Learn more about important work that others have done in kindergarten transition.
• ATTENDANCE
• PARENT ENGAGEMENT
• QUALITY TRANSITION
• DISTRICT-WIDE PLANS
• TRANSITION TEAMS
• WELCOMING SCHOOLS
Conference Presentations
Fredericksburg Kindergarten Transition Presentation
Macomb Kindergarten Transition Presentation
Canton Area School District Training
PAEYC & Family Support Conference
Lancaster K Transition Team Leadership Conference
SmartStart Conference Presentation
Allegheny County Transition Conference Presentation
Attendance
- Chronic Early Absence: Providing Solutions for Increasing Achievement in the Early Grades and Preventing School Drop-out
- Attendance Works: Why It Matters
- Attendance Works: Tools for City Leaders
Make sure to check out the Toolkit for City Leaders PDF.
- Present, Engaged, and Accounted For: The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades
- A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
- Present and Accounted for: Improving Student Attendance Through Family and Community Involvement
- Help Your Child Succeed in School: Build the Habit of Good Attendance Early
Parent Engagement
- A Working Mother’s Guide to Educating Your Child
- Six Types of Parent Involvement
- Hoover-Dempsey Model of Parent Involvement
- Harvard Family Research: Family Involvement
- Family Involvement in School and Low-Income Children’s Literacy Performance
- Harvard Family Research: Publications on Family Engagement
- Having Their Say: Parents Describe Why and How They are Engaged in Their Children’s Learning
- Why Do Parents Become Involved? Research Findings and Implications
- Be Your Child’s Advocate
- PA Parent Information & Resource Center
- PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
Quality Transition to Kindergarten
- Office of Child Development and Early Learning: Early Childhood-related SAS Resources and Information
- PA Keys Transition Toolkit
- Recognition and Response: Promoting Smooth Transitions to Kindergarten
(Includes resources for children with special needs)
- Terrific Transitions: Annotated Bibliography
- Ecological Model of Transition
- Transition from Preschool Services to Kindergarten
- The Transition to Kindergarten: A Review of Current Research and Promising Practices to Involve Families
District-Wide Transition Plans
- Boston Countdown to Kindergarten
- Durham Partnerships for Children/Durham Public Schools (NC)
- Easton Area School District (PA)
- North Carolina Ready Schools Initiative (NC)
- Federal Way Public Schools (WA) Family and Community Partnership Office
- Hawaii Good Beginnings Council (HI)
- Hillsborough County (FL)
- Pottstown PEAK (PA)
- Philadelphia Public Schools (PA) Office of Parent, Family, Community Engagement & Faith-Based Partnerships
- Sacramento Parent/Teacher Home Visit Project (CA)