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Inclusion Standards in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

…experiences in Delaware

OSEP National Early Childhood Conference Arlington, Virginia

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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Delaware StarsFor

EarlySuccess

Families of young children with disabilities

Inclusion

Quality RatingScale

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Delaware Early Care and Education Baseline Quality Study (September 2002)

Natural environments~ targets and improvements ~

Parent stories

Building capacity in natural environments committee

ICC

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Expanding Opportunities Technical Assistance Grant for Part C, Part B(619),Head Start, and child care

Birth to 5 focus across DHSS and DOE• professional development• public awareness materials• policies and procedures

Morphed into EIEIO

EIEIO

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Unified plan for early childhood services:Early Success: Delaware’s Early Childhood Plan

Membership – broad early childhoodstakeholders

State statute to gain authority (2007)• HB126• with help from Children’s Caucus

Delaware Stars reported back to DECC

EIEIO is now a formal committee of ICC and DECC

DECC

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Delaware StarsFor

EarlySuccess

Hounding and Persistence

Quality and Inclusion

Early Childhood Stakeholders Unified

Results:

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There is still more work to be done!

• Delaware Stars is not fully implemented(150 sites out of a potential 2000)

• Environmental Ratings Scale only applies if you have already enrolled children with

disabilities

• Delaware Stars does not yet look at quality of inclusive practices

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Qualifications and Professional Development for Administrators

2 Star Standard• Shows evidence of having completed education/training

in Inclusion Best Practice (at least 3 hours)• [Supports]

Qualifications and Professional Development for Teachers and Assistant Teachers

2 Star Standard• Shows evidence of having completed education/training in

Inclusion Best Practice (at least 3 hours)• [Supports]

Delaware QRIS Inclusion Standards

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Learning Environments and Curriculum 3 Star Standard

• Program documents activities/instruction that help to support goals in a child’s IEP/IFSP

• [Access and Participation]

Delaware QRIS Inclusion Standards(continued)

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Delaware QRIS Inclusion Standards(continued)

2 Star Standard• Program has a written

inclusion policy that is reviewed with staff and shared with families

• [Support]

3 Star Standard• Program requests copies of a

child’s IEP/IFSP, assessment results, and other pertinent written information from families

• [Participation]

4 Star Standard• Program involves families in

planning to meet the needs of their child(ren), including IFSP/IEP goals

• [Participation]

5 Star Standard• When applicable, program makes

staff available to attend IEP-IFSP meetings to participate in planning efforts with family and service providers

• [Support]

Family and Community Partnerships

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for more information please contact:

Rosanne Griff-Cabelli Part C Coordinator

Birth To Three Early Intervention Systemrosanne.griff-cabelli@state.de.us

302-255-9135

Jim J. LeskoEducation Associate

Early Childhood Educationjlesko@doe.k12.de.us

302-735-4210