Pre Kindergarten

High quality prekindergarten programs for all California children is a major policy initiative for the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA). CCSESA provides technical assistance and policy development to extend efforts for building leadership, advocacy, and capacity towards the goal of statewide universal prekindergarten for California's young children.

The 2006 - 2008 project is funded by The Packard Foundation and expands CCSESA's efforts focusing on:

Working with statewide prekindergarten partners to extend collaboration on policy and funding issues for high-quality prekindergarten programs;
Strengthening the prekindergarten organizational and advocacy capacity of County Superintendents, in addition to Education Coalition members;
Coordinating the development and dissemination of prekindergarten planning resources on a county and statewide basis; and
Building partnerships to improve prekindergarten systems.

CCSESA continues to work closely with statewide partners on developing policy strategies and on disseminating prekindergarten research, data, funding information, and technical assistance resources.

CSBA-CCSESA Webinar Archive 06-27-2008: Preschool Learning Foundations & the Board's Role

Resources & Publication

State

I. California Department of Education Resources

1. P-16 Council Report and Achievement Gap resources

2. Preschool Learning Foundations

3. CDE-Child Development Division Resources

II. California Preschool Instructional Network

III. Preschool California

IV. First 5 California and First 5 Association

V. California School Boards Association

VI. California Head Start Association