Taking Steps Toward PK - 3 Success offers National Education Association (NEA)
affiliates specific advice on state and district policies addressing class size, supporting full - day Prekindergarten and Kindergarten programs, promoting high quality
teachers, targeting
professional development to improve PreK - 3rd
practice, clarifying the role of para-educators (especially in support of bilingual and bicultural children), and providing for adequate planning time for
teachers within grades and between grades to develop integrated and coherent programs and
practices throughout the age span (alignment).