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Measures for Early Childhood

Improving Learning Outcomes for Students Community Mapping Town of Meadow Lake What do the numbers say?. Measures for Early Childhood. Age 6. Prenatal. Age 1. Age 2. Age 4. Age 5. Birth. Age 3. In-Hospital Birth Questionnaire. Early Development Instrument. Bookends of Early Childhood.

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Measures for Early Childhood

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  1. Improving Learning Outcomes for StudentsCommunity MappingTown of Meadow LakeWhat do the numbers say?

  2. Measures for Early Childhood Age 6 Prenatal Age 1 Age 2 Age 4 Age 5 Birth Age 3 In-Hospital Birth Questionnaire Early Development Instrument Bookends of Early Childhood % teen mothers % at risk births (high & low birth weights) % housing in need of major repair % 0-4 years hospital separations % Income Assistance recipients % lone parents What is the community like where children are growing up? Kinder-garten Entry Grade 1 – Mandated school attendance Community Risk Indicators 2

  3. Key Questions • Readiness for School…what is it? • What do we know about Meadow Lake children and their families? • What seems to be working? • What are the gaps?

  4. Readiness to Learn • Readiness to learn as defined by the Early Development Instrument includes: • Physical development • Social development • Emotional development • Language and cognitive development • Communicative development

  5. Readiness for School • Refers to the child’s ability to meet the task demands of school, such as: • being comfortable exploring and asking questions, • listening to the teacher, • Speech and Language demands • playing and working with other children, • remembering and following rules. • In short, it is the ability to benefit from the educational activities that are provided by the school.

  6. School Readiness Involves…

  7. What data do we have that informs us about children’s readiness to learn and their early childhood experiences? • EDI – 2008/09 report • KidsFirst Community Profile • Health Status Report – Prairie North Health • Stats Canada

  8. Developmental Delays… • Attention concerns • Speech and Language • Hearing or visual concerns • Reduced vocabulary • English as a second language • Behavioural concerns • Fine or Gross motor difficulties • Social interaction skills

  9. Early Childhood • A child’s early language skills are the foundation for subsequent literacy, language and learning. Children without these skills are serious risk in terms of later educational, social and emotional development. • A child’s capacity to communicate and the size of their vocabulary at start of preschool are predicative of their success in school (Weatherby & Prizant, 2001). • Critical periods of brain development for language skills begin at 6 months and begin to taper from 3 ½ years. (Fraser-Mustard & McCain, 1999). • 50% of child’s learning occurs in first 4 years. • This development is largely a function of stimulus. • Delayed language development is single most common difficulty in early school years (Law, 1999).

  10. Research shows that birth to age six are foundational and in some cases irreversible developmental years • Parent’s relationships with children, their knowledge of early development and their parenting style are the major influences on development. • The window of opportunity for healthy development is small and cannot be missed without adversely affecting child development. If connections are underutilized, they are lost. This process is known as synaptic pruning. • What really counts in early childhood development is: “Quality adult-child interactions and reading to children” – Fraser Mustard.

  11. “Sensitive Periods” in Early Brain Development Binocular vision Central auditory system Habitual ways of responding Language Emotional control Symbol Peer social skills Relative quantity High Sensitivity Low 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 Years Hertzman , 2007

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  13. What do you think the average household income is in Meadow Lake?

  14. What do you think the average household income is for lone parent families in Meadow Lake?

  15. Town of Meadow LakeSocio-economic Factors • Median income in Meadow Lake for all families: 52,383.00 • Median income for single parent Meadow Lake families: 19,667.00

  16. Lone-Parent Families

  17. Income Levels of Lone Parent Families

  18. Teen Mothers

  19. At Risk Births At risk births – 25% Meadow Lake 21.4% Provincially

  20. Prediction… In a given school year, the City of Meadow Lake has about 2000 students. How many students leave Meadow Lake schools during a given school year?

  21. Transiency In 2009/10 – 440 students left school in the town of Meadow Lake. As overall enrolment only dropped slightly, this indicates that nearly same number came into our schools. This represents about 25% of our school population in Meadow Lake.

  22. Address Changes • The percentage of families that lived at the same address 5 years ago is 51%. The provincial average is 64%. • 37.5% of Meadow Lakers are renters while the provincial average is 27%.

  23. Demographics • Meadow Lake has a young population. 75.7% of Meadow Lake’s population is over 15 years of age, while the province is 81.4% • The median age in Meadow Lake is 33 years, while the province is 40. • 9% in Meadow Lake are under 4, while the province is 6%. • 40% of Meadow Lake’s population reported Aboriginal heritage in the 2006 census.

  24. Unemployment and Education • The rate of unemployment in 2006 was 7.1% in Meadow Lake. In 2001 it was at 14%. • In 2005, in Meadow Lake’s population aged 25-34, 24% had not finished high school. The province averaged 16% in the same grouping.

  25. Social Assistance • In 2000, there were 746 social assistance clients, representing 12% of the population. This has increased to 16% in 2008. This was the largest percentage increase in larger communities in the province.

  26. Combined risk factors in KidsFirst Communities

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  28. The Early Development Instrument • 104 point questionnaire on each child • 120 kindergarten students from Lakeview and Jubilee. 300 students from the NWSD • Designed to give a global view of child development in the community • Readiness to learn measures across 5 domains: • Physical health and well being • Social competence • Emotional maturity • Language and cognitive development • Communication skills and general knowledge.

  29. Northwest School Division Findings

  30. Multiple Challenges • Children were to be seen as having multiple challenges if they scored below the cut-off on 9 or more of the 16 sub-domains.

  31. Number of Children Below the 10th Percentile in Language & Cognitive Development: Edam 2 Glaslyn 2 Goodsoil 1 Hillmond 0 Lashburn 0 Marshall 0 ML – Jubilee 6 ML – Lakeview 12 Neilburg 0 Paradise Hill 0 Pierceland 0 Ratusniak 1 St. Walburg 3 Turtleford 0

  32. Edam 3 Glaslyn 8 Goodsoil 1 Hillmond 0 Lashburn 2 Marshall 4 ML – Jubilee 13 ML-Lakeview 21 Neilburg 1 Paradise Hill 1 Pierceland 1 Ratushniak 7 St. Walburg 4 Turtleford 1 Number of children who scored in the lowest 10th percentile on one or more scores

  33. EDI Vulnerability Across Communities and IHBQ High Risk

  34. EDI Vulnerability – Health Regions 41

  35. EDI Vulnerability – Select Communities 42

  36. Children who scored in the lowest tenth percentile on one or more scales: • Jubilee – 33.3% representing 13 Kindergarten children • Lakeview – 34.3% representing 21 Kindergarten children • In these K-4 Schools, if you multiply this number by 5 grades you begin to see the level of need. Remember these numbers do not include designated students who represent another layer of need.

  37. What existing supports and services are you aware of in Meadow Lake that supports families with young children?

  38. Existing Services and Supports for Children • Northwest School Division • Targeted Pre-Kindergarten at Jubilee and Lakeview Schools with home support • Early Childhood Services • Daycare, ECIP and Traveling Play Groups • KidsFirst • Home Visiting Program and curriculum, counseling, in-hospital screening and parent education. Currently 6 home visitors serving about 80 families. • Northwest Friendship Center • Healthy Babies Right From the Start, In-Home Family Support Program, Family Violence Prevention Program, CPNP program and Teen and Young Parent Program • Midwest Food Resource Project • Collective kitchen, education, workshops, community gardens and fresh food box.

  39. Children First Daycare • Carpenter High School – daycare and parenting support for teen parents attending high school • Tiny Treasures Daycare • Door of Hope – licensed daycare • Early Learning and Childcare Consultant • Consultative support for the community in the areas of early learning and daycare. • Prairie North Public Health Services • Occupational and Physical Therapy,Early Childhood Psychology, Public Health, Nutrition and Dental Education, Family Counseling, TIPS, Hospital and Clinic services • Books for Babies • Parent Mentoring Program • Support services for those who are pregnant or parenting newborns • Positively Parenting • Education and support program for parents, playgroups and lendinglibrary • Meadow Lake KidSport • Provides financial support to assist children to enroll in sport and recreation • Ministry of Social Services • Community Living Division – supporting families with children with disabilities

  40. Licensed private daycare homes • available to parents within the community. In 2002 there were 89 spaces, in 2005 there were 100 spaces and in 2007 there were 122 spaces. • Door of Hope • Affordable meals, food bank and other employment supports and services • Come Read With Me Program • SACL • Saskatchewan Association for Community Living which supports families with diverse needs. • Robert Simard Center • Addictions and rehabilitation programming • 13 churches • Head Start Program on Flying Dust First Nation • Summer programming for elementary school-aged children?? • No Big Brothers or Sisters…no Habitat for Humanity

  41. How do Meadow Lake Students compare to Saskatchewan and Candian students on standardized achievement tests?

  42. Grade 1 and Grade 3Standardized Tests Results

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