Licensing Measurement

chapter. All course materials will be provided in either
the lectures section or the handouts section of the class.
I thought it would be helpful to provide a bit of my
background which will help the reader to put in context
the content of this text and the course. This textbook is
written by a research psychologist who has spent his
career in improving childcare quality through an early
childhood program quality indicator model of training,
technical assistance, quality rating and improvement
systems, professional development, mentoring, licensing,
risk assessment, differential program monitoring, key
indicators, and accreditation. While content wise, I
spent my career in early care and education, I evolved
into a regulatory scientist because of the various
positions I held within governmental service and interest
area that focused on public policy, macro systems, and
licensing rules.
Here are some additional commentaries taken from my
NIH Bio Sketch that might help to fill in some details
related to my background:
Dr Fiene is a retired professor of human development &
psychology (Penn State University) where he was
department head and founding director of the Capital
Area Early Childhood Research and Training Institute.
He is presently President & Senior Research
Psychologist/Regulatory Scientist for the Research
Institute for Key Indicators.
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