Welcome Parents! Parent Advisory

What’s happening in your child’s classroom? Classroom Successes Stories of children accomplishing milestones and activities they are doing in the classroom (without sharing names) Current Study Share concepts children are learning Ask for parent in-put about ideas to enhance study Daily Schedule Discuss the children’s routine when they are at school Current Self-Help skills focusing on with the children Share how parents can help by incorporating some self-help skill building into their daily routine at home with their child

How we are building your child’s school readiness skills Creative Curriculum We focus on developing the whole child – social/emotional, physical, language and cognitive development and increasing their knowledge in literacy, math, science, social studies and the arts We create a safe learning environment so children feel connected to everyone in the classroom and part of the classroom community Children learn through play so our classroom is set up into interest areas so children are interacting with materials and others during their play time We support positive interactions so children are learning how to cooperate and negotiate with their peers and adults in the classroom We partner with families – when we work together as a team we are preparing your child to be a happy, confident learner

GOLD Assessment Focuses on all areas of development and content areas – social/emotional, physical, language, cognitive, science, social studies and the arts We assess the children 3 times a year – fall, winter and spring Data is shared with you during parent teacher conferences and home visits on where your child is currently and what skills are developing Parent invites on GOLD and what is available to them on the site Share overall classroom GOLD data at this time

CLASS Observation to ensure program quality CLASS – Classroom Assessment Scoring System Focuses on Emotional Support, Classroom Organization and Instructional Support The CLASS evaluates classroom quality by focusing on interactions between teachers and children and what teachers do with the materials they have The Education Coach completes the observation 2 times a year and goals are written from the results Share CLASS results with parents and what the classroom is currently focusing on

PQA Observation to ensure program quality PQA – Preschool Quality Assessment Focuses on the Learning Environment, the Daily Routine, Adult-Child Interaction and Curriculum Planning and Assessment The PQA is a program evaluation tool showing that the practices assessed in the PQA are positively and significantly associated with children’s development The Early Childhood Specialist completes the observation tool and sets goals with the teaching team to improve program practices Share current PQA results, goals and progress on goals with the parents Share overall ISD PQA goals and PD offered to support these goals

Information Sharing Current enrollment – is the classroom full? Waitlist – how many children are on your waitlist? How can we get the word out about the Head Start/GSRP program so parents sign up for the program? Parents share ideas Recruitments When are recruitments taking place in your area and who do they contact Parent sharing What suggestions do you have for our program? What ideas do you have that we can incorporate into our classroom to support our curriculum?

THANK YOU PARENTS FOR YOUR TIME AND INPUT IN HELPING US PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD! WE APPRECIATE YOU!