QUALITY COMPONENTS Sample Clauses
QUALITY COMPONENTS. As outlined in CT General Statutes Sections 10-16o through 10-16u, each program will:
1. Develop a plan for collaboration with other community programs, including public libraries. Coordinate resources to facilitate full-day and full-year child care and education programs for children of working parents and parents in education or training programs;
2. Encourage family involvement, parenting education and outreach;
3. Provide referrals for health services, including referrals for appropriate immunizations and screenings;
4. Provide nutrition services;
5. Provide referrals to family literacy programs that incorporate adult basic education and provide for the promotion of literacy through access to public library services;
6. Develop admission policies that promote enrollment of children from different racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds and from other communities;
7. Develop a transition plan for children moving from the School Readiness program to kindergarten. This includes provisions for the transfer of records from the program to the kindergarten program;
8. Develop a plan for professional development for staff; including, but not limited to, training in pre-literacy skills development, and designed to assure respect for racial and ethnic diversity;
9. Use the OEC designated sliding fee scale for families participating in the program;
10. Implement an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the program; and
11. Develop a plan to ensure that children with disabilities are integrated into programs with children who are not disabled
QUALITY COMPONENTS. As outlined in CT General Statutes Sections 10-16o through 10-16u, each program will:
1. Develop a plan for collaboration with other community programs, including public libraries. Coordinate resources to facilitate full-day and full-year childcare and education programs for children of working parents and parents in education or training programs.
2. Encourage family involvement, parenting education and outreach.
3. Provide referrals for health services, including referrals for appropriate immunizations and screenings.
QUALITY COMPONENTS. The 11 components required of School Readiness programs required by the legislation: collaboration, parent involvement, health, nutrition, pre-literacy practices, family literacy, admission policies, transition to kindergarten, professional development, a sliding fee scale and an annual program evaluation. Teacher – Each classroom that provides services under the School Readiness ▇▇▇▇▇ must be staffed for all operating hours for Part-Day and School-Day spaces and for six hours per day for Full-Day spaces, by a teacher who meets the definition outlined in GP_A-01 and GP_A-03 .