Redford Union Schools GSRP
GREAT START READINESS PROGRAM FLYER 2024-2025 (CLICK HERE)
Redford Union Schools Great Start Readiness Program provides a high quality early learning experience for four-year-old students. Providing a high quality education is the purpose of Redford Union Schools. Our commitment to the district’s youngest learners is partnered with families and the community and is respected and valued.
Children must be 4 years of age by September 1, of the year of entry. Students selected for the Great Start Readiness Program, must meet guidelines as set forth by Michigan Department of Education (MDE).
Redford Union School’s prekindergarten classroom curriculum is aligned with the National Early Childhood Standards and Michigan State Board of Education, Early Childhood Standards of Quality. To ensure fidelity to the standards, the early childhood programs are monitored through an inclusive and collaborative approach. The building principal and early childhood specialist monitors teaching and learning through the prekindergarten classroom visitation system, teacher evaluation, weekly collaboration, Professional Learning Communities, student assessments (Child Observation Record (COR)), and through a formalized process, the Program Quality Assessment (PQA).
The recruitment, eligibility and selection of prekindergarten children and their families for Early Childhood programs within the Redford Union Schools (GSRP) is an ongoing process throughout the school year. As classes are filled to capacity, prioritization continues to be based on families having the most identifiable needs by established criteria. Consideration is taken as to how the risk factors negatively impact the child’s development or future educational success. Application to the program does not imply acceptance. A wait list is created by the above prioritization process and vacancies will be filled from the waiting list .
Documentation Needed for Application Process:
- Birth Certificate
- Child must be four (4) years old by September 1st, of the year he/she begins school.
- Proof of Income
- Completed Child Application Form
- Proof of Disability (if applicable)
- Family interview (Risk Factors)
- Assessment of Child
For more information about this program, please call (313)242-3800
Memorandum of Understanding between Redford Union GSRP and Wayne Metro Head Start
To visit the Great Start Detroit/Wayne County website, please click the picture below.
Great Start Readiness Program
The Great Start Readiness Program is a funded by a grant from the Michigan Department of Education. It is a prekindergarten program for four-year-old children with factors which may place them at risk of educational failure. The program is sponsored by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and administered by Wayne RESA. Class size is limited to 16 students, meets four full days per week(M-Th) and the program provides educational, health, social work, mental health and parent involvement services. Classrooms are located at MacGowan Elementary School.
