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Believe in Preschool= Achieve in the Future: Laying the Foundation for School Success

Believe in Preschool= Achieve in the Future: Laying the Foundation for School Success. Vicki Hodges and Sharon Neely Illinois State Board of Education Deb Foust, Lead Area Liaison ROE 47 Libby Wilken, Lead Area Liaison ROE 32. Discussion for today:.

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Believe in Preschool= Achieve in the Future: Laying the Foundation for School Success

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  1. Believe in Preschool= Achieve in the Future: Laying the Foundation for School Success Vicki Hodges and Sharon Neely Illinois State Board of Education Deb Foust, Lead Area Liaison ROE 47 Libby Wilken, Lead Area Liaison ROE 32

  2. Discussion for today: • Applying social-emotional learning standards and self-regulation skills to the preschool program to enhance learning and foster resilience for children in homeless situations • Creating and analyzing a preschool homeless plan to improve program quality and promote student growth • Differentiating developmentally appropriate activities to meet the needs of ALL children, including those in homeless situations

  3. AREA 1 Regional Map for Illinois AREA 2 AREA 7 • Illinois has . . . • approximately 863 Public School Districts (Data Analysis and Accountability, Illinois State Board of Education, 2013) • 102 counties • is the 5th largest state per population (12,830,532) • is the 24th largest state per land area in the nation (55,583.58 sq. mi.) AREA 3 AREA 4 AREA 5 AREA 6 http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/popchart.html

  4. Illinois served • 54,892 homeless children and youth in the 2012-2013 school year. • There was an 14.5% increase from 2011-2012 school year serving 47,965 homeless children and youth. **This data includes district served Preschool-12th grade

  5. State funded preschools Ten states do not have state-funded preschools Source: http://preschoolmatters.org/?s=state+funded+preschools From NIEER (National Institute for Early Education Research) The State of Preschool 2012

  6. Illinois Preschool Children Served

  7. Illinois Homeless Preschool Students Served Homeless preschool students reported in Student Information System (SIS)

  8. http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/pdf/early_learning_standards.pdfhttp://www.isbe.net/earlychi/pdf/early_learning_standards.pdf

  9. Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards • Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies • Physical Development and Health • The Arts • English Language Learners Home Language Development • Social/Emotional Development

  10. Social/Emotional Standards • identify and understand one’s feelings • accurately read and comprehend emotional states in others • manage strong emotions and their expression in a constructive manner • regulate one’s behavior • develop empathy for others • establish and sustain relationships. (Boyd, Barnett, Bodrova, Leong, & Gomby, 2005)

  11. Building resilience in children “The preschool years appear to be a window of opportunity for building these skills, and successful interventions targeting disadvantaged children, including homeless children, are likely to have a high return on investment in the form of greater school success. “ Risk and Resilience in the Educational Success of Homeless and Highly Mobile Children: Introduction to the Special Section, Ann S. Masten. Educational Researcher http://er.aera.net. Dec. 5, 2012

  12. Preschool homeless plan created: • to give programs a better understanding of what is expected of them on Compliance Checklist and in return provide a higher quality program for homeless children • to focus more diligently on children in homeless situations and adapt the preschool program goals objectives, and curriculum to meet the needs of the children and their families • by ISBE and the NAEHCY Early Childhood Sub-Committee

  13. Requirements for Teaching and Support Staff in Illinois • Teacher • Education License Valid for Early Childhood • Aide • Paraprofessional License • ParentCoordinator • Bachelor’s Degree

  14. Warning Signs of Homelessness • Physical Appearance • Emotional Attachment • Physical Delays • Health Issues • Changes with Parents Involvement

  15. Effects of Homelessness • Motor Development • Language and Cognitive Development • Social-Emotional Development • Physical Health Development

  16. MOTOR

  17. Physical Development

  18. Cognitive/language

  19. Social/ Emotional

  20. Vicki HodgesSharon Neely Deb Foust Libby Wilken Principal Consultant Principal Consultant MK-V Area 2 Lead Area Liaison Area 4 Lead Area Liaison Early Childhood MK-V Special Education Division Lee/Ogle ROE 47 Kankakee/Iroquois ROE 32 (217)524-4835 (217)782-5589 (815)652-2054 (815)694-0607 vhodges@isbe.netsaneely@isbe.netdfoust@leeogle.orglwilken@i-kan.org HOTLINE NUMBER 1-800-215-6379 Jeff Aranowski State Coordinator for Homeless Education (312)814-2223 jaranows@isbe.net

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