"Universal prekindergarten (UPK) refers to universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) as well as the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), Head Start, and early childhood special education programs and providers that families can choose from to create rich early learning opportunities for many three- and all four-year-old children during the year or two years before kindergarten." - CA Dept of Education

Watch the recorded presentation of the updates to the Preschool Learning Foundations (soon to be known as the Preschool Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations.

What's included?

• What are the Preschool Learning Foundations?
• Overview of updates
• Timeline and related work

Asynchronous UPK Micro-Learning for Administrators

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Foundations: Becoming an Effective Early Childhood Instructional Leader

• Video #1. An Introduction to the New UPK system in California
• Video #2. Top Tips for Administrators Becoming Effective Instructional Leaders
• Video #3. Young Children as Learners: The Critical Need to Understand Early Brain and Body Development

High-Quality Early Childhood Environments, Curriculum and Instruction

• Video #4. Arranging Engaging Environments that Support the Whole Child in Preschool
• Video #5. Individually, Developmentally, Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Curriculum for Young Children
• Video #6. Effective Instructional Methods in High Quality Early Childhood Classrooms

Integrated Learning in Early Childhood: Powerful Learning Across the Domains

• Video #7. Promoting Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood
• Video #8. Promoting Scientific and Mathematical Thinking in Early Childhood
• Video #9. Creating a Caring Community of Learners: Building Social Emotional Capacities and Eliminating Exclusionary Discipline

(Release January) Creating Inclusive Early Learning Environments

• Video #10. Supporting Young Children with Disabilities and/or Developmental Delays
• Video #11. Supporting Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Young Learners
• Video #12. Supporting Healthy Racial Identity Development: Trauma-Informed Practice for Early Childhood Classrooms

(Release March) Developmentally Responsive Assessment and Family Engagement

• Video #13. Curriculum-Embedded Assessment in Early Childhood
• Video #14. Partnering with Families in Early Childhood
• Video #15. Silo-busting: Creating Productive Partnerships between ECE and Elementary School

A checklist resource developed by the California Department of Education Early Education Division to help Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) programs choose developmentally appropriate curricula for 4-year-old children.

Resource: UPK Curriculum Checklist

Butte County Office of Education

Universal Prekindergarten Guiding Principles

1. Lead with a focus on equity on behalf of children, families, and programs serving young children
   
2. Approach UPK planning and implementation with a learning mindset
3. Connect partners and implementers to support and promote coherence and integration of early childhood and TK-12 systems
4. Approach UPK planning, technical assistance, and implementation as an informer and capacity builder at all levels
5. Respect and leverage the knowledge and expertise of the early learning and care and expanded learning communities

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