1. Vicki Hodges, Illinois State Board of Education Deb Foust, Lead Area Liaison, ROE #47 Libby Wilken, Lead Area Liaison, ROE #32

2.  Applying social-emotional learning standards and self-regulation skills to the preschool programs to enhance learning and foster resilience for children in homeless situations  Creating a preschool homeless plan to improve program quality  Differentiating developmentally appropriate activites to meet the needs of ALL children, including those in homeless situations

3. AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 5 AREA 7 AREA 1 AREA 4 AREA 6 Illinois has... approximately 863 Public School Districts (Data Analysis and Accountability, Illinois State Board of Education, 2013) 102 counties is the 5 th largest state per population (12,830,532) is the 24 th largest state per land area in the nation (55,583.58 sq. mi.) http://www.ipl.org/div/ stateknow/popchart.ht ml

4.  53,512 homeless children and youth in 2013-2014 school year  There was an 6% increase from 2012-2013 school year serving 50,508 homeless children and youth  This data includes district served Preschool – 12 th grade

5. Ten states do not have state-funded preschools Source: http://preschoolmatters.org/?s=state+funded+preschoolshttp://preschoolmatters.org/?s=state+funded+preschools From NIEER (National Institute for Early Education Research) The State of Preschool 2012

7. Homeless preschool students reported in Student Information System (SIS)

8. http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/pdf/ early_learning_standards.pdf

9.  Language Arts  Mathematics  Science  Social Studies  Physical Development and Health  The Arts  English Language Learners Home Language Development  Social/Emotional Development

10.  identify and understand one’s feelings  accurately read and comprehend emotional states in others  manage strong emotions and their expression in a constructive manner  regulate one’s behavior  develop empathy for others  establish and sustain relationships. (Boyd, Barnett, Bodrova, Leong, & Gomby, 2005)

11. “The preschool years appear to be a window of opportunity for building these skills, and successful interventions targeting disadvantaged children, including homeless children, are likely to have a high return on investment in the form of greater school success. “ Risk and Resilience in the Educational Success of Homeless and Highly Mobile Children: Introduction to the Special Section, Ann S. Masten. Educational Researcher http://er.aera.net.http://er.aera.net Dec. 5, 2012

12.  to give programs a better understanding of what is expected of them on Compliance Checklist and in return provide a higher quality program for homeless children  to focus more diligently on children in homeless situations and adapt the preschool program goals objectives, and curriculum to meet the needs of the children and their families  by ISBE and the NAEHCY Early Childhood Sub-Committee

14.  Teacher ◦ Education License Valid for Early Childhood  Aide ◦ Paraprofessional License  Parent Coordinator ◦ Bachelor’s Degree

15.  Physical Appearance  Emotional Attachment  Physical Delays  Health Issues  Changes with Parents Involvement

16.  Motor Development  Language and Cognitive Development  Social-Emotional Development  Physical Health Development

17. Jeffrey A. Aranowski State Coordinator for Homeless Education (312)814-2223 jaranows@isbe.net Vicki HodgesDeb FoustLibby Wilken MK-V Principal ConsultantLead Area Liaison, Area 2Lead Area Liaison, Area 4 Illinois State Board of EducationLee/Ogle ROE #47Iroquois/Kankakee ROE #32 (217)782-8535(815)652-2054(815)694-0607 vhodges@isbe.netdfoust@leeogle.orglwilken@i-kan.org HOTLINE NUMBER 1-800-215-6379 Homeless@isbe.net