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The State of Preschool in the United States: Trends and Policies

The State of Preschool in the United States: Trends and Policies. Jana Martella Preschool Education: New Jersey and the Nation Policy Forum March 3, 2009 ETS, Princeton, NJ. State Early Childhood Development System.

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The State of Preschool in the United States: Trends and Policies

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  1. The State of Preschool in the United States: Trends and Policies Jana Martella Preschool Education: New Jersey and the Nation Policy Forum March 3, 2009 ETS, Princeton, NJ

  2. State Early Childhood Development System Early care and education opportunities in nurturing environments where children can learn what they need to succeed in school and life. Comprehensive health services that meet children’s vision, hearing, nutrition, behavioral, and oral health as well as medical health needs. Early Learning Health, Mental Health and Nutrition Family Support Early identification, assessment and appropriate services for children with special health care needs, disabilities, or developmental delays Special Needs/ Early Intervention Economic and parenting supports to ensure children have nurturing and stable relationships with caring adults. 4

  3. Early Learning Early care and education opportunities in nurturing environments where children can learn what they need to succeed in school and life. 5

  4. Core Elements of an Early Childhood Development System Governance to set policy direction for the comprehensive system Provider / practitioner support to offer technical assistance and promote professional development Standards reflect effective practices, programs, & practitioners and are aligned across the system Children Thriving Families Supported Monitoring to track program performance and results based on standards Research & development includes cross-system data, planning, analysis, and evaluation Communications to inform families, providers, and the public Financing sufficient to assure comprehensive quality services based on standards 6

  5. ALIGNMENT TRANSITION DATA

  6. 0-3 PK- 3 PK-4 K Primary Research Financing Governance Standards Monitoring Practitioner Support Communication Financing Governance Standards Monitoring Practitioner Support Communication Research Financing Governance Standards Monitoring Practitioner Support Communi-cation

  7. PROF. DEV. ALIGNMENT DATA

  8. Myth Busting “BIG ED” AND “LITTLE ED” ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

  9. Myth Busting “BIG ED” AND “LITTLE ED” ARE JUST THE SAME

  10. Myth Busting CHILD CARE IS NOT ABOUT LEARNING

  11. Myth Busting PREKINDERGARTEN IS NOT ABOUT CHILD CARE

  12. Myth Busting DEGREES DON’T MATTER

  13. Myth Busting DEGREES ARE ALL THAT MATTERS

  14. Early Care and Education Family Support Health, Mental Health, and Nutrition Children Thriving Families Supported Special Needs/ Early Intervention 16

  15. Resources • Research – Center on the Developing Child at Harvard, www.developingchild.harvard.edu/content/publications.html • Financing – Partnership for America’s Economic Success (PAES/Invest in Kids Working Group), www.partnershipforsuccess.org • Governance – NGA Center on Best Practices – Resources for Early Learning Councils, www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.1f41d49be2d3d33eacdcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d4928cc156de1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD • Standards – CCSSO’s ECEA-SCASS, www.ccsso.org/ECEAstandards • Monitoring – Pew Accountability Project, www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=102 • Practitioner Support – My Teaching Partner, www.myteachingpartner.net/ • Communication – Pennsylvania’s Program Reach and County Risk Assessment, http://www.pakeys.org/Reach_Rpt.aspx

  16. In addition…. • The “Systems Slides” can be found on multiple sites, including http://www.naecs-sde.org/naecs-sdepositionpapers • Wanna make a “word cloud”? Go to: http://www.wordle.net/

  17. Contact: Jana Martella Executive Director-NAECS-SDE 6015 33rd Street, NW Washington, DC 20015 202.244.3943 (office) 202.251.2365 (mobile) jana.martella@gmail.com www.naecs-sde.org

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