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Teaching ALL Preschool Children. Phyllis Mondak Virginia Dept. of Education Phyllis.mondak@doe.virginia.gov Sandy Wilberger VCU TTAC slwilber@vcu.edu.
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Teaching ALL Preschool Children Phyllis Mondak Virginia Dept. of Education Phyllis.mondak@doe.virginia.gov Sandy Wilberger VCU TTAC slwilber@vcu.edu
“We propose an audacious goal . . . By the year 2006, America will provide every student with what should be his or her educational birthright: access to competent, caring and qualified teaching.” What Matters Most: Teaching for America’s Future 1996 “ Teachers knowledge and skills powerfully influence student learning.” Doing What Matters Most: Investing in Quality Teaching, 1997
Inclusive Practices • National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) • Special Quest (ECKLC) • Head Start Center for Inclusion • CEC Division of Early Childhood (DEC) • Recommended Practices • Position Statements • National Association for Educating Young Children (NAEYC) • Position statements
An Office of the Administration for Children and Families Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) ECLKC Home > Training and Technical Assistance > Quality Teaching and Learning
Inclusion Summary Position Statement http://www.dec-sped.org/About_DEC/Position_Statements_and_Concept_Papers/Inclusion
http://www.dec-sped.org/About_DEC/Recommended_Practices Recommended Practices
PositionStatements www.naeyc.org/positionstatements DAP EC Curriculum, Assessment, & Program Eval Early Learning Standards DEC/NAEYC Position on EC Inclusion Where We Stand Summaries
Program Evaluation and Improvement • QRIS National Network • www.qrisnetwork.org/ • BUILD • www.buildinitiative.org/ • Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) • Teaching skills/classroom quality CLASS ERS • www.teachstone.org • http://ers.pfg.unc.edu/node/82
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/Disabilitieshttp://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/Disabilities
Communication Skills • CONNECT • http://community.fpg.unc.edu/ • Center for Social Emotional Foundations of Learning (CSEFEL) • http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/
Literacy & Teaching Skills • Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) www.earlyliteracylearning.org/ • Center for Social Emotional Foundations of Learning (CSEFEL) • Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) • Tots ‘n Tech http://tnt.asu.edu/ • Cara’s Kit (DEC)
Family Support • I’m Determined • National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) • CONNECT • Love is Not Enough (Illinois) • Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center ( ECLKC) • Project HOPE Virginia • PACER Center • Beach Center
Other Resources • National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) • www.nectac.org • NC-TAPP (Partnership for Inclusion) • www.fpg.unc.edu/pfi/ • The Inclusion Series • www.inclusionseries.com • The IRIS Center • http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu • Va. Office of Early Childhood • www.earlychildhood.virginia.gov
VDOE Training and Technical Assistance Centers On-Line and Regional Programs • ttaconline.org • Inclusive Placement Opportunities for Preschoolers (IPOP) Manual • http://literacyaccessonline.org/ttaconline/IPOP08.htm • VDOE Early Childhood Special Education • www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/early_childhood/index.shtml