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EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF DUVAL
Helping parents choose, preparing children to learn
GSOD 1.0
a look back
GSOD 2.0
a look ahead
Presentation at the Board Meeting – Wednesday – April 24, 2013
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Acknowledging all our partners and stakeholders
Our Providers and Families
Early Learning Coalition of Duval Board Members
Jacksonville Children’s Commission
Episcopal Children’s Services
Family Support Services of North Florida
Duval County Public Schools
United Way of Northeast Florida
Florida Institute of Education at UNF
Florida State College of Jacksonville
Jacksonville Urban League Head Start
Nemours Children’s Clinic
Child Guidance Center
Jacksonville Public Library
Duval County Health Department
look back
2002-2003 – 2003-2004
North East Florida Professional
Development Consortium / JELP –
Jacksonville Early Literacy Partnership
look back
2003-2004 – QRS Pilot
From Consortium to planting the seeds
for a pilot QRS – Quality Rating System –
14 Pilot Sites / centers
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look back
2004-2005 – 2005-2006
From 14 Pilot sites / centers – expanded
to an ambitious100 sites / centers – still
in pilot – success!
look back
From QRS to QRIS – Multi County Collaborative
culminating in GUIDING STARS OF DUVAL
Unveiled it to the public with a big event with Mayor Peyton on
Nov 7, 2007 – GSOD was official.
Quality Rating and Improvement System
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IN THE NEWS – MAIN SAID…Newspaper headlines…..2004 to 2007
Peyton presents literacy program for 4-year-olds; $10 million plan would
send instructors into city's child-care centers.(Metro)
Article from: The Florida Times Union | June 25, 2004 | Palka, Mary Kelli
Businesses rally to bolster child-care centers; Mayor names realty
group and its tenants the first champion sponsors.
Article from: The Florida Times Union | June 19, 2006 | Palka, Mary Kelli
Mar 19, 2007, State may copy Duval's star rating system for child care The
system is designed to help parents discern between qualified and
nonqualified child care centers, Main said.
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/03/19/story10.html?page=all
Star ratings aim to help child care reach higher; OFFICIAL START
IS TODAY Duval's Guiding Stars helps care centers focus more on
education. GUIDING PARENTS The hope is that ratings will show
them places that fit their children.
Article from: The Florida Times Union | November 7, 2007 | Mitchell, Tia
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What is a Quality Rating and Improvement System
• Market intervention for early education & care
Good Outcomes Higher Standards
Higher Standards Higher Costs
Higher Costs Higher Prices
• QRIS helps address this tension between
standards, outcomes and affordable prices for
families.
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Core Elements of a Quality Rating and Improvement System
Governance
Provider/
practitioner support
to set policy direction for
the comprehensive
system
to offer technical
assistance and promote
professional development
Monitoring
to track program
performance and
results based on
standards
Families
Supported
and Children
Thriving
reflect effective practices,
programs, & practitioners
and are aligned across
the system
Research &
development
includes cross-system
data, planning, analysis,
and evaluation
Parent
Leadership
development
Communications
to inform families,
providers, and the
public
Standards
Financing
sufficient to assure
comprehensive quality
services based on
standards
Guiding Stars of Duval - Outreach
look back
How were the stars assigned?
GSOD 1.0 - 5 Domains of Guiding Stars of Duval
(Accompanied by a 75-page manual)
1. Learning Environment – ITERS & ECERS
2. Staff Qualifications/ Professional Development
3. Ratio and Group Size
4. Curriculum
5. Program Operations
a.
b.
Family Engagement
Program Administration
2008-2009 to 2011-12 – GSOD 1.0
How many centers have a star rating in Duval?
GSOD - STAR RATINGS DISTRIBUTION
TOTAL 163 CENTERS
80
72
70
60
50
89% of the centers with a
star rating have a 3-star
rating or higher
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GSOD - Star Rated Centers - Star Rating
Distribution - Percentages
32
30
18
20
10
0
0
1 STAR
2 STARS
3 STARS
4 STARS
5 STARS
Approx. 50% of the centers
which serve school readiness
children have a star rating
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
44%
25%
20%
11%
0
1 STAR
2 STARS
3 STARS
4 STARS
5 STARS
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2010-11 / 12 – Enter Family Child Care Homes
GSOD 1.0 - 3 Domains of Guiding Stars of Duval
Family Child Care Homes with a star rating
1.
Learning Environment – FCCERS
2.
Staff Qualifications/ Professional Development
3.
Program Operations
a.
b.
Family Involvement
Business Practices
Approx. 8% of the FCCHs have
a star rating
100% of the family child care homes
have a 3-star rating or higher
IN THE NEWS – MAIN SAID…Newspaper headlines….2009 to 2011
CHILD-CARE CENTERS; A learning environment that reaches for the stars The
Early Learning Coalition's guidance program almost a guarantee of success.
Article from: The Florida Times Union | February 21, 2009 | Palka, Mary Kelli
HOPE: Raising Our Children; An Exercise in Trust Finding the right child care:
Ratings, reports, hunches Parents often are unaware of resources that can help
them during their search.
Article from: The Florida Times Union | April 3, 2011 | Howard, Kate
Will Florida raise the bar for child-care centers? A new rating system, fewer
exemptions, smaller classes are among the recommendations.
Posted: April 4, 2011 Read more at Jacksonville.com:
Jacksonville education commissioner to be keynote speaker
at Guiding Stars graduation Read more at Jacksonville.com:
by Teresa Stepzinski on November 14, 2011
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look back
GSOD 1.0
look ahead
GSOD 2.0
Why did we put a pause on GSOD 1.0
Provider Focus Groups – Summer 2011 and Summer 2012 – we
listened and made changes.
Providers’ concerns about ITERS and ECERS
Teacher-child interaction to be measured better in GSOD
CLASS – Classroom Assessment and Scoring System – measure of
teacher-child interaction
Research suggests that children in classrooms with higher CLASS
scores have better outcomes
Race To The Top Challenge Grants’ expectations – CLASS
All of the above required a revisit of GSOD 1.0 standards
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GSOD 2.0 – A Brief Preview
GSOD 1.0
GSOD 2.0
Learning Environment – ITERS
/ ECERS
Structure Quality indicators
within a classroom - checklist
Staff Qualifications and
Professional Development
Staff Qualifications and
Professional Development
No Change
Ratio and Group Size
Ratio and Group Size
No Change
Curriculum
Curriculum
Better organization of
indicators – makes it stronger
Program Operations
Program Operations
No Change
Teacher Child Interaction –
Infants and Toddlers
Missouri Responsive Caregiver
Checklist
Teacher Child Interaction –
Preschool
CLASS – PRE K – Classroom
Assessment and Scoring
System
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Guiding Stars of Duval
Moving the Goal Post
Quality Rating and Improvement System
• An investment in quality early learning
• Changing from ‘day care’ to early learning centers
• Goal post - from child care supply to child care quality
• Children better prepared to learn and succeed
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QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM
VPK
Voluntary Pre-K
Head Start
Licensing
Work Source
Scholarships
and
Wage Incentives
School
Readiness
Professional
Development
Grants
To
Providers
Parents /
Family
Involvement
CCR&R
GSOD 2.0
a look ahead
look ahead
GSOD 2.0 journey begins in August 2013
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