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Voluntary Prekindergarten Our Journey into School Year Programs
Heidi Kochis, Ed. S.
Voluntary Prekindergarten/Title I Early Learning
Volusia County Schools
Volusia County Schools VPK Programsserving 4 year old students one year before kindergarten
Program Implemented
State Mandated Summer VPK
F.S. 1002.532005 - 2006
Employee ESE/Blended 2007 - 2008
Title I Early Learning Initiative 2013 - 2014
Community/Blended * 2014 - 2015
Additional Prekindergarten Programs
Non VPK
ESE Partial and Full Day Programs
• 3 & 4 year old identified ESE students
• 1 teacher, 1 paraprofessional
• speech and language / OT & PT services
• 8-10 students
Head Start /ESE Blended Programs
• 3 & 4 year old Head Start and VCS / ESE students
• 1 Volusia teacher, 1 paraprofessional
• 1 Head Start teacher, 1 Head Start assistant
• 18 students dually enrolled
Summer VPK State Mandated- F.S. 1002.53
• 4 or 5 year old community students beginning kindergarten in the fall
• 1 certified teacher per 12 students / 1 TOA for compliance regulations
and mandated assessments
• 300 hours of instruction during the summer prior to kindergarten - 8 weeks
• typically 9 ½ hr days M - TH to meet the required 300 hrs of instruction
• summer sites vary to meet the needs of our program feeder patterns
Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Models
Employee VPK/ESE Blended
• 10 typically developing / 8 identified ESE
• 3 & 4 year old students (4 year old typically developing - VPK)
• 1 Certified ESE Pre-K teacher (VPK) / 1 CDA (VPK) / 1 paraprofessional
• Typical school day with extended hours for employees’ children
Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Models
Edgewater Public
Enterprise
Forest Lake
Pathways
Pride
Spirit
Spruce Creek
New To Our District…
VPK-Title I Early Learning Initiative
• 18 -20 four year old typically developing students eligible for Title I
• 1 certified prekindergarten teacher
• 1 highly qualified paraprofessional IV
• 540 hrs VPK instruction 3 hours a day
• 540 hrs Title I Early Learning instruction 3 hrs a day and PLUS I
Phase I Schools
2013 - 2014
Pierson
Turie T. Small
Westside
Phase II Schools
2014 - 2015
McInnis Starke, 2* units
Orange City Sugar Mill
Palm Terrace Turie T. Small
Pierson, 2 units Westside
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VCS School Year Students
Private Providers Summer
Private Providers School Year
Volusia County Schools VPK
Curriculum
Readiness Rates
Assessments
Needs
Pre-K ~ Kindergarten
Curriculum Standards
Standards for 4-year-olds Kindergarten Standards
Domain: Language, Communication
& Literacy - Reading Benchmark b:
Child names most letters correctly when
shown upper or lowercase letters.
LAFS.K.RF.1.1
Recognize and name all uppercase and
lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Domain: Language, Communication
& Literacy - Reading Benchmark a:
Child can distinguish individual words within
spoken phrases or sentences.
LAFS.K.RF.1.1
Understand that words are separated
by spaces in print.
FLDOE/Office of Early Learning
Provider Accountability
VPK Readiness Rate is calculated using FLKRS
(Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener )
Includes FAIR – FS and WSS
Passing scores:
• 70% of students at each VPK site must pass both sections of FLKRS.
• less than 70% of students passing FLKRS determines a low performing
status- Provider on Probation
Provider on Probation must:
• use an approved curriculum
• submit improvement plan to FLDOE/Office of Early Learning
• provide additional professional development for instructors
• submit “Good Cause Exemption” if probation continues beyond 2 years
• if exemptions are not granted, providers are closed
2015-2016 will include VPK assessment growth AP1 – AP3
District Area
Program Type2010 -2011
Readiness
Rate 2011-2012
Readiness
Rate 2012-2013
Readiness
Rate
SW
School Year
Forest Lake 100% Forest Lake 100% Forest Lake 100%
Spirit 100% Spirit 100% Spirit 100%
Enterprise 75% Enterprise 100%
Friendship 100% Friendship 100%
SW
Summer
Debary 75% Enterprise 100% Orange City 89%
Spirit 76% Deltona Lakes 57% Timbercrest 75 %
West
School YearBlue Lake 100%
West
SummerWoodward 67% Citrus Grove 65% George Marks
67%
NW
SummerPierson 78% McInnis 78% Pierson 71%
NE
School YearPine Trail 100% Pathways 100% Pathways 80%
NE
SummerWestside 52% Holly Hill 70% Palm Terrace 75%
Turie T Small 73%
East
School Year
Horizon 100%
Spruce Creek 100% Spruce Creek 100% Spruce Creek 100%
SE
School YearEdgewater 100% Edgewater 75% Edgewater 89%
SE
Summer
So. Daytona 55% Sugar Mill 64% Spruce Creek 81%
Indian River 90% Read Pattillo 94% Indian River 87%
What Our VPK Assessments Show Summer VPK Comparison
92%
86%
83%
91%
83%
79%78%
83%
70%
75%
80%
85%
90%
95%
Print Knowledge Phonological Awareness Mathematics Oral Language Vocabulary
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2013-14 VPK AP3 ASSESSMENT
2013-2014 VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTENEARLY LEARNING COALITION/VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLS
Early Learning CoalitionDistrict-Wide Average
VCS Summer ProgramDistrict-Wide Average
VPK School Year Program ComparisonEmployee Blended & VPK Title I Programs
92%
86%
83%
91%
97%
92%
90% 90%
75%
80%
85%
90%
95%
100%
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2013-14 VPK AP3 ASSESSMENT
2013-2014 VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTENEARLY LEARNING COALITION/VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLS
Early Learning CoalitionDistrict-Wide Average
VCS School Year ProgramDistrict-Wide Average
Changes for Summer VPK
Community & District Concerns
Instructional days are too long
32 days: 7:37am - 5:30 pm
No time for a “Meet the Teacher”
Post Planning not within regular work
hours extending the day even longer
VPK assessments mandated and take
time to individually administer
Programs are placed on “ probation” for
low performing FLKRS scores
Solutions
Extend the number of days to
35 days: 7:50 am - 5:00 pm
Preplanning day will offer a
“Meet the Teacher”
Last day early release with Completion
Ceremony and Parent Literacy Workshop
TOA’s will cover teacher lunch breaks,
assist with curriculum needs and
administer VPK assessments
Decrease the summer program need by
expanding – School Year Programs
Baseline VPK AssessmentsPhase I Schools
58% 57% 56%
77%
42%
57%
50%
64%
33%36%
38%
59%
50% 50%
44%
68%
0%
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70%
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90%
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2013 - 2014 VPK AP1 ASSESSMENT
2013 - 2014 VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTENEARLY LEARNING COALITION/VCS TITLE I -VPK
Early Learning CoalitionDistrict-Wide Average
Turie T. Small Elementary
Pierson Elementary
Westside Elementary
VPK End of Year AssessmentsPhase I Schools
92%
86%83%
91%92% 93%
83%78%
92%
86%83%
74%
100%
93% 94% 96%
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2013 - 2014 VPK AP3 ASSESSMENT
2013 - 2014 VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTENEARLY LEARNING COALITION/VCS TITLE I VPK
Early Learning CoalitionDistrict-Wide Average
Turie T. Small Elementary
Pierson Elementary
Westside Elementary
What It Means To Give Equity In Learning
34%
29%27%
14%
50%
36%33%
14%
59%
50%
45%
15%
50%
43%
50%
28%
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70%
Print Knowledge Phonological Awareness Mathematics Oral Language Vocabulary
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GROWTH FROM VPK AP1 ASSESSMENT TO VPK AP3 ASSESSMENT
2013-2014 VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN GROWTHEARLY LEARNING COALITION/VCS VPK-TITLE I
Early Learning CoalitionDistrict-Wide Average
Turie T. Small Elementary
Pierson Elementary
Westside Elementary
2013-2014
Employee VPK/ ESE Blended
43%
19%25%
40%
96%
70%76% 74%
78%
70%67%
83%
100%97%
100%97%
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AP1 and AP3 VPK ASSESSMENT
2013-2014All Blended VPK/ESE Sites
Edgewater, Enterprise, Forest Lake, Pathways, Pride, Spirit, Spruce Creek
ESE AP1
ESE AP3
GEN ED AP1
GEN ED AP3
The Curriculum Connection To Kindergarten
VPK Summer & Phase I Early Learning Initiative focus:
• Social/emotional readiness implemented into curriculum
• Letter /sound fluency skills instructionally targeted everyday with
developmentally appropriate practices.
Goal:
VPK/Title I and Summer VPK students will enter kindergarten ready to receive
instruction with district SIPPS (Systematic Instruction in Phonological
Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Word) curriculum program.
SIPPS Kindergarten Baseline needs: 20/26 letter fluency (77% mastery)
to enter early emergent reading instruction.
Phase I VPK Enters Kindergarten
65%
56%
41%
72%
87%83%
71%
87%
69%
60%
35%
72%
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20%
30%
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100%
Upper CaseLetter Fluency
Lower CaseLetter Fluency
Letter SoundFluency
Mathematics
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DATA PROVIDED BY 2014-2015 KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
Kindergarten Baseline Entry SkillsComparison of VPK Program Averages
Phase I SchoolsPierson, Turie T. Small and Westside
2014-15 SY students who may or maynot have attended PRIVATE VPK
2014-15 SY students who completedVCS VPK/Title I Program
2014-15 SY students who completed VCSVPK Summer Program
How We Made It Happen
Collaboration
Within our district: needs assessments, facility space, curriculum & materials
With the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia : determine areas
of greatest need – working with Head Start and Private Providers to offer common
PD and ensure we are all working toward kindergarten readiness
“We are all in this together.”
VPK School Year – TOA’s
Professional Development
• FLKRS Review
• VPK Assessments
• Assessment Implications
• Standards for Four-Year-Olds
• Emergent Literacy
• Learning Concerns
• Managing Challenging Behaviors
• Coordinating PD - ESOL for ECE
• Coordinating PD - iPad Training
• Coordinating Peer Classroom Visits
Compliance Monitoring
• Teacher instruction
• Operational VPK hours ( 3hr)
• Attendance
• FLKRS Readiness Rate Review
• Parent sign-in/sign-out
• Monthly certification forms ELCFV/OEL
• VPK Assessment mandated AP1- AP3
• New Assessment mandated 2015-16
• VPK/FLDOE OEL conference calls
• Summer Compliance Training
• Summer Program set up & close out
Phase II AP1- AP2 Growth
22%
29%
52%
18%
87%84%
90%94%
0%
10%
20%
30%
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90%
100%
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VPK ASSESSMENT AP1 & AP2
2014-2015 VPK/TITLE I EARLY LEARNING INITIATIVEProgram-Wide Average Per Measure
McInnis, Orange City, Palm Terrace, Pierson, Starke-Class A, Sugar Mill, Turie T. Small and Westside
AP1
AP2
Blended AP1- AP2 Growth
48%
37%40%
17%
82%
72%
87%
75%
45%
59%
70%
53%
90% 91%95%
91%
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VPK ASSESSMENT AP1 & AP2
2014-2015 VPK/BLENDED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMProgram-Wide Average Per Measure
Edgewater, Enterprise, Forest Lake, Pathways, Pride, Spirit, Spruce Creek, Starke-Class B
AP1 ESE
AP2 ESE
AP1 GEN ED
AP2 GEN ED
2014-15
Eligible
Students
Not
Enrolled
Proposed Sites
2015-16 School Year
VPK Programs
Proposed
or
Return(R)
# of units
88
Deland
Starke R 1
Starke (blended) R 1
81
Daytona
Holly Hill
Palm Terrace R 1
Turie T. Small R 1
Turie T. Small Proposed 1
Holly Hill Proposed 1
Westside R 1
4
DeLeon McInnis (blended) R 1
3
PiersonPierson R 2
76
Deltona
Friendship Proposed 1
Sunrise Proposed 1
Forest Lake (blended) Proposed 1
16
Orange City
Orange City R 1
Orange City Proposed 1
37
Port Orange
So. Daytona
Atlantic High School Proposed 1
Sugar Mill R 1
Sugar Mill (blended) Proposed 1
13
EdgewaterEdgewater Public Proposed 1
Summer 2015
East Volusia Southeast Volusia Southwest
VolusiaWest Volusia
Holly Hill
Elementary
Read-Pattillo
Elementary
Sunrise
Elementary
Blue Lake
Elementary
Sweetwater
Elementary
Spirit
Elementary
Starke
Elementary
Total VPK Units Proposed
Returning VPK/Title I 8
Returning Employee Blended 6
Returning Community VPK/Blended 1
New VPK/Title I 5
New Community VPK/Blended 3
New Funding Projects 2
Summer VPK - projected units 13
Total 38
Projected Student Enrollment is 570
2015 - 2016 Expansion