early learning – LAUNCH Flagstaff

Communitywide Preschool Collaboration Meeting

April 11, 2019April 2, 2019
by Paul Kulpinski

COMMUNITYWIDE PRESCHOOL COLLABORATION MEETING

LAUNCH Flagstaff invites all early childhood center directors or owners to join us for this important community conversation about how we as a community of caring adults can expand equitable access to high-quality preschool in Flagstaff.

Refreshments will be served, complements of United Way of Northern Arizona

Agenda

Welcome/Introductions
Purpose and background of the LAUNCH Flagstaff report Expanding High Quality Preschool in Flagstaff
Small group breakout discussions with report-outs and collaborative discussion
Understanding the current landscape for existing preschool options and needs
Next steps

Questions? Please email Paul Kulpinski at pkulpinski@launchflagstaff.org

Read the entire LAUNCH Flagstaff report here.

Early Learning CAN

Literacy Resource Coordination

January 22, 2019April 18, 2019
by Paul Kulpinski

Literacy Resource Coordination

FLAGSTAFF January 22, 2019

The Early Learning Action Network, in collaboration with the Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD), is conducting a survey of families registering their child for kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year.

The survey is designed to gather information from families with young children and their familiarity with and utilization of local literacy resources like the Flagstaff Public Library, Reach Out and Read, and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Read more “Literacy Resource Coordination” →

Early Learning CAN

Literacy Acceleration Data

October 15, 2018October 30, 2018
by Paul Kulpinski

Data Team Reviews Literacy Data

PHOENIX October 15, 2018

The first phase of the LAUNCH Flagstaff Literacy Acceleration Project began today with a Data Analysis Institute hosted by Read On Arizona in Phoenix. The Flagstaff project is looking at a cohort of schools participating in the multi-LEA implementation of the Kindergarten Developmental Inventory (KDI). Those schools include: Killip, Kinsey, Marshall, Mountain, PEAK and Sechrist Elementary schools. The team looked at a variety of data ranging from population demographics to reading proficiency. The team discovered several patterns of interest related to 3rd grade reading scores: Read more “Literacy Acceleration Data” →

Early Learning CAN Meeting

October 2, 2018October 1, 2018
by Paul Kulpinski

Early Learning CAN Meeting

Location: Coconino Community College 4th Street Campus Room C5

Agenda:

Explore messaging from First Things First
Consensus on the messaging materials in our daily work
Build Action Steps for improved coordination of this information in CAN Charter (read the draft here)
Adopt CAN Charter

Early Learning CAN

KDI Implementation Update

August 8, 2018September 3, 2018
by Paul Kulpinski

KDI Team Making Progress

FLAGSTAFF (August 8, 2018)

The multi-LEA (local education agency) that formed to pilot implementation of the Kindergarten Developmental Inventory (KDI) has made steady progress since being granted approval from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to begin their work.

The team of local early childhood educators and administrators received training through out the spring of 2018 in use of the KDI from Teaching Strategies, the company contracted by the ADE for implementing the KDI. Read more “KDI Implementation Update” →

Tag: early learning

Communitywide Preschool Collaboration Meeting

Literacy Resource Coordination

Literacy Resource Coordination

Literacy Acceleration Data

Data Team Reviews Literacy Data

Early Learning CAN Meeting

KDI Implementation Update

KDI Team Making Progress