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Early Childhood Education

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The Connecticut State Board of Education is committed to ensuring that all of the state’s preschool-age children, including children with disabilities, are afforded an opportunity to participate in a high-quality preschool education. Such an experience fosters a child’s overall development, including literacy and readiness for the public school kindergarten curriculum. The Board’s focus on preschool education is a cornerstone of the state’s school reform efforts, with attention to high expectations and the assurance that preschool-age children will demonstrate performance and proficiency at each age and stage of development and will enter school ready to learn.

Publications Related to Early Childhood Education

Kindergarten
  • Full-Day and Extended-Day Kindergarten [PDF]
  • Ready by 5 & Fine by 9 [PDF]
  • Kindergarten Entry, Enrollment and Attendance [PDF]  Spanish Version [PDF]
  • Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten (English Version) [PDF] 
  • Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten (Spanish Version) [PDF]  
Curriculum
General Guidance
  • Developmental Screenings [PDF] 
  • Quality Systems Crosswalk Report [PDF]  
  • SBE Position Statement on Infants, Toddlers and their Parents [PDF]
  • SBE Position Statement on Preschool Services and Programs [PDF]
  • Closing the Achievement Gaps: Removing the Barriers to Preschool in Connecticut [PDF]
  • Young Parents Program [PDF]
  • Project Stars: Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Initiative [PDF]
  • Early Literacy Concept Paper [PDF]
  • Child Nutrition Concept Paper [PDF]
  • Blueprint for Action: Implementing the Early Childhood Agenda [PDF]

Links/Resources

Early Childhood Education Cabinet

Meeting of the Early Childhood Education Cabinet
February 18, 2010 - (9–11 am)  
 
     Handouts
  • Agenda [PDF]
  • Implementor Bill/Head Start Act Comparision [PDF]
  • National Governors Association (NGA) Summary [PDF]
  • NGA Request for Proposals [PDF]
  • NGA Executive Summary [PDF]
  • State Advisory Councils - FAQs [PDF]
  • ARRA Summary [PDF]
  • ARRA Application Content and Format [PDF]

Contact

Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Teaching and Learning
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone: (860) 713-6740 Fax (860) 713-7018

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