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b. Division of Student Services ~ Waterford Supplemental Instructional Resource (Not to exceed $130,000) ~ Updated 8.7.2025
Summary: Presented by: Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services
Request: It is requested that the Board of Education approve the purchase of the Waterford Platform - Instructional Supplemental Resource in the amount not to exceed $130,000 from the Bright From the Start Pre-K4 Grant and the Pre-K3 General Operating Budget.
Why: Due to the proposed deployment of the Waterford Platform - Instructional Supplemental Resource across all Pre-K4 classrooms throughout the district, the total cost in the amount not to exceed $130,000 from the Bright From the Start Pre-K4 Grant and the
Pre-K3 General Operating Budget. The Waterford supplemental instructional platform is a diagnostic adaptive program for Pre-K scholars that has a strategic focus on the development of early literacy and early numeracy skills while being aligned to the Georgia Early Learning Developmental Standards, (GELDS). The programs’ systematic and explicit approach to learning that supports the gradual release model with target support for remediation and/or acceleration is aligned to each student’s learning pathway that’s highlighted by research based instructional practices. The skills that are developed in partnership with the instructional experience within the classroom setting with the utilization of the Waterford platform helps to enhance the development of early literacy, early numeracy, and foundation of school skills within our Pre-K (3&4) scholars.
Details: The DeKalb County School District, as a local educational agency (LEA) receiving Bright From the Start - (Pre-K4) grant funds, has an obligation to continue to enhance the instructional offering of our young scholars in the areas of early literacy and early numeracy. Services from the preferred vendor will support explicit instruction being delivered as an added value to our young scholar’s instructional experience within their classroom and home settings.
The DeKalb County School District currently serves over 2800 Pre-K (3&4) students within (25) Pre-K3 classes and (128) Pre-K4 classes. Having access to the Waterford Platform - Instructional Supplemental Resource will be an added value to their instructional experience within the early learning arena.
During the 2024-2025 school year, the Waterford platform was piloted across all our Pre-K3 expansion sites and Pre-K4 classes that are designated at the same schools. There was a total of 550 students utilizing the platform within the various Pre-K (3&4) expansion and piloted classrooms. Effective communication with our families is essential with ensuring that the Waterford platform is accessible and utilized at home during the school year to support our students’ instructional journey. The utilization of the platform within their classroom settings is an added value to the instructional offering that they receive form their teachers and paraprofessionals. In accordance with Board Policy DJE, Board approval is being requested for the Waterford - supplemental instructional resource to be deployed across the district within all Pre-K (3&4) classrooms.
Waterford Platform - Pre-K3 Achievement Data
The scores listed below represent the achievement data for the content areas of literacy and numeracy Pre-K3 scholars during the 2024-2025 SY.
Waterford Platform - Pre-K4 Achievement Data
The scores listed below represent the achievement data for the content areas of literacy and numeracy Pre-K4 scholars during the 2024-2025 SY.
According to DJE, Board approval is being requested for the Waterford Platform - Instructional Supplemental Resource and Professional Learning services.
Financial impact: The financial impact to the general funds for Pre-K3 students who will utilize the Waterford platform during the 2025-2025 school year will not exceed the amount of 20,000. The financial impact to the Bright From the Start funds for Pre-K4 students who will utilize the Waterford platform during the 2025-2026 school year will not exceed the amount of $110,000.
Department of Early Learning and Pre-K3 Programs Charge Code:
560.0000.434000.17821.7481.1540.6014.094.2025
Department of Early Learning and Pre-K4 Programs Charge Code:
560.2300.553200.17821.7481.1540.8010.094.2026
560.2210.511600.17821.7640.1540.8010.094.2026
Contact: Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services
Dr. Zack Phillips, Executive Director of Early Learning and Pre-K Programs, Division of Student Services, 678-676-2048
Effective: Upon Board Approval
Status: Approved by the Office of Legal Affairs
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