For Preschool Coordinators and Teachers

Last Updated on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 8:23 PM

This site contains administrative tools for preschool coordinators and resources for preschool teachers.

Kentucky Head Start State Collaboration Office

The mission of the Kentucky Head Start State Collaboration Office is to increase the accessibility of quality services to low-income children ages 0-5 and their families by supporting the development of partnerships on a state and local level among Head Start programs and services and Kentucky agencies organizations, business and families.

Administrative Documents
Documents for administrators and preschool coordinators who work with the state-funded preschool program. Documents are either downloadable below or we have provided a link to an outside website to assist you. Document include District Coordinators list, Approved Contractors, Contracting Information, and Reports. Preschool Program Reports are disseminated and submitted electronically. To ... More

Centers of Excellence and Quality
The Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Program Standards, proposes to identify at least one Early Childhood Center of Quality in each of the eleven Special Education Cooperative Regions in response to stakeholder recommendations for statewide services to deaf/hard of hearing and blind/visually impaired students. The Early Childhood Centers that achieve ... More

Classrooms of Excellence
The Kentucky Department of Education has established a process to identify high quality state-funded preschool classrooms. This voluntary process will help assure that the children of Kentucky enrolled in the State Funded Preschool Program have the highest quality possible in their early learning environments. Included in the process is an intensive ... More

Early Learning Leadership Networks (ELLNs)
Early Learning Leadership Networks (ELLNs) are being launched. There will be two network ‘strands,’ one for teacher-leaders and another for administrative-leaders, to develop capacity to implement Kentucky’s Early Childhood Standards and support school readiness. The ELLNs will focus on the dissemination and implementation of Kentucky’s definition for school readiness, the alignment ... More

Parent Survey
Preschool Program regulation 407 KAR 3:410 Section 9, Program Evaluation specifies that: (1) “At least annually, parents, staff and other professionals shall be involved in evaluating the local preschool program’s effectiveness in meeting the needs of participating children . . . (b) parental satisfaction with services provided . . .” Representative ... More

Preschool Leadership Meetings
The Preschool Meetings are held in the spring, summer and fall of each year. The documents and power points used in these meetings are available for viewing and printing.

Preschool Regional Training Centers
The Early Childhood Regional Training Centers provide a range of services for the early childhood community including regional trainings/workshops, on-site consultations, lending library of materials, annual statewide and regional collaborative institutes. RTC map 8-2011.docRTC map 8-2011.pdf

Professional Development and Certification
Information and professional development opportunities for preschool teachers and administrators The Education Professional Standards Board was established as part of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act to oversee the education profession. EPSB is the standards and accreditation agency for Kentucky teachers and administrators and for programs of education at Kentucky colleges ... More

For more information contact:

Bill Buchanan
500 Mero Street, 17th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: 502-564-7056 x7056

bill.buchanan@education.ky.gov