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Early Learning in Lincoln County School District

Current Early Learning Programs

Learning is Fun Together- Provide preschool access to homeless and low income families

• 6 sites throughout

the county Serving 100 children per year

• Data shows

participants out perform “all student” sub- group in self- regulation skills

Early Learning Coordinator Full time position within the school district

• Early learning
• Kindergarten

Transition

• P-3 Alignment
• Community

Partnerships

Summer LIFT Program Summer program for children entering Kindergarten

• Focus on social-

emotional skill development

• Targets children

who need extra support as they enter Kindergarten Career& Technical Education Programs Early Childhood Education/Educator Pathway of study

• 4 Child

development labs

• n campus for

practicum experience

• Dual Credit for

high school students

• Grow your own

Education pathway Inclusive Preschool Partnership with Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Offer slots for children with identified special needs to attend community preschool program with typically developing peers Co-staffed with school district and ECSE staff

Collaboration and Partnerships

Community Partners

• Early Childhood Special

Education/Early Intervention

• Head Start
• Child Care Resource & Referral
• Private center based and family

care providers

• Oregon Coast Community

College

Early Learning Hub:

• Lincoln County School District

representative on Hub Governing Board

• Receive Kindergarten

Partnership & Innovation and

• ther Hub Funding
• Support for LIFT programs
• Kindergarten transition events
• Inclusive classroom staff

Collaboration and Partnerships

Increase partnership with…

• Staff from other districts doing similar early

learning work in K-12

• Early Learning Division/Oregon Department of

Education

• Continued alignment of early learning and K-12

systems

Areas of Need: Social-Emotional Skills

More predictive of later math and reading achievement

• “…behavioral regulation significantly and positively predicted fall and spring

emergent literacy, vocabulary, and math skills.” (McClleland, M. Et Al. 2007)

• “Early childhood educational programs that effectively link emotional and

motivational arousal with activities designed to exercise and promote executive functions can be effective in enhancing self-regulation, school readiness, and school success.” (Blair, C., & Diamond, A. 2008).

Areas of Need: Stable and consistent high quality care

Areas of Need: Access to preschool programs Two storie ies of famil ilie ies searching for access to early ly le learning. .

Future Investments

• More slots available to children
• Support for programs to pay

professional wages without having to raise tuition rates Early learning professionals in

• ur district also qualify for child

care subsidies due to earning such low wages

• Early Childhood is defined as

“birth-age 8”

• How are we preparing K-3

teachers to be early childhood educators?

• Dr. Karen Gray- Superintendent

Karen.gray@Lincoln.k12.or.us Lauren Sigman- Early Learning Coordinator lauren.sigman@Lincoln.k12.or.us