UPK Technical Assistance Session:�Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

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March 9, 2022

Presented By:

Michelle Lucero, Senior Director

Kimberly Nelms, Program Manager

Child Development Programs and Services

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�Plan for how you will develop or select curriculum or curricula that is developmentally-informed and aligned with the strengths of all students, including multilingual students and students with disabilities, as well as how you will ensure curricula are implemented with fidelity to support intentional, quality instruction for all students.

Focus Area D:

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

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California Preschool Learning Foundations and California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks

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Outlines key knowledge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments that research has shown to promote early learning and development.

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• Broken down into 3 Volumes
• Volume 1- 48 and 60 months
• social-emotional development, language and literacy,

English-language development, and mathematics.

• Volume 2 - 36 and 48 months
• visual and performing arts, physical development, and health
• Volume 3 - 36 and 48 months
• history–social science and science
• Curriculum Framework: strategies and information to enrich learning and

development opportunities

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Domains of the preschool learning foundations directly correspond to the domains of California’s kindergarten content standards.

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Desired Results Developmental Profile

• Full continuum of development
• Administered in natural settings through teacher observation
• Aligned with the Foundations and Frameworks
• Also designed to be used with children with IEPs
• 4 different views: Comprehensive to Modified Essential
• 6-8 domains for measurement assessed
• 48 measure Comprehensive / 25 measures Essential View plus conditional measures
• Required for use by the CA State Preschool Program

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CSEFEL/Teaching Pyramid

• Center on the Social Emotional Foundations in Early Learning (CSEFEL)
• Teaching Pyramid framework promotes social and emotional development, provides support for children’s appropriate behavior, prevents challenging behavior, and addresses problematic behavior.
• Comprehensive approach through formation of a leadership team, professional development and coaching

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Ages and Stages Questionnaire

• 1 in 4 children are at risk for developmental delay
• Developmental screenings measure how a child learns, speaks, moves, behaves, and relates.
• Help to identify children at risk for developmental problems.
• Butte County has the Help Me Grow system that can support screening using the ASQ and ASQ-SE
• CA State Preschool Programs and Head Start programs currently use the ASQ to screen all children at entry

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Please welcome our panelists for today!

• Angel Phelps- Tehama COE, CPIN Lead
• Kathryn Dailey- Butte COE, Early Learning Quality Specialist
• Laura Manning- Chico Unified School District, TK Teacher

Resources

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• Preschool Learning Foundations: https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp
• Preschool Curriculum Framwork: https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psframework.asp#psframevol1
• The Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Education Resource: https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/alignmentofcaplf.pdf
• CA Preschool Instructional Network: https://cpin.us/
• CSEFEL Teaching Pyramid: https://cainclusion.org/teachingpyramid/
• Ages and Stages Questionnaire: https://agesandstages.com/
• Help Me Grow Butte: https://www.helpmegrowbutte.org/
• Desired Results Developmental Profile: https://www.desiredresults.us/drdp-forms

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