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WELCOME!
QUALITYstarsNY Field Test
Community Information Session
2010
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AGENDA
• Welcome & Introductions
• Quality Rating & Improvement System
• QUALITYstarsNY
• The Field Test!
• Interested? Sign-up!
• Questions and Answers
• Anonymous Survey
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Quality Rating & Improvement
System (QRIS)
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What is a Quality Rating and
Improvement System?
• System to support and sustain quality in all
early learning settings
• Funding to help early learning programs
improve quality
• Benchmarks to inform consumers about highquality early learning
• Summary: An organized way to assess,
improve and communicate the quality of early
care and education programs
States and Communities Operating, Piloting,
Designing or Exploring QRIS, August 2009
What is QUALITYstarsNY?
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QSNY: Framework for our Early Learning System
Standards & Rating
for programs (and practitioners)
aligned to Early Learning Standards
Supports for Continuous
Quality Improvement
Program & professional development
for programs & practitioners to meet
and maintain quality standards
Engagement,
Outreach &
Promotion
For consumers,
programs,
practitioners,
funders
Monitoring
& Accountability
For compliance with
standards & revision
of system
Financial Supports
Ongoing, adequate & linked to quality
standards
Key Elements of QUALITYstarsNY
• Statewide and voluntary
• Five Star levels
• One Star granted to regulated programs after
simple application
• Many ways to reach higher star levels through a
point system
• Technical assistance, professional development
and financial incentives to help all early learning
settings improve
Brief History of QSNY
• The NYS QRS Work Group (20052007)
• Focus groups with families & early
learning programs & practitioners
• Design Group drafted standards and
designed field test (2008 - 2009)
The Standards
• What is a “Standard?”
– Defines a goal of practice
– Based on scientific data or represents consensus on
high quality
• QSNY Standards build on existing regulatory
frameworks e.g. Head Start Standards,
NAEYC and NAFCC Accreditation Standards
• Two versions of Standards: Center-based and
Family home-based
• Draft versions are available online:
www.qualitystarsny.org
Where are we now?
• Governor’s Children’s Cabinet &
Advisory Board embraced QRIS
• NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council
tasked with implementing
QUALITYstarsNY
• NYC Early Childhood Professional
Development Institute is managing the
field test: www.earlychildhoodnyc.org
The Field Test!
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We Need You!
• We need your expertise
• Help make QUALITYstarsNY better
• In exchange you will receive:
– Expert assessment
– Quality consultation
– $$$
– A plan to improve your programs
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The Field Test
• The field test is…
– A way to test the system as it has been designed so far
• The field test will help us answer the questions:
– How much effort does the application and documentation process
take?
– How well do the standards distinguish levels of quality?
– In what ways, if any, should the point system be changed?
– What might improve quality and how much does it cost?
– What information about ECE quality and improvement is learned
through the application and consultation process?
• The field test is not…
– Exactly what will happen during full implementation; the process
may change
– A way to describe the quality of ECE in the State or any specific
community (not a representative sample)
The Field
Test Process
Standards
Checklist and
Documentation
Assessments
Field Test
Quality
Consultant
Expertise
Provider
Feedback
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Environment Rating Scale Assessment
• What does the ERS measure?
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Schedule
Interactions
Accessibility of materials
Space management
Health & Safety
• Classrooms selected by Evaluator
• Approximately 50% of classrooms will be
observed
• Observations will last approximately 4 hours per
classroom/home
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Environment Rating Scales
Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale Revised (ITERS R) Birth through 36
months
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
- Revised (ECERS R) 37 months through
entrance into 1st grade
Family Child Care Environment Rating
Scale- Revised
(FCCERS-R) Mixed age group in a home
setting
Additional Assessments
• Some programs may also participate in some
additional assessments:
– Supports for early literacy development in preschools
– Caregiver-child interactions in infant/toddler centers
– Nutrition and opportunities for active play
– Demonstration of cultural competence
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Standards Checklist Completion
• Standards checklist
• Supporting documentation
• Administrator and Staff Qualifications
form
• Feedback
Note: Points and ratings based on field
test applications will not be publicized.
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Quality Improvement Planning
• Meet with an expert consultant
• Create a Quality Improvement Plan
based on Director/Provider priorities
• Incorporate ERS scores and areas of
improvement identified in the Standards
Checklist
• Provide feedback
• Receive limited resources for plan
implementation
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Provide Feedback
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Community Information Session Survey
Standards Checklist Feedback
QIP feedback
Possible interviews (sample of participants)
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Field Test Tasks
• If you are selected to participate you will …
– Complete Consent Forms
– Schedule and allow ERS assessments
– Complete Standards Checklist with supporting
documentation
– Complete Staff Qualification forms
– Meet with a quality improvement consultant and
develop an improvement plan
– Participate in field test surveys and interviews
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Timeline
Task
Apply to participate
Receive selection
notification
Schedule and receive ERS
assessments
Complete standards
checklist
Receive assessment scores
Meet with QI Consultant and
complete surveys
Date
By February 19th
By March 5th
March – May
By April 19th
By May 31th
By June 30th
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A Winning Partnership
• You’re helping to make this important
initiative a reality.
• Benefits to Programs/Providers
– Expert assessment
– Quality consultation
– Stipend
– Support for professional development
– EIP
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Programs & Providers Eligible
to Apply for the Field Test
– All center- and family-based providers
licensed/registered with OCFS or NYC
DOHMH
– Registered/licensed UPK and Head Start
classrooms in CBOs and/or public schools
– UPK and Head Start in public schools
– 4410/preschool special education
classrooms
– SED registered nursery schools
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Statewide Field Test Includes
Diverse Sample
• In urban, suburban, & rural communities
• Serving children with child care subsidies
• Privately funded programs
• Accredited and non-accredited programs
• Serving children & families from diverse
language, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
• Representing a range of quality levels &
improvement needs
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Participating Communities
Represent the Diversity of NYS
Apply to Participate
• If you are interested! Sign-Up!
– Complete and mail the Application to Participate and
Classroom Information Form (if applicable)
• Two versions: one for school or center-based sites and one
for family home based sites
• Apply on-line!
– www.surveymonkey.com/s/SchoolCenterApplication
– www.surveymonkey.com/s/FamilyHomeApplication
• Application deadline is February 19, 2010
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Questions and Answers
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Common Questions
• Will my rating or scores be publicized?
• I am accredited. Why should I
participate?
• What if I don’t agree with the ERS and
standards checklist scores?
• If I participate in the field test, will my
scores carry over into full
implementation phase?
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More Questions?
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If you need more information…
• Contact your lead agency
representative
• Contact Ola at (212) 652-2067
• Visit the website:
www.qualitystarsny.org
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Thank you for coming!
Please complete our brief survey.
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