Not by Chance:
Child Care that Supports School Readiness
Supporting children's school readiness in child care settings takes careful planning, knowledge and attention to each child's individual needs. A newly released training, entitled Not by Chance: Child Care that Supports School Readiness, will provide knowledge of three tools used in Minnesota's early childhood and school age care and education system:
- The Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress which describes what young children should know and be able to do
- The Minnesota Core Competencies, which defines what providers should know and be able to do and the
- Environmental Rating Scales which is a set of tools for understanding and measuring the quality of a child care or school age care program
Not By Chance: Child Care that Supports School Readiness is a resource developed by a task force to help connect key foundational components of quality child care and school readiness. It is an overview of the Minnesota Core Competencies, the Environmental Rating Scales, and the Early Childhood Indicators of Progress. This overview also shows their connectedness and their role in the CCR&R Learning Continuum and a proposed Quality Rating System for Minnesota. It may be offered in several different options:
- In a standard daylong event consisting of six training hours
- In three two-hour trainings
- In a foundational two-hour training
- In three in-depth sessions
Child care providers who receive this training will be able to:
- Recognize the importance of school readiness.
- Identify quality components of a child care program (family child care or center-based) that lead to school readiness.
- Examine the relation between the core competencies, the environmental rating scales and the early childhood indicators of progress (foundational components) in relation to quality child care programs.
For training details and information, visit MNSTREAMS.org or contact the Professional Development Coordinator in your district.
Not by Chance Training at Eager to Learn Not by Chance: Child Care that Supports School Readiness is a training curriculum designed to provide concrete information on Minnesota's endorsed quality support tools. Building on the existing excellence of Minnesota child care providers, the Not by Chance trainings provide information and resources to measure this excellence and take it to the next level. This learning system, offered by Child Care Resource & Referral, is structured in three levels: Foundations of Quality , Tools to Create Quality and Quality in Practice . Each of these trainings builds upon the others to offer a sequence of learning. This sequence will help you master the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality care and education for every child. Not By Chance training sets out to prepare the field for the changing face of child care and a new era in which every provider is viewed and valued as an early educator. Read more [PDF]. Visit Eager-to-Learn |
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