Improving Inclusive Practices & Outcomes for Preschoolers (IPOP) Flyer for Technical Assistance
Developed by the VDOE’s Training and Technical Assistance Centers (T/TACs), Improving Inclusive Practices & Outcomes for Preschoolers (IPOP) is a systems change approach to support school divisions in the development, expansion, and/or improvement of inclusive placement opportunities for preschoolers with Individual Education Programs (IEPs). IPOP is designed to help local school divisions meet federal and state mandates requiring young children with disabilities to be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). School divisions may receive technical assistance using the IPOP framework to address individualized goals. See the attached flyer for more information on the Improving Inclusive Practices & Outcomes for Preschoolers Technical Assistance opportunity.
The Division of Early Childhood Care and Education at the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will offer the School-based Preschool Programs Technical Assistance Sessions. The purpose of this series is to deliver targeted technical assistance and professional development to leaders in school-based early childhood programs. This includes: School division leaders who act as the program administrator for Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) programs; School division leaders or local agency...
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The Virginia Department of Education will provide a Training and Reliability Session for Indicator 7: Early Childhood Outcomes. The session will be March 11, 2025 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. It is designed for team members who participate in the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Process to rate children at entry into and exit from early childhood special education services. This may include early childhood special education teachers; early childhood teachers; administrators; speech, occupational...
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NEW this year! We are excited to share our Spring Webinar Series. This year, to support unification efforts, we are thrilled to include all our school-based teams (VPI, ECSE, Title I, and school-based Head Start) in the same webinars. It is a three-part series. The first one will be specific to VPI but the other two (March 18 and March 25) are relevant to all school-based programs. Registration is required. These webinars will be recorded and sent out to all registered participants. March 11,...
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Learn about the December 1, 2024 Child Count and Placement draft data for the state and your school-division. Data will be presented as well as a description of how to interpret it. Participants may ask questions related to their data collection, reporting, and analysis. Because VDOE will be sharing state- and division-level data, participants are encouraged to attend the virtual presentation as it will not be recorded. The individual(s) who has primary responsibility for ECSE programs from each...
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Virginia’s Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS), Birth-5 Learning Guidelines articulate the skills and knowledge children need to demonstrate by the end of preschool in order to be successful in kindergarten. The standards are intended to help early childhood educators understand the basics of child development, implement effective classroom activities, and engage in high-quality teacher child interactions as measured by Virginia’s quality measurement and improvement...
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VDOE TTAC ECSE CONTACTS
There are six Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Training and Technical Assistance Centers (TTAC) across the Commonwealth of Virginia that serve professionals in their local areas. Want to know who your ECSE Contacts are?
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The Readiness Connection, a newsletter for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) professionals from the Virginia Department of Education, is sent out weekly. As we continue to move toward greater unification and shared ownership across agencies and funding streams, this newsletter includes statewide updates as well as program-specific information. Archived Readiness Connection newsletters can be found here.
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