Element A
Name Element A.
What is Lead Staff Education?
Name Element B.
What is Learning Environment and Curriculum?
Name Element C.
What is Business and Professional Practices?
Name Element D.
What is Health and Wellbeing?
What are the seven High Quality Practices?
What are
Curriculum Alignment with WMELS/SACF
Intentional Planning
Developmental Screener
Individual Child Portfolios
Tracking Child Outcomes
Strengthening Families w/ Mand. Reporter Training
Inclusion/Social Emotional Training
State the lead teacher education requirements for a 3 star program.
What is Lead Teachers with Wisconsin Registry Level 7 or higher for 25% of all classrooms and Lead Teachers with Wisconsin Registry Level 6 or higher for an additional 25% of all classrooms
All staff/staff and staff/child interactions must be positive or at least neutral
• Staff and children demonstrate enjoyment in being with each other
• Staff respond to children’s needs promptly and appropriately
• Staff have developmentally appropriate expectations for children’s behavior
What is Staff members provide developmentally appropriate interactions and promote positive relationships?
Projected and actual income and expenses for the current fiscal year, divided into line-items.
At least one item from the program’s QIP must be identified in the budget (e.g., training is identified in the program’s QIP and is also an expense in the line-item “continuing education” on the program budget).
What is an annual line-item budget?
Name the Health and Wellness self assessment for programs serving children Birth to 60 months.
What is Go NAP SACC?
Communication, Family Needs and Feedback, Collaborative Activities with Families, Community Resources and Family Support.
What is Family Engagement?
Which YoungStar Connect partner verifies the Education Requirements for all programs?
What is the Wisconsin Registry?
A space that is large enough for children to play with accessible, organized materials
What is a play area?
The program tracks actual income and expenses on a monthly basis.
What is record-keeping practices?
Name the APPROVED YoungStar Go NAP SACC self-assessments.
What is Child Nutrition, Farm to ECE, Breastfeeding and Infant feeding, Infant and Child Physical Activity completed with Outdoor Play and Learning?
These policies and procedures provide direction for overall program management, support the well-being and professionalism of staff, and lead to high levels of quality care.
What are Employment Policies and Procedures?
*Required for 4 and 5 star programs.
If the individual in the role of Director is off site, the program may ask for a variation from the typical YoungStar Director requirements. Responsibilities 1 and 2 (listed above under YoungStar Director) must be performed by a person who is on site at the center for at least 25% of the total number of hours they work for the program. Responsibilities 3 and 4 may be performed by a person(s) located off site.
What is Centralized Adiministration?
A clearly defined play area created for a particular kind of play with accessible, organized materials.
What is an interest center?
The agreement must be present at the location where the child is receiving care.
What is parent payment agreement?
Name the School Age Health and Wellness assessments for Element D.
Active OST (Out of School Time) and Farm to OST.
*Assessments available through Coach.
Educators who have supportive and responsive work environments more effectively work with young children and their families and are more likely to remain at the program.
What is Strategic Planning?
*Required for 5 star programs.
In the following cases, programs licensed for 30 or fewer children may have a Director who is also listed as a Lead Teacher in the Wisconsin Registry Program Profile.
What is Dual-Role?
Name the five Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards developmental domains. (any order)
What is Cognition and General Knowledge, Health and Physical Development, Approaches to Learning, Social and Emotional and Language Development and Communication?
The agency who created a payment agreement for programs to use.
What is the Department of Children and Families?
Programs can use DCF form 5224-E or create one of their own. - https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/forms/doc/5224.docx
What does NAP SACC stand for?
What is Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care?
Where can you find policies, procedures and resources around the work you do?