Prerequisite: Program Improvement with Measures of Quality Overview
The Environmental Rating Scale (ERS) is a recognized tool to assess infant/toddler, preschool, school age, and family childcare environments. Training participants will learn how the ERS measures quality, become familiar with the design for accurate assessment observation, learn the scoring system, and become aware of considerations for conducting self-assessment as a measure of quality. Measuring quality through program and classroom assessments is important
for program improvement, but assessments alone do not bring about quality. Training participants will explore how to create a quality improvement plan based on assessment results and identify key factors to effective implementation for sustaining change.