Assessment

Child Outcomes

Beatrice Community Preschool will have all students enrolled in GOLD online assessment system. GOLD spots will be purchased through the collaboration with Blue Valley Community Head Start.

All adults that are entering data will complete the professional development within GOLD. During the second year of employment, and thereafter, staff that rate students, will complete the Interrater Reliability Check.

Throughout the year, documentation samples will be taken to check for quality of samples. We will be looking if there is enough information within the documentation to make is a quality sample.

There will be four GOLD checkpoints throughout the year, these will be used to monitor number of GOLD pieces of documentation and quality.

GOLD checkpoints will be shared with parents at conferences and at the end of the school year.

Program Outcome

Beatrice Community Preschool will do yearly self and peer evaluations using the Early Childhood Environment rating Scales-Revised (ECERS-R). All classrooms will also be evaluated, two times a year, using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) by our collaborative partner Head Start.

Dissemination of Results

Beatrice Community Preschool will share program quality and child outcomes with our stakeholders through different modes:

• Preschool information will be shared with the school board throughout the year. Specifically preschool will be on the Committee of the Whole agenda no less than 2 times per year.
• Data will be shared with the preschool advisory committee at each meeting
• Preschool staff continually review data at Professional Learning Communities (PLC) which are held weekly.
• Results from yearly surveys are shared on the preschool website and Facebook page
• Results that are shared at the Committee of the Whole are often shared in the local newspaper and radio/media station

2018-19 Program Results--Teaching Strategies GOLD

4 year old program

· Social Emotional—98% of our 4 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Physical—100% of our 4 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Language—91% of our 4 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Cognitive—97% of our 4 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Literacy—98% of our 4 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Math—99% of our 4 year olds were at or above the age color band

3 year old program

· Social Emotional —100% of our 3 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Physical--92% of our 3 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Language—100% of our 3 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Cognitive—96% of our 3 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Literacy—89% of our 3 year olds were at or above the age color band

· Math—92% of our 3 year olds were at or above the age color band