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Program Enhancement
Resources
Professional Development
Well trained and educated teachers
prepare children for success in kindergarten and beyond.
That is why our Coalition provides access to high quality
training opportunities offered by qualified trainers on a
variety of topics throughout the year to meet the needs of
Osceola County's early educators.
Grants and Scholarships
Our
Coalition receives grant funds to be allocated to Quality
Initiatives that may be used to promote and enhance the
early care and education environment.
Participation in the Coalition’s
Quality Initiatives is contingent upon the participating
early learning provider’s compliance with the School
Readiness Provider Agreement and/or the Statewide VPK
Provider Agreement.
Curriculum Approval & Exception Request Process
The
Coalition is required to ensure that School Readiness
programs provide the elements necessary to prepare children
for kindergarten by providing a curriculum that addresses
acceptable practices based on the Florida School Readiness
Performance Standards. To do this, the Coalition has
developed a
List of Approved DAP Curriculum
that is currently
recognized for use by all School Readiness programs.
The Coalition realizes, however, that there are other
curricula that may be a valuable resource to early educators
as they plan for the learning of young children. For
that reason, a Curriculum Task Force has been established to
consider expanding the
List of Approved DAP Curriculum
to include other quality
curricula that is proven to meet the required criteria.
Early learning provider's may submit a
Curriculum Exception Request Application along with a
copy of their daily schedule, their last four weeks of
lesson plans for each age group served, and any other
materials that they would like to be considered to the
Coalition's Curriculum Task Force for consideration.
Inclusion
Support Services
Do you care for a child that
is having problems learning, has poor fine motor or speech
skills, and/or has a hard time making friends and getting
along with others? If your answer is yes to one or
more of these areas of concern, you may be interested in
Sending Out Support (SOS), a program that provides free,
on-site technical assistance to early educators who are
struggling with the inclusion of children with special needs
in their early learning environments. You may click on
the link above for additional information or you can request
immediate assistance by calling The Warm Line at (407)
932-3445.
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