• improve the school readiness of St. Paul children;
• offer a rigorous academic approach; and
• help prevent St. Paul’s achievement gap.

2023-2024 Pre-K Brochure  -  Espanõl  -  Français  -  Hmoob  -  Karen  -  Somaali 

Pre-K is aligned with the district's K-12 standards-based instructional model.  The Office of Teaching and Learning ensures standards-based curriculum and assessments guide the program to continuously improve performance and quality.

Pre-K provides a rigorous academic preschool education for children.  Classes focus on teaching children to:

• see themselves as capable learners;
• develop reading, writing and math skills; and
• work well with other children and adults.

Up to 20 children are enrolled in each class with a licensed teacher and an assistant. Children are enrolled for full day, full school year programming.

What we do: 

• Provide professional development for Pre-Kindergarten Teachers and Paraprofessionals
• Hire, train and supervise Content Coaches who support Pre-Kindergarten classrooms
• Hire, train and supervise Partnerships Coordinators who support Pre-Kindergarten classrooms, their families, home-school-community connections
• Work with school staff to host multilingual family education workshops
• Work with school staff to support students and families in the transition to Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
• Provide families with information to extend the learning from classroom to home
• Support Pre-Kindergarten Teachers with curricular resources
• Support Pre-Kindergarten Teachers with assessment collection and the use of data to inform instruction 

 Call us for/when: 

• You have questions about Early Childhood Workshop, assessments used in Pre-Kindergarten.
• You need a presentation on Early Childhood Workshop or Family Education topics relevant to early learning.
• Families have questions and you need more information specific to Pre-Kindergarten issues. 

Our Administrative and Support Staff 

For a list of all staff, see Pre-K Support Staff.