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TX State Center for Early Childhood Development
Background
Mission & History
In 2003 Governor Rick Perry named The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) as The Texas State Center for Early Childhood Development to work with the Office of the Governor and the Texas Education Agency to design plans for implementing the Governor's Early Start Initiatives. As the designated state center, work is carried out to:
- develop training for early childhood providers in Texas,
- enhance pre-literacy skills development for young children,
- further coordinate efforts among early childhood education funding streams and programs, and
- develop a quality rating system to certify early childhood education programs as getting children ready for formal schooling.
Texas Higher Education and Early Childhood Education Partnership Project
- Texas Higher Education and Early Childhood Education Partnership Project - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Please review this document weekly for updates and information regarding the RFA.
- Texas Higher Education and Early Childhood Education Partnership Project - Request for Application (RFA)
Latest Developments
- TSR! Beat Blog (Beta Testing)
- TSR! (Texas School Ready!) Beat Newsletter
- Texas School Ready!™ Project Strategic Appoach 2009
- Kindergarten eSchool Plus School Reading Assessment Login
- More than 1,000 Classrooms Awarded Texas School Ready! Certification from the State Center for Early Childhood Education
- Non-Profit Development Center for Homeless Children Prepares Them for Kindergarten
- New Training for Toddler TEEM now available! Click here for more information.
Downloads
- Classroom Themes
- Download and Print the Parent Calendar
- Interim Report to Texas Legislature 2009
- School Ready! Project Report to the 81st Legislature
- Preparing to be a Texas School Ready!™ Program
- Social Competence Screener Brief Summary TEEM
- Texas Early Education Model: Findings from 2 years of implementation
- Report from the State Center for Early Childhood Development
- State Center Awards “Texas Readiness Certification” to Pre-K Classrooms
- State Center Awarding “Texas Readiness Certification” to 450 Pre-K Classrooms for the ’07-’08 School Year
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