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Children Not Ready for School
The first five years of a child’s
life are crucial to the child’s future success in school and lay
the groundwork for the child’s success in life. Florida’s free
Voluntary Pre-K program provides a critical role in helping
young children become ready for kindergarten. This section
provides information on several key indicators used to determine
and evaluate school readiness for Florida’s kindergarten
students including:
Funded Agencies:
Coordinated Child Care – 5 Star Improvement System (QIS)
Coordinated Child Care - Child Care Quality
Improvement Initiative (Pilot)
Coordinated Child Care - Community Contracts
Coordinated Child Care - Community Contracts -
Community Pride-Gateway Homeless Project
Coordinated Child Care - Community Contracts - Early
Head Start Match
Coordinated Child Care - Community Contracts -
R'Club-Pinellas Village Child Care
Coordinated Child Care - Community Contracts -
United Methodist-Children of the World Preschool
Coordinated Child Care - Family and Provider
Resources
Coordinated Child Care - LIEF and Child Care
Scholarships & Screening
Coordinated Child Care - Special Services
Coordinated Child Care - Universal Screening for At
Risk Youth (Pilot)
Directions - Early Childhood Consultation Services
PCLB - Licensing Board
SCCMH - Therapeutic Preschool
YWCA - Child Care
Read More About It:
Promising Practices:
http://www.promisingpractices.net/research_ready.asp
Engaging Parents in
Education: Lessons From Five Parental Information and Resource
Centers
http://www.ed.gov/admins/comm/parents/parentinvolve/index.html
(Source:
U.S. Department of Education)
The
purpose of this guide is to explain "how to" strategies that the
Parent Information Resource Centers (PIRCs) use
to improve or
expand their parental involvement programs in public schools.
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