Comments on: Make Sure QRIS Coaching is Effective

By: Shannon Wanless

Shannon Wanless — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:11:07 +0000

What an important comment on the capacity of ECE programs. How can we target our coaching and TA to fit the capacity of the program and ultimately be most effective? A strong understanding of the program before we begin coaching and TA might provide important insights about capacity that could help. Nice article.

By: Susan Vessels

Susan Vessels — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:50:13 +0000

Excellent article. We need to move away from the “Build it and they will come” mentality and really focus on increasing revenue and resources in the early childhood system. We seem to just build layer upon layer of administrative requirements for early ed providers and continue to tiptoe around the financing barriers to increasing quality.

By: Stan Schwartz

Stan Schwartz — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:18:00 +0000

I am so pleased to see this post; we must absolutely reflect upon how we spend our resources: do they enhance quality or create burdensome requirements driven by documentation? How can we develop the appropriate balance while ensuring that the focus is on placing the maximum level of resources to programs, children, and families and at the same time, shift our view of “accountability” to a win-win partnership?