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Quality Programming and
Monitoring
All children deserve to be in
early care and education programs of high quality
that assist each child in developing to her or his
full potential.
School Readiness Programs
Providing care for School
Readiness funded children in Florida means following
the requirements in Chapter 411 Florida Statutes.
Provider programs are expected to
“be developmentally appropriate, research-based,
involve parents as their child’s first teacher,
serve as preventive measures for children at risk of
future school failure, enhance the educational
readiness of eligible children, and support family
education. Each School Readiness program shall
provide the elements necessary to prepare at-risk
children school, including health screening and
referral and an appropriate educational program.”
Chapter 411.01(2)(a)
The Early Learning Coalition of
Manatee County reinforces quality initiatives
through the use of our
Environmental Rating Scales system.
The Environment Rating Scales are
a set of four evaluations, each for a specific age
range. These evaluation booklets contain specific
indicators of quality programs that have been shown
by research to increase child outcomes
educationally, socially, emotionally, and
physically. The Quality Team assesses ⅓ of the
classrooms in each age range (birth-2½ yrs, 3-5 yrs,
school-age) or assesses all the ages (birth-12 yrs)
in a family home setting. The report generated from
the scores of these classrooms gives specific
suggestions to raise the quality of the
programming. The program can request that the
Quality Team provide technical assistance and
training to help their staff to implement
improvements.
Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Programs
The Quality Department provides training and technical
assistance upon request to VPK programs. Topics can
include many of the same subjects that School
Readiness providers request. To meet specific VPK
needs, the Quality Department has three staff
qualified to deliver Department of Education
standardized training on Emergent Literacy in VPK,
2008 VPK Standards (latest version), and
Implementing the VPK Standards.
Technical Assistance
We also offer
Technical Assistance to help providers reach
their curriculum and quality goals.
Both training and technical
assistance are available in a variety of areas such
as curriculum, lesson planning, room arrangement,
equipment selection, educational and developmental
standards, health and safety, positive guidance,
involving families in the program, communications
with families, documenting child progress,
developmental milestones, transitioning to
kindergarten, etc.
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