Educator Resources

The following links offer additional learning tools for educators. Some of the links will take you to different Web sites, These links are continuously being updated and expanded.

Early Childhood Professional Development Offerings

Forms for contracted UPK Providers


Early Childhood Borough Office Contact Information (pdf)



Learning and Performance Standards

• NYC Prekindergarten Performance Standards 
  
• NYS Prekindergarten-Kindergarten Performance Standards - ELA
  
• NYS Prekindergarten-Kindergarten Performance Standards - Mathematics

UPK Program Guidelines

• Toileting Guidelines and Resources

Prekindergarten Diagnostic Screening

Frequently Asked Questions on the Universal Prekindergarten Developmental Screening (for Educators)

        Letters (please send to parents/guardians prior to screening):

• Introduction to the Screening & the Questionnaire - Parent Letter (English)
• Introduction to the Screening & the Questionnaire - Parent Letter (Spanish)
• Letter for Parents with students exempt from Screening due to IEP - (English Version)
• Letter for Parents with students exempt from Screening - nonEnglish/nonSpanish - (English Version)

         Summarizing the Outcomes for each Class 
        Please use the spreadsheet (Summary of Outcomes by Class) to capture outcomes 
        for each class.  Please use the Instructions for Results Summary to guide your 
        completion of the spreadsheet.            
        
                  

Other Links of Interest

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Institute for Early Education Research

New York State Education Department

New York City Associationa for the Education of Young Children

National Center for Family Literacy

PreK Now 

Winning Beginning

Children’s Book Council

Zero to Three

Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Channel 13

Bank Street College of Education

Teaching Strategies