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goal of achieving excellence for students and educators. We work together to fundraise, administer and implement programs like STEP into K to prepare 4 and 5 -year-old children to arrive at Kindergarten prepared to begin their academic careers. We have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the SDIRC that clearly defines our role and how we access funds for projects like STEP into Kindergarten, which would otherwise not be available to the SDIRC to address important community needs like increasing Kindergarten Readiness rates. GOALS AND OUTCOMES Goal 1: 80% of all students will score at least 80% or higher on the "Get Ready to Read" screener. Result: Pre-test — 63% and Post-test - 86% Goal 2: 80% of students will score at least 80% or higher on the Kindergarten Initial Sounds Probe. Result: Pre-test — 34% and Post-test 66% Goal 3: 80% of students will score at least 80% or higher on the Letter Naming Probes for upper and lowercase letters and Number Identification Probes. Result: Letter Naming Probes for Lowercase Letters: Pre-test — 46% and Post-test — 69% Letter Naming Probes for Uppercase Letters: Pre-test — 59% and Post-test — 73% Goal 4: Based on the pre -and post- Social/ Emotional/ Behavioral Progress Rating, students will demonstrate a 25% growth rate. Results: • Displays respect and courtesy to adults: Pre-test — 14% and Post-test — 86% • Works and plays well with others: Pre-test — 15% and Post-test — 83% • Follows directions the first time: Pre-test — 42% and Post-test — 65% • Stays on task: Pre-test — 38% and Post-test — 71% A note about tracking progress: Presently, we continue to track the academic careers of the children who participate in the program using a new program called i -Ready and will continue to work with the SDRIC to identify additional ways to progress monitor children who are part of this project. Pre- and Post -assessments were utilized to monitor progress of early literacy and math skills, along with social emotional behavioral skills. Program Implementation Progress: STEP into Kindergarten began for students on June 4, 2018 at the following SDIRC locations: Fellsmere Elementary, Dodgertown Elementary, and Vero Beach Elementary. We promoted the program with the Kindergarten Round -up and Pre -K Party on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Indian River Mall. This was the first day that parents could register their children for Kindergarten and sign up for STEP into Kindergarten. We registered 75 children for the program at this event. 27 60