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ECSE and PreK News!
Spring, 2025
I hope this newsletter finds you well!! It is so hard to believe we are in the 2nd Semester!!
In the past, schools were only required to progress monitor the pK 4 year old students at the beginning of the year and the end of the year and report the results to ECDS. This year, schools are required to progress monitor at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END of the year. While the district will only report BOY and EOY to ECDS, MOY is still required.
I will be offering several ZOOMs that will discuss HQPK requirements. TEA will be conducting reviews of randomly selected districts on these requirements. As soon as I have additional information, I will offer administrator information ZOOMS.
Academy for Teachers of Young Children will be July 9-11 in Midland. We are getting all of the details in place. I will send out a Newsletter outlining scholarship opportunities as soon as the committee gets a few more specific details completed.
Great News! There is a virtual training opportunity for classroom behavior management! This is a great training!! You have to get registered ASAP! Here is a link for the information https://secure.smore.com/n/uxwtvz. We are so fortunate that this evidence-based, trauma informed training is available at no cost!
I want to hear from you! If you have a specific staff development need or idea for a session, let me know! Send me an email at lwatson@esc17.net.
It is my goal to use this SMORE to provide you current information, best practices and ideas for Early Childhood Special Education and General Education Prekindergarten. Please feel free to contact me at anytime. My email is lwatson@esc17.net and my phone number is 806-281-5870.
Warmest Regards!
L'Rae Watson
Region 17 Early Childhood Specialist
806-281-5870
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ECSE PLC’s
01-14-25 https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=1044870
02-25-25 https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=1044871
04-22-25 https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=1044872
PK / Inclusion PLC’s
01-15-25 https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=1044876
02-27-25 https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=1044877
04-23-25 https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=1044878
Workshops
Update coming soon!! I will be working on Asynchronous Trainings this semester so you have trainings at your fingertips. I will update this SMORE with any Spring Trainings that are offered.
Texas Project Restore
Trauma-Informed Training Series
As a result of school closures and remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been at higher risk of exposure due to adverse childhood experiences and first hand exposure to the effects of COVID-19. We also know that many educators have themselves experienced a prolonged state of stress over the course of the pandemic and share many of the concerns regarding loss of safety, health and predictability as students upon the return to school.
That’s why TEA has launched Project Restore and this trauma-informed training video series, which is designed to address these extraordinary and unprecedented needs and connect you to relevant science and strategies that can help you address your own emotional needs as well the needs of your students and colleagues. This series will help educators create an environment that jump starts teaching and learning and drives student achievement.
Resources for ECSE teachers and families
Circle Family Activity Collection - https://cliengagefamily.org/
Social and Emotional Learning - https://cliengagefamily.org/english/family-engagement-search-and-filter/?fwp_age_group=36-48-months%2C48-60-months&fwp_learning_areas=social-and-emotional
Language and Communication - https://cliengagefamily.org/english/family-engagement-search-and-filter/?fwp_age_group=36-48-months%2C48-60-months&fwp_learning_areas=language-and-communication
Reading and Writing - https://cliengagefamily.org/english/family-engagement-search-and-filter/?fwp_age_group=36-48-months%2C48-60-months&fwp_learning_areas=reading-and-writing
About CLI Engage
CLI Engage is a comprehensive professional development, assessment, and quality improvement platform for early care and education programs in Texas.
Since 2003, the Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) has been implementing and studying large-scale interventions in early education. In 2014, in partnership with the Texas Education Agency, CLI formed an ambitious idea: to build a cost-effective, digital delivery system that could disseminate early childhood program improvement tools across the state. This innovative e-learning and data utilization platform became known as CLI Engage.