PICS – WHERE APPLICABL
Expansion to Full Day Pre-K Districtwide
Presented by:
Ivonne Durant
Chief Academic Officer
Teaching and Learning Division
Program
g Directors
Vicente R. Reyes, Executive Director
Core Curriculum and Instruction
Beth Steerman, Director
Early Childhood Department
 Why Full Day Pre-K?
ƒ Half of the achievement gap between children that we see in 12th grade
is present before kindergarten starts. James Heckman, Nobel Laureate of Economics (2007)

ƒ More
M th
than 85 percentt off th
the b
brain
i iis d
developed
l dbbefore
f th
the age off fifive.

ƒ Research shows that infants and toddlers in low income communities

are exposed to approximately one-third the number of words as children
from more affluent communities.
Source: League of Women Voters of Texas (Advocacy Paper)

ƒ Investing in all day preschool lays the foundation for academic success.

ƒ If we want long-term change, it will require long-term commitment.

Source: Can $100 Million Change Newark’s
Newark s Schools? October 2010
 Current Research
Head Start Full Day vs.
vs Montgomery County Public Schools Half Day Pre-K

ƒ Male students and ESL students in Head Start full day Pre-K were
significantly
g y more likely
y to be fully
y ready
y for school than their p
peers in the
half day Pre-K program

ƒ Full day African American students were 94% more likely to meet
kindergarten reading benchmarks than half day students

ƒ Full day students receiving free and reduced-price

reduced price meals were 60% more
likely to meet the kindergarten reading benchmarks than half day students
Source: Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)
Evaluating Lasting Effects of Full
Full-day
day Prekindergarten Program on School Readiness,
Readiness Academic Performance,
Performance
and Special Education Services , Office of Shared Accountability April 2010
 2010-11 Prekindergarten Statistics

ƒ Enrollment - 8,434 ƒ 41 – Half Day Campuses

ƒ Half Day - 3,349
ƒ Full Day - 5,085
5 085
ƒ 101 – Full Day Campuses

ƒ 87 – Half Day Teachers

ƒ 245 – Full Day Teachers

ƒ 316 - Number of Teacher

Assistants
 Prekindergarten Program Options
Currentt Pre-K
C P K Program
P
ƒ Current enrollment approximately 8,434
ƒ 245 full day classrooms (22 students in each classroom)
ƒ 87 half day classrooms (average 19 students AM/19 students PM)
ƒ 1 Teacher and 1 Teacher Assistant per classroom
ƒ 332 Teachers and 316 Teacher Assistants

Pre-K Staffing Options for 2011-12 School Year - No Teacher Assistants

O ti 1
Option 419 tteachers
h 16 students:1
t d t 1 teacher
t h 6 704 students
6,704 t d t
Option 2 419 teachers 18 students:1 teacher 7,542 students
Option 3 419 teachers 20 students:1 teacher 8,380 students
Option 4 419 teachers 22 students:1 teacher 9,218 students
 PICS (If Necessary)

Expansion to Full Day Pre-K Districtwide

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