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Dianne Feinstein is back in Washington after her months-long, much-debated absence. Note: Some of the sites we link to may limit the number of stories you can access without subscribing. At a time of declining overall K-12 enrollment, many school district administrators are crossing their fingers that California’s newest grade level will attract more students as word spreads about the program.Īnd now, here’s what’s happening across California, from Ryan Fonseca: Long Beach, like other school districts, is planning to add more TK classrooms next year. They’re so young, and their first experiences have been like, ‘wear your mask, don’t talk to strangers because they could be sick,’” she explained. “Kids come with a lot of situations where they’re afraid, they’re scared because they’ve been indoors for so long. She integrates more opportunities for teamwork and monitors how her students handle disagreement more closely. Since the pandemic, Moreno has also focused more on social and emotional learning. She laughs, saying that when it comes to academic learning, she has to “sneak it in there.” She uses those toys to subtly teach academic lessons about writing and numbers, work on motor and sensory skills and integrate social and emotional skills like sharing and conversation. Her classroom is now equipped with new educational toys that encourage more play-based learning - a mini-kitchen, a sand table, and bins of colorful blocks and puzzles. Peeking inside the classroom of Micaela Moreno, who teaches TK at Oropeza Elementary in Long Beach, offers a look at 4-year-olds in action.
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Long Beach was ready to absorb nearly 1,200 new TK students this year and moved from a part day to a full day program. “They can work really hard to craft an amazing 4-year-old in a TK classroom making a little over $15 an hour, or they can help craft the perfect burrito supreme in some areas making $30 an hour.” One school district’s TK experience “It’s Mathematics 101,” said Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), architect of the TK expansion. Many school districts are competing for service industry workers - and school salaries are often lower than other jobs. The governor has proposed delaying the change.įinding instructional aides has been a problem. That ratio was supposed to drop further next year - down to 10:1. Hiring enough aides is proving difficultįor every 12 TK students, there must be one adult in the classroom, which means a typical 24-student class must be equipped with both a teacher and an aide. Some districts have pushed kindergarteners out of their regular classrooms to other parts of their campuses as schools accommodate the growing group of 4-year-olds. The state requires new TK classrooms to be extra-large and equipped with a bathroom, including tiny toilets and extra-low sinks. In fact, many are depending on this new crop of students to help make up for enrollment losses and ease financial worries - funding is based partly on attendance and enrollment.īut district administrators are already looking toward capacity struggles ahead, as they prepare to welcome children during the next three years of growth. With empty classroom space, districts were able to accommodate the first wave of transitional kindergarten students, shuffling classrooms and teachers.
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