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Evaluation
Blueprint for Action: Achieving Center-Based Change Through Staff Development (revised edition) Language: English
Author: Jorde Bloom, Paula
Publisher: Redleaf Press (2007)
Description: Newly revised, Blueprint for Action provides a framework for understanding early childhood centers as organizations as well as the dynamics of change within such organizations. Helping directors move beyond a "quick fix" notion of center improvement, this groundbreaking book details a comprehensive method for assessing program strengths and areas in need of improvement, including an individualized model of staff development. Woven throughout the text are numerous vignettes connecting the concepts presented to real-life situations experienced by early childhood administrators. This revised edition includes a CD-ROM containing adaptable worksheets and assessment tools designed to help directors:
• identify problems and take action
• create a staff development action plan
• establish individual and organizational goals
• outline assessment for individual staff members and the organization
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Program Administration Scale Language: English
Author: Talan, Teri
Publisher: Teachers College Press (Nov 2004)
Description: The Program Administration Scale (PAS) is designed to reliably measure the leadership and management practices of center-based early childhood organizations—the only instrument of its kind to focus exclusively on organization-wide administrative issues.
Using a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use assessment instrument measures leadership functions and management functions of an organization.
This tool is available at a cost from Teachers College Press.
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Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures (2nd Ed.) Language: English
Author: Halle, Tamara
Publisher: Child Trends (March 2010)
Description: This report was written to provide a consistent framework with which to review the existing measures of the quality of early care and education settings. The aim is to provide uniform information about quality measures. It is hoped that such information will be useful to researchers and practitioners, and help to inform the measurement of quality for policy-related purposes. It provides info on tools currently being used to measure quality in ECE for various purposes, primarily for accountability and public policy. Cross references the measures for purpose and age, etc.
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Watching Teachers Work: Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years and Early Grades Language: English
Author: Guernsey, Lisa
Publisher: New America Foundation (Nov 2011)
Description: The New America Foundation's Early Education Initiative has published a new report, that describes how valid and reliable observation tools could be used to promote effective teaching in PreK-3rd grade programs. Additionally, for states that have or are developing Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) for publicly-funded early childhood programs, the report recommends the inclusion of observation tools that focus on how professionals interact with the infants, toddlers and preschoolers in those programs.
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General Information
Evaluation of Pennsylvannia's Keystone STARS Quality Rating System in Child Care Settings Language: English
Author: Fiene, Richard
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University (Dec 2006)
Description: This research completed a year long evaluation of the Pennsylvania Keystone Stars Quality Rating System used to improve the overall quality of early care and education programs throughout the state. According to the researchers, “this study clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of the Keystone Stars Quality Rating System in improving the overall quality of early care and education programs”.
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Keys to High-Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers: Core Knowledge and Competencies for Infants and Toddlers Language: English
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (January 2010)
Description: This fact sheet describes common elements found in the core knowledge and competencies for infants and toddlers of 36 States, including age ranges, core knowledge categories, competency levels, and special considerations for children with special needs and cultural diversity.
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Missouri Infant/Toddler Responsive Caregiving Checklist Language: English
Publisher: OPEN Initiative at the MU Center for Family Policy & Research (July 2009)
Description: The Missouri Infant/Toddler Responsive Caregiving Checklist (formally known as MO QRS Infant/Toddler Intentional Teaching Checklist) is designed to measure
caregiving practices for groups of children ages from birth up to age 3 (36 months). Responsive caregiving of very young children and infants is focused on each
child as they develop a sense of well being, belonging, exploration, communication, and the contributions they make to their world
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Program Administration Scale Language: English
Author: Talan, Teri
Publisher: Teachers College Press (Nov 2004)
Description: The Program Administration Scale (PAS) is designed to reliably measure the leadership and management practices of center-based early childhood organizations—the only instrument of its kind to focus exclusively on organization-wide administrative issues.
Using a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use assessment instrument measures leadership functions and management functions of an organization.
This tool is available at a cost from Teachers College Press.
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Southern Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education Language: English
Publisher: The Southern Institute on Children and Families (October 2002)
Description: The Southern Regional Action Plan hopes to improve the quality of early care and education by accomplishing set goals. Within this PDF, the goals and ways in which they plan on reaching these goals are clearly laid out.
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What We Know and Don't Know About Measuring Quality in Early Childhood and School-Age Care and Education Settings Language: English
Publisher: Child Trends (May 2009)
Description: This issue brief draws on a review of the literature on QRSs and meetings of experts and stakeholders. This brief describes key themes from the meetings, then concludes with a description of follow-up steps Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation is taking in collaboration with partners to address the issues raised.
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Professional Development
Southern Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education Language: English
Publisher: The Southern Institute on Children and Families (October 2002)
Description: The Southern Regional Action Plan hopes to improve the quality of early care and education by accomplishing set goals. Within this PDF, the goals and ways in which they plan on reaching these goals are clearly laid out.
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Programming Resource
Results Matter Video Library Language: English
Publisher: Colorado Department of Education (October 2002)
Description: These videos have been produced to help providers better understand ways to use observation, documentation, and assessment to inform practice. You can watch the clips online or download QuickTime versions of the videos for use in educational and professional development activities.
Categories include Early Intervention, Clips for Practicing Observation, Documentation and Assessment Skills, Using Technology for Authentic Assessment, Practices Here and There, and General Interest.
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Southern Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education Language: English
Publisher: The Southern Institute on Children and Families (October 2002)
Description: The Southern Regional Action Plan hopes to improve the quality of early care and education by accomplishing set goals. Within this PDF, the goals and ways in which they plan on reaching these goals are clearly laid out.
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Washington State Core Competencies for Early Care and Education Professionals Language: English
Publisher: Washington State Dept. of Early Learning (2012)
Description: This pdf document is a set of core competencies for early care and education professionals. This resource defines what these professionals need to know and be able to do to provide quality care for children.
The competencies serve as the foundation for decisions and practices carried out by professionals in all early care and education settings. They also establish a set of standards for early care and education settings that support the professionalism of the field
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Research
Identifying Profiles of Quality in Home-Based Child Care Language: English
Author: Forry, Nicole
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (April 2012)
Description: The purpose of this research brief is to provide information that can be used to target and guide content for professional development efforts designed for home-based child care providers. To do this, home-based providers who participated in a large multi-state study were grouped into three quality categories according to their scores on observational measures of teaching and interaction, tone/discipline, provisions for health, instructional supports for literacy, and caregiver sensitivity.
They also examined how providers in the three groups differed in their professional characteristics, their attitudes and supports, and the composition and characteristics of their home-based care settings.
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Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures (2nd Ed.) Language: English
Author: Halle, Tamara
Publisher: Child Trends (March 2010)
Description: This report was written to provide a consistent framework with which to review the existing measures of the quality of early care and education settings. The aim is to provide uniform information about quality measures. It is hoped that such information will be useful to researchers and practitioners, and help to inform the measurement of quality for policy-related purposes. It provides info on tools currently being used to measure quality in ECE for various purposes, primarily for accountability and public policy. Cross references the measures for purpose and age, etc.
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