Trainers: First Meeting

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Early Development Instrument (EDI)
Implementation in BC School Districts Teacher
Training 2008/09
Human Early Learning Partnership
(HELP)Provincial ECD Mapping Project
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To create, advance, and apply knowledge through
interdisciplinary research to help children
thrive
HELPs Vision
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Whats Our Plan for the Training Today?

• HELPs model for training
• The importance of early child development
• The Early Development Instrument (EDI)
• EDI a catalyst for action
• EDI implementation
• Why you are important in the research
• process

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What is Our Model for EDITraining?

• Train the Trainer
• Standardized Approach
• What About Next Year?

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Why is Early Child Development Important?
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Sensitive Periods in Early Brain Development
Pre-school years
School years
High
Numbers
Peer social skills
Sensitivity
Symbol
Language
Habitual ways of responding
Emotional control
Vision
Hearing
Low
0
1
2
3
7
6
5
4
Years
Graph developed by Council for Early Child
Development (ref Nash, 1997 Early Years Study,
1999 Shonkoff, 2000.)
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ECD The Powerful Equalizer

• If we can
• Improve health well-being of
• populations
• Improve ability competence of
• populations

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Together We Can Reduce Inequity
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Domains of Development

• Language Cognitive
• Social Emotional
• Physical

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The Early Development Instrument
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A teacher completed instrument which measures
childrens development Offord Centre for Child
Studies
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• The 3 Os
• Only
• Observe
• Objectively

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About the EDI

• It is..
• A population (or large group) measure
• A way to understand trends in the development of
  kindergarten children

• It is not..
• An individual child or diagnostic measure
• A way to evaluate teachers or individual programs

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Scales of the EDI
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Scales of the EDI
1. Language and Cognitive Development 2.
Communication Skills
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Scales of the EDI
1. Language and Cognitive Development 2.
Communication Skills
3. Social Competence 4. Emotional Maturity
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Scales of the EDI
1. Language and Cognitive Development 2.
Communication Skills
3. Social Competence 4. Emotional Maturity
5. Physical Health and Well-being
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What Does Each Scale Measure?
Physical Health Well Being Physical
Preparedness for the School Day Physical
independence Gross Fine Motor Skills
Language Cognitive Develpment Basic Literacy
Skills Interest in Literacy/Numeracy and
Memory Advanced Literacy Skills Basic Numeracy
Skills
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What Does Each Scale Measure?
Emotional Maturity Prosocial and helping
behavior Anxious and fearful behavior Aggressive
behavior Hyperactivity and inattention
Social Competence Overall social
competence Responsibility and respect Approaches
to learning Readiness to explore new things
Communication Skills General
Knowledge Communication skills Awareness of the
world
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• A Catalyst for Action

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• No Data, No Problem,
• No Action
• Alfredo Solari

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Why Annually?

• With an annual EDI administration we
• could
• Establish trends within 3 years and address
  problems earlier
• Create a baseline of child development for new
  programs and services
• Provide more meaningful results
• in rural and remote areas
• for distinctly identified groups (e.g. ESL,
  Aboriginal, special needs)
• Understand if broad ECD policy directions are
  being effective

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Policy Collaboration

• The EDI is now funded by three ministries
  Healthy Living and Sport, Education and Children
  and Family Development
• A new era of inter-ministerial collaboration

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500 Initiatives
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Local Stories
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www.Communities for Kids.ca

• CFK is an ECD initiative in the South Okanagan -
  Similkameen. (Summerland south to Osoyoos and
  west to Princeton.)
• CFK promotes optimal health and development of
  all children aged 0-6.
• CFKs coalition includes Success By 6.
• We work together to identify and meet ECD needs
  in all SOS communities.

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www.Communities for Kids.ca

• CFK is a.k.a. Children First. Both CF and SB6
  span the province.
• CF and SB6 coordinators rely on the EDI to do our
  work. Arguably, there isnt a single coordinator
  who doesnt know it and who hasnt used it in one
  form or another.
• CFK relies on the EDI to help make evidence based
  decisions to improve the lives of all children in
  the South Okanagan.

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How has CFK used the EDI ?

• CFK has allocated over 100,000 of SB6 funding
  since 2006, for 14 projects.
• Every project CFK funds must be evidence based.
• To date, all CFK funded projects have used the
  EDI (and other data) as evidence to demonstrate
  the projects need.

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www.Communities for Kids.ca

• In conclusion, the EDI provides critical
  information to CFK (and other provincial ECD
  initiatives) that we use to help make important
  evidence -based decisions about ECD program
  development and implementation.
• Thank you

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• How Do We
• Implement the EDI?

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Timeline
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• How Do You
• Complete the EDI?

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Getting Started with the EDI
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Sample Class List
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Questionnaire Labels

• 14-digit EDI ID

• School Name

• Childs Date of Birth

• Childs Postal Code

• Teacher name

• Child Gender

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EDI ID Numbers
The EDI ID Number Contains 14-Digits
39393450901201
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39345
09
01
2
01
39 School District Number 39345 School
Code 09 Cycle Year (Year Administered) 01
Teacher Code 2 Class Time 01 Child ID from
class list
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The EDI Questionnaire

• Label
• Demographic
• Information

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Section A Physical Health Well-Being
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Section BLanguage Cognitive Skills
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Section CSocial Emotional Development
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Section DSpecial Problems
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Section EAdditional Questions
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Teacher Participation Form

• When?
• How?
• Why?

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Privacy and Confidentiality

• Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) of UBC
  approved
• All information collected is kept completely
  confidential and used for statistical purposes
  only
• Parents are informed participation is voluntary
  consent is passive
• No child or teacher is ever identified in our
  reporting

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Important Things to Remember

• Use the guide as a reference if you are not sure
  about a specific question
• Trust your instincts
• Be as objective as possible when completing the
  EDI
• Dont compare one child to another
• Answer as many questions as you can

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Teacher Training Feedback Form

• Please fill this
• out before you
• leave today and
• give it to your
• trainer
• Why?

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• Kindergarten teachers of B.C.
  deserve a long, loud round of
  applause.  Through their participation in
  the Early Development Instrument project, BC
  is now the first jurisdiction in the world to
  have population level data on the state of
  children's development at school entry. Together
  we may just find a way to provide all of
  our children with an equal start on their
  educational journey.
• Dr. Clyde Hertzman 

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Who are the Contacts in Your District?

• School District Contact
• Community ECD Representative

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Who is Your Contact at HELP?
Gillian Corless EDI Implementation
Manager gillian.corless_at_ubc.ca
Please visit HELPs website www.earlylearning.ubc
.ca Sign up for HELPs Listserv.
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• Questions?