In fall 2015, TEA established a 13-member review committee consisting of classroom teachers and administrators from early childhood programs in public schools, higher education faculty, and early learning experts from across the state to participate in the revision of the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines. The revised prekindergarten guidelines are aligned with the Kindergarten Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), sequenced to follow child development and give teaching strategies for each of the guidelines. The new guidelines offer educators the information and support to prepare all children for success in Kindergarten.

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Published in 2013, the Texas Infant, Toddler, and Three-Year-Old Early Learning Guidelines describe expectations about what children should know and be able to do across developmental domains of learning during specific age ranges, as well as what steps caregivers should take to support healthy development. 

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The purpose of this document is to align each Prekindergarten guideline to one or more of the three Early Childhood Outcomes and provide educators and families with discussion prompts to explain how each outcome relates to the guideline. The document also provides modifications and adaptations for children with special needs and extends to include a developmental continuum for teachers to use in developing appropriate goals for children who are developmentally functioning below four-year-old expectations, based on the guidelines. Additionally, a separate column is included that lists foundational skills that will lead to expected three-year-old and four-year-old skills. This will provide a direct link to the Prekindergarten Guidelines and a starting point for the students who are the farthest away from age-appropriate skill levels when they enter Early Childhood Special Education Programs. The connection of the foundational skills to the Prekindergarten Guidelines will help educators design developmentally appropriate, individualized goals for their youngest learners including students with disabilities, students learning English as a second language as well as any child who may be at risk educationally.

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The Children’s Learning Institute partnered with the Texas Education Agency to provide free, online training that guides teachers through the child outcomes and instructional strategies presented in the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (Revised 2015).

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Research confirms that later academic success begins with rich learning experiences in a child’s earliest years. This new online collection provides quality activities to support language, social emotional, health, and cognitive skills for children from birth through 36 months. CIRCLE Activity Collection: Infant & Toddler Classroom is perfect for center- and home-based childcare and is fully aligned to the Early Head Start framework.

This session was delivered at Center- and home-based childcare center and to Administrators and Teachers. This included Head Start Administrators and teachers and Instructional Coaches.