California Preschool Learning Foundations

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California Preschool Learning Foundations
California Department of Education Child
Development Division
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Welcome!
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Its Here!
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http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp
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Lets Take a Book Walk

• A Message from the State Superintendent of Public
  Instruction
• The Acknowledgements
• The Introduction
• The Four Domains Social-Emotional Development,
  Language and Literacy, English-Language
  Development, and Mathematics
• The Appendix

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What Do We Want for Children?

• Using the form at the table, try to come up with
  one word or phrase for each letter in the word
  F-O-U-N-D-A-T-I-O-N-S that describes what the
  participants at your table want for children.
• Ready, Set, Go!

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Outcomes

• Increase your understanding of the California
  Preschool Learning Foundations, including
• why they are important
• how they fit in Californias Preschool Learning
  System
• what they are, what they say, what they mean and
  how they are organized
• next steps

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Why foundations?
• What are they?
• Structure
• A Closer Look
• Whats next?

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Lets get started
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Research shows that all children can benefit
from participating in high-quality preschool
programs. Jack OConnellA Message from the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Children who attend high-quality preschool
programs

• are more comfortable in their surroundings
• have been exposed to books
• have learned to play cooperatively
• are accustomed to learning with others

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Readiness Gap
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Key Findings of the Rand Study

• Children who attend pre-k score higher on school
  readiness measures at kindergarten entry.
• Effective pre-k improves childrens K-12 academic
  performance.
• Effective pre-k has long-term benefits.

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With a goal of ensuring that all preschools offer
high-quality programs, the California Department
of Education developed these preschool learning
foundations.On January 22, 2008, the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack
OConnell formally released the foundations
during the California State of Education address.
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The Foundations

• Describe the knowledge and skills that all young
  children typically exhibit
• at around 48 and 60 months of age
• as they complete their first or second year of
  preschool
• with appropriate support and
• when attending a high-quality preschool program.

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High-Quality Programs Include

• environments and experiences that encourage
  active, playful exploration and experimentation
• purposeful teaching to help children gain
  knowledge and skills
• specific support for children learning English
• specific accommodations and adaptations for
  children with special needs

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A Personal Reflection

• Take a moment to respond to this question
• What do I already know about the preschool
• learning foundations?

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Introduction to Foundations

• Read the Preschool Learning Foundations
  Introduction on pages xi-xvi.

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Introduction to Foundations

• Talk at your table and create a bumper sticker or
  license plate that will convey to the rest of the
  group the important points in your assigned
  section.

Use no more than ten words.
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Introduction Highlights
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Introduction Highlights

• Foundations describe knowledge and skills that
  most children can be expected to exhibit in a
  high-quality program at the end of their first or
  second year of preschool.
• They focus on behaviors reflecting
  age-appropriate competencies for children at
  around 48 months and at around 60 months.

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Introduction Highlights

• Children are different and may not demonstrate
  the behaviors in the examples exactly as they are
  stated.
• When taking an in-depth look at a domain, one
  needs to keep in mind that, for young children,
  learning is a very integrated experience.

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Introduction Highlights

• The purpose of the foundations is to promote
  understanding of preschool childrens learning
  and to guide instructional practice.

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Foundations are based on
and enhanced with expert practitioners
suggestions and examples.
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Preschool Learning Foundations Domains
English- Language Development
Social-Emotional Development
Language and Literacy
Mathematics
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Children with Disabilities

• Children with disabilities develop in ways that
  are similar to, but different from typically
  developing children.
• Teachers provide the insight needed to understand
  how these foundations can be applied.

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Universal Design for Learning

• supports preschool programs in their efforts to
  foster learning and development for all children
• provides opportunities for children to follow
  different pathways to learning
• provides for the use of multiple approaches to
  learning

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Universal Design for Learning cont.

• provides information in a variety of ways so that
  the learning needs of all of the children are met
• allows for use of alternative methods to
  demonstrate what they know or feel
• provides choices for activities that facilitate
  learning by building on childrens interests

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How Tos of Teaching Young Children

• Effective teaching includes
• setting up environments
• supporting childrens play
• selecting appropriate materials and
• planning and implementing teacher-guided learning
  activities.

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Two Major Considerations Underlie the How Tos
of Teaching

• Teachers can foster early learning by
  thoughtfully considering the foundations as they
  plan.
• Teachers can tap into the prominent role of play
  by encouraging the learning in childs self-
  initiated play and introducing purposeful
  instructional activities that playfully engage
  preschoolers in learning.

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Structure of the Foundations
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A Walk Through the Domain Organization

• Introduction
• Foundations
• Bibliographic Notes
• Glossary
• References

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Map of the FoundationsSocial-Emotional
Development
Domain
Strand
Substrand
Self
Age
Foundation
Foundation Description
Examples
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How is the structure the same or different?
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Is this what you found?
Age Descriptions for foundations
Age Descriptions of substrand
Domain Strand Substrand Foundation Examples
Level Focus
Age
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Foundations Organization
English-language development foundations have
Levels not Ages
Domain
Age
Language and literacy includes descriptions of
Substrands
Strand
Substrand
Social-emotional development foundations include
descriptions for Foundations
English-language development has a Focus level
below Substrands
Foundation
Examples
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Preschool English-Language Development Foundations

• English-language development is not linked to
  age.
• English-learners language develops at different
  rates.
• Children may be at the beginning, middle or later
  levels for different foundations at the same
  point in time.

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A Closer Look
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Treasure Hunt
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Treasure Hunt Part 1

• As a table, create 5 questions that can
  be answered from the pages of your
  assigned domain. Write them neatly on the
  Question Sheet.
• Write answers to those questions on the Answer
  Key and seal it. Include page numbers where the
  answer can be found.
• You have 20 minutes to complete this part of the
  activity.

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Treasure Hunt Part 2

• Pass your Question Sheet and sealed Answer Key
  clockwise to the next table.
• You will now have a Question Sheet from another
  table. Check the top to see what domain you will
  be working in.
• Find and record the answers directly below each
  question.
• Open the Answer Key and check your answers.
• You have 15 minutes for this work.

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Strand - Substrand Order

• There is a developmental progression from three-
  to four-years-old within a substrand.
• The order in which the strands and substrands are
  presented is not meant to indicate a
  developmental progression.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• For Example
• What is the relationship between the
  English-language development and the language and
  literacy foundations?

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Frequently Asked QuestionsActivity

• Read the FAQ handout with an elbow partner and
  discuss two or three questions and answers that
  provided new information.
• Further questions about the foundations may be
  sent by email to psfoundations_at_cde.ca.gov

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CDE Web site

• The foundations are posted on the CDE Web site at
  www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp
• At the Web address, the underlined Preschool
  Learning Foundations link takes you to the
  publication. There you will have easy access to
  the chapters and sections within the 192 page
  publication.
• The Appendix, on pages 173-192, provides a
  summary list of the foundations.

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To Purchase

• The Preschool Learning Foundations publication
  will be available for purchase from the CDE Press
  after February 28, 2008 for 19.95.
• Ordering information can be found at the CDE Web
  site www.cde.ca.gov or by calling 800-995-4099.

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A Personal Reflection

• What have I learned about the Preschool
• Learning Foundations today?

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Whats next?
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What is next?

• Curriculum framework
• DRDP-R
• Other foundation domains
• Professional development opportunities

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Curriculum Framework

• The framework will be developed to provide
  guidance on the implementation of the
  foundations.
• There will be opportunities for input from the
  field.

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The DRDP-R is the Assessment Tool

• Fall 2009 The aligned DRDP-R introduced.
• Fall 2010 The aligned DRDP-R will be
  implemented by state-funded preschool programs
  before monitoring visits will require its use.
• Fall 2011 The aligned DRDP-R will be required.

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Preschool Foundations Future Domains
Visual and Performing Arts
Physical Development
Health
History/ Social Sciences
Science
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Timeline for Next Set of Preschool Learning
Foundations
2009 Foundations Released
2007-08 Work Begins
2008 Input Sessions
TIMELINE
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Professional DevelopmentOpportunities

• The California Preschool Instructional Network
  will provide training opportunities. Check the
  CPIN Web site at www.cpin.us for upcoming
  training dates.
• The Faculty Initiative will hold seminars for
  college faculty. Visit www.wested.org/facultyiniti
  ative/ for more information.

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What will you
Teach,
Tell or
Train?
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Thank you for coming!