PRESCHOOL LANGUAGE LITERACY AND FOUNDATIONS:
DESCRIPTION
The California Reading and Literature Project Preschool Language and Literacy Foundations Institutes are designed for Preschool Educators of children 3 to 5 years old.
The Preschool Language and Literacy Foundations program is an early literacy professional development institute developed by the California Reading and Literature Project (CRLP) under contract with the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), and with a generous grant from the California Children and Families Commission. CRLP developed materials that include current research, pedagogy, and strategies to support instruction, ongoing assessment, second language learners, and family outreach in Oral Language, Comprehension, Print Awareness, Alphabet Knowledge, and Phonological Awareness. This institute provides comprehensive professional development in evidence-based principles and practices that create strong early literacy classrooms. The Language and Literacy Foundations Institute is designed to connect to curriculum and assessments already in place in classrooms.
The institute content is currently linked to:
- Houghton-Mifflin PreK
- Open Court PreK
- California Preschool Learning Foundations
- Desired Results Developmental Profile-R (DRDP-R)
- Early Language and Literacy Toolkit (ELLCO)
- Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-R (ECERS-R)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Accreditation Program
Through Orange Coast Community College, CRLP is able to arrange up to two Special Topics Units for this institute.
Each Preschool Language and Literacy Module Includes:
- Research Foundation and Definitions
- Implementation Strategies
- Assessment Strategies
- Links to California Preschool Learning Foundation
- Family Involvement Take Home Activities
- Action Plan
- Can be customized to link to your preschool curriculum
OUTCOMES:
Each Module is designed to:
- Define terminology
- Describe why the topic is important and how it is connected to early reading and writing
- Identify activities and habits to develop early literacy skills in young children
- Identify EL strategies to develop early literacy development in second language learners
- Identify behaviors children will demonstrate
- Identify activities to support families involvement
- Develop an action plan
HOW WILL ENGLISH LEARNERS BENEFIT?
The Language and Literacy Foundations institute provides teachers with the necessary background knowledge and strategies to effectively support English Language Learners on their path to second language acquisition.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES:
CRLP will work with your program to customize a 40-hour institute or introduce one module at a time (2-day training).
CRLP also provides training in the implementation of the Early Language and Literacy Toolkit (ELLCO).
