Kindergarten Readiness CAN

PLEASE NOTE:  Date change from normal day of the month.

Topics:

Presentation by Arizona Department of Education on the Kindergarten Development Inventory.

Location:  Ponderosa Room

Coconino County Health Services Building
2625 N. King St
Flagstaff, AZ 86004

AGENDA

1. Paul Intro- Summarize LAUNCH collective impact (5m)
2. Rene Intro- Intro school readiness CAN (5m)

• Kindergarten Readiness CAN:

Action group supporting world class education by aligning systems and resources to ensure every child in Flagstaff arrives to kindergarten ready.

• Kindergarten Readiness definition:

Kindergarten readiness encompasses holistic and developmentally appropriate skill sets, knowledge, mindset and supports necessary for optimal educational success.

• Currently 47% of Flagstaff kindergarteners arrive ready to lean
• LAUNCH Kindergarten Readiness CAN aims to increase that number incrementally annually

3. Welcome/Introductions (5m)
4. LAUNCH Kindergarten Readiness- Immediate task (5m)

• Ensuring all Flagstaff kindergarten programs
• Have common measures of kindergarten readiness
• Use a common tool to measure kindergarten readiness
• Share kindergarten readiness data

5. Lauren Zbyszinski,Ph.D, Director of Professional Learning and Sustainability (45m)

Arizona Department of Education

• How KDI can be used as a tool to measure K readiness as children enter kindergarten? (Share the condensed “checklist” of skills)
• KDI in practice
• Learning environment
• Teacher-child interactions
• Intentional activities
• Observation/documentation
• How teachers use data
• How data can inform parents
• Sites piloting KDI
• Teacher feedback on implementation

6. Teaching Strategies- KDI (10m)

• Cost
• Training process
• Training fee

7. Question and Answer (15m)