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What is Colorado Shines
What is Colorado Shines
Colorado Shines is a quality rating and improvement system for all of Colorado’s licensed early learning programs serving children birth to 5. It encourages and supports programs to improve their quality and to connect with families looking for quality care for their children.
The Colorado Shines Quality Rating and Improvement System honors those programs that choose accreditation for meeting their quality goals. Colorado Shines works directly with accrediting bodies that submit an application for crosswalk recognition.
How does it work?
How does it work?
Colorado Shines is flexible and customizable. Programs can apply to be evaluated for quality ratings—and receive support—regardless of educational philosophy, and can improve quality at a pace that works for each program.
Early learning programs are rated through Colorado Shines on a scale of one to five, one qualifying as a basic program, and five qualifying as an exceptional program:
Level 1: Your program is currently licensed with the State of Colorado.
Level 2: Your program is licensed, in good standing, and:
Has a quality improvement plan in place
Has finished the L2 Quality Indicator Program Assessment
Has registered staff in the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (PDIS)
Has completed the required number of E-Learning course hours for Level 2
Levels 3-5: Your program is licensed, in good standing, and:
Has completed all of requirements listed in Level 2
Has been assessed and rated by a Colorado Shines Quality Ratings Assessor
Visit First Impressions Resource Guide about Colorado Shines
Visit First Impressions Resource Guide about Colorado Shines
Whether you are brand new or have been participating in Colorado Shines over the past five years, this helpful guide has a variety of important, updated documents you may need during your quality improvement journey. It is meant to be a user’s manual to help you accomplish all you need to do in Colorado Shines.
Follow this link to learn more about it!
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