High Performing PreK-3 Systems

JUST ANNOUNCED: In partnership, the MN Dept. of Education, MN Initiative Foundations, and MESPA will be offering SEVEN REGIONAL LOCATIONS for this workshop. 

Focused, high-quality PreK-3 systems provide us with the greatest potential for achieving World's Best Workforce (WBWF) goals. PreK-3 systems with a broader scope, including collaborations with other organizations and providers, enable communities to focus their efforts on maximizing child outcomes.

These workshops are about learning and doing. District/community teams will spend time learning about evidence-based school improvement strategies within a PreK-3 system, followed by dedicated time spent on ensuring the most impactful school improvement strategies are effective in your PreK-3 system.

Day 1 - Elements of High-Performing PreK-3 Systems: Community Partnerships, Transitions, and Data-Driven Improvement

Day 2 - Teaching and Instructional Quality in your PreK-3 System: Aligning Curriculum, Assessments and Instruction, and Ensuring High-Quality Learning Environments for ALL Students

Day 3 - Blending and Braiding: Maximizing your Federal, State, and Local Resources to Support your PreK-3 System

Alignment and coherence are a focus throughout the workshops where teams practice aligning on paper (e.g. practices, procedures, policies, etc.) followed by ensuring alignment in practice, which is coherence.

Who Should Participate?

Districts and charter schools must register in teams. Since the workshops are focused on action, team members should include those who are in a position to contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of your PreK-3 system. Suggested teams minimally consist of: early childhood administrator, elementary school principal, Head Start Director and community early childhood program leader. Day 2 teams should add a teaching and learning administrator or specialist. Team members may be different for each session. Team leaders should decide who is best suited to participate in each session.

Locations & Registration
Registration will be linked under each cohort as they become available.

OWATONNA COHORT:

Dates: Nov 13, Jan 22, Mar 5 - 10am-3pm
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DULUTH COHORT:

Dates: Nov 28, Jan 24, Apr 1 - 10am-3pm
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LITTLE FALLS COHORT:

Dates: Dec 4, Jan 15, Feb 26 - 10am-3pm
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THIEF RIVER FALLS COHORT:

Dates: Dec 6, Jan 9, and Feb 27 - 10am-3pm, (Feb 27 is remote)
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WESTBROOK COHORT:

Dates: Jan 23, Feb 12, Apr 17 - 10am-3pm
Westbrook Community Center
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FERGUS FALLS COHORT:

Dates: Feb 13, Apr 4, Jun 11 - 10am-3pm
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TWIN CITIES COHORT:

Condensed 2-day workshop: March 14 and April 25
Maple Grove Community Center
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