Program Quality
LICENSCED OR REGISTERED?
Provides care to 7-12 children 13 or younger for at least 2 hours, but less than 24 hours, for 3+ days a week in the primary caregiver's home
What is a licensed program?
The family that a child is born into
What is family of origin?
Parasite commonly spread in childcare centers via hair
What is lice?
Federally funded program for low-income families to enhance health, well-being, and early learning and development
What is Head Start?
LICENSED OR REGISTERED?
Provides care for up to 6 unrelated children during school hours and 6 additional after school hours for at least 4 hours a day, 3+ days a week in the primary caregiver's home
What is a registered program?
Emails, newsletters, notes home, etc
What is one-way communication?
What is hand washing?
Childcare curriculum founded in China in the 1980s with an emphasis on extensive, uninterrupted, and unguided true play.
What is Anji Play?
QRIS that revolves around 10 standards of care including assessment, staff competencies, families, and the physical environment. This system allows you to maintain accreditation for 5 years
What is NAEYC?
A full, equal, and equitable relationships among families and educators that promotes the children's learning and development
What is family engagement?
Temperature that warrants a child being sent home
What is 101 degrees?
Core Components:
- Trained teachers
- Multiage classroom
- Child-directed work
- Uninterrupted work periods
- Specialized materials
What is Montessori?
QRIS that lets programs sit in one of four tiers of accreditation. This program includes the following key components: standards criteria, accountability, support, consumer education, and financial incentives.
What is Texas Rising Star?
When a family feels included, valued, and seen in a program and participates in a variety of ways.
What is a family partnership?
Length of time a child must be symptom-free without medication to return to school
What is 24 hours?
Gives children a chance to participate in an in-depth investigation of a real-world topic of their choice. This takes place in three stages: planning, developing, concluding.
What is the Project Approach?
QRIS that revolves around a self study to guide the accreditation process. The program uses four categories for standards: administration, professional development, family engagement, and program health and safety.
What is Early Learning Leaders?
Views the family as a valuable source of knowledge and experience
What is the Funds of Knowledge approach?
Type of toy that cannot be used in schools
What are shooting toys?
Dr. Quong's least favorite curriculum model
What is Frog Street?