Choosing Quality Early Education and Child Care

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Choosing Quality Early Education and Child Care

Research tells us that children’s early brain growth presents a tremendous opportunity to lay a strong learning foundation before they start kindergarten. And children who go to high-quality program do better in TK-12. To find a high-quality program in your community, focus your search in three areas – people, program, and place. Here are a few of the things you should look for:

Teacher qualifications

What kind of training and education do the teachers have?

Are the teachers and children engaged in conversations?

Can teachers tell you not only what they are doing, but why?

Facilities

How many children are in the group/classroom?

Does the space have separate learning centers (reading, art, dramatic play, etc.)?

Does the program have access to a well-equipped, age-appropriate playground?

Programming

Does the program use a curriculum to guide learning?

Does the program welcome and involve families?

Does the program meet your scheduling needs?

To learn about Ventura County's UPK landscape, visit the LPC's UPK webpage.

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Quality Counts California

Quality early learning and care experiences build the foundation for skills your child needs in school, work, and life. The early learning and care environment you choose can have a major impact on your child’s future. Quality Counts California helps families identify providers who demonstrate a commitment to quality and provide quality early learning and care experiences to meet the diverse needs of California families.

Quality Counts Ventura County (QCVC)

QCVC receives and braids funding from the California Department of Education and First 5 California to serve the county’s most vulnerable children by promoting quality standards, enhancing the accessibility of high-quality early learning programs, providing educators and administrators with professional development and resources, and financial incentives that support quality.

Child Care Law Center

Every family should be able to live and raise their children with dignity. Many families have protections under the law when their children are in child care. The Child Care Law Center provides information about your rights as a parent and caregiver.

Child Care Licensing

The Child Care Licensing Program strives to provide preventive, protective, and quality services to children in care by ensuring that licensed facilities meet established health and safety standards through monitoring facilities, providing technical assistance, and establishing partnerships with providers, parents, and the child care community.

Trustline

TrustLine Background Check is California’s registry of in-home and license-exempt child care providers (nannies and babysitters), professional supervised visitation monitors, child care staff at Ancillary Child Care Centers (health clubs, gyms), child transportation drivers, and others not required to get a child care license, who have passed a background screening.

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Choosing Quality Early Education and Child Care

Choosing Quality Early Education and Child Care

Teacher qualifications

Facilities

Programming

Child Care Resource & Referral

Quality Counts California

Quality Counts Ventura County (QCVC)

Child Care Law Center

Child Care Licensing

Trustline

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