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Quality
Indicators in Early Childhood Education
Table of
Contents
Infant Care
Checklists
Baby
Center
This site offers comprehensive, detailed information on a
variety
of topics related to childcare. It can be tailored to the
user's
concerns.
Choosing
Quality Childcare
This informative checklist from the Zero to Three
organization
addresses staff characteristics to evaluate when choosing
care for
very young children.
Look
for Quality Care for Infants
This checklist offers basic information for an initial
child care
search and provides indicators of appropriate practice
for
caregivers of infants. Parents of infants will find it
useful as a
starting point.
Quality
Indicators in Early Care and Education for Infants and
Quality
Indicators
in Early Care and Education for Toddlers
These checklists from the Children First campaign offer
information
on developmentally appropriate environments and practices
for
infants and toddlers. They also offer information on
inappropriate
practice. The contrast helps define the best practices
more
clearly, which should prove beneficial to parents in a
childcare
search.
What
Quality Day Care Looks Like
This very brief checklist addresses the needs of infants.
Preschool
Checklists
All-In-One
Preschool Checklist
This checklist compiled by the Bank Street College of
Education
addresses all aspects of the preschool program and
touches on
cultural sensitivity.
A
Quality Child Care Checklist
This is a brief checklist that addresses intangibles as
well as
specifics in childcare settings.
Checklist
for Child Care Centers
This very detailed, extensive checklist addresses every
aspect
of the programs beginning with statutory requirements. It
includes
a rating scale.
Four
Steps to Selecting a Child Care Provider
This clear, concise checklist addresses evaluation of the
selected program and follow-up.
How
Can I Find a High-Quality Preschool Program?
This checklist identifies staffing, programmatic, and
environmental
characteristics of a good program. It takes into account
the impact
of child personality on program selection, which should
be
beneficial information for parents.
Selecting
a Child Care Provider
This brief "yes/no" checklist allows parents to
evaluate the
caregiver as central to the program. This perspective
should prove
helpful in evaluating an often-overlooked aspect of
childcare
programs.
Selecting
Child Care...A Checklist [Brochure]
This checklist asks meaningful questions about child care
and
supplies specific indicators which, when present in a
childcare
setting, indicate a positive answer to the question. It
is specific
and comprehensive.
Ten
Signs of a Great Preschool
Compiled by NAEYC, this is a thumbnail sketch that will
allow
parents to identify developmentally appropriate practice.
School Age
Checklists
Caregivers
and Children: Indicators of Positive Relationships
In school-age care, as in any childcare program, quality
staff is
a major attribute of exemplary practice. This checklist
includes
indicators of both positive and negative adult/child
relationships
as they exist in childcare settings. It will be useful
not only
for parents of school age children but also for parents
of
preschoolers.
Standards
for After-School Care
This brief listing of quality standards for after-school
care is based on
the national School Age Care Association's pilot
standards. Brief
and useful, it could be taken to a childcare program to
use for
evaluation purposes.
Start
Now to Find After School Care for Fall
This checklist asks questions intended to identify some
characteristics of good childcare for school-age
children.
Although brief, it addresses most aspects of
childcare programs.
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