Sentences with phrase «quality early childhood providers»

Require states to contract directly with high - quality early childhood providers.

Not exact matches

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QUALITYstarsNY, as New York's early childhood quality rating and improvement system, is a vital and necessary resource for child care providers to deliver the high quality care that has the greatest impacts on young children.

A 2012 state law prompted the overhaul of the state's existing quality rating system and required a uniform rating system for all early childhood programs that receive any public funding, including private providers, federally funded Head Start centers and pre-K classrooms in public and private schools.

CAP Tulsa has administered OECP for the State since 2006 and acts as the fiscal agent and a grantee, partnering with other early childhood providers to serve an additional 943 children in high - quality programs across the state.

Great Start to Quality offers those individuals who work with early childhood programs and providers in Michigan opportunities to be directly involved.

Every state's QRIS plays an important role in helping parents, providers, programs, policymakers, and the public understand the importance of choosing and investing in quality in early childhood education.

To facilitate and coordinate a cohesive, quality early childhood system through education opportunities, resource development and collaboration with service providers to support young children, birth to age eight (8) and their families in Morgan County.

The Vision for Early Childhood Home Visiting Services in Arizona: A Plan of Action 2010 - 2015 (PDF - 1,372 KB) Arizona Early Childhood Home Visiting Task Force (2010) Provides recommendations and an implementation plan that calls for continued involvement and collaboration among funders and providers of service; methods to assure high - quality, effective home visiting services; and priorities for targeting new funding opportunities.

As part of a larger investment in the early childhood system, state policymakers should look to the role that QRIS can play in supporting providers in order to achieve higher quality and ensure that all children can access quality care.

Only 10 percent of early childhood providers across the United States are considered high quality, 2 and children from low - income families and minority families are more likely to be in lower - quality care.3 QRIS offer a framework to:

QRIS offer a promising framework for delivering child care and provider supports, but a lack of funding can hamper the effectiveness of QRIS as a strategy to improve quality.7 While the rating and parent information aspects are important, well - designed QRIS should direct the majority of their resources toward supporting providers to achieve and maintain quality, and they should be integrated into the wider state early childhood system.

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Our work is focused on four strategic priorities: 1) the advancement of high - quality preschool for all children, 2) professional development for early childhood providers, 3) parent information and support, and 4) developmental screening.

Since 2008, the office has worked to expand access to and coordinate the states systems of high - quality early childhood development programs for children birth to age five, including the Virginia Preschool Initiative, Head Start, child care subsidies, and provider services.

+ strive to expand child care options for children with disabilities and their families + provide training and technical assistance for child care providers and other early childhood professionals (including specialists in early intervention and special education) + seek to improve the quality of the child care experience for all children.

STERLING — A large crowd of area child care providers and early childhood educators gathered at Northeastern Junior College Monday, for a training summit to learn about the new Colorado Shines Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) that's rolling out in 2015.