QRIS Consortia

The goal of QRIS is to ensure that children in California have access to high quality programs so that they thrive in their early learning settings and succeed in kindergarten and beyond. The California QRIS (CA-QRIS) Consortium strives to improve the quality of early learning with a focus in three areas of program quality: child development and readiness for school; teachers and teaching; and program and environment quality.

California has a collective of county and regional QRISs. Each QRIS in California:

Assesses program quality comparably across provider types (publicly and privately funded, centers and family child care homes) throughout the state;
Aligns program standards with early learning and practitioner standards;
Supports continuous quality improvement for participating programs and their staff;
Provides families with information about program quality to assist them in making informed choices

Local QRIS Consortium

The Kings County Consortium was established on February 12, 2015, by the Kings County Office of Education.

Purpose

The purpose of the Consortium shall be to maintain and sustain the implementation of the local rating matrix process and promote system alignment, participate in the decision making processes regarding programs and activities which improve the quality in

childcare programs and educate parents choosing quality childcare with Kings County.

Membership

Composition The Consortium shall be composed of 7 members who shall be recommend by a selection committee and appointed by the Kings County Superintendent of Schools. The objective is to achieve membership that is a reflection of the ethnic, racial and geographic distribution makeup of Kings County, with representation as follows:

A representative from Private Childcare, State-funded program, Federally-funded program, Family Childcare small site, Family Childcare large site, and an Alternative program.
One child care consumer – a person who uses, or has used, child care services within the past 36 months.
In an attempt to represent each of the different geographical locations in Kings County priority will be given to areas that are underrepresented.

Current Members

Private Childcare..................................................................... Vacant

State-funded program............................................................. Conne Cleveland

Federally-funded program...................................................... Michelle Dove

Family Childcare small site...................................................... Ruth Rodriguez

Family Childcare large site....................................................... Samantha Quinn

Consumer..................................................................................... Daisy Echeveste

Alternative program (i.e. FRC, Parent & Me, SELPA)............ Juan Tafolla

Consortium Membership Application

Meeting Dates

Consortium Meeting Schedule.xlsx 2018-2019 (1).pdf

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