The Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) Curriculum Evaluation Form and Implementation Toolkit is a resource designed to deepen and strengthen teaching and learning in California’s preschool and transitional kindergarten classrooms. This is a fillable, interactive form.
This toolkit reflects our shared commitment to ensuring that every young child in our state, regardless of background, language, or zip code, has access to joyful and developmentally appropriate early learning experiences before entering kindergarten.
This toolkit is intended to support all UPK programs using the California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF) to inform instruction in two essential ways.
1 – The toolkit supports programs in the selection of curriculum that are fully aligned with the PTKLF and that advance children’s learning across all domains.
2 – The toolkit helps programs ensure that their implementation of a curriculum, or a combination of curricula, includes the critical, research-based components that lead to improved and equitable outcomes for all children