Portfolio documentation clarification - professional

Hi Everyone,

When working with directors on the portfolio, please advise them to provide documentation for only the highest level of education, and just one copy. We are seeing portfolios with both the training transcript AND copies of certificates for the same thing. They can save a lot of paper, not to mention time, by including just the transcript. We do not need High School diplomas unless they DO NOT have a FCCPC/CDA or higher. College tanscripts should be provided only to document ECE courses and/or attainment of a degree. Do not include foreign diplomas, only the translation and evaluation of foreign diplomas.

For inservice training and curriculum training, again, we need either the certificate OR the sign-in sheet, not both, but make sure the topic and number of hours are noted.

Thank you!

"Much of the Day" - ITERS-R

The provider requested to have the following questions posted to the blog:

i) The ITERS-R uses the term “much of the day”. When looking at the All About the ITERS-R, it referred the provider to page 7 of the ITERS-R. The provider read the definition, but was able to locate the statement that indicates the “much of the day” equals “20 minutes total.” Where can this information be located in writing? If it can be found on the Internet, please provide the link.

New Name

Hi Everyone,

I just want to remind you that we are now using the name "Quality Counts" to identify our QRIS program. Please start using it with providers so they get accustomed to the new name.

Thanks!

Organizing the Portfolio

This request actually comes from the QRS Secretary, Natalie Pinto:

1) Please do not put in-service hours certificates that are more than 12 months old in the portfolio.
2) Place the highest level piece of documentation (i.e. FCCPC, Dir. Cred., DCF Transcript) right behind the corresponding Professional Development form.
3) Put all of the teachers names on the Classroom Enrollment Form, so we do not have to mix and match the ratio/group size page. It gets very confusing when teachers are listed in more than one classroom! Are they within ratio or creating a licensing violation?!!!

Thank you for your assitance!

Primary language

If all of the families serviced by a provider speak English, will they be credited appropriately under Family Engagement, at the 5 star level if they do not provide resources in other languages?

A coach asks a portfolio preparation question:
In section 4.4 Curriculum, Star 2, page 12 of manual, what is the correct number of "lesson plans for three months that highlight each curriculum for all ages?" That is, does each classroom have to include 3 months of lesson plans? That would be 12 lesson plans per class. If so, does this number of lesson plans remain the same for Star 4 A and Star 5 (page 13 in manual)? Or, perhaps the intent was for lesson plans that are current, i.e. used within the last three months of submitting the portfolio. Please advise. Thanks.
Louise Marine

Full Rating Questions

A provider requested information on the following:

i) Full Rating Calculations
(1) After review the QRIS Manual, a provider has requested a sample of how they calculations are done. If possible, please post a sample, with numbers, of how the calculations are done. The coach didn’t want to compute a sample incorrectly.
ii) Will the assessors be at the exit interview?