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Happy Faces Child Care Development

By SOESDCity, Classroom staff can communicate with your child in, Does this site offer extended care hours?, Family Child Care / Home-Based Preschool, Jackson County, Location, No, Program can offer verbal and written communication in the following languages, Program curriculum is primarily offered in, Program is DHS listed, Program utilizes social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or approach (example: Conscious Discipline, Second Step, etc.), Provider Type, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Transportation Available, White City, Yes, Yes, Yes

2025-2026 program year information coming soon

Address: 8335 Barbur St., White City, OR 97503

Contact Name: Maria Alcala

Phone: 541-326-7688

Email: liliana.alcala18@gmail.com

Provider Type: Family Child Care / Home-based Preschool

Program curriculum is primarily offered in: Spanish

Classroom staff can communicate with your child in: Spanish
* Participating Preschool Promise programs are inclusive and open to all children regardless of their primary language. Preschool Promise programs may need to reach out to Preschool Promise coaches for tools and resources to help them support communication in other languages

Program can offer verbal and written communication in the following languages: Spanish
*Program staff may need to use translation tools and/or services to provide communication in other languages to families if needed

Transportation is available: No

Preschool Promise Operating Hours:

Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 2:30 pm

Does this site offer extended care hours? Yes, but availability may be limited.

Monday – Friday 6:00 am – 7:30 am
Monday – Friday 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Program is currently listed with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) aka “DHS Listed” and able to accept Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) subsidies? Yes

Preschool Promise Program Year:

September 9, 2024 – June 5, 2025

Description: The children develop their creativity through active play and with the help of the teacher as support and model during the hours of instruction. Our goal is to guide and provide the necessary tools for socio-emotional and educational support for the best academic success possible. Including creativity, exploration and inclusion of all the children as unique individuals and with the exceptional abilities that each of them has, it is a pleasure to watch them flourish and develop as people.

Program utilizes social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or approach (example: Conscious Discipline, Second Step, etc.): Yes

Experience or specialized trainings: We use the creative curriculum as a basis and as support. In the socio-emotional areas we use another tool, which is conscious discipline, which we incorporate within the classroom and as part of our daily routine.

Other services provided: We create goals with our families to support them during the school year in order to improve the children’s essential abilities and so they can enjoy preschool education. We provide follow-up and activities based on the needs of any child with any diagnosis or we work with the families to obtain the help they need to support each child as needed.

June 7, 2021

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Kids Unlimited of Oregon – Medford. Coming back…Fall 2025

By SOESDCity, Classroom staff can communicate with your child in, Does this site offer extended care hours?, English and Spanish, Jackson County, Location, Medford, No, Program can offer verbal and written communication in the following languages, Program curriculum is primarily offered in, Program is DHS listed, Program utilizes social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or approach (example: Conscious Discipline, Second Step, etc.), Provider Type, School District, Spanish and English, Spanish and English, Transportation Available, Yes, Yes, Yes

Kids Unlimited is moving their Preschool classrooms back to their Medford location fall 2025.

2025-2026 program year information coming soon

Address: 821 N. Riverside Ave., Medford, OR 97504

Contact Name: Betty Goodson

Phone: 541-774-3900

Email: betty.goodson@kuaoregon.org

Website: kuoregon.org

Provider Type: School District

Program curriculum is primarily offered in: Both Spanish and English

Classroom staff can communicate with your child in: Spanish and English
* Participating Preschool Promise programs are inclusive and open to all children regardless of their primary language. Preschool Promise programs may need to reach out to Preschool Promise coaches for tools and resources to help them support communication in other languages

Program can offer verbal and written communication in the following languages: Spanish and English
*Program staff may need to use translation tools and/or services to provide communication in other languages to families if needed

Transportation is available: No

Preschool Promise Operating Hours:

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 2:30 pm

Does this site offer extended care hours? Yes

Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 8:00 am
Monday – Friday 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Program is currently listed with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) aka “DHS Listed” and able to accept Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) subsidies? Yes

Preschool Promise Program Year:

August 7, 2023 – June 18, 2024

Description: At Kids Unlimited PREKU, we value all children and families and want to provide the best experience for all who take part. Our philosophy is built on a holistic approach to learning, ensuring that the whole child is cared for and embraced for who they are. We value children as individuals and understand that to feed the curiosity to learn, we must support aspects of learning such as social emotional skills, physical well-being, and divergent thinking through play-based learning. Our holistic approach means that families and community will also play a crucial role in our school.

Our program utilizes Creative Curriculum in order to meet the academic and social emotional goals of our students. The curriculum’s scope and sequence aligns with Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten guidelines. This comprehensive academic curriculum uses research-based methods to teach and assess 38 different objectives throughout the year. Areas of learning include: Social Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Literacy, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies, The Arts and English Language Acquisition.

We value social emotional learning-building important problem solving, self-regulation and social skills. Before we teach children what to learn, we want to make sure they understand how to learn. To do this, we want to provide learning experiences that encourage problem solving in interactive ways. Student focused, hands-on, play based learning are all woven into the thematic curriculum that will be presented throughout the school year.

For most children, preschool is the first exposure to a school experience. As the families of our students, we ask that you be a present, active part of your child’s learning. As educators, we will facilitate learning in a meaningful way and provide positive interactions for your children to cultivate a foundation for learning. Together, with full support from staff, families and community resources, we can encourage curious, compassionate and confident learners.

It is our goal to create meaningful and diverse experiences for all children. Through equitable teaching practices we want to empower each student to be their true selves within the classroom community. We learn and grow from one another, embracing the differences that make us unique. It is our goal at PreKU that we build a culture of not only acceptance for all, but the appreciation and empowerment for all.

Program utilizes social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or approach (example: Conscious Discipline, Second Step, etc.): Yes

Experience or specialized trainings: Our staff offer many years of experience in Early Childhood Education, and complete more than 20 hours of Early Childhood Professional Development each year. Our Teachers all have obtained Bachelors degrees in Early Childhood or Elementary Education, and our support staff are continuously building on skills through CDA course work, Community Training, and College Courses. Our Director has a Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education, is a certified CLASS affiliate trainer and observer, and has over 12 years of classroom and teacher coaching experience.

Other services provided: We offer three meals a day, at no additional charge! Our staff plan and provide enrichment activities to offer during the afterschool program, and we provide Early Childhood Intervention screening and support to referral services. We also offer three family conferences per year, in addition to monthly Parent meetings (via zoom).

June 7, 2021

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Herald & News Feature: Aptitude vs. interest: Student test reveals new paths

By SOESDNews, School Improvement Services, School-Wide Improvement

Eighth-grader Lillian Beegle considers herself artistic. She likes to write and she has an interest in the digital arts. So when an aptitude test pointed her in a different direction, she was surprised.

“I was like ‘Wait, these are my aptitudes?’ I didn’t expect to be connected to the medical field.”

Beegle is among eighth-graders at Henley Middle School who piloted a new aptitude test this year that aims to connect their strengths and skills to future careers.

Read the full article here.

June 4, 2021

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Great Beginnings

By SOESDCity, Classroom staff can communicate with your child in, Does this site offer extended care hours?, English, English, English, Family Child Care / Home-Based Preschool, Jackson County, Location, No, Program can offer verbal and written communication in the following languages, Program curriculum is primarily offered in, Program is DHS listed, Program utilizes social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or approach (example: Conscious Discipline, Second Step, etc.), Provider Type, Rogue River, Spanish and English, Transportation Available, What other languages can your program offer verbal and written communication in?, Yes, Yes, Yes

2025-2026 program year information coming soon

Address: 227 Pine St., Rogue River, OR 97537

Contact Name: Rhonda Renee Schock

Phone: 541-787-5437

Email: great-beginnings@hotmail.com

Provider Type: Family Child Care / Home-based Preschool

Program curriculum is primarily offered in: English

Classroom staff can communicate with your child in: English, limited Spanish and ASL
* Participating Preschool Promise programs are inclusive and open to all children regardless of their primary language. Preschool Promise programs may need to reach out to Preschool Promise coaches for tools and resources to help them support communication in other languages

Program can offer verbal and written communication in the following languages: English
*Program staff may need to use translation tools and/or services to provide communication in other languages to families if needed

Transportation is available: No

Preschool Promise Operating Hours:

Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 1:30 pm

Does this site offer extended care hours? Yes

Monday – Thursday 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 5:30 pm

Program is currently listed with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) aka “DHS Listed” and able to accept Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) subsidies? Yes

Preschool Promise Program Year:

September 3, 2024 – May 29, 2025

Description: We are a play based program with highly qualified staff and a QRIS/SPARK 5* rating. Our program offers early childhood learning experiences that are built into the routines of our day, are child directed, following the Creative Curriculum studies as we weave our way through their interests and the natural rhythms of our seasons. We are proud of the extensive child based outdoor area we have created for our littles that features an outdoor classroom, Mud Kitchen, Neighborhood Garden, Sensory Garden, Large Climbing Structure Water Wall and a plethora or riding apparatus’. We welcome all cultures and learning styles putting a strong emphasis on supporting families and community. It is our strong belief that play is the foundation in the house of higher education. Great Beginnings is where loving and learning go heart to heart and hand in hand.

Program utilizes social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or approach (example: Conscious Discipline, Second Step, etc.): Yes

Experience or specialized trainings: SPARK 5*, Class trained, Outdoor Education Certified, Over 35 years in the field

Other services provided: Family events, Kaleidoscope Play Groups, Summer Care, All food provided.

June 2, 2021

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2021-2022 Approved Budget

By SOESDNews

Click here to review the budget.

May 28, 2021

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SOUTHERN OREGON 2022 REGIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR

By SOESDNews

On behalf of the Oregon Department of Education, Southern Oregon Education Service District (SOESD) is proud to announce the selection of Lois MacMillan of Grants Pass High School, as a 2022 Oregon Regional Teacher of the Year. MacMillan will be honored virtually in the coming month and will be awarded a check for $500.

SOESD convened a virtual Blue Ribbon Panel made up of diverse and unbiased panel members who represented the geographic region of Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties. The panel, who reviewed many applications from a larger set of nominations, found that Lois had the highest average rubric score of all candidates. The panelists made these observations during their deliberations:

I like the way Lois brought music into her curriculum
Lois understands differentiated instruction and works to ensure every student works with every other student throughout the year
Lois’s classroom is student-centered
There is a depth in Lois’s responses that correlates with her experience
Lois has been through the National Board Certification process and that shows in her reflective practice
There is a sense of humility in Lois’s responses
Lois has core values that she wishes to impart to her students and those core values will help her students become more resilient. This is something every teacher needs to know about and do.
Lois has a career with momentum and one gets a sense in reading her application that the best is yet to come.

The Oregon Teacher of the Year Program started in 1955, and is managed by the Oregon Department of Education. Anyone can nominate a candidate for the recognition, but teachers may not nominate themselves. Once selected, the Oregon Teacher of the Year is also a candidate to apply for the National Teacher of the Year recognition. The selected teacher serves as the face and voice of exemplary educators across the state of Oregon, and engages and inspires other teachers and community leaders as a representative of the profession.

Oregon Department of Education chose in 2018-19 to expand the selection process for the nominees. The goal of the expansion is to honor teachers in every region of the state. Education Service Districts across Oregon reviewed applications submitted from their geographic region and facilitated a Blue Ribbon Panel and review process to identify winners in their regions. Thirteen winners will go on to be considered for Oregon Teacher of the Year, which will be decided in September.

SOESD is proud of the amazing teachers in our three-county region, exemplified by MacMillan, who are focused on quality teaching, learning, and student achievement.

May 20, 2021

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Second Notice of Budget Committee Meeting

By SOESDNews

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to ORS 294.426, that a public meeting of the Budget Committee of Southern Oregon Education Service District, serving the school districts in Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath Counties, will be held on May 12, 2021, at 6:00 pm for the purpose of receiving the budget message and budget document of said district for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A second meeting of the budget committee is tentatively scheduled for May 19, 2021 at 6:00 pm and public comment on the budget will also be taken at this meeting.

Due to statewide restrictions and efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Budget Committee meeting will be held by video/audio conference. A copy of the proposed budget document and the link to join the meeting via video/audio conference will be available on or after May 7, 2021 at www.soesd.k12.or.us or obtained via email request to administration@soesd.k12.or.us. Public comment will be taken during the meeting.

The first notice of the budget committee meeting was published in the Medford Mail Tribune on April 18, 2021.

Scott Beveridge, Superintendent

Budget Officer

May 1, 2021

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Notice of Budget Committee Meeting

By SOESDNews

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to ORS 294.426, that a public meeting of the Budget Committee of Southern Oregon Education Service District, serving the school districts in Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath Counties, will be held on May 12, 2021, at 6:00 pm for the purpose of receiving the budget message and budget document of said district for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A second meeting of the budget committee is tentatively scheduled for May 19, 2021 at 6:00 pm and public comment on the budget will also be taken at this meeting.

Due to statewide restrictions and efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Budget Committee meeting will be held by video/audio conference. A copy of the proposed budget document and the link to join the meeting via video/audio conference will be available on or after May 7, 2021 at www.soesd.k12.or.us or obtained via email request to administration@soesd.k12.or.us. Public comment will be taken during the meeting.

A second notice of the budget committee meeting will be posted on the Southern Oregon Education Service District website at: www.soesd.k12.or.us. This second notice will be posted on the website May 1, 2021.

Scott Beveridge, Superintendent

Budget Officer

April 18, 2021

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Oregon Leaders Announce $250 Million Summer Learning and Child Care Package for Kids

By SOESDNews

Makes equitable investments in educational and child care programs to help Oregon children recover from challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic

(Salem, OR) — Today, Governor Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney, and House Speaker Tina Kotek unveiled a restorative $250 million Summer Learning and Child Care package to help students and children learn, thrive, and have fun this summer. Combined with up to about $75 million in federal funds, both in district matching funds and funding for the Employment-Related Day Care Program, as much as $325 million will be invested in summer learning and child care programs.

This past year, Oregon’s children have been burdened by the educational, social, emotional, and mental health impacts of a worldwide pandemic, months of comprehensive distance learning, and more. The Summer Learning and Child Care package will create grants for enrichment activities, academic support, child care and early learning programs. Investments will be made equitably for Oregon’s Black, Indigenous, Tribal, Latino, Latina, and Latinx, Pacific Islander, and children of color, who have borne the disproportionate impact of the last year’s challenges.

Read the full press release.

March 11, 2021

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