Early Childhood Standards of Quality for ... - State of Michigan

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Staffing and Administrative support and PRofessional Development9. Program Standard: The early childhood specialist and/or the programadministrator has/have the responsibility for directing the evaluationactivities of the program and instructional personnel.A Quality Program:1. Arranges for, under the direction of the early childhood specialist and/orthe program administrator and in conjunction with teachers, staff, andparents, the annual evaluation of the early childhood education programutilizing local, state, and national standards or criteria for quality, effectiveearly childhood education.2. Arranges for the early childhood specialist and/or the programadministrator to annually evaluate staff performance according to local,state, and national standards and/or criteria using a variety of techniques(e.g., observation, self-evaluation).3. Requires the early childhood specialist and/or program administrator toutilize the results of staff performance evaluations to plan activities forprogram improvement, staff development, and training.10. Program Standard: The early childhood specialist and/or programadministrator participate in continuing education/professionaldevelopment activities.A Quality Program:1. Provides funding and time for the early childhood specialist and/orprogram administrator to actively associate with at least one professionalorganization concerning young children (e.g., Michigan Association for theEducation of Young Children, Council for Exceptional Children).2. Provides funding and time for the early childhood specialist and/orprogram administrator to actively seek knowledge and ideas by readingprofessional publications.3. Requires the early childhood specialist and/or program administrator todisseminate information regarding early childhood research and staffdevelopment opportunities to staff.26 Michigan Department of Education
Partnership with familiesThe Partnership with FamiliesEarly childhood programs value, respect, andcelebrate families and honor the diversity offamily composition. Staff and administrationunderstand the family’s role as the first andmost important teachers, and honor the rightand responsibility of each family to be activepartners in their child’s education. Staff andadministrators foster positive partnershipswith all family members to support learning,including mothers, fathers, non-custodialparents, guardians or foster parents,grandparents, and others closely involved inthe child’s life.Quality programs use a range of strategies to connect with family membersincluding those who may be reluctant to become engaged in the program.They accomplish this through not only program structure and activities but alsothrough the establishment of a caring atmosphere that is viewed by familiesas welcoming, respectful, and nurturing, and a setting in which staff andadministration are responsive to their needs and concerns. Quality programsalso welcome the involvement and opinions of families in planning for continuousquality improvement of the program.1. Program Standard: Families have multiple opportunities for regularinvolvement with the program and its staff including placement,planning for individualization and evaluation related specifically totheir child.A Quality Program:1. Enables the family to take part in the decision making process relatedto the child’s participation in the program, so program goals andexpectations and goals for their child and family can be met.2. Holds formal and informal parent-teacher conferences in which familiesare encouraged to share strengths, concerns, goals, and expectations;staff uses this knowledge to follow-up appropriately.3. Employs methods of regular written and verbal communication using anappropriate literacy level and the home language when possible.4. Makes two visits available to each family annually outside of the programsetting, with at least one in the child’s home.5. Responds to family members in a timely manner.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten 27
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