2012 School Readiness Program Plan Including Optional Parent Aware Application “Leading for...

2012 School ReadinessProgram Plan

Including Optional

Parent Aware Application

“Leading for educational excellence and equity. Every day for every one.”

What’s New in 2012?

• New MDE Website– Finding the School Readiness Program Plan and Early

Learning Services Data System

• Optional Parent Aware Application– The last two pages of the plan contain the optional Parent

Aware application

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Getting Started

• Go to the MDE website to find the School Readiness Program Plan and Budget Planner– http://education.state.mn.us School Support Data

Submissions Early Learning Services Data Reporting


• “Save as”

• Print one copy of the entire plan and two copies of the Cover Sheet and Statement of Assurances

Getting Started


• If you are not sure if you are required to submit your plan in 2012, refer to the list of school districts required to submit.

• You will probably find it easier to complete the entire plan on paper before submitting your data electronically.

• The 2012 plan is the same as the 2010 plan (if you want to use than plan as a reference).

Working on the Plan


School Readiness Budget Planner


Note the tabs at the bottom of the Budget Planner spreadsheet

The first tab of the Budget Planner is the Instructions page.

Budget Planner


1. Type in your district number to automatically populate the cells.

2. Use your totals from row 27 of the Expenditure Planning Worksheet to populate these cells

Expenditure Planning Worksheet


Complete your FY 2012 budget and your projected budgets for FY 2013 and FY 2014

Row 27 shows your total expenditures

Remember to include two copies of this worksheet and the Budget Planner in your mailed documents

• When you have compiled all of your data and are ready for electronic submission, go to the MDE website, place your cursor over School Support and click on Data Submissions.

Electronic Submission


http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/SchSup/DataSubLogin/index.html

• From the Data Submissions page, click on Early Learning Services Data Reporting.



http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/SchSup/DataSubLogin/EarlyLearnServDataReport/index.html

• From the Early Learning Services Data Submission page, click on Log into the Early Learning Services Data Reporting system.



https://education.state.mn.us/EarlyLearningServices/

https://education.state.mn.us/EarlyLearningServices/

• Click on Sign in to access School-based Early Childhood programs



https://education.state.mn.us/EarlyLearningServices/login.do

https://education.state.mn.us/EarlyLearningServices/login.do

• After signing in, your district page will appear. Please update contact information if it is wrong or incomplete. If it is correct, click on Contact Information is Valid in the lower right corner.





Click on Proceed to Data Submission



Click on School Readiness Program Plan



Click on the “?” if you have questions. A separate page will appear.

• After completing the electronic submission, gather required signatures and mail the required documents to MDE.– Remember that you will be mailing two copies of:

Cover Sheet (p. 10)

Statement of Assurances (p. 11), both with original signatures Budget Planner and Expenditure Planning Worksheet All contracts with vendors

• The remainder of this presentation covers the optional Parent Aware application.

Last Steps


What is Parent Aware?


Voluntary rating tool

Helps parents choose providers

Helps providers grow & demonstrate quality

Why is this program needed?


• 96 percent of Minnesotans

believe “parents should

have access to the best

available information to

help them find quality

places to prepare children

for kindergarten

According to a recent poll



Children in rated programs make strong gains



92 percent of

providers/ early

educators participating

in Parent Aware pilot

found it beneficial


• Parent Aware has changed Minnesota child care and early education for the better


Race to the Top


• “More low-income families across the state will have access to high-quality child care and preschool programs. That's because Minnesota was one of nine states to win federal dollars for early learning programs.”

—St. Paul Pioneer Press

• "Nine states will lead the way in transforming early learning programs and services from a patchwork of disconnected programs with uneven quality into integrated systems that truly and consistently prepare children for success in school and life.”

—U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan

Quality Indicators make up the ratings


Measures the best practices which are most predictive of school readiness:

Teaching and relationships

Assessment of child progress

Teacher training and education

Physical health and well-being

What will the rating tell parents?


4 stars means program is achieving most to all best practices for preparing children for school.

Getting started: 3 pathways to rating


Options:

Building Quality

Parent Aware

Accelerated Path

The program includes marketing support


Such as• Marketing kit• Banners• Website

When will Parent Aware Ratings be available in my community?


• Statewide in 2012

• Current:– Minneapolis – St. Paul– Wayzata school district– Counties of Becker,

Blue Earth, Clearwater, Hennepin, Itasca, Mahnomen, Nicollet and Ramsey counties

• Statewide by 2015

Child Care

Head Start and School Readiness Programs

• Early Childhood Scholarships will be made available to families in some communities through state funds and the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant.

• Scholarships must be used in a 3 or 4-star Parent Aware rated program. A family may choose to use their scholarship at your program if your program has a 3 or 4- star rating.

• Scholarships are limited in number and may not be available in every community.

I’ve heard about scholarships for children. Will my program be able to have access to

them?


• The Accelerated Path to a 4 Star rating application can be found on pages 12 and 13 of the 2012 School Readiness Program Plan.

• Participating in Parent Aware is optional.• To receive a 4 Star rating, you will need to show:

1. That you are using a curriculum aligned with the ECIPs

2. That you are using a Parent Aware approved assessment

3. That your lead teachers have received 8 hours of training in curriculum and 8 hours in assessment.

Parent Aware Accelerated Path to RatingsApplication


• This section is similar to the Cover Sheet of the program plan. List each site where you offer classes or programming. If you have more than 10 sites, you can add more by hitting the “enter” key.

Parent Aware Application Guidance




Creative Curriculum is an example

X

XIf you are not using a curriculum that has already been shown to be aligned with the ECIPs, complete this section.

Teaching Strategies GOLD is an example of an approved assessment

X

Note: To be eligible for a Parent Aware 4 Star rating, you must be using an approved assessment tool.



The last piece of evidence required for a 4 Star rating is staff development. Your lead teachers need to have completed eight hours of training in curriculum and eight hours of training in assessment. If your teachers have completed this training, list their names and the names of the trainings. You will need to provide documentation of completion of the trainings. This documentation can be similar to what a teacher has to submit to the district relicensure committee. If your program maintains a detailed staff development log, this would also be acceptable.



To be eligible for the accelerated path, your program must be required to follow School Readiness Program requirements.

If you are using a curriculum that has already demonstrated alignment and an approved curriculum, submit a copy of their copyright pages.Also submit copies of your staff training documents.This application should be signed by the School Readiness coordinator and the SR supervisor (e.g. Community Ed director). One signature is sufficient if the coordinator and supervisor are the same person. Mail in application and supporting documents (address is below in notes).

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Contact:Mike [email protected] www.parentawareratings.org

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