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  1. These are the current NC Additional Notes for the ECERS-R used by NCRLAP assessors. This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 2/19/2011 7:41:22 AM by Lia Rucker.   (2454 downloads)
    ~NC Additional Notes: ECERS-R  View  
  2. These are the current NC Additional Notes for the ITERS-R used by NCRLAP assessors. This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 3/30/2009 4:17:45 PM by Lia Rucker.   (2010 downloads)
    ~NC Additional Notes: ITERS-R  View  
  3. Describes the steps involved in particpating in assessments completed by NCRLAP.   (1245 downloads)
    About the assessment process (video)  View  
  4. Use this worksheet while reading the appropriate Environment Rating Scale to document the materials and furnishings in your classroom while considering the items and indicators of the activity subscale.   (1221 downloads)
    Thinking More about Learning Materials-ECERS-R  View  
  5. This is the actual poster displayed at SRCD on March 31, 2011, titled ''''Comparison among quality measures in child care settings: Indicators of quality in relation to child outcomes''''   (889 downloads)
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools (SRCD 2011 Overall DCD Results poster)  View  
Assessment information
  • Describes the steps involved in particpating in assessments completed by NCRLAP.   (1245 downloads) - 55
    About the assessment process (video)  View  
  • About the assessment process in NC (uncaptioned video)   (423 downloads) - 55
    About the assessment process in NC (uncaptioned video)  View  
  • This checklist is designed to assist child care programs with the assessment process in conjunction with other resources provided by DCDEE and NCRLAP. Programs can use this as a guide while preparing for the assessment process, though it is not required to use it.   (713 downloads) - 11
    Assessment process checklist  View  
  • This document provides a list of hints that child care programs can do to help the assessment process go smoothly.   (487 downloads) - 11
    Assessment Process: Reminders for day of assessment  View  
  • This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 7/8/2009 2:32:19 PM by Kathy Wilson.   (658 downloads) - 11
    Brochure: A Quick Reference Guide  View  
  • This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 7/8/2009 2:33:12 PM by Kathy Wilson.   (409 downloads) - 11
    Brochure: Scheduling Your Rated License Assessment  View  
  • (2010 version) This chart summarizes safe and healthy outdoor play conditions. It is a guide to use when determining if weather conditions allow for outdoor play.   (753 downloads) - 11
    Child Care Weather Watch Chart  View  
  • Link to the DCD website, where you can learn about the NC Star Rated License system.   (256 downloads) - 55
    General information regarding the NC Star Rated License system  View  
  • Addresses common questions and scoring issues related to gross motor spaces and play that occur during the North Carolina Rated License Assessments.   (513 downloads) - 55
    Handwashing and basic health considerations for the assessment process (uncaptioned video)  View  
  • Describes many of the health and sanitation practices considered during the assessment process.   (228 downloads) - 55
    Handwashing and other basic health considerations (video)  View  
  • This document briefly summarizes handwashing and some health requirements for the ITERS-R, ECERS-R, and FCCERS-R.   (259 downloads) - 11
    Health Reminders for ITERS-R ECERS-R and FCCERS-R 11-2-2011  View  
  • This document briefly summarizes handwashing and health considerations for the SACERS.   (136 downloads) - 11
    Health Reminders SACERS 11-2-2011  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports children’s cognitive and social/emotional development in programs serving infant and toddlers.   (443 downloads) - 55
    Language for learning: Infants and toddlers (uncaptioned video)  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports children’s cognitive and social/emotional development in programs serving infant and toddlers.   (160 downloads) - 55
    Language for learning: Infants and Toddlers (video)  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports children’s cognitive and social/emotional development in programs serving preschoolers.   (452 downloads) - 55
    Language for learning: Preschoolers (uncaptioned video)  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports children’s cognitive and social/emotional development in programs serving preschoolers.   (172 downloads) - 55
    Language for learning: Preschoolers (video)  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports childrens cognitive and social/emotional development in programs serving schoolagers.   (305 downloads) - 55
    Language for learning: Schoolagers (uncaptioned video)  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports childrens cognitive and social/emotional development in programs serving schoolagers.   (97 downloads) - 55
    Language for learning: Schoolagers (video)  View  
  • This document includes an overview of the scheduling process that occurs for NC Pre-K ECERS-R assessments. The document reflects current information for the 2011-2012 school year.   (245 downloads) - 11
    NC Pre-K scheduling procedures for the ECERS-R assessment  View  
  • This document includes an overview of the ECERS-R assessment process that occurs for NC Pre-K classrooms, separate from the licensure related assessment process. It has been updated to reflect current expectations for the 2011-2012 school year.   (56 downloads) - 11
    NC Pre-K: A Guide to the NC Pre-K ECERS-R Assessment 2011-2012  View  
  • Revised: October 2011 This is a summary of scoring criteria used by NCRLAP assessors during Environment Rating Scale assessments for items that relate to gross motor space and equipment. These standards apply to all gross motor equipment and materials.   (378 downloads) - 11
    Requirements for Gross Motor Space and Equipment  View  
  • Addresses common questions and scoring issues related to gross motor spaces and play that occur during the North Carolina Rated License Assessments.   (290 downloads) - 55
    Safe space for gross motor play (uncaptioned video)  View  
  • Addresses common questions and scoring issues related to gross motor spaces and play that occur during the assessments completed by NCRLAP.   (130 downloads) - 55
    Safe space for gross motor play (video)  View  
  • Describes the steps involved in participating in assessments completed by NCRLAP.   (494 downloads) - 11
    Supplement for ''About the assessment process''  View  
  • Describes many of the health and sanitation practices considered during the assessment process.   (381 downloads) - 11
    Supplement for ''Handwashing and basic health considerations for the assessment process''  View  
  • Focuses on how language supports children’s cognitive and social/emotional development in a variety of child care settings across the varying ages: infants and toddlers, preschoolers, and schoolagers.   (175 downloads) - 11
    Supplement for ''Language for learning''  View  
  • Addresses common questions and scoring issues related to gross motor spaces and play that occur during the North Carolina Rated License Assessments.   (503 downloads) - 11
    Supplement for ''Safe space for gross motor play''  View  
  • Illustrates ways providers can ensure that infants, particularly non-mobile infants, have a variety of play and learning experiences with appropriate materials and furnishings throughout the course of the caregiving day.   (510 downloads) - 11
    Supplement for ''Using materials with non-mobile infants''  View  
  • Use this worksheet while reading the appropriate Environment Rating Scale to document the materials and furnishings in your classroom while considering the items and indicators of the activity subscale.   (1221 downloads) - 11
    Thinking More about Learning Materials-ECERS-R  View  
  • Use this worksheet while reading the appropriate Environment Rating Scale to document the materials and furnishings in your family childcare home while considering the items and indicators of the activity subscale.   (543 downloads) - 11
    Thinking More about Learning Materials-FCCERS-R  View  
  • Use this worksheet while reading the appropriate Environment Rating Scale to document the materials and furnishings in your classroom while considering the items and indicators of the activity subscale.   (635 downloads) - 11
    Thinking More about Learning Materials-ITERS-R  View  
  • Use this worksheet while reading the appropriate Environment Rating Scale to document the materials and furnishings in your classroom while considering the items and indicators of the activity subscale.   (464 downloads) - 11
    Thinking More about Learning Materials-SACERS  View  
  • Meal Guidelines – Ages 1-12 Source: Child and Adult Care Food Program, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Updated 9/25/00 www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/Cacfp/index.html   (533 downloads) - 11
    USDA Meal Guidelines for Children 1 to 12 years  View  
  • USDA Meal Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers. Source: Child and Adult Care Food Program, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Updated 9/25/00. www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/Cacfp/index_html   (460 downloads) - 11
    USDA Meal Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers  View  
  • Illustrates ways providers can ensure that infants, particularly non-mobile infants, have a variety of play and learning experiences with appropriate materials and furnishings throughout the course of the caregiving day.   (378 downloads) - 55
    Using materials with non-mobile infants (uncaptioned)  View  
  • Illustrates ways providers can ensure that infants, particularly non-mobile infants, have a variety of play and learning experiences with appropriate materials and furnishings throughout the course of the caregiving day.   (107 downloads) - 55
    Using materials with non-mobile infants (video)  View  
  • This webcast addresses common questions from child care providers about when it is appropriate to take children outside.   (199 downloads) - 54
    Webcast: Outdoor Play Weather Permitting: Common questions  View  
  • This webcast discusses the requirements on the Environment Rating Scale regarding outdoor play weather permitting.   (190 downloads) - 54
    Webcast: Outdoor Play Weather Permitting: What are the requirements?  View  
  • Discusses how programs can create a restful environment for children by considering the indicators at the higher levels of quality on the Environment Rating Scales.   (229 downloads) - 54
    Webcast: Rest Well- Considerations for creating a restful naptime  View  
  • Explains the requirements for the nap/rest item on the Environment Rating Scales regarding healthy provisions, and it addresses common questions and provides some helpful hints.   (198 downloads) - 54
    Webcast: Rest Well- Healthy provisions for naptime  View  
  • Discusses the supervision of infants and older children during naptime and also considers the physical layout and placement of furnishings to allow for good supervision.   (213 downloads) - 54
    Webcast: Rest well- Supervision considerations for naptime  View  
  • We provide FREE weekly webinars where you can learn about the Environment Rating Scales and other topics.   (369 downloads) - 55
    Webinar trainings - FREE  View  
Forms
  • This form should be completed by program staff and/or home providers prior to the start of their assessment window. One form should be used for each classroom that includes more than one child.   (670 downloads) - 11
    Classroom information form  View  
  • A copy of this form should be completed by program staff or the home provider for each classroom prior to the start of their assessment window.   (549 downloads) - 11
    Teacher information form  View  
General information
  • Links to the website for the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education   (243 downloads) - 55
    Caring for Our Children, 2nd edition  View  
  • Link to CPSC website. Provides the CPSC guidelines referenced by rated license assessors.   (194 downloads) - 55
    Handbook for Public Playground Safety  View  
  • Link to DCD website where you may look up a variety of important agencies, such as Resource and Referral offices. This helpful website allows you to select by county.   (304 downloads) - 55
    NC Child Care Resource and Referral Offices (by county)  View  
  • Links to the excellent DCD website search engine. You can search for facilities using a variety of filters (e.g., star rating, county, zip code).   (109 downloads) - 55
    Search for a child care program in North Carolina  View  
Presentations and research papers
  • This is a draft version of the C5 scale, titled 'Contentedness and comfort of children in child care (C5) scale'. This is an additional resource for information presented at SRCD on March 31, 2011   (524 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools (C5 draft)  View  
  • Provides a summary of measurement tools used for NCRLAPs research study. Scales include: ECERS-E, OST, CLASS, ITERS-R, ECERS-R, SACERS.   (642 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools (SRCD 2011 Handout)  View  
  • This is the actual poster displayed at SRCD on March 31, 2011, titled ''''Comparison among quality measures in child care settings: Indicators of quality in relation to child outcomes''''   (889 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools (SRCD 2011 Overall DCD Results poster)  View  
  • This is the actual poster displayed at SRCD on March 31, 2011, titled ''Unique contribution of outdoor environmental quality to children's cognitive and emotional experiences: A comparison of measures''   (685 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools (SRCD 2011 POEMS poster)  View  
  • This document contains general information on the observation measures piloted in the Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools research project. It includes details about scoring, administration, and the psychometrics for each measure. Uploaded to the VFC on 1/13/2011 10:55:51 AM.   (532 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools: Information on Observation Measures  View  
  • A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools: Preliminary Results. Uploaded to the VFC on 1/13/2011 10:59:25 AM.   (610 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools: Overall Results by Age Group  View  
  • A COMPARISON OF QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS: PROJECT OVERVIEW. Uploaded to the VFC on 1/13/2011 10:57:50 AM.   (541 downloads) - 11
    A Comparison of Quality Assessment Tools: Overview of Project and Procedures  View  
  • This document provides an overview of assessment scores based on information collected during the first six years of the Star Rated License implementation (September 1, 1999, to August 31, 2005). It is important to note that these findings primarily apply to the quality of care in programs applying for three, four, or five points in program standards. Therefore, these findings are not based on a representative sample of programs in North Carolina partly because the majority of child care facilities in North Carolina and nearly all current programs with one, two, or three stars have not had an assessment using the rating scale.   (364 downloads) - 11
    NCRLAP: Executive Summary  View  
  • UNCG has recently completely two important studies regarding child care quality and child outcomes. This document shares the results with you in a way that will provide talking points and support for conversations that child care providers might have with policy makers or investors. Please feel free to share this information with other colleagues who are also interested in working towards higher quality care for all young children.   (246 downloads) - 0
    Quality Fact Sheet  View  
  • Powerpoint slides from NCRLAP session 119 ''Understanding Classroom Quality.'' This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 5/4/2011 4:23:06 PM by Lia Rucker.   (223 downloads) - 11
    Smart Start Session119: Understanding Classroom Quality (5-4-11)  View  
NC Additional Notes
  • These are the current NC Additional Notes for the ECERS-R used by NCRLAP assessors. This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 2/19/2011 7:41:22 AM by Lia Rucker.   (2454 downloads) - 11
    ~NC Additional Notes: ECERS-R  View  
  • These are the current NC Additional Notes for the FCCERS-R used by NCRLAP assessors.   (765 downloads) - 11
    ~NC Additional Notes: FCCERS-R  View  
  • These are the current NC Additional Notes for the ITERS-R used by NCRLAP assessors. This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 3/30/2009 4:17:45 PM by Lia Rucker.   (2010 downloads) - 11
    ~NC Additional Notes: ITERS-R  View  
  • These are the current NC Additional Notes for the SACERS used by NCRLAP assessors. This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 5/4/2011 10:16:03 AM by Nansi White.   (816 downloads) - 11
    ~NC Additional Notes: SACERS  View  
Grievance and Score Change Documents
  • This document outlines the steps that child care operators may follow if they have questions or concerns about their assessment report(s). This resource was uploaded to the VFC on 3/4/2011 1:06:42 PM by Lia Rucker.   (184 downloads) - 0
    Information for Child Care Operators about the NCRLAP Grievance Process.docx  View  
Outreach Training
  • The flyer provides a brief description of the types of training offered and how to access online webinars.   (38 downloads) - 11
    NCRLAP Training and Webinar information flyer  View  
  • Link for webinar participants to complete a survey after their training session.   (138 downloads) - 55
    Webinar Feedback Survey  View  
Technology
  • We provide FREE weekly webinars where you can learn about the Environment Rating Scales and other topics.   (369 downloads) - 55
    Webinar trainings - FREE  View  
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