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ELT. December 11, 2013. 1. Transitional kindergarten. A. SECC Transitional Kindergarten Philosophy Statement * B. TK Expectations/Requirements * Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is only for students who meet this specific age requirement.

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  1. ELT December 11, 2013

  2. 1. Transitional kindergarten A. SECC Transitional Kindergarten Philosophy Statement * B. TK Expectations/Requirements * Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is only for students who meet this specific age requirement. • A child is 4 years old and will turn 5 between September 2 and December 2 of the current year. • A child who turns 5 after December 2 is not eligible for enrollment for the current school year. • All immunization requirements of Kindergarten apply to TK students.

  3. 1. Transitional kindergarten – continued B. TK Expectations/Requirements - Continued 1. Local school board must approve the TK program. 2. An application must be completed and turned into the Office of Education for approval by April 30. 3. If TK students are placed with K students the classroom will be a multi-grade room and education code C17-132 applies. ~13 students or less – no aide time is necessary ~14-18 students – for every student over an enrollment of 13, one hour of aide time is necessary. ~18 students is maximum number for a TK-K multi-grade classroom

  4. 1. Transitional kindergarten – continued B. TK Expectations/Requirements - Continued 4. A curriculum needs to be adopted for the TK grade. Recommendations: • Core Knowledge www.coreknowledge.org/about-the curriculum • Creative Curriculum www.teachingstrategies.com • High Reach www.highreach.com • High Scope www.secure.highscope.org/Content.asp?ContentID=63 • Learn Every Day www.learneverydayabout.com To read reviews of each curriculum a document will be available on our website with ELT minutes, “ECEC Curriculum Review from the Columbia Union”.

  5. 2. Kindergarten entrance policy The age requirement for a Kindergarten student is 5 on or before September 1. If a child’s birthday is after September 1 and before December 2, then the student is eligible for Transitional Kindergarten.

  6. 3. Acceleration: TK to 1st Can a TK student accelerate into 1st grade after completing the TK year? • On rare occasions a child may be eligible for acceleration into first grade. If a parent wants to accelerate their child who has excelled in TK the following process is to be followed: 1. An application for acceleration is turned into the Office of Education no later than April 30. 2. An assessment will be given to gauge the developmental age of the child to determine if acceleration is beneficial and recommended.

  7. 4. Assessment tool for TK-1st • Gesell Institute • Training

  8. 5. Business manager evaluation • Evaluation Instrument (draft) *

  9. 6. International students A. Live Scan – Host families (all adults) must complete live scan screening. B. Curriculum Expectations C. What’s Worked and Challenges

  10. 7. absm update & high-stakes issues We have been working with CRAE for over a year on the project. High-Stakes Issues: 1. How to build support for Adventist education within SECC? 2. How to fund and financially support those courses of action that can result in a positive outcome for issue 1 in SECC.

  11. 8. Voted subsidy policies • Handout *

  12. 9. Continuing education credits • $179 for a full year of unlimited courses • CE credit may be run through La Sierra University for an additional fee starting in August 2014 • Under this program, if courses are taken with university transcripts, 10 clock hours equals 1 quarter hour. If courses are taken without university transcripts, 25 clock hours will be needed to equal 1 quarter hour.

  13. 10. Data rollup cleanup • Check your RenWeb Errors • Not checking will affect the final data rollup at year’s end

  14. 11. Spiritual retreat • Two day retreat • February 21-22, 2014 • Officers to attend and facilitate • Location to be determined

  15. 12. Caring heart award SECC will participate in giving awards in June 2014.

  16. 13. ascd • March 15-17, 2014 • Los Angeles Convention Center • Early-Bird RateAug. 1, 2013–Jan. 15, 2014$325 (nonmember)$259 (member) • Regular RateJan. 16–March 4, 2014$425 (nonmember)$359 (member) • On-Site Rate$465 (nonmember)$399 (member) • Headcount needed of attendees

  17. Next Meeting dates EMT • February 12, 2014 • May 14, 2014 ELT (FT Principals) • April 9, 2014

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