1. Early Childhood Updates October 4, 2016
Frequently, presenters must deliver material of a technical nature to an audience unfamiliar with the topic or vocabulary. The material may be complex or heavy with detail. To present technical material effectively, use the following guidelines from Dale Carnegie Training®.
Consider the amount of time available and prepare to organize your material. Narrow your topic. Divide your presentation into clear segments. Follow a logical progression. Maintain your focus throughout. Close the presentation with a summary, repetition of the key steps, or a logical conclusion.
Keep your audience in mind at all times. For example, be sure data is clear and information is relevant. Keep the level of detail and vocabulary appropriate for the audience. Use visuals to support key points or steps. Keep alert to the needs of your listeners, and you will have a more receptive audience.
Kris Griffor
Assistant Superintendent, Elementary Instruction

2. OneTroy Core Values

3. World Class
What does a World Class design for Early Childhood look like in OneTroy? What will we do better than anyone else?
Authentic Literacy
Strong Reading Recovery influence
Connection to MTSS work at Elementary
Offer equitable access to preschool for all in need

4. Academic Intervention Plan
Elementary
Pre-K Opportunities
GSRP/Head Start Preschool
Tuition Preschool
Summer School Opportunities
ELL Summer School
Title 1 Summer School
Literacy Intervention
Reading Specialists
Reading Recovery – Bottom 20% of 1st Graders
LLI

5. Defining the Issue What is the problem and why is it happening?
Main Risk Factors for Academic Achievement
Economically Disadvantaged
English Language Learners
Approximately 30% of TSD Kindergarten students are ELL
No preschool
Several TSD Students enter with no preschool experience

6. Data to Consider…

7. Preschool Trends

8. Developing a Plan What are we going to do?
Summary of :
Development of Early Childhood Team
Development of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Added Great Start Readiness Program, now serving a total of 64 students in grant-funded preschools
Changed Developmental Kindergarten to Building Blocks for improved instruction
Head Start now targeting Troy families only
Began to include Early Childhood Teachers in Professional Development

9. Summary of 2015-2016 (cont.) Development of vision statement
Development of partnership with Oakland University for Reading Recovery expansion
Kindergarten teacher survey to review consistency in assessment tools
Title I Evaluation
Kindergarten class sizes for strategically lower
Review of several area programs to observe Best Practice

10. Implementation
Carry out action plans with sustained collaboration
Collaborative decisions with team of staff:
-Reading Recovery, ELL, Early Childhood,
Principals, Teachers
-Opportunity for University Partnerships directly tied
to Reading Recovery work
-Site Visits

11. Program Changes 15-16 16-17 Morse
GSRP Section for 16 preschool students, free access to most at-risk families
NEW Title I Preschool for 16 students, free access to most at-risk families.  Title I Preschool will allow for only Morse students and building will allow priority students.  Will target current enrolled K students with no preschool experience. Transportation provided.
Troy Union
No preschool access
NEW GSRP Section for 16 preschool students, free access to most at-risk families (Shifted Sections from Morse for equity).

12. Action Plan: Communication
Next Steps
Communication Team:
Becky Haga
Stephanie Zendler
Mike Cottone
Melanie Morey
Linda Stanko
Karen Hoffman
Parent Advisory Group
Name and Branding of Early Childhood Center
Parent Education
PreK-K Collaborative Time

13. Action Plan: Curriculum
Next Steps
Curriculum Team:
Pat Grandy
Katie Held
Erin Keyser
Karen Hoffman
Veronica Recker
Natalie Haezebrouck
Kim Johnson
Kindergarten Screener
-Purpose for the screener
-What schools are currently using - samples
-Models for the Screener
Beginning of the Year Expectations
Establishing Early Childhood CAT Team and connecting it with Kindergarten CAT Teams
-Establishing Ambitions Outcomes for ECE
Continuing Visits
-Birth to 5 perspectives
Solidify a Reading Recovery Connection and Partnership with Oakland with focus on observation setting and professional development center for learning
Establish Evaluation Data points

14. Looking ahead…
All TSD Early Childhood programs serving approximately 500 students causing many challenges with capacity issues in buildings
Over 100 families on waiting lists
Researching in-district options for facilities
Site visits have offered collaborative opportunities to review programing and optimal use of funds

15. Questions