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Table 10. Highest Degree and Major for Pre-K Assistant Teachers Georgia’s Pre-K in Centers Georgia’s Pre-K in Schools Associate’s degree with major in early childhood 9% 16% Bachelor’s degree with major in early childhood 2% 2% Graduate degree with major in early childhood 0% 0% Other education major, any degree 2% 5% Other non-education major, any degree 9% 20% No Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Graduate degree 78% 56% Table 11. In-Service Training Topics for Pre-K Assistant Teachers About Children Georgia’s Pre-K in Centers Georgia’s Pre-K in Schools Health and safety practices 70% 51% Classroom management/discipline 81% 82% Observing, assessing, and documenting children’s progress and development 64% 80% Social-emotional development 70% 69% Early language and literacy 64% 67% Using a curriculum 58% 43% Working with children with special needs 36% 44% Physical activity 51% 46% Working with children and families from different cultures and races 42% 49% Early science 66% 56% Early math 66% 57% Working with English Language Learners 25% 21% About Adults Georgia Study of Early Care and Education: Findings from Georgia’s Pre-K Program Managing conflicts in a professional manner 53% 23% Nutrition education for employees 19% 8% Wellness education for employees 23% 20% 19
20 Georgia Study of Early Care and Education: Findings from Georgia’s Pre-K Program Program Characteristics and Services This section of the report includes additional information about Georgia’s Pre-K Program, such as the use of curricula and family support activities. Curricula and Child Assessments Georgia’s Pre-K classes are required to use a curriculum. 16 Thus, not surprisingly, almost all directors/principals (99% in centers and 92% in schools) reported that a curriculum was used. More than half of the classes in centers reportedly use Creative Curriculum (53%); whereas more than half of the classes in schools reportedly use High/Scope (61%; see Table 12). Table 12. Reported Curricula Use Georgia’s Pre-K in Centers Georgia’s Pre-K in Schools Creative Curriculum 53% 16% HighReach Learning 17% 5% High/Scope 19% 62% A Beka 2% 0% Pinnacle 9% 0% Montessori 2% 0% Scholastic 2% 3% Blueprint 2% 5% OWL 0% 8% Bank Street 0% 0% Other 9% 5% None 2% 8% Georgia’s Pre-K Program requires that all classes implement Georgia’s Pre-K Child Assessment, which is adapted from the Work Sampling System. Overall, 92% of the center directors and 98% of school principals reported that Georgia’s Pre-K classes used some kind of assessment of young children to help teachers plan for or adapt their teaching. Of those who reported using assessments in their Georgia’s Pre-K classes, 88% of centers and 100% of schools reported using Georgia’s Pre-K Assessment or the Work Sampling System. Additionally, 32% of directors of centers and 92% of school principals with Georgia’s Pre-K reported having written documentation of individual children’s progress/learning for all children.
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