Early Childhood Education
Our vision of excellence
In Tulsa Public Schools, our goal is to ensure that all students have equitable access to excellent early childhood education. Our early childhood programs prepare students for long-term academic success and to realize their potential to become healthy, thriving members of the community. Children participate in high-quality learning experiences and joyful, purposeful play to promote their academic, social-emotional, and physical development. The early childhood team will engage with parents and caregivers to ensure that they have the resources and supports they need to nurture children’s growth and well-being.
Early Childhood program highlights
Students have equitable access to high-quality early learning experiences.
Our teachers are committed to building effective early learning classrooms that value diversity and promote inclusion and acceptance.
Students are engaged in joyful, purposeful play.
Our teachers create a joyful, purposeful play environment that supports students’ ability to explore and build language, literacy, and math skills, as well as problem-solving and social skills.
Students engage in challenging, high-level work.
Our early learning classrooms promote opportunities for young children to participate in high-level thinking in all areas such as literacy and numeracy.
Students experience an environment that supports their development of social-emotional skills.
Our teachers promote our students' social emotional learning for success in school and life.
Students engage in daily experiences that build their language skills.
Our early learning classrooms encourage and value our children’s voices and promote their literacy and language development in their home language.
Families are partners in supporting children’s growth and development.
Learning is supported through partnership with families to nurture children’s growth and well-being.
Contact Us
Email Us
Kelly Kane
Executive Director
kaneke@tulsaschools.org
Jordan Sheffield-Mix
Director
sheffjo@tulsaschools.org
Virginia Soukup
Content Manager
soukuvi@tulsaschools.orgContact for: Professional Learning, Curriculum
Erika Tarrant
Program Coordinator
tarraer@tulsaschools.orgContact for: Purchasing
Cortni McGilbraFamily Engagement Coordinator
mcgilco@tulsaschools.org
Contact for: Family Engagement
Divanny Perez Student Recruitment & Community Engagement Coordinator
perezdi@tulsaschools.orgContact for: Enrollment, Community Engagement
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Free, full-day
pre-k programs
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