Lessons from the Field Webinar - Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge: Transforming the Kindergarten Year | National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)

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June 14, 2023 - 3:00 PM EDT - June 14, 2023 - 4:30 PM EDT Add to Calendar 2023-06-14 15:00:00 2023-06-14 16:30:00 Lessons from the Field Webinar - Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge: Transforming the Kindergarten Year Attention: State and District Leaders, School Administrators, Educators, Student Support Personnel, Parents, and Education Stakeholders The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to address hot topics that are on the top of educators’ minds. After sharing federal updates, the series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, and other places of educational instruction. It also shares a variety of useful resources. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join our next webinar, Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge: Transforming the Kindergarten Year. Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge: Transforming the Kindergarten Year Wednesday, June 14, 2023 3:00 – 4:30 pm ET Laying the path for early school success requires a sturdy bridge between the early years and the early grades. That bridge is kindergarten. This webinar focuses on ensuring that the kindergarten year can meet the developmental needs of every entering kindergartener and support smooth and effective transitions into kindergarten and first grade. There will be two panel presentations; the first on the important role of alignment and continuity in supporting transitions and developmentally informed instruction; the second on meeting the developmental needs of every kindergartener including the needs of diverse learners. Our panelists will share perspectives on promising and proven practices and lessons they are learning from the classroom and district levels to transform the kindergarten year to support academic recovery, accelerate learning, and early school success. Information shared will have implications for the classroom, district, and state policy levels. Speakers Cindy Carraway-Wilson, Training Specialist, National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) Swati Adarkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education Panelists Amy Boles, Assistant Superintendent, Oak Grove School District, Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL), CA Connie Hall, Kindergarten Teacher, Diedrichsen Elementary School, Washoe County School District, Nevada Teacher of the Year, Sparks, NV Todd Hamilton, Superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, OR Annie Corley-Hand, Principal, Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center, Berkeley Heights Public Schools, NJ Dr. Ryan Lee-James, Chief Academic Officer, Atlanta Speech School, Director, Rollins Center for Language and Literacy and Its Cox Campus, GA Michelle Pless-Joseph, Early Childhood Program Developer, Boston Public School, MA Dr. Jason Sachs, Executive Director of Early Childhood, Boston Public Schools, MA Moderators Dr. Brenda Calderon, Senior Advisor, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education Dr. Shantel Meek, Professor of Practice, Founding Director, Children’s Equity Project, Arizona State University Webinar Materials Speaker bios Slides Recording Transcript (Coming soon on June 20) Related Resources Non-Regulatory Guidance Early Learning in the Every Student Succeeds Act Expanding Opportunities to Support our Youngest Learners, U.S. Department of Education Raise the Bar: Lead the World, U.S. Department of Education Education Innovation and Research 2023 Competition, U.S. Department of Education Full-Service Community School Funding Opportunity, U.S. Department of Education FY 2023 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Competitions, U.S. Department of Education From Alignment to Action: Nevada’s Work to Expand Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten Practices, WestEd Achieving a Shared Statewide Vision for Kindergarten in Hawai‘i, WestEd From Vision to Action: Transforming Kindergarten into a Sturdy Bridge from Early Learning to K-12 Education, WestEd Improving Student Wellness With A Multi-Tiered System of Support, WestEd Children's Equity Project Socials Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Boston Public Schools Focus on Kindergarten Count Down to Kindergarten New Jersey Department of Education Kindergarten Implementation Guidelines First Through Third Grade Implementation Guidelines Professional Learning Community Guide The Truth About Kindergarten - A Guide to Understanding Kindergarten Approaches to Learning: K-3 High-Quality Kindergarten Today Video - Part 1 High-Quality Kindergarten Today Video - Part 2 KEA Guidance NJ FEA Early Childhood Leadership Model Theory of Change 2022-2023 K-3 Resource Packet to Support Home/School Partnerships Cox Campus Cox Campus Website Cox Campus One Pager K3 Course Suite Other Resources Kids in Transition to School (KITS) KITS At Home/En Casa DAP K Policy and Signed Cover Letter P-3 Framework SEAL Resources SSTRS Program Description The Kids in Transition to School Program description-2023 WestEd April 2023 Newsletter Registration You must register to participate in this presentation. Register Please contact NCSSLE if you have any questions. We look forward to sharing this information with you and hearing about the important work you are doing in your schools, communities, and states to meet the needs of students and staff. More on the Lessons from the Field Webinar Series To access archived materials from previous webinars and to find out what is coming next, go here. Online Online noreply@air.org America/New_York public

Attention: State and District Leaders, School Administrators, Educators, Student Support Personnel, Parents, and Education Stakeholders

The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to address hot topics that are on the top of educators’ minds. After sharing federal updates, the series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, and other places of educational instruction. It also shares a variety of useful resources.

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join our next webinar, Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge: Transforming the Kindergarten Year.

Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge: Transforming the Kindergarten Year
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
3:00 – 4:30 pm ET

Laying the path for early school success requires a sturdy bridge between the early years and the early grades. That bridge is kindergarten. This webinar focused on ensuring that the kindergarten year can meet the developmental needs of every entering kindergartener and support smooth and effective transitions into kindergarten and first grade. There were two panel presentations; the first on the important role of alignment and continuity in supporting transitions and developmentally informed instruction; the second on meeting the developmental needs of every kindergartener including the needs of diverse learners.

Our panelists shared perspectives on promising and proven practices and lessons they are learning from the classroom and district levels to transform the kindergarten year to support academic recovery, accelerate learning, and early school success. Information shared will have implications for the classroom, district, and state policy levels.

Speakers

Cindy Carraway-Wilson, Training Specialist, National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Swati Adarkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education

Panelists

Amy Boles, Assistant Superintendent, Oak Grove School District, Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL), CA
Connie Hall, Kindergarten Teacher, Diedrichsen Elementary School, Washoe County School District, Nevada Teacher of the Year, Sparks, NV
Todd Hamilton, Superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, OR
Annie Corley-Hand, Principal, Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center, Berkeley Heights Public Schools, NJ
Dr. Ryan Lee-James, Chief Academic Officer, Atlanta Speech School, Director, Rollins Center for Language and Literacy and Its Cox Campus, GA
Michelle Pless-Joseph, Early Childhood Program Developer, Boston Public School, MA
Dr. Jason Sachs, Executive Director of Early Childhood, Boston Public Schools, MA

Moderators

Dr. Brenda Calderon, Senior Advisor, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
Dr. Shantel Meek, Professor of Practice, Founding Director, Children’s Equity Project, Arizona State University

Webinar Materials

Related Resources

Non-Regulatory Guidance Early Learning in the Every Student Succeeds Act Expanding Opportunities to Support our Youngest Learners, U.S. Department of Education
Raise the Bar: Lead the World, U.S. Department of Education
Education Innovation and Research 2023 Competition, U.S. Department of Education
Full-Service Community School Funding Opportunity, U.S. Department of Education
FY 2023 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Competitions, U.S. Department of Education
From Alignment to Action: Nevada’s Work to Expand Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten Practices, WestEd
Achieving a Shared Statewide Vision for Kindergarten in Hawai‘i, WestEd
From Vision to Action: Transforming Kindergarten into a Sturdy Bridge from Early Learning to K-12 Education, WestEd
Improving Student Wellness With A Multi-Tiered System of Support, WestEd

Children's Equity Project Socials

Boston Public Schools

New Jersey Department of Education

Cox Campus

Other Resources

Please contact NCSSLE if you have any questions. We look forward to sharing this information with you and hearing about the important work you are doing in your schools, communities, and states to meet the needs of students and staff.

More on the Lessons from the Field Webinar Series

To access archived materials from previous webinars and to find out what is coming next, go here.