School Readiness
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
- Pinellas County Licensing Board - Licensing Board
- SCCMH - Therapeutic Preschool
Read More About It:
Connecting Child Health and School Readiness
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.
The State of Preschool 2008: http://nieer.org/yearbook/