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Early Learning Guidance

This resource provides specific strategies to support child development, promote family engagement, and be inclusive of special populations for early childhood educators in Indiana.

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Early Learning Guidance

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  1. Early Learning Guidance Sarah Parks-Reese Pre-K Expansion Specialist @sarahlee218 Krystal Robinson Early Learning Specialist @EducateIN

  2. Getting to Know You Ditto! @sarahlee218 @EducateIN

  3. Project Overview Goal Early childhood educators will have a resource that gives specific strategies to support child development, promote family engagement, and be inclusive of special populations across Indiana’s Early Learning Foundations. Vision Early childhood educators have resources and supports to improve child outcomes birth-age 5 and better prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. @sarahlee218 @EducateIN

  4. Guiding Principles Families/Parents are their child’s first and foremost important teachers. Special attention will be given to the early learning environment, family engagement, and special populations. Early educators are competent professionals focused on implementing effective practices to promote optimal development. Strategies should be inclusive of all, including vulnerable populations. @sarahlee218 @EducateIN

  5. Project Overview • 2015 - Revised Early Learning Foundations Released • 2016 - Original Workgroups Convened to Discuss Guidance • 2018 - Workgroups Reformed and New Members Added • 2019 - New Social-Emotional Learning Competencies Released • 2019 - Guidance Documents To Be Released • ??? - New Training For Foundations To Be Embedded Into Learning Paths @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  6. Potential Uses for Guidance Administrators and Leaders can use this guidance to help support improvement of daily practice in programs as well as identifying growth opportunities for staff in tandem with goals established in their professional development plan. Higher Education Faculty and Administration can use this as a resource on effective instructional strategies for students studying early childhood education. Educators Working with Children 0-5 (in all settings) can use the guidance to help support their daily practice. This guidance be a resource to support intentional lesson planning and high quality instruction. Technical Assistance Providers can use the guidance as a training and supplemental resource tool to support educators while creating lesson plans. Professional Development Organizations can use this guidance to help support the creation of training related to intentional lesson planning and high quality daily instruction. Families can use this document to help support their child's learning and growing outside of early education programs. Families are their child’s first and foremost important educator. @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  7. Where to Find? www.doe.in.gov/earlylearning @EducateIN

  8. Introduction Not new Foundations Not an exhaustive list Not a curriculum Community Resources Family Engagement leads to success in school and in life Collaborate with closely related sectors @sarahlee218 @EducateIN

  9. Foundations vs. Guidance Foundations Guidance Concepts, skills, and/or actions children do. What educators can do to support development. @sarahlee218 @EducateIN

  10. Foundations vs. Guidance @sarahlee218 @EducateIN

  11. Key Sections Rationale Looking Ahead to Kindergarten Family Engagement Special Populations Appendices A & B Resource Page @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  12. Sample - ELA1.1 @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  13. New Guidance Appendices Source: http://www.udlcenter.org Hall, T., Strangman, N., & Meyer, A. (2011). Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementations. @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  14. Guidance in Action Role Play @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  15. Social Emotional Learning @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  16. Activity Time! See IDOE Social Emotional and Behavioral Wellness for more resources! @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  17. Shoulder Partner Share-Out How do you see your program using these new resources? @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  18. Guidance Links Foundations Guidance Online Tool ELA, Mathematics, Social Emotional, Approaches to Play and Learning and Social Studies now available! Remaining content areas coming out quarterly in 2019! @EducateIN

  19. Questions? @EducateIN @sarahlee218

  20. Connect with us! Sign up for our newsletter at the IDOE Early Learning Website! Sarah Parks-Reese @sarahlee218 sparksreese1@doe.in.gov Krystal Robinson krobinson2@doe.in.gov @EducateIN

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