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What do You Know????
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Childcare Zero to Three Early Head Start-Zero and up Head Start
2 to 5 Pre-K Ages 4 to 5
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Understanding that workers with young children need reliable
child care, the Childcare Subsidy Program helps low to moderate
income families have access to child care services for hundreds of
thousands of children while their parents go to work.
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How do we measure, maintain and reward high-quality
programs?
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Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are a recent
trend as states work to build early care and education
infrastructure (s). Child care programs are assessed based on a set
of criteria and assigned a rating level. (Parents can make choices
based on this information.) Sound QRIS initiatives are fully funded
and have knowledgeable staff to back them up; incentives to
participate; support to make improvements and achieve higher
quality levels over time; and rewards for reaching higher levels
QRIS QRIS
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Alabama Pathways Alabama Pathways includes the Alabama Pathways
Professional Development Lattice that provides early care and
education professionals with a tool to track their professional
development. The professional development lattice reflects eight
(8) levels of training and education to guide caregivers and
teachers of children from birth through twelve (12) years on the
path that promotes high quality early care and educational
knowledge and skills.
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Alabama Early Learning Guidelines The Alabama Early Learning
Guidelines (AELG) is a tool to guide early childhood caregivers and
teachers in preparing each child for success in school and in life.
The AELG address the building blocks that are essential to high
quality early care and education of children from birth through
five years in the areas of: 1) self-concept/emotional development
2) social development 3) language and literacy development 4)
physical development 5) cognitive development Assessment-The
assessment of the AELG will measure the effectiveness and
implementation of the Guidelines. A survey will be conducted in
early August with individuals who completed the nine module course
and received the AELG Credential
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Child Care Time and Attendance System (TAS) The ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, (hereinafter referred to as "the
Department"), invites qualified Vendors to submit a proposal to
deliver and implement a Child Care Time and Attendance System
(TAS). The State is open to all responsible Vendor solutions for
delivery of the TAS, including the transfer of a compatible system
from another state and modifying it to meet Alabama-specific
requirements or a custom-developed solution based on Alabama
requirements.
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There are many types of child care in Alabama, including:
Licensed Child Care Centers Licensed Family Child Care Homes Exempt
Child Care Centers (faith-based & school-based)
Preschool/Mothers Day Out Programs (part-day/part-time) School-Age
Care Relative Care In-Home Care Head Start Pre-K Many Parents DO
NOT know when they have their left child in an uninspected and
unregulated place. Parents assume that if a child care facility is
operating, it is of course regulated and inspected, just like
restaurants, nursing homes, and nail salons
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What can you do? Host a meeting and invite a member of FOCAL or
the Alabama Childcare Alliance to talk about
unregulated/uninspected child care in Alabama Tell others how
Alabamas children are at risk. Place brochures in your community at
places of business and worship Join the Alabama Child Care Alliance
TELL PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR THE SIGN
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Connecting the Dots-What communities Need to know about
Childcare Early Care Educators & Facility
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FOCAL (Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama) The Alabama
Childcare Alliance VOICES for Alabamas Children National Womens Law
Center (NWLC) National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association Child Care Professionals (NACCP)