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Together We Can Make a Difference: Becoming A Ready School © Debbie Pushor

All children are born ready to learn.

School Readiness “All children are born ready to learn, BUT not all children come to school ready to learn.” Offord Centre for Child Studies http://www.offordcentre.com/readiness/index.html © Debbie Pushor

What is school readiness to learn? The child's ability to meet the task demands at school, The child's ability to benefit from the educational activities provided by the school. Offord Centre for Child Studies http://www.offordcentre.com/readiness/index.html © Debbie Pushor

“schoolcentric” notion. School Readiness School readiness is a “schoolcentric” notion. (Lawson, 2003) © Debbie Pushor

1 in 4 children enter kindergarten without the skills School Readiness 1 in 4 children enter kindergarten without the skills they need to learn. Offord Centre for Child Studies http://www.offordcentre.com/readiness/index.html © Debbie Pushor

School Readiness Educators who accept this schoolcentric thinking, then, are prepared to meet the needs of only 75% of the children whom they teach. © Debbie Pushor

School Readiness Looking Outward (Pushor & Ruitenberg, 2005)

Ready Schools Looking Inward (Pushor & Ruitenberg, 2005)

Ready Schools In ready schools, educators are student-ready – interested in knowing, attending to, and engaging with students, their lives, their families, and their communities. (Burke & Burke, 2005)

Ready Schools “If something doesn’t work for one child, it doesn’t work.” Vivian Paley

Ready Schools Being student-ready is not just an early childhood notion. How might ALL schools be ready schools? © Debbie Pushor

A Ready School READY or NOT? © Debbie Pushor

being accountable AND being responsible. Acting On What You Know Noddings (2009) differentiates between: being accountable AND being responsible. © Debbie Pushor

Parent Engagement Students Subject Matter Teacher Milieus Joseph Schwab (1978) defined curriculum as being comprised of 4 commonplaces: Students Subject Matter Teacher Milieus © Debbie Pushor

Becoming a Ready School Together We Can Make a Difference: Becoming a Ready School Debbie Pushor, PhD Professor Department of Curriculum Studies University of Saskatchewan debbie.pushor@usask.ca www.debbiepushor.com (306) 966-7573 16