Child Care; Professional Development; Professional Development; Quality Improvement
Status:
Active
Year Started:
1999
Administered By:
Department of Education
Description:
The Expanding Quality in Infant/Toddler Care (EQ) initiative is a collaboraton between the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care. The EQ initiative provides training, technical assistance, and support for three primary components: the EQIT Core Curriculum and EQIT RELATE coaching, Ounce Scale Assessment, and Brazelton Touchpoints. EQ also provides ongoing professional development to all EQ instructors and coaches.
The main component of the initiative is a 48-hour training course for child care providers, Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care (EQUIT). The curriculum emphasizes relationship-based and reflective work with children, parents, and profesionals. EQUIT is offered in communities across the state by a cadre of locally based EQ Community Teachers.