Training and Meetings

Upcoming Training, Meetings, and Webinars

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Office Hours

Office hours are an informal time for questions and discussion on kindergarten school readiness related topics throughout the fall. Topics will focus on the fall timeline. No new updates will be provided during office hours that are not also communicated using other methods. Each session will run 12:30-1:00 pm.

September 14th, 12:30-1:00 pm
September 28th, 12:30-1:00 pm
October 12th, 12:30-1:00 pm

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Recorded Webinars

Back to School: Kindergarten School Readiness for new contacts

This session will be focused on providing a foundational overview of kindergarten school readiness. Building from the online guide, we will go over essential content and answer questions. Anyone may attend, however, this is targeted for those new to kindergarten school readiness.

Kindergarten School Readiness New Contacts Recording - August 2023
PowerPoint and Presenter Notes
Kindergarten School Readiness Guide (2022)

Kindergarten School Readiness Back to School

This webinar will provide updates on kindergarten school readiness for the fall and discuss the list of SBE-approved KSR assessment tools.

Kindergarten School Readiness Back to School Recording - August 2023
Agenda
PowerPoint and Presenter Notes

Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten (PreK-K) Assessment Alignment with Marzano Research

Learning Session 1: Using formative assessment data to support growth in children’s learning and development - November 2022
- PowerPoint Slide Deck
Learning Session 2: Understanding Coherence and Alignment needs between PreK standards and K assessments
- PowerPoint Slide Deck

Early Learning Needs Assessment Webinar

This webinar provides background context about why an early learning needs assessment is valuable within the school improvement process, outline minimum requirements, and provide next steps for completing and analyzing the assessment. The early learning needs assessment supports schools and districts in analyzing the needs and learning of children birth through age 8. This process can strengthen relationships between schools, districts and early childhood partners to more accurately identify needs within the community, monitor trends, and inform the implementation of preventative strategies.

Early Learning Needs Assessment Recording - August 2021
Early Learning Needs Assessment - PowerPoint and Presenter Notes
Target Audiences: Elementary school leaders in schools operating under a priority improvement or turnaround plan; District leaders who support these schools; and Preschool district leadership

READ Plans and Kindergarten School Readiness

This webinar includes background information on required Kindergarten assessments in Colorado, how to use the problem-solving process across these assessments, and the requirements and flexibilities in documentation in creating and maintaining individual student plans.

Changing Contexts: Preschool through 3rd Grade:

In partnership with the Office of Early Childhood, Exceptional Student Services, and the National P-3 Center, the Preschool-3rd Grade office is excited to announce a series of resources for schools, districts, and programs in support of rolling starts and closures of in-person learning. This includes temporary or more permanent transitions between learning contexts due to a variety of factors, including quarantines, changes in community public health data, and natural disasters.

Changing Contexts: Building Skills for Social Emotional Wellness and Recovery during Transitions In and Out of In-Person Learning.
This training will focus on the importance of self-care in reducing anxiety levels and building resiliency allowing for higher quality engagement between teachers, children, and families during transitions. Additionally, this training will provide suggestions for a coaching model to collaboratively bring the family into the education process and create a sense of belonging for children and families amongst transitions between educational learning contexts.
Changing Contexts: Building Skills for Social Emotional Wellness and Recovery during Transitions In and Out of In-Person Learning - Recorded December 4, 2020
Presentation Slides [PDF]

Changing Contexts: Supports for Temporary Transitions and Rolling Closures

Inconsistent and temporary changes to learning contexts pose challenges for children, families, teachers, and staff. While there is no manual providing the “right” solutions, the National P-3 Center has curated ideas and strategies to tackle these challenges and provide consistent support to young children and their families as they transition between contexts.

Pandemic-Related Transitions: P-3 Learning Contexts

School districts, elementary schools, and their early care and education (ECE) partners are striving to ease these transitions for students, families, teachers, and staff. Informed by research, this resource highlights strategies and includes crowd-sourced ideas from numerous districts across the country.

View full Pandemic-Related Transitions resource

Preschool-Kindergarten Transitions with Dr. Kristie Kauerz

In partnership with the National P-3 Center, the Preschool-Third Grade Office hosted an opportunity specifically focused on the impact of COVID on transitions in preschool and Kindergarten.