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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! I just received the following announcement and thought most of you would want to know right away. I haven’t had a chance to read them yet, but I will and in a couple of weeks I’ll send a follow-up email with highlights like I often
do with these types of things.—Katie <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#339999;letter-spacing:-.4pt">Oregon's Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines Release </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.4pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">We are pleased to announce the release of Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines, which align the learning and developmental progressions for children
ages 3-6 in the domains of approaches to learning, social-emotional development, language and communication, literacy, and mathematics. The Guidelines are designed to equip early learning providers and kindergarten teachers with a set of shared expectations
for children’s learning and development in these domains, and our hope is that they help to foster shared approaches to developmentally appropriate and culturally-responsive classroom practices across the PreK-K spectrum. <br>
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The Guidelines, as well as a set of supporting resources, can be accessed on the <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode/students-and-family/FullDayK/Pages/Early-Learning-and-Kindergarten-Guidelines.aspx" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#6DC6DD">Early Learnig and Kindergarten Guildelines web page</span></a>.<br>
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The launch of the Guidelines web page is the first of a multi-step process for helping early learning providers access and make use of the Guidelines. We will have hard copies as well as versions translated into Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese and Chinese available
in the very near future. Additionally, ODE and ELD staff will conducting trainings on how to effectively use the Guidelines throughout the state, and will be working to create professional development resources to help support implementation. Please check
the Guidelines web page for regular updates. <br>
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If you have questions or would like more information about the Guidelines, please contact Brett Walker with the Early Learning Division at 503.378.5160 or by email at
<a href="mailto:brett.walker@state.or.us"><span style="color:#6DC6DD">brett.walker@state.or.us</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Katie Anderson, MLS, Youth Services Consultant
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx"><span style="color:blue">Library Support and Development Services</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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