Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success Social Emotional Well-Being

October 24 and October 25, 2018

Presenters

Dr. Elizabeth McBride Director of Early Learning

Ms. Michelle StarrCoordinator of Pre-K

Mrs. Jennifer BatiatoKindergarten Teacher

Collier County Public Schools (CCPS)

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Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success

• Provide Resources for Kindergarten SuccessSession 1: Social-Emotional Well-beingSession 2: LiteracySession 3: STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)

• Discuss tools to support kindergarten readiness • Develop a plan to help children in their classrooms to become

kindergarten ready

Session Goals – Three Sessions of 2018-2019

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Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards

• Emotional Functioning

• Managing Emotions• Building and

Maintaining Relationships with Adults and Peers

• Sense of Identify and Belonging

Social Emotional Well-Being

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http://flbt5.floridaearlylearning.com/

School District’s 5 SEL Priorities

• New Student 30-60 Day Check-In

• Handle with Care• Buddy Bench/We Dine

Together• Principal-led SEL

Announcements• Panorama SEL Student

Voice Survey

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

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Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success

• Regulate their own emotions and behaviors• Manage their feelings • Understand limits and expectations

Social Emotional Well-Being

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Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success

Establish and sustain positive relationships• Form relationships with adults and friendships with peers• Respond to emotional cues

Social Emotional Well-Being

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Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success

Arrival: Choice Board for GreetingsSocial Emotional Well-Being

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Establish and sustain positive relationships• Student-adult relationships and friendships

with peer(s) helps students feel connected • Be aware of emotional cues

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Participate in group situations (4-5 students)• Work with others • Resolve social issues • Negotiate and compromise

Emotional Functioning

• Uses adult support to calm self• Reacts to others’ emotional expressions• Comforts self by seeking out special object or person• Demonstrates concern for the feelings of others• Looks at a situation differently or delays gratification• Identifies basic emotional reactions and their causes

accurately with adult support• Controls strong emotions in an appropriate manner

most of the time• Identifies basic emotional reactions and their causes

accurately

Annual Pre-K Learning Goals

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Managing Emotions

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• Responds to changes in an adult’s tone of voice and expression

• Sustains interest in working on a task with adult support• Accepts redirection from adults• Sustains interest in working on a task • Manages classroom rules, routines, and transitions with

occasional reminders• Can ignore most distractions and interruptions with adult

support

Annual Pre-K Learning Goals

Relationship SkillsAnnual Pre-K Learning Goals

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• Demonstrates secure attachments to one or more adults• Plays near other children; uses similar materials or

actions• Seeks a preferred playmate; shows pleasure when

seeing a friend• Expresses feelings during a conflict• Reacts to others emotional expressions• Uses successful strategies for entering groups• Plays with one or two preferred playmates

Relationship Skills (Continued)

• Seeks assistance to solve social problems• Demonstrates concern for feelings of others• Joins in and sustains positive interactions • Establishes special friendships with one or two other

children• Suggests solutions to social problems• Interacts cooperatively in groups of four or five children• Maintains friendships for several months or more• Resolves social problems through negotiation and

compromise

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Annual Pre-K Learning Goals

Sense of Identify and Belonging

• Practices an activity many times until successful• Responds to changes in an adult’s tone of voice and

expression • Indicates needs and wants• Practices an activity many times until successful• Accepts redirection from adults• Seeks to do things for self• Plans and pursues a variety of appropriately challenging tasks

with adult support• Manages classroom rules, routines, and transitions with

occasional reminders• Takes responsibility for own well-being

Annual Pre-K Learning Goals

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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

• Classroom Expectations• Be Respectful• Be Responsible• Be a Problem-Solver

• Conscious Discipline (CCPS Pre-K)• Self-Regulation• Conflict Resolution• Character building

Reflection QuestionHow can a system like this be developed and used

in private preschools?

Social Emotional Well-Being

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http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/

http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5390/urlt/0081014-lafs.pdf

http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5390/urlt/0081015-mathfs.pdf

http://www.cpalms.org/Public/search/standard

Additional Resources for Providers

Dr. Becky Baily’s Conscious Disciplinehttps://consciousdiscipline.com/about/becky-bailey/

Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) http://www.fdlrs.org/Child Find: (239) 337-8363

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Early Learning Resources for FamiliesSupporting Successful Transitions to Kindergarten

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Pre-K Articulation CardSupporting Successful Transitions to Kindergarten

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Pre-K Stars on TourSupporting Successful Transitions to Kindergarten

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How can parents support social-emotional learning?

• Ask questions like: • “How did you make a friend today?” • “What did you do to be a good friend today?”

• Read together with child every night • Idea sharing• Ask questions

Kindergarten Readiness

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Questions Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success

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Preparing Children for Kindergarten Success

• Reminder: Professional Learning Session Evaluation• Contact information:

• Dr. Elizabeth McBride – McBridEl@collierschools.com• Ms. Michelle Starr – Starrm@collierschools.com• Mrs. Jennifer Batiato – BatiatJe@collierschools.com

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