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Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP)

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Enrollment Timeline

  • December 1–12, 2025: Priority enrollment opens for families currently enrolled in BPS Early Learning.
     

  • January 5, 2026: All new families interested in the GSRP program for the 2026–2027 school year are invited to apply

  • January 5–May 1, 2026: Enrollment will follow the tiered system mandated by Oakland Schools.

2026-2027 School Year is Now open!

How to Apply:

You can apply online using Michigan Early Childhood Connect (MiECC).
Start your application here: https://version4.miecc.org/CaregiverPortal/63

If you would like help, a Care Coordinator can guide you through each step.
Call or text 1-844-456-5437 for support.


What You’ll Need to Apply:

Having your documents ready before you start makes things much easier.

Required documents:

  1. Proof of Residency (driver’s license, utility bill, lease, etc.)
  2. Proof of Income
  3. Proof of your child’s age (birth certificate preferred; passport or medical/dental/religious record with your child’s name and birthdate are also accepted)


How to Register with MiECC (PC recommended):

  1. Open the application using the link provided below.
  2. On the first page, click “Services for my child.”
  3. Select “Preschool” for the type of service you require.
  4. Choose “Upcoming School Year 2026/2027.”
  5. Under “I have a service provider in mind,” select “Birmingham Schools.”
  6. Create an account.
  7. Complete all required information.
  8. Indicate your location preference ( i.e. Beverly, ECC, Harlan etc.)  in the “Is there anything you want to tell us?” box.
  9. Upload required documents
    • Go to “Members”  
    • Click on the child’s name you entered
    • Select “Documents” at the top of the page.
    • Click the + next to Proof of Residency and upload your document.
    • Click the + next to Birth Certificate and upload your document.
  10. A Care Coordinator will contact you once your application has been received. 

Processing may take several days/weeks. If you do not hear back right away, please know Care Coordinators are working through many applications across the county.

If you have any questions or need support, please call or text Care Coordinators at 1-844-456-5437.

Please send any additional inquiries to BPSGSRP@Birmingham.K12.MI.US  

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DAILY ROUTINE

Arrival/Greeting Time
Children enter the classroom at their own pace. Parents/guardians are encouraged to stay until the children are ready for them to leave. Children have choices about whether to spend time with books or interact with adults and one another. Once all children have arrived, adults share the message board.

Large Group
All adults and children participate in activities planned around children’s interests, developmental levels, music and movement, cooperative play and projects, and events meaningful to children.

Planning Time
Through small group experiences, children indicate their plans to adults in a place where intimate conversation can occur and where people and materials are visible. Adults use a range of strategies to support children’s planning.

Work Time
One hour of uninterrupted choice time where children initiate activities and carry out their intentions. Children make many choices about where and how to use materials. During work time, adults participate as partners in child-initiated play and encourage children’s problem solving both with materials and during times of social conflict.

Recall and Snack Time
Gathered in a small group setting, children choose work time experiences to reflect on, talk about, and exhibit. Adults provide a variety of materials and strategies to maintain interests as they follow the children’s lead and encourage children to share. Children will also be provided a snack. Family style meals support children doing things for themselves (e.g., serve themselves, pour beverages, distribute napkins, and wipe up spills). Children choose whether to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat. Adults eat and have meaningful conversations with children.

Clean Up Time
Children and adults clean up together, keeping the spirit of play and problem solving alive. Children make many choices during clean up time. Adults accept children’s level of involvement and skill while supporting their learning.

Small Group Time
An adult-initiated learning experience based on children’s interests and development where children can explore, play, work with materials, and talk about what they are doing. Individual children explore and use the same set of materials in their own way.

Outside Time
Children have many choices about how they play in the outdoor learning environment much as they do during work time indoors. Adults supervise children for safety and also join in their outdoor play, supporting children’s initiatives and problem solving.

Lunch Time
Family-Style meals support children doing things for themselves (e.g., serve themselves, pour beverages, distribute napkins, wipe up spills). Children choose whether to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat. Adults eat and have meaningful conversations with the children. Children are encouraged to clean their own snack space including disposal of left overs, wiping of tables, and pushing in their own chairs.

Quiet/Rest Time
Resting is a time for sleeping or quiet, solitary, on-your-own-cot play. Rest Time plans are individualized to meet the needs of each child. Quiet play could include books, soft music, baby dolls, or fine motor manipulatives.