QRIS Portfolio Questions

A provider requested guidance for the questions below:

i) When staff members have foreign degrees that have not been translated and evaluated, how should the information be recorded on the professional development form?

ii) Curriculum Trainers
(1) What specific documentation is required to document that a person is qualified to present a particular training?

(2) Since local training is not being provided for most curriculum, such as Creative Curriculum, what trainings would be accepted at this time to meet the 2 and 3 star level?

Trainer/director qualifications

In the QRIS Curriculum meeting notes, the statement is made ". . . . must show evidence of what makes the trainer qualified to give this training." For our technical assistance purposes and in an effort to help our centers obtain the training hours that they desire to qualify for higher stars: what is a qualified trainer? Do you have to be employed by one of our main agencies? Do you have to have an advanced degree in CD/ECE? Do you have to be a certified trainer in that curriculum (EX: have attended a TTT from Creative or High/Scope)? I guess our bottom line question is: do we as TA providers qualify to give the trainings that the centers need to get to the two or three star level?

ITERS diapering procedure

I have a classroom where the trash can is not within arms reach of the changing table, because the children are just mobile and strong enough to topple it over with a push. The staff members place a plastic bag beside the changing table with the other supplies. The dirty diaper, wipes, and gloves are placed in this bag and the bag is thrown away after the child's hands are washed but before the changing table is cleaned and the adult's hands are washed. Is this acceptable? If not, can you suggest an alternate procedure?

Art and the Lesson Plan?

1. I have a teacher that wants to know about the lesson plan concerning Art! How is Art to be reflected on the lesson plan.. Should it be a planned activity/ free art? will the assessors look at the lesson plan on the day of the assessment?

Greeting/Departing

Does the ERS specify that the primary caregiver (lead teacher) must share the information with the parent, or can it be any classroom staff member? Please provide the pages numbers in ERS.

ITERS Diapering Procedure

When following the ITERS diapering procedure, staff remove their gloves to wipe their hands in the middle of the process. By Florida DCF standards do they have to put gloves on again to finish the diapering procedure or can they continue without gloves?

Inservice hours

What is the time frame allowed for inservice credit, expecially for those centers coming up on full rating visits halfway through their program year? Will they be required to show the full amount of inservice needed at a specific star level for this first half of the year or will credit be given by what they attained last year? If the center has a written policy that all staff must attend X amount of hours, can credit be given for intent?