All school elementary literacy coaches, school counselors, school tech support as well as new and returning kindergarten teachers will receive training on the New Kindergarten Assessment – LAP-3 (Learning Accomplishment Profile – Third Edition), according to St. Thomas-St. John Superintendent Jeanette Smith-Barry. The new assessment tool, which will be implemented during the 2009-10 school year, replaces the EPSF (Early Prevention of School Failure) tool.
The LAP-3 is a criterion-referenced assessment instrument for the 36-72-month age range measuring development in the domains of gross motor, fine motor, pre-writing, cognitive, language, self-help and social/emotional. It is a re-examination of the contents and organization of the LAP-R, which incorporates recent research, especially related to language and literacy and assimilates recent changes in the general population of young children. Its on-going observation format allows teachers and/or clinicians to record a child’s progress and introduce appropriate activities to support acquired and emerging skills.
Trainings are scheduled as follows:
Monday, Aug. 24
Elementary literacy coaches, school counselors, school tech support personnel
Curriculum Center – 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch provided)
Tuesday, Aug. 25
All new and returning kindergarten teachers
Curriculum Center – 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch provided)
For more information, contact Deputy Superintendent Michael Harrigan at mharrigan@sttj.k12.vi or Primary Grades Coordinator April Phillips at aphillips1@sttj.k12.vi.
