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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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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
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
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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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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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 infant...
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This report shares the findings of a five-year cross-site evaluation of the implementation of the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care demonstration initiative. This initiative focused on infrastructure development to strengthen human service agencies’ capacity to support...
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This report studies the emergence of the mixed-delivery model in which prekindergarten is delivered in community-based settings and schools. It focuses on policies associated with implementing prekindergarten programs in community-based child care settings, as opposed to Head Start programs,...
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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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