Building a Birth to 8 Roadmap Creating a

Building a Birth to 8 Roadmap Creating a Los Angeles Unified Birth to 8 Roadmap that will help students and families achieve success

Inclusion activity �Find a person in the room that you don’t know well and complete this statement: I feel accomplished when. . . �When both parties have had the opportunities to share, share your 58 second elevator speech about what you do.

Goals and Objectives �Develop long-term goals and expectations �Research and review existing birth to eight plans �Form sub-committees that will examine key components of the plans �Identify additional resources and partners �Identify LA Unified needs that will be necessary to support the plan’s implementation �State specific, measurable objectives for achieving goals

Looking at today – Opening session �Sharing current efforts from the Early Childhood Education Division �Potential steps for our next time together

Mission Statement and Core Beliefs �The Early Childhood Education Division’s mission is to provide high quality early education programs that maximize school readiness �Value and Respect the languages and cultures of students, parents, staff, and communities �Students have the right to a developmentally appropriate and challenging educational program �Leadership has the responsibility to promote high quality education practices �Parents and nurturing adults are critical for a child’s success and must be full partners in their child’s education �Each student has the right to be treated with dignity and respect in a safe and nurturing learning environment

The Programs �Infant Centers �Expanded Transitional Kindergarten �Early Education Centers �California State Preschool Programs �Transitional Kindergarten �Preschool Special Education �Kindergarten – 2 nd grade programs

How are we measuring progress? �Quality Rating and Improvement System TIER TIER Year QRIS SCORE 1 15 -16 # of schools in each tier rating 1 67 11 2 0 17 -18 # of schools in each tier rating 0 0 21 16 0 2 3 4 5

ECED Summary �What is currently happening in the Early Childhood Education Division: �Build a coherent resource system for 0 -8 that support families �Build ECE programs that are affordable and accessible (0 -8) �Build and sustain a well-qualified workforce �Build, offer, and maintain quality ECE programs and practices • Implementing and ongoing • Developing • Piloting

Build a coherent resource system for 0 -8 that support families • Advocacy and Community Partnerships • Support systems for families specific to infant/toddler, preschool, and early elementary • Health and Human Services – ACES, Trauma Informed Care, Wellness Centers, Access to Health Services • Foster Youth Partnerships • Unified Enrollment • Retention of preschool students transitioning to Kindergarten • Accountability dashboards (attendance, DRDP results) • Parent Communication (Blackboard Connect Ed, Parent Advisory Councils • KLCS programming • Implementing and ongoing • Developing • Piloting

Build ECE programs that are affordable and accessible (0 -8) • Early Education Centers (EECs), Infant Programs, CSPP Partday/Full-day, ETK, TK-2 • Preschool Collaborative Classrooms (PCCs) – Special Education Collaboration • Participation in Local District activities (STEAM, Arts, Dual Language) • Unified Enrollment • Retention of preschool students transitioning to Kindergarten • KLCS programming • Implementing and ongoing • Developing • Piloting

Build and sustain a well-qualified workforce • ECED professional development: Core curriculum, STEAM, CGI math, Social Emotional Development, Restorative Justice, CLRP • Early Language and Literacy Plan • Quality Start Los Angeles – Quality, teacher coaching, administrator consultants, professional development, incentives • Coach facilitators, itinerant teachers, and directors • Workforce development through career pathways • Direct school support • Partnerships with colleges • Retention of preschool students transitioning to Kindergarten • Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy (CLRP) • Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) – Gledhill, Noble, Graham, Haddon, Sylvan Park and Vaughn EECs • Restorative Justice – El Sereno, Murchison, Miles, and Mc. Auliffe • Implementing and ongoing • Developing • Piloting

Offer and maintain quality ECE programs & practices • Core curriculum training based on the California Preschool Learning Foundations – Creative Curriculum • DRDP data and support • DRDPtech support • Wireless access at all EECS • Social Emotional Learning - Sanford Harmony • STEAM Certified Early Education Centers • TECH Support through the Instructional Technology Division (ITD) and the Instructional Technology Initiative Department (ITI) • ITI partnership, i. Pads, Chromebooks, robotics/training/support • Dual Language programs for early learners • Arts program pilots for EECs • Nature Explore Classrooms • KLCS programming • Implementing and ongoing • Developing • Piloting

Looking at plans from other cities

Table Talk: Risks and Rewards �Are there risks of building a Birth to 8 Roadmap and how can they be addressed? �What are the expected rewards of creating and implementing a Birth to 8 Roadmap?

Living website. . . https: //achieve. lausd. net/Page/489 �Transparency throughout the process �Key ideas and issues will be posted following each meeting �The public can follow the process as a Birth to 8 Roadmap is created �Long term �Identify issues that require updates �Monitor the progress that is being along the Roadmap following its creation and implementation �Communication and development through stakeholder input and feedback

Scheduling learning opportunities No matter what one believes, we all have something to learn from one another. Some small or vast amount of wisdom can be gained from anyone. �Scheduling learning opportunities from the other organizations in the room �Helping the group move forward: �In thinking about the formation of subcommittees, what are some that should be formed and why? (Blue) �How can your organization contribute to making Los Angeles a better place for children 0 -8? (White)

Better together: Bring our time to a close �We have some next steps… �What clarifying questions might you have that we should consider before our next meeting? (Pink) �Final reflections

Thank you Please feel free to contact Dean Tagawa at dtagawa@lausd. net or Maribel Zuniga mxj 6494@lausd. net