Preschool

As preschoolers gain more self-esteem, they may feel ready to take on the world. Dawning Years Academy is proud to be a part of the HISD Young Learners and the Texas School Ready Programs. Our programs provides activities that help children become problem solvers and lifelong learners.

Young Learners

Young Learners Charter School serves PK students in a program in multiple settings served by Head Start programs. Young Learners features developmentally appropriate practices based on principles established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The vision of the program is to extend to young at-risk learners a quality education that will prepare them to enter kindergarten prepared for success.

Texas School Ready

The Children’s Learning Institute implements the Texas School Ready! project as an early education approach that serves at-risk preschool-aged children through shared resources between public and private early childhood education programs.  The design of Texas School Ready! increases children’s school readiness through five evidence-driven components: research-based curriculum, technology-driven child progress monitoring, facilitated teacher professional development, ongoing teacher mentoring, and sustainability, including participation in the Texas School Readiness Certification System (SRCS).

Now in its eighth year, Texas School Ready! has increased from serving 110 classrooms and 2,140 children in its first year to serving more than 1,800 classrooms and about 41,000 children in the 2009-2010 school year. Evidence from early childhood education professionals who implement Texas School Ready! in their classrooms reveals that young children most at-risk are better prepared to succeed in kindergarten.