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OREGON’S QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM AND SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EI/ECSE PERSONNEL
Gary Glasenapp
Teaching Research Institute
Center on Early Learning
Western Oregon University
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Session Objectives2
Participants will: Have a general understanding of Oregon’s QRIS. Understand how Oregon’s QRIS addresses
supporting children with disabilities and their families.
Understand the implications of Oregon’s QRIS for EI/ECSE personnel.
Identify what EI/ECSE administrators can do to enhance collaboration with QRIS, CCR&Rs and Early Learning Hubs to support young children with disabilities.
Oregon’s Early Childhood Inclusion Collaborative (OECIC)
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OECIC4
Subgrant from Oregon Department of Education
Provide support to Oregon Counties Increase number of community placement sites Increase quality of community placement sites Increase collaboration
Different levels of TA/support Universal Targeted Intensive
What is Oregon’s QRIS?5
What is QRIS?
QQuality
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What is QRIS?
RRating
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What is QRIS?
IImprovement
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What is QRIS?
SSystem
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What is QRIS?
QRISQuality for Better
Outcomes for Children in
Oregon
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In the spotlight
State and National Focus On Early Childhood Care and Education
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Oregon’s Focus on Early Childhood Governor Kitzhaber’s focus on Education
Oregon Educational Investment Board
40-40-20
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Oregon’s 40-40-20
100% of Oregonians by
202540% will hold a
bachelor’s degree or higher
40% will hold an
associate’s degree or
post- secondary credential
Remaining 20% will
hold a high school
diploma or equivalent
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1. Ensure all children are ready for kindergarten and reading at grade-level in 3rd grade.
2. Children are raised in stable and attached families.
3. Integrate resources and services statewide.
EARLY LEARNING DIVISION’S VISION
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Early Learning in Oregon
Early Learning Council and Early Learning Division Initiatives to meet the vision QRIS Kindergarten Entry Assessment Universal Screening Early Learning HUBS
http://oregonearlylearning.com
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Early Learning in Oregon
Successful Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge federal grant Systems building money for early childhood
in Oregon $30 million over 4 years
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National Focus on Early Learning President Obama is also focusing on and
investing in the future through young children Short video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNZJ0BaNaoI
In November 2013 Senator Harkin introduced the Strong Start for America’s Children Act that has bipartisan sponsorship and support http://www.naeyc.org/policy/federal/strong-start-for-children
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Why QRIS?
Oregon’s QRIS History and Field Test19
Oregon’s QRIS is Not New
Oregon’s
QRIS
National QRIS
Quality Indicators
Oregon’s Programs of
Quality
Targeted Research
Oregon Registry
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Partners
Oregon’s
QRIS
Child Care Resource
and Referral
Teaching Research Institute at WOU
Oregon Center for
Career Developm
ent
Oregon State
University/ Portland
State University
Office of Child Care
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Oregon’s QRIS Field Test
• Field test available statewide
March2014
• Teen Parent Programs
• NAEYC, NAFCC, ACSI, OPQ
• Head Start
Fall 2013
• Multnomah• Deschutes/Crook/Jefferson• Linn/Benton• Lane/Douglas
January 2013
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So, what is it?
Oregon’s QRIS Overview23
QRIS Components
Building Block with 5 Tiers
5 Domain
s
2 Version
s of Material
s
Quality ImprovementQuality
Improvement Plans
Self- Assessmen
ts
Supports
Quality RatingPortfolio System of
Documentation
Incentives
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Oregon’s QRIS 5 Tier Building Block System
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Licensed
Commitment to Quality
Supports for Quality Improvement
Ince
nti
ves
for
Qualit
y R
ati
ng
• Overall categories of quality• 5 totalDomains• Program standards, organized by
domain• 33 total
Standards
• Star levels of standards• Usually 3 per standard• Some standards only have 1 or 2
indicators
Indicators
• Found in portfolio only• Measurable structural indicators that
standard is present in program
Evidence
QRIS Standards Structure26
QRIS Materials Structure
Self-Assessment• Domains• Standards• Indicators
Quality Improvement Plan• Domains• Standards• Indicators
Portfolio• Domains• Standards• Indicators
• Evidence
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QRIS Domains and Standards
• 12 Standards
Children’s Learning
and Developmen
t
• 6 StandardsHealth and Safety
• 5 StandardsPersonnel
Qualifications
• 4 StandardsFamily
Partnerships
• 6 StandardsAdministrati
on and Business Practices
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Star Level Indicators: Building Block
5-Star
4-Star
3-Star
4-Star5-Star
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Basics of the QRIS Process
Commit
• QRIS Increasing Quality Training
• Application• Self
Assessment
Participate
• Quality Improvement Plan
• Quality Improvement supports
• Technical Assistance with portfolio
• Financial Supports of $1000-$2000
Achieve
• Submit portfolio to Western Oregon University
• Portfolio reviewed by experts
• Receive a rating and financial incentive
• Incentives between $500-$2500
Oregon’s QRIS and Supporting Children with Disabilities and Their Families
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How Oregon’s QRIS Addresses Children with Disabilities and Their Families
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Based on premise that inclusion of children with disabilities should be part of Oregon’s QRIS
Oregon’s QRIS addresses the needs of ALL children and families
No separate Domain for children with disabilities
Woven throughout Domains and Standards
Examples from Oregon’s QRIS 33
LD1- 4 Star: The program’s philosophy explicitly ensures the inclusion of all children.
LD3 – 3 Star: The program uses a basic indoor environmental arrangement that supports children’s learning and development that includes including space that: is accessible to all children enrolled in the program has enough room for equipment needed by children with disabilities
LD7 – 3 Star: The program uses basic curriculum activities that support children’s learning and development that include: adaptations that allow all children, including those with disabilities to
participate HS5 – 3 &4 Star: Including children with special health needs. FP1: Program uses family input and feedback to guide program
planning and policy decisions. FP2: Program meets individual needs of children through mutually
respectful, two-way communication with families.
Implications of Oregon’s QRIS for EI/ECSE Personnel
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Implications of Oregon’s QRIS for EI/ECSE Personnel
Better services for ALL children
and families
Oregon’s QRIS
identifies quality ELDP
programs
More choices to
place children
with disabilities
More children
with disabilities placed in
community settings Increased
collaboration between
ECE programs, EI/ECSE, CCR&Rs
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Implications of Oregon’s QRIS for Supporting Children with Disabilities in Community
Programs
Better services for ALL children
and families
Increased quality of program
Recognize quality of program
Provide services to
more children and
families
Increased collaboration
between EI/ECSE, CCR&Rs,
other agencies
What can EI/ECSE administrators do to enhance collaboration with QRIS, CCR&Rs and Early Learning Hubs to support young children with disabilities?
Activity37
Questions?38
Contact Information39
Gary Glasenapp
Tom Udell
Mandy Stanley
OREGON’S QUALITY RATING AND
IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMhttp://teachingresearchinstitute.org/projects/qris
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OREGON’S EARLY CHILDHOOD INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE
http://teachingresearchinstitute.org/projects/oecic
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