Early Education in Vermont Public Schools Survey

Draft Version la 8/21/2006

Early Education in Vermont Public Schools Survey

DUE: September 15, 2006

Directions: Please complete one survey for each town in your supervisory union. For the purpose
of this survey, publicly-funded preschool is defined as those early education services for
three and four-year olds that are funded wholly or in part with General State
Support/ADM monies. This does not include separate funding for Essential Early Education
(EEE), Early Education.

Initiative (EEI) grants, Title I funds or Even Start grants.

Name of Town: ____________________  Supervisory Union:________________________

Name of person completing this form: _____________________Telephone:______________

Position:__________________________ Email:___________________________________

1. Does your town provide publicly-funded preschool services (early education services for three- and four-year olds that are funded wholly or in part with General State Support/ADM monies)?

No (skip to question #14)                                 Yes (if 'yes,' complete questions

2. Does the town participate in an early education collaborative with other school districts or supervisory unions?

           ____Yes                      ____No

3. In what year did your district begin claiming 3- and 4-year-olds without disabilities in the annual ADM census?_______________

4. Was the town's decision to begin providing publicly-funded preschool services the result of community-wide discussions involving parents and community-based providers (CPB) from child care, Head Start, or Parent Child Centers?

           ____Yes                      ____No                      ____not sure

5. Publicly-funded preschool services are offered to:

          ____All resident children           ____Some resident children*

          * If offered only to some children, is enrollment determined by (check all that apply)

_____First-come basis

_____Lottery

_____Specific criteria

_____Developmental delay

_____Abuse/ neglect

_____Poverty

_____English Language Learners

_____Other at-risk factors (please list:___________________________________)

_____Other (please list:___________________________________________________)

6. How many hours of publicly-funded preschool services are offered per week to:

          three-year-olds:_____                     four-year-olds:_____

7. How many community-based providers in partnership with the district offer publiclyfunded preschool services (list number of sites for each of the following):

          _____Licensed child care center(s)          _____Head Start          _____Parent Child Center
          _____Family child care providers             _____Other (please list)

8. Are written contracts established between the district or SU and communitybased partners?

_____Yes                     _____No

9. What prerequisites must community-based partners meet? (check all that apply)

_____licensed teacher working with children

_____program licensed through the Child Development

_____Division accredited by national early education

_____organization

_____participation in Vermont's STARS quality rating system (minimum 3 stars rating)

_____curricula and assessments aligned with Vermont Early Learning Standards

_____Other (please list:__________________________________________)

10. If the town's public-funded preschool services have operated in partnership with a community provider

A. for three or more years, approximately how much money is given to the partner for providing early education services?

 $ ______per child per year OR

 $ ______per program (flat fee regardless of enrollment)

 _______ percent of estimated Preschool ADM funds generated per claimed child

B. for less than 3 years, approximately how much money is given to the partner for providing early education services?

  $_____ per child per year OR

  $_____ per program (flat fee regardless of enrollment) OR

  ______ percent of estimated Preschool ADM funds generated per claimed child

11. Do community-based programs receive the amount of funding described in Question #10

_____during the first year of the partnership

_____as a gradual increase during the first three years of the contract

12. If the town's publicly-funded preschool is operated in partnership with a communitybased provider, what services does the school district offer the community provider (please check all that apply):

____Space/facility                                                             ____Equipment and/or materials

____Access to school health services/information               ____Transportation

____Access to school's guidance/counseling services         ____Data collection

____Professional development for early childhood staff      ____Supervision

____Other (please list below):______________________________________________

14. If your town does not offer publicly-funded preschool services at this time, is your town exploring plans to do so in the future?

           ____Yes*                      ____No                      ____not sure

*If "yes, " are you considering entering into partnership with existing community providers?

____Yes                      ____No                      ____not sure

THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING & RETURNING THIS SURVEY!!!