A place to share information regarding the "Quality Counts - Broward" program and associated professional development information for early childhood education practitioners.
A place to share information regarding the "Quality Counts - Broward" program and associated professional development information for early childhood education practitioners.
This is not an ERS issue. The ERS subscales that we use do not address this issue at all.
ReplyDeleteHowever, this will become a QRIS issue when we begin to collect data on the staff qualifications. Look at the MyFlorida.com for the FCCPC credential info.
Thank you for the ERS portion, however, I am still confused regarding the second part of the issue. What does the state and county licensing rules and regulations say in regards to non-translated degrees? Not just for the FCCPC, but for the weight of high school diplomas and college degrees. Does a licensing monitor check this when staff files are reviewed? Must the degree be translated for a person to be employed at a school?
ReplyDeleteI checked with William Karp, the supervisor for the facilities licensing monitors, and he said they DO require all certificates to be translated into English. (The translation company charges a fee for this service.) He also stated that the monitors check to see that the 1:20 FCCPF to child ratio is maintained throughout the facility, but not necessarily as the lead teacher in each classroom.
ReplyDeleteIn adition to what Andrea said, for a Star Rating, the degree must be translated and submitted to DCF for a 5206 form verifying that the person meets the staff credential requirement. Without that verification we do not count that person as being credentialed. For contact information for the translation compnay give us a call.
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