presented by Vicke Bowman

1. APProaching Common Core Standards in the Preschool Classroom presented by Vicke Bowman

2. Vicke Bowman • Wife • Mother • Grandmother • Teacher/Trainer • Master Trainer—KY • Associate Professor • Director of Early Childhood Education • Encourager

3. Getting to know each other: Design Your Own APP

4. This presentation is supported by grants from: APPlying Common Core Standards in the K-5 Classroom English/Language Arts Math APPlying Common Core Standards in the K-5 Classroom Science—in development APProaching Common Core Standards in the Preschool Classroom—in development

5. APProaching Common Core Grants: Lessons Learned • Task 1: Children’s books • Task 2: Information from articles • Task 3: List of skills for Kindergarten readiness; what Common Core Standards mean to ECE • Task 4 Preparing kids for Kindergarten Common Core Standards

6. What we are going to do today: • On the way to Kindergarten • Common Core Standards • Kindergarten Readiness • Kindergarten Common Core Standards • The Brigance Screening Tool • What does all this mean?

7. When do children get ready for Kindergarten? Some people think that children get ready for Kindergarten from birth

9. What are Common Core Standards?

10. Common Core Standards: The common core Standards initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National governors Association Center for Best Practice and the Council of chief state School Officers. The standards were developed to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare children of college and the workforce. Kentucky was one of the first states to adopt the Common Core Standards.

11. What does this mean for Early Childhood Educators? The Common Core Standards have been a controversial topic for early childhood professionals, but they are a reality in almost all fifty states in the elementary and secondary schools including Kentucky. The “trickle down” effect of this adoption of the Common Core Standards is that Early Childhood providers need to be educated and prepared to help children be successful when they enter school.

12. Some concerns: • Common Core Standards were created “top down” so that K-3 has little flexibility • They represent “sky-high aspirations” • “Profoundly incomplete”—English Language Arts, Math, and Science—What about socio-emotional development, the arts, self-regulation, motor and physical development? Meisels, Erikson Institute

13. What is Kindergarten Readiness? Seven Skills for School Success by Pam Schiller • Confidence • Curiosity • Intentionality • Self-control • Relating to others • Communication • Cooperation

14. What would you put on your list? ?

15. Ready to Grow…Ready to Learn… Ready to Succeed In Kentucky, school readiness means that each child enters school ready to engage in and benefit from early learning experiences that best promote the child’s success. Families, early care and education providers, school staff, and community partners must work together to provide environments and developmental experiences that promote growth and learning to ensure that all children in Kentucky enter school eager and excited to learn. The five developmental areas for school readiness are: • Approaches to learning; • Social and emotional development; • Health and physical well being; • Cognitive and general knowledge • Language and communication development; Kindergarten readiness

16. NAEYC School readiness involves more than just children. School readiness, in the broadest sense, is about children, families, early environments, schools, and communities. Children are not innately “ready” or “not ready” for school. Their skills and development are strongly influenced by their families, and through their interactions with other people and environments before coming to school.

17. NAEYC on school readiness: • School readiness requires access to opportunities • School readiness must be flexibly and broadly defined • Kindergarten entry should be based on age, not on mastery of skills • Schools must be ready to help children learn

18. Kindergarten Common Core Standards English Language Arts Foundational Skills Literature Informational Text Writing Language Speaking and Listening

19. Kindergarten Common Core Standards Math Counting and Cardinality Operations and Algebraic Thinking Numbers and Operations in Base Ten Measurement and Data Geometry

20. Kindergarten Common Core Standards Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions Energy From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Earth’s Systems Earth and Human Activity

21. Remember: These are the KINDERGARTEN Common Core Standards. This is what children will learn in Kindergarten. There are Early Childhood Standards for preschoolers that will help prepare children for Kindergarten.

22. The Brigance Screening Tool Starting in 2013-2014 school year, kindergarten classrooms in Kentucky’s public schools will use a readiness screener to ensure that all children receive the support they need to be successful in school. The Brigance Screening Tool will be used to provide information and support children’s learning.

23. Brigance • Will not be used to determine eligibility for kindergarten. • Educators will use the screener to observe students as they complete specific tasks. • Data will inform teachers of each child’s readiness to learn.

24. FACT About 53,000 students are enrolled in Kindergarten in Kentucky’s public schools each year.

25. Putting the Pieces Together What does all this mean?

26. APProaching Common Core QUESTIONS ????????? COMMENTS !!!!!!!!