Child Care; Facilities; Professional Development; Professional Development; Quality Improvement
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Archived
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Description:
The Infant/Toddler Quality Enrichment Project promotes increased retention, professional development and equipment needs.
Participating teachers and caregivers receive 12 hours of specialized infant/toddler training, and set quality improvement goals based on an ITERS evaluation. Each program receives support to make quality improvements based on their goals, including equipment purchases, and/or a training stipend to provide incentives and release time for the additional hours devoted to the project.
Priority is given to programs that did not participate in previous sessions of the project. Monthly teleconferences are held with participants. Each year the project rotates to different communities. A follow-up ITERS observation is done to measure improvement.