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What is a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)?
A QRIS is a shared set of standards that define quality for early learning programs serving children birth to age 5. Specifically, a QRIS: · Assesses the quality of the learning environment; · Rates the program on specific quality measures found in the California Quality Rating Matrix such as learning activities, teacher-child interactions, and environment;· Supports the program to improve the quality of care for children; and · Communicates the quality of the program on a scale of 1-5.
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Our Vision and Beliefs
VISION
Early Childhood Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a quality early education experience that will prepare students for success in school and life, while valuing and respecting the needs, languages, and cultures of all students, families, staff and communities it serves.
BELIEFS
- Each student has the right to be treated with dignity and respect and accorded a safe and nurturing learning environment to meet his/her needs.
- All students have a right to a developmentally appropriate and challenging educational program that integrates learning opportunities with high expectations.
- Value and respect for the languages and cultures of students, parents, staff, and communities are essential to student success.
- All stakeholders must be committed to high standards.
- Competent, well trained and nurturing staff are critical to the successful implementation of quality early education programs.
- Continuous quality professional development for all staff is vital for high standards of teaching and learning.
- Parents and nurturing adults are critical for children's academic success and must be included as full partners in their children's education.
- It is the responsibility of the leadership to promote and to monitor high-quality education practices to ensure student achievement.
The Creative Curriculum is an early childhood curriculum designed to foster children’s social/emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development and to enhance learning in literacy, math, science, social studies, the arts, and technology. The curriculum incorporates the use of “studies,” which are project-based investigations focused on meaningful science and social studies topics that provide children with an opportunity to apply skills in literacy, math, the arts, and technology. The Creative Curriculum also emphasizes the use of ongoing, observation-based child assessments to help guide instruction.
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Families,
Our class is beginning to study trees. We’ll be observing and comparing trees to learn about what lives in them, what they’re made from and who cares for them. We hope that this study will help children explore and appreciate nature. As we study trees, we will use literacy, math, the arts, and technology to explore the topic in depth. We will learn important social studies and scientific concepts through firsthand investigations. Please visit the classroom during the study to see how we do this. If you are able to take a “tree walk” with your child, we would appreciate your help in collecting tree parts to investigate. If you can, please take a bag to a tree area and collect things that have fallen, such as leaves, bark, acorns, twigs, flowers, fruit, or cones. See below for suggestions of other tree parts to bring in:
· variety of leaves small limbs, branches, twigs food from trees (fruit, nuts) pinecones
· evergreen sprigs or small boughs a live, potted tree flower clippings (may be kept in water) seeds
· tree “cookies” (cross sections of trees that show the rings) bark
We need your help to enrich the children's learning. If you work with trees, please let us know. Perhaps you’re a gardener, forester, tree trimmer, tree farmer, or nursery worker. Even if your job is unrelated to trees, you can be involved in our study. Extra hands always help!
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· Plant some seeds with your child carrots, tomatoes, and bell peppers
· Help your child to collect pine cones, and leaves to bring to school for the discovery interest area
· Take your child to the library to check out or read books about trees
· Create a family tree and bring it in to share
· Noticing Words