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| The QNY advocacy agenda targets the broader community of policy makers, scholars, parents, and the general public to promote accreditation as a means to quality improvement for early childhood education programs. Through such advocacy work, QNY seeks to create a more favorable policy environment that supports accreditation and other quality improvement efforts, and to endorse long-term policy changes that create additional resources that will support programs in meeting the goal of continuous quality improvement. |
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Using NAEYC Early Childhood Program Accreditation
to Support and Reach Higher Quality in Early Childhood Programs
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| Quality New York is working with all of the public agencies involved in the regulation of and/or financial support for early education programs to increase investments in quality. |
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| QNY partners participate in the Program Assessment Work Group established by ACS to develop common program assessment standards across child care, Head Start, and UPK programs. Partners share their expertise in administering the ECERS-R and using it as an assessment tool across the system. |
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| QNY developed an advocacy tool kit to provide current information to all of the QNY participating organizations on the value of investing in accreditation. QNY NEWS provides updates on policy and advocacy and tips on reaching out to elected officials to help them understand each program’s resource needs and the importance of public investment in high quality early care and education. |
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| QNY partners are active participants in the development of a statewide Quality Rating System as a strategy to promote and support quality improvements in early childhood services. |
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| QNY partners collaborated in the development of a briefing paper for the NYS gubernatorial candidates, outlining a broad agenda for early care and education, including the Quality Rating System and establishment of a statewide early learning commission. |
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| For more information on advocating for high-quality early care and education, take a closer look at: “Making the Case for Supporting NAEYC Accreditation As A Strategy for Improving The Success of NYC’s Young Children As They Prepare For And Enter School”. |
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Policy Briefs |
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| The Best in the Nation: A Plan for Early Care and Education, Winning Beginning NY, June 2006 |
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| The PreK Workforce Incentive Pilot Program, The PreK Coalition, Winning Beginning NY |
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| Action for Early Learning, CCI’s Newsletter Dedicated to Lifting Every Child’s Life Chances. (email bholcomb@childcareinc.org to be put on mailing list.) |
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| A Diverse System Delivers for Pre-K: Lessons Learned in New York State, by Betty Holcomb, Pre-K Now Research Services. Child Care, Inc. |
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| Investing in New York City: An Economic Analysis of the Early Care and Education Sector (Child Care, Inc.) Child Care, Inc. |
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| Infant & Toddler Programs: The Workforce |
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Child Care that Works is a statewide coalition of parents, employers, children's advocates, child care providers, labor unions, union child care workers, educators, research and community groups, working toward the goal of high-quality, affordable and accessible child care and early education programs for all New York families. |
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Emergency Coalition to Save Universal PreKindergarten wishes to ensure that New York State keeps its promise by fully funding universal prek programs as indicated by law. |
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National Association for the Education of Young Children, the national organization for professionals in the child care field. |
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National Institute for Early Education Research’s web site provides information and links to research and publications focused on early education across the country. |
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The National Women’s Law Center’s mission is to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school and in virtually every aspect of their live. |
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New York Child Care Coordinating Council - a statewide, not-for-profit, membership organization - Mission is to
promote excellence in early care and education with equal access for
all families. This is accomplished primarily through the support of and
in partnership with a strong network of community-based organizations
that provide Child Care Resource and Referral services. |
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Advancing high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three and four year olds. Preknow provides a national perspective. |
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Office of Children & Family Services |
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Founded in 1872, the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) is a statewide, nonprofit policy analysis and advocacy organization working to shape policies that improve the economic security and health status of low and moderate income New Yorkers, and help all children become capable adults. |
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“Starting at 3” promotes and supports legal advocacy to include pre-kindergarten in school finance litigation and state legislation. It is a project of the Education Law Center and collects and disseminates research and provides direct assistance to attorneys and advocates involved in litigation and policy initiatives to create and expand state pre-kindergarten programs. |
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Winning Beginning NY is a statewide campaign working to inform policy-makers and the public
about the many benefits of early learning to children, families and
society. The campaign aims to build a broad-based constituency to make
investment in quality early care and education a top public priority in
New York State. |
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Voices for
Illinois Children: Making Illinois a much better place for our children is a strong advocacy
group for young children in Illinois. This web site covers many aspects of their work and successes. |
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Zero to
Three, the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. They have an
e-newsletter, The Baby Monitor that provides information of policy issues
affecting infants and toddlers and their families. |
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