaches Travel 2% 1% <1% 1% Training & Testing 6% <1% 2% Rentals & Utilities 1% Supplies & Other Equip 1% Transportation <1% Grants 86% 7 6
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Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Early ly Learnin rning g and d Fami mily y Supp pport: Fi First st T each cher er Home me Visi siting ing 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. . 14
Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education L E A D E R S H I P L a n g u a g e E s s e n t i a l s • Embrace ce the Pre-K-3 early learning f o r Te a c h e r s o f continuum R e a d i n g a n d S p e l l i n g • Ensur ure developmentally appropriate practice ( L E T R S ) • Partic icip ipate te in a year long leadership academy and a community of practice • Recommit mit to ensure that every child reads on Leadership grade level by the end of 3 rd grade A S S E S S M E N T • Inten tensive ive lear arnin ing experien erience ce for Alabama Ongoing, observation, standard- • P-3 teachers, coaches, administrators, and based college and university professors Includ ude all domains ins of develo lopment: • • 290 educa cato tors who voluntarily chose to social emotional, language, physical, Assessment further their knowledge and skills by cognitive, literacy, mathematics, social participating in the LETRS opportunity: 123 studies, science and technology (coaches, administrators, professors), 124 I N S T R U C T I O N K-3 teachers, and 43 Pre-K teachers. Instruction • Alig ign and coordinate standards • 132 educa ucato tors on the he LETRS TRS waitlis itlist t • Use consiste nsistent t instru tructio ctional l • 8 educators who would like to receive approache ches s across grades additional training to become an Alabama • Famil ily y engagement nt Facilitator of LETRS in Summer 2019 • Horizontal and vertical team meeting ings • Active participatory learning approach, project-based learning • Build lds s on the succe cess s of Alabama First Class Pre-K 15
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Expanding Access Additional funds for First Class Pre-K means more than just additional classrooms and children served. It means providing high high qua quality lity pr presch eschool ool pr progr ograms ams, with ith spec specia ializ lized ed educational educ ational requir equireme ements nts for for teach eacher ers, s, pr profe fessiona ssional de development, velopment, mon monitori itoring for for qua quality lity assur assuranc ance, e, and and ref eflect ective ive co coachin aching for for teacher teachers based on identified needs. This leads to well-prepared teachers providing excellent preschool programs in enriching, supportive classrooms wh wher ere ch childr ildren en be become come confid confident ent and and ready ady for for fut futur ure school hool succ ccess ss. 17
“ Alabam labama needs eeds a comp comprehensi ehensive ve ap appr proach oach of of col collabor laborati ation on that hat im impr proves oves ed educa ucatio ion fr from om Pr Pre-K to to the he work orkfor orce ce. That’s the he goal goal of of Strong ong Start, Strong ng Finis ish. Every y child d deser erves ves a s strong ng star art to their ir educat cation ional al experie ience. nce. Deve Develo lopmentall pmentally-appr appropr priat iate polic olicie ies wi will ll str strengthe engthen and nd supp uppor ort educat educatio ion fr from om Pr Pre-K thr hrough ugh the he thir hird gr grade ade. Thi This im impact pacts a child’s social social, emoti emotiona onal, ” and cognit itive ive devel elop opment ment. - Govern ernor or Kay Ivey
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