Appoquinimink Appoquinimink Preschool CoalitionPreschool Coalition

Appoquinimink Appoquinimink Preschool CoalitionPreschool Coalition

A Partnership BetweenA Partnership BetweenAppoquinimink School DistrictAppoquinimink School District

andandLocal Area Preschools and Home Daycare CentersLocal Area Preschools and Home Daycare Centers

History• Visited local area centers to discuss

specific children and what could be done within the center setting to make each successful. (Head Start and Green Acres – Late 1990’s)

• Grew to discussing any child within the center

Home/School Community Outreach

• Began having two meetings a year on various topics

• Centers at that time included Green Acres, Head Start, Bethesda and Cornerstone

• Began partnership with a home daycare provider and with her help connected with other home daycare providers

Current Centers• Beach Babies• Bear Early Education Center• Bethesda Child Development Center• Bright New Beginnings• Brilliant Little Minds• Busy Days Daycare• Cornerstone• Early Essential• Great New Beginnings• Green Acres• Glasgow Christian Academy• Grow and Learn• Kiddie Academy• St. Andrew’s Preschool• St. Anne’s Episcopal Church• Tender Loving Kare

Home Daycare Connections

Benefits of Collaboration

• We share the same children• Open lines of communication between schools

and community• Window of opportunity to see the “big school”

world• Quality professional development offered

locally• Sharing of resources and ideas• Increased advocacy for quality Preschool and

Kindergarten education

Schedule - 2009-10• Spring, 2009

– Planning Meeting• October 22, 2009

– Fine and Gross Motor • January 14, 2010

– Discipline• March 18, 2010

– Active Play, Behavior Issues in 3-4 year olds, Infants/Toddlers, Centers, Music/Art

• Spring, 2010– Planning Meeting for 2010-2011

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Possible Future Topics• BEHAVIORAL TOPICS

– Aggression in Children– Understanding Children’s behavior– Behavior suggestions

• SPECIAL NEEDS– How to identify speech problems– Inclusion of IEP in the pre-school/PreK classrooms– Helping school age children w/ADHD

• INFANTS AND TODDLERS– Assessment for infants and toddlers for delay before age 3 or before they

start school– Creating learning centers for infants and toddlers

• CURRICULUM AREAS• Language activities

– Cognitive Activities – Concepts of print– Physical, Music and Art activities throughout the school day

• THE ART OF TEACHING– Center ideas (including materials for them and their usage) – Make and take ideas– New approaches to teaching

• ASSESSMENT– Assessments for young children (prior to preschool)– Observation and assessment

• PARENT INVOLVEMENT/CENTER SUPPORT– Parent partnership ideas– More in-home daycare connection support

A Look to the Future…• Increase community awareness of good things

happening in ECC community• Increase in community wide events for young

children and families such as concert on April 21• Develop home/school connections with

programs for Infants and Toddlers and families• Set standard for other districts• Develop separate fund in district's Educational

fund for future programs and events

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