Madison-Grant United School Corporation has announced a partnership with Waterford.org as an addition to their early childhood curriculum.
The program is being utilized in the classroom through Madison-Grant’s Early Childhood education programs.
Dr. Scott Deetz explains how teachers use the tools provided by Waterford.org, “It’s a vehicle for Pre-K students to deliver curriculum that lends to academic development for our students,” he said in a prepared statement. “It’s part of our foundational curriculum that is in concert with live teaching. For example, a teacher in our Pre-K classroom is working at a center, then we’ll have some students working independently through the software & monitor the progress on teacher assigned lessons based on level & interest that can adopt to students.”
Madison-Grant also extended offerings in their community this year with the addition of the Argyll Adventure Academy, a STEM-focused Pre-K.
“The intent of our early childhood programming, regardless of the program, is to develop a sound social and emotional foundations that will last through their career,” Deetz said.
The addition of a STEM specific pre-school is only one aspect says Deetz, “The steps we have taken is to have STEM related activities in each one of our Pre-K programs. We went above & beyond to find outside funding through the Department of Education & grants to help develop our teachers professionally and also provide them with top notch resources like additional robots, computers, circuit boards, software to deliver hands on experiences to our Pre-K classes so our transition into our K-12 program is virtually seamless because this is the same focus we have in the rest of our system.”
