- require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
         www.adobe.com

Project Sites - Regina

REGINA – Urban, First Nations (largely Metis), Low income, High risk

BASE Regina Early Learning Centre

AGE: 0 - 5 years

ACTIVITIES: Enhanced Preschool Program with Strategies From High/Scope Curriculum Family Literacy Programs: Parents' Role Interacting with Teacher Support (PRINTS) Come Read With Me Home Visiting Parent Education Program: Parents as Teachers

The TLC³ site was the Regina Early Learning Centre, which is well known for its work since 1977 with low-income, mainly Aboriginal, families from across the city. Maximum enrolment at any one time was 96 children. The families whose children (aged 3-5) attended the Regina Early Learning Centre were disadvantaged (78% of families had annual incomes of less $20,000 and more than half (52%) were single-parent households). During the TLC3 years, the Centre augmented its preschool curriculum by:

• enhanced cognitive programming through introduction of High Scope strategies (the plan-do-review process in particular) and the integration of a Reggio Emilia approach (which emphasizes the importance of enabling children to direct their own learning, with adults as facilitators) into classroom activities;
• enhanced language programming through an increase in speech-language pathologist services;
• enhanced child assessment practices through the adoption of the Preschool Evaluation Scale and major refinements in the documentation of children's learning portfolios;
• increase in staff skills related to cognitive and language development and assessment through ongoing professional development; and
• regular parent-staff supper meetings, which included an educational component.

The TLC³ project enabled the Centre to expand into programs for children under age three, specifically with the Parents as Teachers Program, a home visiting program. The Centre also added the literacy programs Come Read With Me and PRINTS (Parents' Roles Interacting with Teachers) to its Family Outreach initiatives.

- Site Final Report - Executive Summary