Early Years to Early Grades Summit

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Using Assessments To Improve Transitions to Kindergarten (webinar)
Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 12:00–1:30 pm PST

Featured Speaker:
Kristie Kauerz, Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington - Bio

The Lens of the Summit:

• Literacy, Equity, Cultural Responsiveness

Breakout Sessions (two rounds): 

• Advancing Early Grade Success By Reducing Chronic Absence
• Community Needs and Resources Assessment Session
• Early Childhood Positive Behavior Intervention
• Partnering to Reach Young Children and Families
• School Leaders Panel Discussion
• Statewide Literacy Campaign: Building Early Literacy Skills with Families Using Easy, Fun, and Culturally Relevant Tools 

Questions Contact: sera@cosa.k12.or.us or 503-480-7212

• PSU graduate credit available.
• Core Knowledge credit hours available

Please share these additional resources with your team:

• Pre-K-3rd Grade: A Comprehensive Approach
• The Early Care and Education Teaching Workforce at the Fulcrum
• The Early Childhood and Elementary Education Continuum: Constructing an Understanding pf P--3 as State-level Policy Reform
• A Governor's Guide to Early Literacy:  Getting All Students Reading by Third Grade
• Foundation for Child Development: PreK-3rd Resources
• Education Investment Board: Equity Lens
• Framework for Planning, Implementing and Evaluating PreK-3rd Grade Approaches
• Leading Eearly Learning Childhood Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able to Do (Executive Summary)
• Half-Day and Full-Day Kindergarten: Key Factors That Make a Difference in the Reading Achievement of Struggling Readers Receiving Literacy Intervention
• Research and Evidence-based Practice That Advance the Profession of Education Administration
• PreK-3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle
• Attendance in Early Elementary Grades: Associations with Student Charachteristics, School Readiness, amd Third Grade Outcomes
• English Learners in Oregon: Issue Brief
• Beyond Subprime Learning: Accelerating Progress in Early Education