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A quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) is a systemic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early and school-age care and education programs. The Strengthening Families™ approach, developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), is a research-...
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Strengthening Systems and Supports to Build Positive Social-Emotional Climates in Out-of-School Time
From December 2018 through May 2019, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment facilitated a peer learning group (PLG) on social-emotional learning (SEL) in out-of-school time for 10 state teams.
This brief, Strengthening Systems and Supports to Build Positive Social-...
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Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Promoting Children's Development
In early 2017, several states participated in a series of peer-to-peer calls to share experiences about the design and implementation of their infant/toddler specialist networks.The promising state practices listed in this resource are based on the information shared by state...
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In this report, The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council provides recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals who work with children from birth through age 8. It includes recommendations at the...
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This paper discusses the implementation of evidence-based practices for children and youth on a statewide basis, including the importance, challenges, and successes across different fields in human services. It provides State examples, key points for States to remember, and a resource list.
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Taking a cross-sector approach can be an effective strategy to engage out-of-school time (OST) programs in quality improvement systems. From December of 2016 through March of 2017, NCASE engaged cross-sector planning teams in an OST collaboration on topics including: readiness and stages of...
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Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Quality Improvement
This report is the result of an exploratory study on governance building efforts to create comprehensive early care and education systems. The authors interviewed 20 state and national leaders with experience in systems building about three common beliefs: governance can exist across a...
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This report seeks to inform questions about why the early childhood education field has not developed capacity to systematically engage in field-wide work to lead on its own behalf. It examines whether field-wide leadership is exercised in other fields and how other fields address issues having...
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This issue brief provides an overview of nine ways that State child care licensing programs are increasing their use of technology, including the use of data for caseload management and supervisory oversight, automation to support risk management and consistency in enforcement actions, linkages...
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This excerpt from a National Conference of State Legislatures publication examines state organizations that are intended to promote collaboration. It reviews the purpose of promoting collaboration, elements of success, and key partners required to ensure effective collaboration within a State....
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