Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Tool Kit Resources
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There are several components found in the Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Tool Kit. Each component provides critical information or assessment resources.
How to Use The Assessment Tool Kit
Definitions
What is Assessment?
Assessment is the process of collecting and reviewing information from developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate ways and sources, to develop a deep understanding of what children know, understand, and can do.
The North American Division Early Childhood Developmental Learning Standards (ECDLS) are the basis for tracking progress.
What is the Purpose of an Assessment Toolkit?
An assessment tool kit provides teachers with developmentally age-appropriate resources to track progress of children as they advance through the ECDLS. Assessments enable teachers and parents to learn more about their children, track progress over time, plan for ongoing learning, and report effectively to each other.
Components of the Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Toolkit:
- Parent Brochure
- Teacher Bulletin
- Quarterly Pre-Kindergarten Progress Tracker
- Midterm report (optional)
- Approaches to Learning Teacher Observation
- Assessments
- Readiness skills - Instruction for identifying alphabet, numbers, shapes, etc.
- Quarterly Child’s self-portrait/student signature
Who should use this assessment tool kit?
The assessment tool kit is designed to give Pre-Kindergarten teachers the materials to monitor each child’s developmental progress aligned with the ECDLS.
How can this assessment tool kit support student learning?
The results of the assessments, which include social-emotional levels, identifying learning styles and readiness skills, tell us what the children are thinking and doing. We can determine where they are developmentally and how we can further nurture their development and growth. Components of the tool kit will also promote effective communication with the parents.
To implement the usage of the Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Tool Kit, will teacher training be necessary?
Yes, on-going training will be provided via the North American Division Adventist Learning Community (ALC) as well as local conference/union professional development and support.
What is the North American Division Adventist Learning Community and how can it be used to support teachers?
The ALC is a Seventh-day Adventist online educational platform used to strengthen professionals through continuing education courses. Directors and teachers will have access to the ALC Pre-Kindergarten Tool kit training modules. These video modules will introduce and illustrate the various components of the tool kit and how to use it effectively to track the growth and development of children.
The following definitions are intended to explain the use of these terms in the context of the North American Division Early Childhood Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Tool Kit.
Age-appropriate - suitable or right for children of a particular age.
ALC - Adventist Learning Community is a Seventh-day Adventist online educational video platform used to strengthen professionals through continuing education courses.
ALC Pre-Kindergarten Tool Kit training modules - video training tutorials for teachers which will introduce and illustrate the various components of the tool kit and how to use it effectively to track the growth and development of children.
Child’s self-portrait - a child’s drawing of him/herself.
Childhood Development - A child’s growth in spiritual, physical, intellectual, social, and emotional areas that shows progression in abilities.
Components - individual parts of the Pre-Kindergarten Tool Kit.
Continuing education courses - ongoing ALC professional development courses.
Directors - An individual who has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of an early childhood program in alignment with denominational and civil regulations.
Early Childhood Developmental Learning Standards - a set of developmental milestones that describe what children from birth until kindergarten entry should experience, and be able to express in their disposition toward learning.
ECE – Early Childhood Education - this describes the period of learning that takes place from birth to 7 years old.
Fine Motor - generally refer to the small movements of the hands, wrists, fingers, feet, toes, lips, and tongue.
Gross Motor - are the abilities required in order to control the large muscles of the body for walking, running, sitting, crawling, and other activities involving similar physicality.
Learning Styles – a variety of ways learners gather, sift through, interpret, organize, conclude, and retain information for further use.
NAD - The North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the denominational work.
Online Platform - An internet technology service for information, teaching and learning purposes.
Pre-Kindergarten - A formal program designed to develop early learners in the school year immediately prior to their eligibility for entrance into Kindergarten. Pre-Kindergarten programs are under the auspices of the ECE system of education.
Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Tool Kit - A collection of materials that assist the teacher in tracking a child’s progress.
Pre-Kindergarten Progress Tracker - A quarterly assessment tool used to communicate a child’s developmental learning progression.
Professional Development - Concentrated ongoing training and education of an individual in regard to his or her career.
Readiness Skills - Physical, motor, social-emotional, behavioral, linguistic, and cognitive abilities indicating preparedness to enter formal schooling.
Social-emotional - A skill that includes a child’s experience, expression, and management of emotions as well as the ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships with others.
Teacher - A faculty member who has direct responsibility for the care, supervision, management, curricular planning, and instructing of a group of young children.
About Pre-K Assessment Tool Kit
Pre-Kindergarten Assessment
Parent Brochure
Early Childhood Developmental Learning Standards
Pre-K Assessment Tool Kit Resources
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ece.adventisteducation.org
