Pre-K Update Webinar

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Pre-K Update Webinar

• May 20, 2015
• Susan Adams
• Assistant Commissioner for Georgias Pre-K
  Instructional Supports

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Agenda

• CLASS Professional Development
• Special Allotment Funding
• FY2015 Close-Out
• Pre-K Application Updates
• FY15 Budget Updates and Pre-K Rates
• Professional Standards Commission
• Governors Education Reform Commission
• Questions

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Pre-K CLASS Professional Development Evaluation
Report

• Thanks to the participating Pre-K teachers for
  their participation in the professional
  development and data collection activities.

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Background

• Efforts expanded in 2010 as part of Georgia's
  Race to the Top (RT3) initiative to improve early
  learning outcomes.
• Current study evaluated the impact of two
  professional development models on teacher-child
  interactions in Georgias Pre-K classrooms.
• Both models were developed by Teachstone and
  previously found to be effective by the CLASS
  authors.
• This is one of the first independent, rigorous
  evaluations.
• Executive Summary and Full Technical report are
  available.
• http//www.decal.ga.gov/BftS/EvaluationGAPreKProfD
  ev.aspx

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Making the Most of Classroom Interactions (MMCI)

• Face-to-face, classroom-based
• 10 sessions, spread over 5 days
• Groups of 8-20 teachers met regularly with an
  instructor
• Groups learned to identify and analyze effective
  interactions in classrooms and discussed ways to
  interact intentionally to increase childrens
  learning
• Between sessions, teachers watched videos and
  practiced interactions in their classrooms
• Georgias Pre-K consultant were trained and
  supported by Teachstone to be MMCI instructors

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My Teaching Partner

• One-to-one, remote coaching
• Standard cycle
• Teachers submitted videos of themselves
  interacting with children
• Coaches reviewed videos and posted feedback and
  questions to website
• Teacher and coach held telephone call
• Coach sent summary of main topics and action plan
  to teacher
• Teachers also had access to online library
• Georgias Pre-K consultants were trained and
  supported by Teachstone to serve as MTP coaches

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Conclusions

• Georgias Pre-K teachers benefited from and liked
  both the MMCI and MTP interventions.
• MMCI is a feasible intervention for large-scale
  adoption.
• Full evaluation report is available.

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FY 15 CLASS Professional Development

• Based on the results of the Race to the Top
  Professional Development Pilot consultants
  delivered
• MMCI with onsite coaching
• Professional Learning Communities with coaching
• Pre/Post observations were conducted and will be
  analyzed by University of North Carolina, Chapel
  Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development
  Center
• FY16
• Scale up the current models
• Add administrator training opportunities

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FY15 Special Allotment Funding

• Class Level Funding
• Technology Allotment
• 105 classes
• 1,500 for new classrooms funded during the FY15
  year
• 8 Year Refurbishment Allotment
• 170 classes
• 4000.00/classroom
• Special Allotment
• 3828 classes
• 2000.00/classroom
• Curriculum, Playground, Technology

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FY 2015 Close Out

• Class Move Requests
• Any requests to move classrooms must be received
  by June 12th to receive consideration
• Reconciliation Reports
• Completed in PANDA
• Private programs due August 30, 2015
• Public programs due September 30, 2015
• No carryover of funds to FY 2016

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Preparing Your Reconciliation Report

• Summer Transition Program
• Rising K Reconciliation submitted through PANDA
• Rising Pre-K Reconciliation submitted via paper
• Due Date is Aug 5, 2015
• Pre-K Program
• Reporting Reminders
• Instructional Supplies and Materials
• Food costs
• Lead/Assistant Teachers
• Administrative Expenses
• Supporting documentation
• Special allotment funds received in 2015

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Work Sampling Online Close Out

• Student data that must be kept for 3 years.
• Printed copy of narrative summary
• Printed copy of the Developmental Checklist
• Documentation of Family Conferences
• All documents must be downloaded and printed
  prior to June 30, 2015.
• Documents will not be available after June 30th.
• Questions email prekassessment_at_decal.ga.gov

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New and Expansion Classroom Funding

• Application Review
• In process
• Award Notification
• By July 1st
• Grant Agreements
• First week in July

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FY16

• FY16 Georgias Pre-K Operating Guidelines will be
  posted July 1, 2015
• Student registration forms and information for
  the 2015-2016 school year are posted on the Pre-K
  Project Directors page
• http//decal.ga.gov/Prek/ProjectDirectors.aspx

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Roster Upload InformationUsing Infinite Campus
for BOE Programs

• New capability to create the roster template file
  from within Infinite Campus
• Should not download the roster template from the
  BFTS website 
• The student data will be pre-populated
• Eliminate the need to manually type the student
  demographic data into multiple systems
• Edit/add Pre-K specific fields before uploading
  it once Roster 1 is open

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FY16 Budget Updates

• 84,000 slots
• 180 days for children and 190 days for teachers
• No change in class size of 22 students
• 1 increase for lead and assistant teachers,
  included in the rates.
• Final Pre-K rates are posted on Program Updates
  webpage.

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2015 - 2016 Days of Service

• 180 Instructional Days or equivalent hours
• 1170 hours of instruction
• No waivers for instructional hours
• 10 Teacher Professional Development/ Planning
  Days
• 3 days minimum
• Must request a waiver if operating less than 10
  planning days
• Must meet lead and assistant teacher minimum
  salary
• Lead Teacher 90 minimum
• Assistant Teacher 100
• For questions or to request a waiver for planning
  days, contact assigned consultant.

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FY16 Budget Governors Recommendation
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Lead Teacher Training

• New Lead Teacher- 2 days face to face
• Online Component
• Competency Quiz
• Returning Lead Teacher Second Year- 2 days face
  to face
• Online Component
• Competency Quiz
• Returning Lead Teacher Third Year- 2 days face to
  face  
• Online Component
• Competency Quiz

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Assistant Teacher Training

• New Assistant Teacher- 2 days face to face
• Online Component
• Competency Quiz
• Returning Assistant Teacher- 2 days face to face
• Online Component
• Competency Quiz

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Training

• Work Sampling Online (WSO)
• 1 day in computer lab 
• GELDS toolbox
• incorporated into all face to face trainings
• Monthly Webinars
• Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
• GELDS
• Social-Emotional Development
• Setting up the Environment
• Building Community
• Building Relationships through Language

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Director Training

• Directors-  "Tools for Success" will focus on
  lesson planning and resources available to
  teachers
• WSO Administrator Training
• Regional Training Opportunities
• CLASS related training for administrators
• Offer regional training opportunities for
  administrators to participate in CLASS related
  training to increase feedback to teachers

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Professional Standards Commission

• http//www.gapsc.com
• Understanding the 2014 Educator Certification
  Changes
• FAQ specific to Pre-K (July 1)

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Recent Graduates

• Certificate of Eligibility
• Completion of all requirements for professional
  certification and applicable Special Georgia
  Requirements

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Professional CertificatesRenewable
Must be employed by a Local Unit of Administration Completion of all requirements for professional certification and applicable Special Georgia Requirements Evaluated on the statewide evaluation system (TKES)
Standard X X
Performance X X X
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Governors Education Reform Commission

• To the Education Reform Commission
• Study and make recommendations focused on how our
  educational systems can more effectively prepare
  today and tomorrows students for success in
  postsecondary programs and the workforce. This
  kind of preparation will ensure Georgia remains
  the best place in the nation to live and raise a
  family.
• Georgias children, and their parents, are
  depending on their public education options to
  provide the kind of high-quality, world-class
  education that will accomplish this goal. Your
  responsibility is to think beyond the confines of
  the current system, to look into the future, and
  to recommend changes that will make that level of
  educational preparation more than just a dream in
  Georgia. Together we will make it a reality.
• I challenge you to think broadly, dream boldly,
  and act with vision and courage on behalf of our
  childrens future.

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Governors Charge

• To the Early Childhood Education Subcommittee
• Study and make recommendations for the expansion
  of early educational options, including expanding
  Pre-K in Georgia and increasing access to quality
  rated programs for all kids, from birth to age
  five. This will require addressing our current
  funding formula for Georgia Pre-K as well as
  considering innovative approaches for getting
  more children in high quality programs
• Recommendations must be made by August 1, 2015 so
  that a new Pre-K formula can be a part of my
  FY2017 budget proposal as well.

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Goal of the Subcommittee

• Goal
• Provide recommendations on ways to increase
  overall access to high quality early childhood
  programs for all Georgia's children.
• Objectives
• Identify strategies to expand Georgias Pre-K
  Program
• Identify strategies to expand Quality Rated,
  Georgias tiered quality rating and improvement
  system

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• Questions?

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• Thank you for joining the webinar.
• Susan Adams
• Assistant Commissioner for Pre-K
• Instructional Supports
• susan.adams_at_decal.ga.gov
• 404-651-7420