Project Description:
Timeline Activities and Deliverables
1. Facilitate development of Kindergarten readiness tool
February 2020 Introductory project partners meeting
Crosswalk analysis: Oregon Project, Callier-Azuza, HELP, Vineland, DRDP
Gap analysis to DRDP
Align cross-walk to the curricula: ULD, Handwriting without Tears, ELL, Houghton Mifflin Supplement
Gap analysis
Perform a content analysis of the IEP Goals for 15 students
Project team meetings weekly
Reflective evaluation, analysis, and disseminate feedback to stakeholders (included as a component of all project team meetings)
March 2020 Introductory presentations to staff and Advisory Board
Create first draft of the Kindergarten readiness tool
Cycles of revisions
Submit an IRB application
Project team meeting monthly
April 2020 Field test the revised Kindergarten readiness tool
Revision cycle
Interview assessors
Draft assessment protocols
Finalize the Kindergarten readiness tool and protocols
Present the Kindergarten readiness tool to staff and Advisory Board
Project team meeting monthly
2. Implement and Assess the Kindergarten readiness tool
May 2020 Write staff and parent surveys
Prepare for staff training
Assist with staff training
Four hours of training for up to 60 staff
Two face-to-face sessions; two virtual sessions
Conduct evaluation of the training and analyze
Provide technical assistance for administration of the tool by CCVI as needed
Project team meeting monthly
June 2020 Project team meeting monthly
July 2020 Analyze staff and parent surveys
Project team meeting monthly
August 2020 Technical assistance for administration of the tool by CCVI
Administer staff and parent surveys
Project team meeting monthly
September 2020 Clean and analyze assessment and survey data
October 2020 Survey Kindergarten teachers and parents about transitions
Conduct interviews with Kindergarten teachers and parents about transitions
Analyze transitions data
November 2020 Present assessment, survey, and interview findings to Advisory Board and staff
Project team meeting quarterly
February 2021 Monitor IEP goals
Project team meeting quarterly
April 2021 Assist with staff training
Renewal for new staff and refresher for previously trained staff
Evaluation of the training, analyze, report
May 2021 Technical assistance for administration of the tool by CCVI
Administer staff and parent surveys
Project team meeting quarterly
June 2021 Clean and analyze assessment data
Project team meeting Monthly
3. Conduct process and outcome evaluation
July 2020 Write an interim evaluation report - Phase 1
Synthesize and examine project team meeting evaluations, analyses, and feedback
Examine evaluation of the staff training
Examine the staff and parent surveys analysis
Report on the assessment data
Report on the transitions data (Kindergarten teachers and parents surveys and interviews)
August 2020 Present interim evaluation report - Phase 1 to Advisory Board
July 2021 Write final report
Include all elements from the Phase 1 report
Examine evaluation of the staff training in Phase 2
Examine the staff and parent surveys analysis in Phase 2
Report on the assessment data in Phase 2
Present final report to Advisory Board
Project team meeting Monthly
