Programs & Services
Educators & Providers
Accountability
Funding
Quality
100
Before emergency rules, this program required parents to either be working or enrolled in a education/training program in order to be eligible to receive care services for their child(ren).
What is the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)?
100
The basic level of education for licensed home providers.
What is a high school diploma or an equivalency certificate and 15 hours of pre-service training as outlined by DCFS?
100
The state agency responsible for licensing early care and education settings.
What is the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services?
100
The early childhood programs and services that are federally funded.
What are Early Head Start and Head Start?
100
ExceleRate
What is the statewide quality recognition and improvement system?
200
The new preschool program referred to as the "Cadillac" because it offers a full day and more robust parent engagement.
What is the preschool development/expansion grant program?
200
Lead teacher with bachelor’s degrees with early childhood license plus bilingual education or English as a Second Language endorsement if population requires need Teacher plus Assistant teacher Class size of 20 students Research Based Curriculum
What are the teaching requirements for Preschool for All?
200
State agency responsible for monitoring compliance with preschool programs and bilingual policy.
What is the Illinois State Board of Education?
200
Two main thrusts of Early Learning Challenge Grant.
What are quality improvements and systems building?
200
The early childhood programs that are required to participate in ExceleRate.
What are: -Licensed Child Care Centers -Licensed Family/Group Child Care Home -School Based Preschool Programs -Head Start/Early Head Start Program?
300
Trained professionals work with low-income families to promote early learning, support healthy development, and prevent child abuse.
What is home visiting?
300
Birth to 2nd grade
What is the grade-span for an early childhood teaching license?
300
Developmentally inappropriate accountability measures for early childhood.
What are high stakes summative assessments?
300
The additional dollar amount allocated to early childhood programming in Chicago under Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's tenure
What is $36 million?
300
The four levels of quality in ExceleRate in order of increasing quality.
What is Licensed (Green), Bronze, Silver, and Gold?
400
100% Federal Poverty Line (FPL), 162% FPL, 200% FPL.
What are the income eligibility cut-offs for Early Head Start/Head Start, Child Care Assistance Program, and Preschool for All respectively?
400
Statewide professional development support system designed to provide guidance, resources, and recognition to individuals and programs serving children, youth, and families
What is Gateways to Opportunity?
400
Assessments that are developmentally appropriate, culturally and linguistically responsive, tied to children’s daily activities, supported by professional development, and inclusive of families.
What is the gold standard for accountability issued by NAEYC?
400
Most programs have to incorporate these two strategies to provide a full day of care.
What is blended and braided funding?
400
The five Awards of Excellence a provider/program can pursue once they reach Gold Status in ExceleRate.
What is: -Preschool teaching and learning -Infant and toddler services -Family and community engagement -Inclusion of children with special needs -Linguistically and culturally appropriate practice?
500
The three criterion to trigger Early Intervention services for an infant or toddler (birth through 36 months).
What is at least a 30% delay in at least one area of development? What is a condition that is known to cause disability or delay? or What is at high risk for a developmental disability?
500
20 children who speak a language other than English in the same attendance center.
What is the threshold for a state funded preschool teacher to have a bilingual endorsement in order to be in compliance with the bilingual preschool mandate?
500
Maximum number of days that a family can wait for an IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) to determine eligibility for Early Intervention.
What is 45 days?
500
The number of government agencies funding the early childhood system.
What is 8?
500
The three stated goals of ExceleRate.
What are: 1) daily prioritization of continuous quality improvement, 2) establish standards for helping infants, toddlers and preschool age children develop holistically, and 3) provide a framework for early learning professionals to identify opportunities for improvement, increase their skills and take steps to make positive changes?
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