BELIEVE IN PRESCHOOL=

ACHIEVE IN THE FUTURE:

LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS

Vicki Hodges and Sharon Neely Illinois State Board of Education

Deb Foust, Lead Area Liaison ROE 47Libby Wilken, Lead Area Liaison ROE 32

DISCUSSION FOR TODAY: Applying social-emotional learning

standards and self-regulation skills to the preschool program to enhance learning and foster resilience for children in homeless situations

Creating and analyzing a preschool homeless plan to improve program quality and promote student growth

Differentiating developmentally appropriate activities to meet the needs of ALL children, including those in homeless situations

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REGIONAL MAP FOR ILLINOIS

Illinois has . . .

• approximately 863 Public School Districts (Data Analysis and Accountability, Illinois State Board of Education, 2013)

• 102 counties

• is the 5th largest state per population (12,830,532)

• is the 24th largest state per land area in the nation (55,583.58 sq. mi.)

http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/popchart.html

ILLINOIS SERVED

• 54,892 homeless children and youth in the 2012-2013 school year.

• There was an 14.5% increase from 2011-2012 school year serving 47,965 homeless children and youth.

**This data includes district served Preschool-12th grade

STATE FUNDED PRESCHOOLS

Ten states do not have state-funded preschoolsSource: http://preschoolmatters.org/?s=state+funded+preschoolsFrom NIEER (National Institute for Early Education Research) The State of Preschool 2012

ILLINOIS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN SERVED

Pre-K 4 All - AM

Pre-K 4 All - PM

Pre-K 4 All - All day

Head Start

Title 1

Local or other Funding

Pre-K 4 All - AMPre-K 4 All - PMPre-K 4 All - All dayHead StartTitle 1Local or other Funding

ILLINOIS HOMELESS PRESCHOOL STUDENTS SERVED

Homeless Preschool Students

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500 2209 2420 2463

1674 2010-112011-12

Homeless preschool students reported in Student Information System (SIS)

http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/pdf/early_learning_standards.pdf

ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies Physical Development and Health The Arts English Language Learners Home Language

Development Social/Emotional Development

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL STANDARDS identify and understand one’s feelings accurately read and comprehend emotional states in others manage strong emotions and their expression in a constructive manner regulate one’s behavior develop empathy for others establish and sustain relationships. (Boyd, Barnett, Bodrova, Leong, & Gomby, 2005)

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN

“The preschool years appear to be a window of opportunity for building these skills, and successful interventions targeting disadvantaged children, including homeless children, are likely to have a high return on investment in the form of greater school success. “

Risk and Resilience in the Educational Success of Homeless and Highly Mobile Children: Introduction to the Special

Section, Ann S. Masten. Educational Researcher http://er.aera.net. Dec. 5, 2012

PRESCHOOL HOMELESS PLAN CREATED:

to give programs a better understanding of what is expected of them on Compliance Checklist and in return provide a higher quality program for homeless children

to focus more diligently on children in homeless situations and adapt the preschool program goals objectives, and curriculum to meet the needs of the children and their families

by ISBE and the NAEHCY Early Childhood Sub-Committee

TeacherEducation License Valid for Early Childhood

AideParaprofessional License

Parent CoordinatorBachelor’s Degree

REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF IN ILLINOIS

Physical Appearance Emotional Attachment Physical Delays Health Issues Changes with Parents Involvement

WARNING SIGNS OF HOMELESSNESS

Motor Development Language and Cognitive Development Social-Emotional Development Physical Health Development

EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS

MOTOR

Physical Development

Cognitive/language

Social/Emotional

Vicki Hodges Sharon Neely Deb Foust Libby WilkenPrincipal Consultant Principal Consultant MK-V Area 2 Lead Area Liaison Area 4 Lead Area Liaison Early Childhood MK-V Special Education Division Lee/Ogle ROE 47 Kankakee/Iroquois ROE 32 (217)524-4835 (217)782-5589 (815)652-2054 (815)694-0607vhodges@isbe.net saneely@isbe.net dfoust@leeogle.org lwilken@i-kan.org

HOTLINE NUMBER

1-800-215-6379

Jeff Aranowski State Coordinator for Homeless Education (312)814-2223 jaranows@isbe.net