See the KSDE Early Childhood Home Page for Early Childhood Funding Opportunities for 2021-2022.

Click here for the Directory of Kansas Parents as Teachers programs to find contact information for a program in your community.

The Parents as Teachers® (PAT) evidence-based affiliate model provides parents with the skills and knowledge they need to help make informed decisions regarding their child’s education. The program includes personal visits, group connections, health, vision, hearing and developmental screenings, and supports family connections with other community services. Additional information about the Parents as Teachers program is available on the PAT National website: www.parentsasteachers.org.

KSDE serves as the Parents as Teachers® State Office and supports local programs with implementing the Parents as Teachers affiliate model. The KPAT program is available to any parent, including fathers, relatives as caregivers, and foster and adoptive parents, who has a child under the age of kindergarten entry and lives within a participating school district.

This is a map of Kansas USDs that sponsor Parents as Teachers programs.

Kansas Parents as Teachers partners with other home visiting and early childhood programs to promote access to high quality services for children and families in their communities. Visit kshomevisiting.org for more information about home visiting in Kansas.

This annual meeting is an opportunity for Parents as Teachers Coordinators, Lead Educators, and Administrators to convene for networking, learning, and providing feedback. The Kansas State Department of Education collaborates with local Kansas PAT program personnel to develop a relevant agenda. PAT leaders from across Kansas lead sessions on a variety of topics and KSDE provides a focused session for new administrators. Participation at this meeting is voluntary.

2019:
Agenda 2019
Foundations for School Success presentation
Focused Session: Information for New Coordinators
KIDS Collection and KPAT

Parents as Teachers Affiliation Letter (PDF)
Parents as Teachers Pricing Sheet 2018 (external PDF)
Parents as Teachers Assurances (PDF)

Application Packet For Kansas Parents As Teachers Program  Prenatal To 72 Months
 Kansas Parents as Teachers (Kansas PAT) SY2020-2021 Grant Requirements, Assurances, and Application (PDF)
Kansas Parents as Teachers FAQs SY2020-2021(PDF)

KPAT Quality Improvement Grant Application 2019.docx (Application submission closed on Friday, September, 13th 2019)
KPAT Quality Improvement Grants Awarded

2019-2020 Parents as Teachers Mid-Year Report (PDF)
2019-2020 Parents as Teachers APR (PDF)
2018-2019 Parents as Teachers APR (PDF)
2016-2017 Parents as Teachers APR (PDF)
2015-2016 Parents as Teachers APR (PDF)
2014-2015 Parents as Teachers Evaluation Report (PDF)
2014-2015 Parents as Teachers APR (PDF)
2013-2014 Parents as Teachers APR (PDF)

Foundations for School Success is a web-based application used to collect early childhood data.

Login to KSDE Authenticated Applications: https://apps.ksde.org/authentication/login.aspx

This webinar will lead data entry personnel through adding necessary data fields in the Early Childhood Foundations for School Success authenticated application, otherwise known as FSS. Data entry in FSS is required for Kansas Parents as Teachers programs. Foundations for School Success Training May 2019

User Key Documents

Foundations for School Success Step by Step Guide (PDF)
2013-2014 Foundations for School Success User's Guide (updated 8/2018) (PDF)
 KIDS and Foundations for School Success (PDF)

Foundations for School Success Materials

Vision-Hearing Screen (PDF)
ASQ-3 Screening Summary (PDF)
ASQ:SE Screening Summary (PDF)

Surveys
Transition Survey (PDF)
Classroom Practices Survey (PDF)
Child Survey (PDF)
Family Survey (PDF)
Educator Survey (PDF)
Protective Factors Survey English / Spanish (PDF)