A positive research experience
includes the one that I am currently a part of.
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville funds a School Readiness Initiative
with three-star rated child care centers. Part of my job as a literacy coach (the
liaison between the centers and United
Way) is to collect data on the progress of the
children in our program. The teachers
implement the curriculum year round and I assess the children in the Fall,
Winter, and Spring in order to assess the usefulness of the curriculum.
The methods employed do not place
greater than minimal harm on our children.
The data collected from the assessments not only support that the
curriculum at hand provides sufficient kindergarten readiness preparation, but
it also highlights the areas in which the curriculum is weak thus affording the
teachers the ability to supplement said areas.
Data collected proves the program yields
approximately 94% success rate in accomplishing the goal of preparing our
children for kindergarten. Outside of
the research, graduated parents return to express gratitude on the investment
we put in their children because it is now paying off in elementary school.
I am curious to understand what type of information you are collecting and what type of curriculum the teachers are teaching/following. I think that it is great that you are creating successful children when entering kindergarten. I think this is very important. I am an big advocate of education before kindergarten!
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