Staff–Child Describe plan to maintain ratios and caseloads that comply with Create alignment of state licensing regulations, reflect best practices, and are tied to high-quality service regulations and EHS regulations regarding Ratios/Family Service Worker Caseloads delivery in event of staff absences or vacancies ratios Career Opportunities Describe plan to provide career development opportunities for Inventory and list availability of education for Qualified professional, paraprofessional, and other staff and discuss how these and training offerings through state colleges Parents/Community opportunities will improve program quality and universities, community colleges, child Residents care resource and referral agencies, and other supports to providers in attaining and maintaining EHS requirements Inventory and make available state grants, scholarships, or other funds to support educational attainment of early care and education providers Plan to Evaluate Job Discuss plan to determine which applicants/existing grantee staff are most Share information about state’s workforce Applicants capable of contributing to implementation of high-quality program registry that documents and acknowledges professional and educational achievements of Describe how evaluations will be used in hiring process individuals working in the field Professional Describe ongoing strategy for professional development, peer support, Provide information about state professional Development supervision, ongoing observation, coaching and mentoring, and evaluation development opportunities and programs, of staff and program managers particular those associated with the QRIS that will help applicants develop and maintain a Discuss the process for managing underperforming staff strong early care and education workforce Past Performance Maximum Points: Historically 20 Points FOA CRITERIA APPLICATION MUST… STATES CAN… History and Demonstrate how past performance providing high-quality care and Provide QRIS information and any relevant state Experience early education or related programs support ability to administer longitudinal data proposed project Includes:
Staff–Child Ratios/Family Service Worker Caseloads Describe plan to maintain ratios and caseloads that comply with regulations, reflect best practices, and are tied to high-quality service delivery in event of staff absences or vacancies Create alignment of state licensing regulations and EHS regulations regarding ratios Career Opportunities for Qualified Parents/Community Residents Describe plan to provide career development opportunities for professional, paraprofessional, and other staff and discuss how these opportunities will improve program quality Inventory and list availability of education and training offerings through state colleges and universities, community colleges, child care resource and referral agencies, and other supports to providers in attaining and maintaining EHS requirements Inventory and make available state grants, scholarships, or other funds to support educational attainment of early care and education providers Plan to Evaluate Job Applicants Discuss plan to determine which applicants/existing grantee staff are most capable of contributing to implementation of high-quality program Describe how evaluations will be used in hiring process Share information about state’s workforce registry that documents and acknowledges professional and educational achievements of individuals working in the field Professional Development Describe ongoing strategy for professional development, peer support, supervision, ongoing observation, coaching and mentoring, and evaluation of staff and program managers Discuss the process for managing underperforming staff Provide information about state professional development opportunities and programs, particular those associated with the QRIS that will help applicants develop and maintain a strong early care and education workforce Past Performance Maximum Points: Historically 20 Points FOA CRITERIA APPLICATION MUST… STATES CAN… History and Experience Demonstrate how past performance providing high-quality care and early education or related programs support ability to administer proposed project Includes: Provide QRIS information and any relevant state longitudinal data
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