The Quality Enhancement Project
The Quality Enhancement Project’s goal and focus is to make lasting improvements in the quality of early care and education programs in the Mahoning Valley, while being part of the process of systemic change for the field.
The Quality Enhancement Project builds its structure and content from the NAEYC Accreditation Standards, Ohio Step Up to Quality voluntary quality rating system, the Ohio Early Learning Content Standards, The Ohio Infant Toddler Guidelines, the Environmental Rating Scales authored by Thelma Harms, and the Child Development Associate Credential professional development requirements.
The aforementioned “ingredients” have been blended into the Quality Enhancement Project to create a system that mirrors national and Ohio early childhood initiatives.
The Quality Enhancement Project is a quality initiative of Child Care Connection, made possible through a grant from the Raymond John Wean Foundation.
Child Care Connection does not endorse, rate, recommend or evaluate child care resources, programs, or providers and therefore, Child Care Connection does not assume, warrant, or guarantee quality care. Any information about a caregiver/provider has been provided solely by that caregiver/provider.
