Preschool Teaching & Learning Expectations: Standards of ...

New Jersey State Department of Education

Preschool Teaching & Learning Expectations: Standards of Quality

PTM# 1503.18

July, 2004

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The New Jersey Department of Education gratefully acknowledges the hard work and dedication of numerous individuals who represented early childhood experts from across the state. They include:

Deborah Allen Sue Anderson Carolyn Atherly Adrianna Battista-Werner Maria Benejan

Kimberly Brenneman Terri Buccarelli Paula Bunyan

Kean University Garfield School District Atlantic Human Resources Head Start Program Mile Square Child Development Center, Hoboken Bank Street Early Childhood Project, New York City Rutgers, The State University New Jersey Department of Human Services Essex County Community College Child Development Center, Newark

JoAnn Burns Linda Byrd Lorraine Cooke Joanne Cote-Bonnano Anna DeMolli Wilma Farmer Pat Fields Kimberly Friddell Maria Garcia Peggy Gens Paulina Alvarado Goldman Judith Hall

Carol Irving Katie Johnson Lorraine Johnson

Jacqueline Jones

Millville School District Irvington School District Egenolf Early Childhood Center, Elizabeth Montclair State University Paterson School District Camden School District Lucent Technologies The IMPACT Center Passaic School District Burlington City School District Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services Jersey City Day Care 100, Jersey City Parent Representative, Passaic City New Jersey Head Start Association

Educational Testing Service

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Elizabeth Kendall Beth Lavin Beverly Lynn James Lytle Colleen Malleo Ginny Martin

Linda McGinnis Ruth Piatt Kathleen Priestley Marion Rilling

Nancy Rivera Victor Sciacchetano Michael Searson Holly Seplocha Barbara Fridy Scott Paquita Roberts Rainie Roncoroni Deborah Thompson Barbara Tkach Carmina Villa Claire Warnock Timber Washington

Montclair State University Rutgers, The State University New Jersey Department of Human Services Trenton School District Passaic School District Community Coordinated Child Care of Union County, Hillside Keansburg School District Little Lamb Preschool, Vineland

Elizabeth Public School

The Graduate School, Rowan University

Newark School District Union City School District Kean University William Paterson University NJIDEAS New Jersey Department of Education Phillipsburg School District The College of New Jersey New Jersey Department of Education Long Branch School District West New York School District Little People At Work Preschool, Neptune

The Department is grateful to reviewers Elena Bodrova of MCREL, Rochel Gelman of Rutgers, The State University and Herb Ginsberg of Teachers College, Columbia University.

The Department acknowledges the following staff members from the Office of Early Childhood Education for their assistance in preparing this document: Jennifer Beaumont, Laverne Blue, Lisa Cuff, Amy Hornbeck, Patricia McMillan, Raymonde' Morton, Kathleen Priestley, and Elizabeth Vaughan.

The Department also acknowledges staff from other offices for their input in the development of this document. They include: Jay Doolan, Joseph Hatrak, Linda Morse, Jean Voorhees, Robert Riehs, Iris Nagler, Arthur Mitchell, and Janis Jensen.

Special thanks go to the hundreds of individuals who participated in the focus group sessions and responded by letter or e-mail to provide input in the final document.

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

ARNOLD G. HYNDMAN................................................................................Warren County President

DEBRA CASHA................................................................................................Morris County Vice President

RONALD K. BUTCHER..............................................................Gloucester County MARGARET F. BARTLETT..........................................................Ocean County MAUD DAHME........................................................................Hunterdon County KATHLEEN A. DIETZ...............................................................Somerset County ANNE S. DILLMAN..................................................................Middlesex County JOSEPHINE E. FIGUERAS.............................................................................Union County JOHN A. GRIFFITH.........................................................................................Essex County SAMUEL J. PODIETZ.....................................................................................Burlington County THELMA NAPOLEON-SMITH......................................................................Mercer County EDWARD M. TAYLOR...................................................................................Camden County ROBERTA VAN ANDA...................................................................................Monmouth County

William L. Librera, Ed.D., Commissioner of Education Secretary, State Board of Education

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................6 HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS...............................11 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ..............................................................................14 THE DOCUMENTATION/ASSESSMENT PROCESS ......................................17 SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT .........................................................22 CREATIVE ARTS...................................................................................................28 HEALTH, SAFETY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION........................................32 LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY...........................................................................36 MATHEMATICS ....................................................................................................42 SCIENCE..................................................................................................................48 SOCIAL STUDIES, FAMILY AND LIFE SKILLS ............................................53 WORLD LANGUAGES..........................................................................................57 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................58

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