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Developing Standards Learning Table Session 5 Homework (Due 1/4/13)

Developing a Standards-Based QRIS
Session 5: Effective Cross-Sector QRIS

Cross-sector QRIS means one that aims for participation by most group early care and education providers, regardless of funding stream or auspice. At a minimum, this includes child care centers and family child care homes, early childhood development programs that receive funding from Pre-K, Head Start or early intervention (even if they are located in a public school), part-day preschools or nursery schools i.e., all publically supported and licensed settings, but not informal caregivers. The recent RTT-Early Learning Challenge encouraged states to create cross-sector QRIS.

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* 1. Please indicate your state.

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* 2. Do you have a plan to include a cross sector approach in the QRIS? Why did you make that decision? Identify the phase in plan for different sectors (i.e. Are you beginning with ‘all in’ or phasing in over a few years)? (2,000 characters maximum)

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* 3. What challenges have you experienced in your efforts to develop and/or implement a cross-sector QRIS? (2,000 characters maximum)

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* 4. What successes have you had with cross-sector QRIS? (2,000 characters maximum)

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* 5. How do license-exempt centers (e.g. preK programs located in public or private schools) participate in your QRIS? Have you created an 'equivalent' standard for licensing? (2,000 characters maximum)

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* 6. What have you learned about strategies for effectively engaging the support systems of other sectors (e.g. the Head Start T/TA system or early intervention training) in QRIS supports? (2,000 characters maximum)

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* 7. Have you tried to engage monitoring or accountability systems from other sectors (such as collaborating with Head Start or PreK monitoring)?

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* 8. Have you worked with systems like early intervention, child welfare, and others to ensure that they understand QRIS and prioritize child placements in higher-quality settings?

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