Siskiyou County Office of Education

Barbara Dillmann, Superintendent   Website: Siskiyou County.

A Region 2 Early Childhood Professional Development grant from the U. S. Department of Education through the Tehama County Department of Education, CAL-NET provides reimbursement for the cost of college tuition and books for preschool teachers and family care providers, supports additional training in early literacy, provides on-line courses, and includes demonstration "classrooms of excellence" in preschool litereacy instruction.

CAL-NET provides the following to participating early childhood educators:

• On-line classes
• Reimbursement for college classes and books
• Ongoing intensive monitoring systems including peer-coaching and classroom support
• A comprehensive electronic teacher portfolio system, "Clipboard."
• An innovative, on-line child profile system, "Schoolgate" with multiple measures linked to California's preschool and school-age standards.
• Books and More:  A parent component that includes free books and activities to extend learning into the home.

Professional Development Specialist

Kate Ashbey     Contact email

  Welcome to Siskiyou County! We are located at the very top of California in the   mountainous region of the Southern Cascades and Trinity Alps. Our county is home to   roughly 900 preschoolers ages 3-5, spread out in tiny communities sometimes miles from   schools and services. Even so, we currently serve 270 children in State Preschools and 70   in Head Start facilities, centered primarily in towns along the I-5 corridor, like Yreka and   Mount Shasta. We have a dedicated group of early childhood professionals in Siskiyou,   serving children of all ages and stages, and a strong CARES program. In the past six years, the number of child development permits has grown from 2 to over 100! College of the Siskiyous has a growing Early Childhood Education department which will start providing classes on-line in Fall 2006.

For more information, contact Kate Ashbey at (530) 842-8482

STARS

     
Britta Shafer                 Mandy Bartlett

Classrooms of Excellence

Olivia and Kate make apple juice		Building with food boxes		Trinity delivers the mail
Our mailboxes		CIRCLE workshops		Sarah Kerwood and Patty Dee CAL-NET conference 2005