| In conjunction with the Saint Paul Schools' 1999 strategic plan, the
Family Education department developed an extensive early childhood
curriculum for use in pre-kindergarten classrooms.
The creation of this document accomplished the following:
- To meet the superintendent's goals to provide a quality instructional program and prepare all students for life.
- To align with the Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (the Minnesota Department of Education standards for early childhood).
- To
have proven practices and scientifically-based curriculum available for
both early childhood and early elementary teachers working with
children who are developmentally 3-5 years old.
- To support and respect our teachers by creating
a curriculum resource that is easily adaptable for the changing
demographics and make-up of the young children of Saint Paul.
This curriculum is available in print, and on the web.
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