Leading Future-Powered Kindergarten

This resource offers a side-by-side look at what the Future-Powered Kindergarten components look like for students, and what the teacher does to ensure each component is present. The emphasis is on building students' executive function skills all day long and shifting the role of the teacher. 

K teachers used this resource in the introduction to Future-Powered Kindergarten workshop day in June.

IDE’s “Look Into” narratives are intended to be a snapshot rather than a full description of the classroom. As a sketch of one teacher’s classroom, it does not provide a complete representation of all Future-Powered Kindergarten (FPK) Classrooms. Instead, it will offer a general sense of the FPK Classroom in action and insights into particular structures and strategies that can be used. This example will not be what each Kindergarten classroom will look like at the start of the year, but will be what we collectively work toward with students and teachers as the year progresses. 

K teachers used this resource in the introduction to Future-Powered Kindergarten workshop day in June.

Future-Powered Kindergarten reflects the instructional strategies and instructional mindsets identified by NYSED for effective P-3 Instruction.

K teachers used this resource in the introduction to Future-Powered Kindergarten workshop day in June.

This NYSED P-3 Classroom Walkthrough Checklist is provided to illustrate how the recommended P-3 effective instructional strategies are reflected in Future-Powered Kindergarten. Your support and feedback to Kindergarten teachers should focus on how they are using these strategies to intentionally build students' readiness for first grade with a focus on building executive function, literacy, numeracy, and social skills.

This NYSED resource on the value of play from birth to age 3 provides research and information on play. Play is a critical component of Future-Powered Kindergarten for building executive function and readiness for more learning.

K teachers used this resource in the introduction to Future-Powered Kindergarten workshop day in June.