The Guide will be available online to preschool teachers (public and private), transitional kindergarten teachers and kindergarten teachers.
\n\nTeachers will consistently implement strategies to provide support for children at risk or with special needs, as they enter transitional kindergarten and/or kindergarten.
\n\n\n", "contentText": "All RCSD schools with Kindergarten and/or Transitional Kindergarten will hold orientations. At least one orientation should be offered in late afternoon or evening to accommodate working parents.\n\tAll RCSD schools will communicate a common message that shall be consistent and easily understandable school readiness expectations and ways families can prepare their children for kindergarten.\n\n\tInformation shall be provided to incoming families in a variety of ways; i.e., oral presentations, digital presentations, PowerPoint, or DVDs.\n\n\tA common packet of information shall be provided for parents to take home.\n\n\tAdditionally, the packet will include transitional kindergarten information and referral to available programs (i.e. community-based preschool and summer readiness kindergarten programs) for parents whose children did not attend preschool.\n\tAll RCSD schools will provide opportunities for visits/tours of school sites and kindergarten classrooms during October, November and December, one or two times a week as feasible.\n\n\tThe tour may include entire campus visit, but visitors should spend at least ten minutes visiting kindergarten classes.\n\tAll RCSD transitional and kindergarten staff will meet regularly to align curriculum and participate in ongoing professional development.\n\tBy May 10th of each year the common Preschool to K Transition Form will be complete by preschool teachers (public and private), a copy made and put in student file, and original sent to the Preschool main office.\n\n\tPreschool Office will forward form to appropriate RCSD School to support aligned instruction and curriculum.\n\tTo support establishment of critical partnerships with incoming students & families, teachers may use ideas and contacts from Supporting the Transition to Kindergarten Resource Guide.\n\nThe Guide will be available online to preschool teachers (public and private), transitional kindergarten teachers and kindergarten teachers.\n\nTeachers will consistently implement strategies to provide support for children at risk or with special needs, as they enter transitional kindergarten and/or kindergarten.", "footnotes": [ { "type": "Notice", "references": [ { "code": "Unique Policy", "description": "This policy is unique to the district/COE and is not connected to an existing CSBA sample policy or included in regular quarterly updates from CSBA.", "url": "" } ] } ], "crossRefs": [], "attachments": [] }