Penny Milburn August 2011

1. Preschool Program Reporting How are the children? Penny Milburn August 2011

2. EASIER Reporting • Demographic Information • Assign a student ID for all preschool age children • Report free and reduced lunch—especially important for children in SWVPP classrooms • Each building and community partner has a four digit building number

3. EASIER Reporting • Student Demographic Information • Report students on an IEP • Each building and community partner has a four digit building number • SWVPP programs need to work with community partner to include all information • Homeroom/HSAP Teacher folder number

4. EASIER Reporting • Program Information • Attending an SWVPP classroom • Required Program Standards • Sources of funding • SWVPP • Shared Visions • Title I • Head Start • Empowerment (ECI) • Parent

5. Data Elements needed to process the EASIER file: • Local Student ID • State Student ID • Grade • Homeroom/HSAP Teacher Folder Number • Free Lunch • Reduced Lunch • IEP • Student First Name • Student Last Name • Date of Birth • Gender • Hispanic/Latino • 5 race fields • Native Language

6. Data Elements needed to process the EASIER file: • Foster care • Days enrolled/Days Present/Unexcused • Resident district • Resident county • Exit date and Exit code • Destination code and location • Migrant • Immigrant • 1st date into US schools • Entry date in district • School number • Entry date • Entry code • FTE value

7. Funding for Five-Year-Old • Five-year olds will be included in Certified Enrollment if the following criteria are met: • 5-yr old preschooler attending with a minimum cumulative FTE value = 0.50 • Student may participate in 1 classroom • Student may participate in more than one classroom • Teacher is properly licensed through BOEE • District holds the teacher contract. • Program is located within a district building • Program is part of the district’s continuum of educational services

8. Additional Important Points • Offsite locations must report 4 year olds participating in the SWVPP • Offsite locations must report 3 and 5 year olds participating in the SWVPP • District buildings must report 3, 4, and 5 year olds participating in the SWVPP

9. Kindergarten Literacy Assessment • Administer Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) or a kindergarten benchmark assessment adopted by the Department of Education (DE) to every kindergarten student enrolled in the district no later than October 1 [Iowa Code 279.60(16)];

10. Kindergarten Literacy Assessment •  Collect from each parent guardian or legal custodian of a kindergarten student enrolled in the district, information including, but not limited to, preschool attendance and demographic factors; and • Report the results of the assessment and preschool information to the DE no later than January 1 of that school year.

11. Percent of Iowa School Buildings and Kindergarten Assessment Tool Administered

12. Percent of Children Entering Kindergarten Proficient in Identifying Beginning Sounds Using DIBELS Assessment Measure (N=18,923)

13. Percent of Children Attending Statewide Voluntary Preschool Entering Kindergarten and Proficiency in Identifying Beginning Sounds Using DIBELS Assessment Measure.

14. Percent of Children in Poverty Entering Kindergarten Proficient in Identifying Beginning Sounds Using DIBELS Assessment Measure.

15. Teaching Strategies GOLD

16. GOLD Online • Online system for Teaching Strategies GOLD. • Comprehensive research-based assessment • Address all developmental areas • Aligned to the Iowa Early Learning Standards

17. GOLD Online Areas of development Content Learning Literacy Mathematics Science and Technology Social Studies The Arts • Social–Emotional • Physical • Language • Cognitive

18. GOLD Online • Records anecdotal records • Work samples • Assessment ratings • Converts ECO summary rating scale • Provides a portal for other team members • Provides a portal for families • Assists teachers in aligning assessment and instruction

19. GOLD Online • Reports functions include • Performance and growth • Widely held expectations • Class profile • Individual child • Development and learning • Snapshot

20. https://www.teachingstrategies.com/login.cfm

21. Purpose of the Web Application • To provide an accurate child count for funding the grant year • To meet the requirements of Chapter 16 • Partnerships with community agencies • Appropriate teacher endorsement • Group size and teacher/child ratio • A minimum of 10 hours of instruction • Professional development

22. Purpose of the Web Application • To assist in monitoring the implementation of program standards • Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards (IQPPS) Verification Visits • Corrective Action • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria • Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS)

23. Location of Early Childhood Web Application The site is located at https://www.edinfo.state.ia.us/securelogin.asp. OR Data and Statistics, DE Secure Reporting Site

24. Early Childhood

25. Task Bar My Preview District Contact My Classrooms My Sessions Assurances IQPPS Criteria Corrective Actions Approve Session Reports

26. My Preview

27. District Contact

28. My Classrooms

29. My Classrooms

30. My Sessions • Primary • Details • Children • Standard • Curriculum • Assessment

31. My Sessions

32. My Sessions

33. My Sessions

34. My Sessions

35. My Sessions

36. Approve Session

37. Program Standards • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria • Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) • ` Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards (IQPPS)

38. NAEYC Program Standards

39. Head Start Program Standards

40. IQPPS Criteria

41. Corrective Action

43. AEA Reports

44. Annual Timelines • Early Childhood Web Application will be updated by district each fall

45. Contact Information Early Childhood/Preschool Programs Penny Milburn (515) 281-7844 Penny.Milburn@iowa.gov