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tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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The State of Preschool in the United States: Trends and Policies
Jana Martella Preschool Education: New Jersey and the Nation
Policy ForumMarch 3, 2009
ETS, Princeton, NJ
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
@ www.naecs-sde.org
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Early Learning
Health, Mental
Health and Nutrition
Family Support
Special Needs/ Early Intervention
State Early Childhood Development SystemEarly care and education opportunities in nurturing
environments where children can learn what they need to succeed in
school and life.
Economic and parenting supports to ensure children have nurturing and stable relationships with caring
adults.
Early identification, assessment and
appropriate services for children with special health care needs,
disabilities, or developmental delays
Comprehensive health services that meet children’s
vision, hearing, nutrition, behavioral, and oral health as well as medical health needs.
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Early Learning
Early care and education
opportunities in nurturing
environments where children can
learn what they need to succeed in
school and life.
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Children Thriving Families
Supported
Financingsufficient to assure
comprehensive quality services based on standards
Core Elements of an Early Childhood Development System
Governanceto set policy direction for the
comprehensive systemProvider / practitioner support
to offer technical assistance and promote
professional development
Standards reflect effective
practices, programs, & practitioners and are aligned across the
system
Research & development
includes cross-system data, planning, analysis, and
evaluation
Monitoringto track program performance and results based on
standards
Communicationsto inform families,
providers, and the public
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Curriculum
Practice -
InstructionMeasurement
DATA
ALIGNMENT TRANSITION
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0-3 PK- 3 PK-4 K Primary
Research
Financing
Governance
Standards
Monitoring
Practitioner Support
Communication
Research
Financing
Governance
Standards
Monitoring
Practitioner Support
Communi-cation
Financing
Governance
Standards
Monitoring
Practitioner Support
Communication
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Coordination
CollaborationCooperation
DATA
ALIGNMENT
PROF. DEV.
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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Myth Busting
“BIG ED” AND “LITTLE ED”
ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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Myth Busting
“BIG ED” AND “LITTLE ED”
ARE JUST THE SAME
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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Myth Busting
CHILD CARE IS NOT ABOUT LEARNING
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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Myth Busting
PREKINDERGARTEN IS NOT ABOUT CHILD CARE
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Myth Busting
DEGREES DON’T MATTER
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Myth Busting
DEGREES ARE ALL THAT MATTERS
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Early Care and Education
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Special Needs/ Early Intervention
Children Thriving
Families Supported
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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Resources• Research – Center on the Developing Child at Harvard,
www.developingchild.harvard.edu/content/publications.html • Financing – Partnership for America’s Economic Success
(PAES/Invest in Kids Working Group), www.partnershipforsuccess.org
• Governance – NGA Center on Best Practices – Resources for Early Learning Councils, www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.1f41d49be2d3d33eacdcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d4928cc156de1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
• Standards – CCSSO’s ECEA-SCASS, www.ccsso.org/ECEAstandards • Monitoring – Pew Accountability Project,
www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=102 • Practitioner Support – My Teaching Partner,
www.myteachingpartner.net/ • Communication – Pennsylvania’s Program Reach and County Risk
Assessment, http://www.pakeys.org/Reach_Rpt.aspx
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In addition….
• The “Systems Slides” can be found on multiple sites, including http://www.naecs-sde.org/naecs-sdepositionpapers
• Wanna make a “word cloud”? Go to: http://www.wordle.net/
tate ConnectionsNAECS-SDE – Supporting successful child development and continuous learning from birth to age eight
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Contact:Jana Martella
Executive Director-NAECS-SDE6015 33rd Street, NWWashington, DC 20015202.244.3943 (office)
202.251.2365 (mobile)[email protected]
www.naecs-sde.org