1. FEC Preschool Board Presentation February 18th, 2016
Fulton Public Schools
FEC Preschool
Board Presentation
February 18th, 2016

2. Funding Projections Year Amount projected 2016 – 2017 $90,000
2017 – 2018
2018 – 2019
2019 – 2020
Projected Savings $100,000
2020 – 2021
To be determined…
Staff costs:
$35,000
$16,000
$20,000
Total around $71,000
Can take leftover from and add in to offset cost of ($25,000 to $30,000)
Savings from tuition is about $25,000 a year
Supplies: $1000/year, including snack, milk, PD

3. Grant Requirements Licensing of MPP classroom and hallways
Complete
Missouri Accreditation of Programs for Children and Youth
Beginning of school year
Daycare staff working towards CDA’s
ECERS evaluation
Classroom supplies
Physical facility requirements
Wood chips/alternative
Separate infant/toddler play area
Doorway in daycare nursery
Physical facility requirements:
Paid for by grant
Tim applying for a grant that will match our funds, to help offset costs

4. ECERS (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale)
3 hour long assessment
35 items in 6 subscales
Space and Furnishings
Personal Care Routines
Language and Literacy
Learning Activities
Interactions
Program Structure
Lighting, ventilation, temperature, sound, and cleanliness
Areas in the classroom
Cubbies, furniture
Room arrangement – centers, noisy areas, quiet areas, space for privacy
Staff interactions with children
Everything on your wall has a purpose
Snack – family style, 3 step cleaning process, sanitizing sinks before handwashing
Handwashing – come into room, before and after sensory play, before and after snack, warm water and soap for 20 seconds and dry
Safety practices
Vocabulary teachers use, conversations they have with students
Use of books, types of books, relation to themes
Fine motor and gross motor opportunities
Art, blocks, dramatic play, nature/science, math
Diversity, book pictures, and play materials – cultures, similarities and differences between people
Technology – staff involved with children during tech, limit of 15 minutes per child on tech, should use to support and extend classroom interests
Staff interaction with children is constant
Free play is where the teaching happens, not drive by teaching, but in depth interactions – counting with children, helping children with morning message
Transition times, waiting times limited to 3 minutes
Free play of one hour, 30 minutes of recess
Whole group time should be about singing, dancing, moving
Small groups for reading
Change in our way of thinking. However, when you do the research, you see that we are meeting our students where they are at developmentally. We are being very purposeful during play, constantly interacting with children and setting up and environment that is rich in academic learning opportunities. With the NEE, my observations of student engagement have really changed. During whole group, sit down and listen activities, students were not as engaged. During free play, cognitive engagement sky rockets.

6. Curriculum/Project Construct
What does it look like?
1 hour of uninterrupted play time
Teacher is highly engaged with students throughout this time
Academically enriched environment
Ongoing assessment of student needs/growth
30 minutes of outside play time

7. Missouri Early Learning Standards (Priority Standards)
Literacy:
Book Handling Skills
Identify 10 upper or lower case letters
Environmental Print/Recognize name
Expressive communication/Hold a conversation
Write and draw to convey meaning
Math:
Count with one-to-one correspondence
Sorting/classification/compare/contrast
Patterning
Social/Emotional:
Self-Calm
Self-Regulate
Turn taking/sharing
Engage in cooperative play
Communicate needs and wants/Advocate for self
Make choices
Empathy/advocate for others

8. Upper and Lowercase Letter ID
What is PAT?
Upper and Lowercase Letter ID
MPP Prek Classroom
February 2016
September 2015

9. Counting with one-to-one correspondence
MPP Prek Classroom

10. Rote Counting
MPP Prek Classroom

11. DRDP (Desired Results Developmental Profile)
8 domains
Approaches to Learning – Self Regulation
Social and Emotional Development
Language and Literacy Development
English-Language Development
Cognition, including math and science
Physical Development
History – Social Science
Visual and Performing Arts
56 measure within these domains
3 pieces of evidence from each measure: anecdotal notes, photographs, checklists, portfolios

12. DRDP (Desired Results Developmental Profile)
Within the domains there are 56 indicators
For each indicator, teachers keep 3 pieces of
evidence
Anecdotal notes, photographs, checklists
Next year’s goal is to create a portfolio for each
child that will move on to kindergarten
DRDP app and DRDP tech feature
56 measure within these domains
3 pieces of evidence from each measure: anecdotal notes, photographs, checklists, portfolios

14. Questions?