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The mission of Young Learners School is early intervention. Our teachers provide a quality education for pre-kindergarten children enrolled in freestanding Head Start programs, the YMCA, and child care centers. We deliver the state of Texas pre-kindergarten program and prepare the children to enter kindergarten on a level academically comparable with their peers. Young Learners teachers work in more than 28 independent child care centers. The schools are located throughout Houston and are owned by various partners, such as AVANCE, Neighborhood Centers Inc., Gulf Coast Community Services Association, and the YMCA. Young Learners teachers work in a team teaching environment in conjunction with the child care center. Young Learners teachers receive field support from mentor teachers and an instructional supervisor, who act as liaisons between the teacher and the administration. Young Learners
School |
| Head Start &
Child Care Centers |
| School Districts | Provides degreed teachers |  | Lower the pupil teacher ratio | | Early Entrance
(Grow your own)
| Coordinates the special education referral process between Head Start, Child Care Centers, and the School District | | Provide students the services needed to support their educational achievement | | Benefit from early identification and services to special needs students | Provides bilingual instruction | | Gain a bilingual program for identified students | | Meet state policy mandate to provide dual language instruction to LEP students | Coordinates the transition of students from Head Start & Child Care Centers to the School District | | Provide families easier access to the School District and/or school of choice | | Enhance the successful enrollment transition to the assigned district school | Increases average daily attendance (Compulsory attendance required) |
| Increase daily attendance and student learning potential |
| Generate greater Average Daily Attendance funding | Provides curriculum alignment | | Enrich their Whole Child Approach with increased academic development | | Align the state pre-kindergarten program with the Texas Essential Knowledge of Skills |
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