Early Childhood Summer Institute 2011

1. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

2. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

3. Early Childhood Summer Institute 2011 Using Assessment to Make Connections for young children . . . Assessments

4. Assessment of Young Children Why, how, what, who, where, & when Review of the literature: DEC & NAEYC Recommended practices Assessment Planning (“Mapping”) activity – questions, strategies, tools • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

5. What do you KNOW and what do you WANT to LEARN about assessment of young children? Why? What? Who? Where? How? When? • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

6. Why? • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Screening Diagnosis and eligibility Instructional planning Progress monitoring Classroom and program evaluation

7. What?Where? Who? • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Strengths and needs across all developmental and behavioral dimensions Interests, preferences, temperament, functional skills during typical activities and routines In contexts (activities, people and places) that are familiar to the child) All children with varying amounts

8. How? • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 • Multiple measures and sources • Curriculum or criterion-based • Norm-referenced • Informal tools: interview, observation, questionnaire, portfolio, developmental history, review of records, anecdotal records • Checklists or rating scales • Collaborative team approach – professionals and family members familiar to child • Ethically and professionally • Individualized and appropriate

9. Early Childhood Summer Institute 2011 Video clip showing the value of observation and documentation • http://www.cde.state.co.us/resultsmatter/RMVideoSeries.htm

10. Recommended Practices in Assessment Review of the literature… • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

11. Developing an Assessment Plan • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 What are the questions and concerns ? What is the purpose of the assessment? What do we know about the child? What, when and how will we assess? How will I involve and communicate with parents? How will we work as a team and share information?

12. Activity Sort assessment questions, strategies, and tools by purpose Identify what tools or strategies would be appropriate for culturally linguistically diverse children, promote family participation, provide authentic information Share a strategy or tool you find useful • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

13. Student Early Childhood Assessment Planning Matrix Use a planning matrix or mapping process to plan assessments for a target student across multiple purposes • Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011

14. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Reflection… Share with a neighbor… • What you are doing well regarding assessment of young children • One thing you learned (or were reminded of) • One thing you would like to do to improve what you do

15. Early Childhood Summer Institute 2011 Acknowledgements/Resources • Council for Exceptional Children • Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction in PreK and K Programs (webinar) • www.cec.sped.org • DEC Recommended Practices A Comprehensive Guide for Practical Application • Susan Sandall, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Barbara J. Smith, Mary E. McLean • Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs • Susan R. Sandall, Ilene S. Schwartz • The Early Childhood Curriculum • Suzanne L. Krough • Results Matter Video Series • Colorado Department of Education

16. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Website to link school professionals and parents with special education training opportunitiesand resourcesacross the state. Supported By: • Idaho State Department of Education (ISDE), Special Education • Project Team: • Cari Murphy • Shawn Wright www.idahotc.comTraining and Technology for Today’s Tomorrow

17. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Statewide Special Education Technical Assistance (SESTA) Center for School Improvement & Policy Studies, BSU Gina Hopper, Associate Director Statewide Consultant ginahopper@boisestate.educarolcarnahan@boisestate.edu 208.426.4363 208.426.3257

18. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 www.sde.idaho.gov/site/isee

19. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Contact Information: Carolyn Kiefer Director Idaho Head Start Collaboration Project Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (208) 334-2410 KieferC@dhw.idaho.gov Shannon Dunstan Early Childhood & Interagency Coordinator Idaho State Department of Education Division of Student Achievement and School Improvement Division of Special Education (208) 332-6908 sdunston@sde.idaho.gov

20. Early Childhood Summer Institute • 2011 Contact Information: Jimelle Morgan North Regional Coordinator University of Idaho (208) 885-9060 jmorgan@uidaho.edu Robin Carter Southwest Regional Coordinator Boise State University (208) 426-4273 rcarter@boisestate.edu Jenny Board Region X Head Start TTA-Idaho  Infant Toddler/Early Childhood Education Specialist ICF International 208-954-9785 jboard@icfi.com Annie Dalgetty Region X Head Start TTA-Idaho Early Childhood Education Specialist ICF International 208-989-03748 mdalgetty@icfi.com