WCSD Preschool Orientation May 28, 2019 Welcome to Waukee - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WCSD Preschool Orientation May 28, 2019

Welcome to Waukee Preschool! The Waukee Community Schools Preschool Program is a fully integrated, multi-age program. There are many reasons to provide opportunities for children of various ages and Our mission at Waukee Community stages of development to play, learn, and Preschool is to provide a quality, interact with each other. age appropriate early childhood education that nurtures every child Through positive interactions with children of as an individual empowers every various skill levels, children become sensitive child as a learner and celebrates to the needs of others and learn to appreciate each child’s talents and abilities. The Waukee Preschool Program is individual differences at an early age. In designed to be a two-year integrated settings, all children have the program; one year for opportunity to form friendships with a wide three-year-olds and a second year variety of peers. for four-year-olds. Please note that our preschool is made up of a Preschool curriculum is specifically designed combination of children with and delivered to allow children of a wide ability disabilities (children served through range to access learning at their current level special education programming) as in order to grow forward. well as children without identified disabilities.

Waukee Community Preschool Program Morning Session (Generally 3’s) Afternoon Session (Generally 4’s) ● ● First Day of School - September 3, First Day of School - September 3, 2019 ● 2019 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday ● ● Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1:00pm - 3:30pm ● ● 9:00am - 11:30am Grant Ragan Elementary, Radiant ● Grant Ragan Elementary, Radiant Elementary, and Walnut Hills Elementary, and Walnut Hills Elementary ● Elementary Statewide Voluntary Preschool Grant ● $180 monthly tuition will allow four-year olds to attend preschool at no cost to their families (June, 2019) ***This just in … .WCSD has been granted the Statewide Voluntary Preschool grant, providing WCSD preschool to all four-year olds at no cost to their families. Families who paid a deposit will receive a return on their deposit.***

Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards 1. Relationships 2. Curriculum (Iowa Early Learning Standards and the Creative Curriculum) 3. Teaching 4. Assessment (IGDIs, Teaching Strategies GOLD) 5. Health 6. Teachers 7. Family 8. Community Relationships 9. Physical Environment 10. Leadership and Management

IQPPS Standards 6 & 10: Teaching Stafg and Leadership & Management

Additional Stafg…. Program Associates Special Education Associates School Nurse Building Administrators Area Education Agency (AEA) Support Personnel

IQPPS Standards 1, 7 & 8: Relationships with Students, Family and Community ● Parent Volunteers ● Communication ● Parent Assessment ● Classroom library ● Celebrations ● Home Visits ○ afternoon classes ONLY ○ will be scheduled this summer ● Open House - August 21, 2019 ○ All students ● SIAC ○ Preschool Parents ○ Meets 3x/year ○ See Lyndsay Marron if interested

● Curriculum: Iowa Early Learning Standards and The Creative Curriculum ● Instruction: Large & Small Group Self-Directed Snack Activities Play Learning Center Story Time Computers Activities: ___________________ ___________________ Art, Science, Writing ___ ___ Table, Games, and Put-together toys, Book Outdoor Learning Individual Learning Center, Blocks & Wheel Toys, Pretend Play ● Assessment: Teaching Strategies GOLD & Individual Growth & Development Indicators (IGDIs) IQPPS Standards 2, 3 & 4: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

IQPPS Standards 5 & 9: Required Paperwork: Health & Physical ● Physical (within 1 calendar year) Environment ○ Height ○ Weight ○ Blood Pressure ○ Blood Lead Level Health and Safety ○ Hearing and Vision Screening (also completed at school in the fall) ● Immunization Record

Next steps... July, 2019 ● Letter from classroom teacher ● Sign up for home visits August, 2019 ● Conduct home visits (4’s only) ● Attend Open House (all) ● Letter from classroom teacher explaining first day of school, drop off/pick up procedures, materials needed for school, etc. September 3, 2019 - FIRST DAY of PRESCHOOL!

THANK YOU! If you have any questions, please contact Lyndsay Marron, Assistant Director of Student Services at lmarron@waukeeschools.org or 515.987.5161 x6653