1. Neah-Kah-Nie School District
Developing & Sustaining a Highly Effective School District Preschool Program

2. Neah-Kah-Nie Preschool
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Neah-Kah-Nie Preschool
38 students
3 hours a day AM/PM sessions
5 days a week
1 FTE licensed teacher/classified staff
Transportation provided
Tuition $1,000 annually (sliding scale) $50 registration fee/payment plans

3. Neah-Kah-Nie Preschool
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Neah-Kah-Nie Preschool
Snacks provided (fruit, vegetable & protein)
Parent involvement-Calendar of Events, Report Cards & Parent Nights
Pre-K to K Transition Plan
Standardization of expectations-aligned to school district

4. What are ways the school superintendent can help develop, and sustain a highly effective preschool program?
Make literacy a priority!
Prioritize literacy as a budget goal. Make sure the most needy students have access to the preschool program.
Get the administrative team on board.

5. including the School Board!
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Involve all stakeholders in the process….
including the School Board!

6. Make sure all staff receive high quality professional development.
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Make sure all staff receive high quality professional development.

7. Invest in quality infrastructure.
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Invest in quality infrastructure.

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Do not forget transportation is a key element to a successful preschool.

9. What are ways the preschool teacher can help develop, and sustain a highly effective preschool program?
Develop a strong reputation for the program.
Make literacy a priority!
Use assessment data to drive instruction.
Pursue innovative strategies to provide intervention instruction.

10. Develop a strong reputation- Give them something to talk about!
Word of Mouth Press (62%, in year two of 2 sessions)- How Parents make decisions for their kids – from stopping strangers at the grocery store to a wait list
Customer Service – Preschool parents DO have a choice
Family Engagement- Transparency, Frequent and Timely Communication (use of technology), Just because it’s cute doesn’t mean it doesn’t count
Results- Huge development occurs in preschool, parents are impressed with what their child knows and can do by spring – Coast Guard Dad recruiter
Develop a strong reputation- Give them something to talk about!
Create a program that parents don’t want their child to miss out on!

11. Make Literacy a Priority
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Make Literacy a Priority
Language Arts curriculum is teacher generated.
There is a strong focus on phonemic awareness and oral language development.
Literacy instruction is woven into every moment of the day.
Letter People-phonics curriculum
Handwriting without Tears
Curriculum is based on training and experience in grades K-3 – Reading First, Readwell, Anita Archer, Nellie Edge, Etc.
Phonemic Awareness and Oral Language Development is part of daily routines- choice time (what did you build… tell me about it) calendar (Today is Thursday, hold your hand under chin and say it, clap, it, count it, what’s the first part, when I make the sound /th/ I touch my tongue to my teeth…), lining up (if your name starts with /b/) , snack what letter friend would like your /g/ g/ granola bar or when is your birthday, what do you need to celebrate, etc – it it is important we do it ALL day EVERY day!
Developmentally appropriate is less about WHAT you teach and more about HOW you teach it- Make it fun so kids will be engaged, make it achievable so kids will be successful

12. Assessments Data is Used to Plan Instruction
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Assessments Data is Used to Plan Instruction
Screening & Progress Monitoring Tool-
Primary Early Literacy Indicator (PELI)
Diagnostic Assessments-
My IGDI’s Individual Growth and Development Indicators Early Literacy +
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Expressive Vocabulary Test)
Screening Tools Help
Determine Patterns for Planning Whole Group Instruction
Determine which students need intervention
Progress Monitoring
Determine whether additional or different intervention is needed
Diagnostic Assessments can be used to determine what kind of intervention is needed

13. Pursue Innovative Strategies to Provide Intervention Instruction
There is no such thing as “Independent Work” in preschool – “I’m still pretty new”
Some HS students will pursue career working with children, most will become parents some day.
Potential to grow our own teachers- build community
Pursue Innovative Strategies to Provide Intervention Instruction
NKN High Students enrolled in Child Development use the Preschool as Learning Lab.
These students are then recruited as TA’s in the preschool program.

14. 2013-2015 Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Data-NKN
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Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Data-NKN
Significantly higher than state average in Early Literacy Skills.
English Letter Names:
State- 19
NKN Preschool- 28
NKN Other- 17
English Letter Sounds:
State- 7
NKN Preschool – 14
NKN Other- 5
NKN’s OKA data averages for the last three years show NKN significantly outperforms the state, but it also shows that our students who do not attend NKN (even those that are attending other preschool programs) fall below the state’s average, demonstrating this program is making a difference in our community.

15. THANK YOU! Paul Erlebach, Superintendent Neah-Kah-Nie School District
Angie Douma, Preschool Teacher