Early Childhood http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education Thu, 16 May 2013 14:58:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Arizona LEA Tracker – ALEAT http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2013/04/16/arizona-lea-tracker-aleat/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2013/04/16/arizona-lea-tracker-aleat/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:00:43 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1662 ALEAT Access

How to Submit a Monitoring Instrument

ECQUIP – Quality Enhancement Plan

 

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2013/04/16/arizona-lea-tracker-aleat/feed/ 0 Early Learning Standards Revision and Realignment Vetting!!! http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2013/02/26/early-learning-standards-revision-and-realignment-vetting/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2013/02/26/early-learning-standards-revision-and-realignment-vetting/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:32:43 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1645 We need your input!!!! The Arizona Early Learning Standards have been revised and realigned. Your input is essential

 To access a draft of the standards, click on the link below or copy and paste this URL into your browser:

http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/files/2013/02/binder1-standards-f.pdf

To provide your comments, click on the link below for a fill-in survey:

http://www10.ade.az.gov/SelectSurveyNET/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=m6K1ml95

 

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2013/02/26/early-learning-standards-revision-and-realignment-vetting/feed/ 0 Arts Integration Solutions – Early Childhood Education Pilot Program http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/12/03/arts-integration-solutions-early-childhood-education-pilot-program/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/12/03/arts-integration-solutions-early-childhood-education-pilot-program/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:20:09 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1574 Arts Integration Solutions (AiS) is seeking early childhood education sites in Maricopa County to participate in a 24-month pilot: April 2013 through May 2015. Program will provide educators with planning support, professional development and technical support to bring a new level of standards-driven intent to curriculum planning and child engagement. The goal is to identify simple, sustainable planning and classroom strategies that increase readiness of children to achieve the standards in math, science, literacy and critical thinking skills when they enter kindergarten. For  More information click HERE

Application deadline: December 15, 2012

Return tapplication to: anne@artsintegration.com

Costs: Free to preschools with stipend provided for staff

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PLAY GROUP

Public School Leadership Alliance for Young Children  

(formerly known as Early Childhood Consortium) 

The PLAY Group is an active group of Arizona Early Childhood Educators representing preschool programs in public school settings. This group meets once a month from September through May to discuss issues related to topics that support quality Early Childhood Education. This meeting affords participants the opportunity to network with other local education agencies, get questions answered from ADE staff as well as provide guidance to systems building in Arizona. Participants in this group include those working in early childhood special education, school based community preschool programs, Head Start, Title I preschool programs and other pre-school programs located on public school campuses.

If you are interested in being a part of this exciting, dynamic and active group or would like to be added to the listserv in order to re-ceive e-mails and meeting information, please contact:

 

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/03/30/az-early-childhood-consortium-meeting/feed/ 0 Child Abuse Prevention http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/03/30/child-abuse-prevention/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/03/30/child-abuse-prevention/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:39:39 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1249 The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, the Western Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Phoenix Area indian Health Service, recognize the month of April 2012, as Indian Child Abuse Prevention Month in Arizona. For more information click on the link below.

Child Abuse Prevention

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/03/30/child-abuse-prevention/feed/ 0 Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT) http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/03/14/special-education-learning-experiences-for-competency-in-teaching-select/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/03/14/special-education-learning-experiences-for-competency-in-teaching-select/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:58:47 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1228 SELECT courses are available online for special education teachers, general education teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals to meet re-certification requirements or to provide professional growth for anyone working with students with disabilities. Classes can be taken for university credit or free for professional development hours. For more information  click on the link below.

SELECT Spring 2013

 

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Alert to Special Education Directors: Increased Monitoring Collaboration with Early Childhood. For more information please click on the link below.

ECE Monitoring Alert – February 2012

 

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/02/29/ece-monitoring-alert-february-2012/feed/ 0 Arizona Science Center Family Education Workshop http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/02/14/arizona-science-center-family-education-workshop/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/02/14/arizona-science-center-family-education-workshop/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:38:08 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1159 For more information please click on the link below
Family Education Workshop

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2012/02/14/arizona-science-center-family-education-workshop/feed/ 0 IDEA Part C http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2011/11/30/idea-part-c/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2011/11/30/idea-part-c/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:24:38 +0000 jpanque http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=1069 Overview and Discussion of 2011 Part C Regulations: Information, Implementation and Implications. For more information please click on the link below

Overview and Discussion of 2011 Part C Regulations

]]> http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2011/11/30/idea-part-c/feed/ 0 Teaching Strategies GOLD http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2011/11/14/teaching-strategies-gold/ http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/2011/11/14/teaching-strategies-gold/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:28:16 +0000 Webmaster http://www.azed.gov/early-childhood/?p=924 Preschool Assesments Teaching strategies GOLD

Gold Nuggets

Alerts

 

To go to the Teaching Strategies GOLD website please click the link below

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