Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6M - Division of Early Learning › Chapter 6M-8 - DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING - VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM › Section 6M-8.700 - Provider on Probation; Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program Improvement Plan and Implementation; First Year Probation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Probation. A provider remains on
				probation until it meets the minimum rate adopted by the Office as satisfactory
				under Section 1002.69(6),
				F.S. An early learning coalition or school district, as applicable, shall place
				on first year probation any Voluntary Prekindergarten Education (VPK) provider
				which fails to meet the minimum kindergarten readiness rate for a program type
				(school-year or summer) adopted by the Office of Early Learning as satisfactory
				under Section 1002.69(6),
				F.S, and require such provider to submit and implement an approved improvement
				plan designed to improve the provider's kindergarten readiness rate. An
				improvement plan shall include:
(a) Use of
				Approved Curriculum or Staff Development Plan. A VPK provider on probation must
				select either an approved curriculum from the list of approved curricula for
				providers on probation on the Office's website per Rule
				6M-8.604, F.A.C., or a staff
				development plan available from the Office of Early Learning per Rule
				6M-8.605, F.A.C., as a target
				area in its improvement plan. An early learning coalition or school district,
				as applicable, shall require a VPK provider on probation to use an approved
				curriculum or staff development plan in accordance with Section
				1002.67(4)(c),
				F.S. The Office's website is:
http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/providers/provider_resources/vpk_curriculum.aspx
.
(b) Additional Target Areas. A VPK provider
				on probation must select a minimum of one of the following additional areas in
				its improvement plan:
1. Administrative and
				management practices, including training, educational level, and retention of
				prekindergarten instructors;
2.
				Classroom learning environment;
3.
				Child developmental screenings and assessments;
4. Social-emotional interactions among
				prekindergarten instructors and students;
5. Students' ability to make age appropriate
				progress in the development of language and cognitive capabilities and
				emotional, social, regulatory and moral capacities;
6. Percentage of students attending seventy
				(70%) percent or more of the instructional hours offered by the VPK provider;
				or
7. Family involvement in the
				early childhood program.
(c) Strategies for Improvement. A description
				of strategies for improvement of the provider's VPK program which includes the
				following and, at the discretion of the provider, any other additional areas:
1. A list of target areas for the VPK
				provider's improvement identified under paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and any
				additional areas a provider deems important to its improvement;
2. A list of specific actions already taken,
				and proposed to be taken, by the VPK provider for improvement of target areas;
				and,
3. An implementation schedule
				or timeline for the VPK provider to implement the proposed
				actions.