Child Care andECEEarly Childhood Education

Mrs. Windi Turner

adapted from presentation given by Marie Baker, retired Professor ECE- TCC

Early care and education is ... Planning a day that meets the

development physical cognitive social emotionalneeds of children ages 0-5

Child care is NOT babysitting

Types of businesses Private (yours) Church based Business owned

ex: Obici Hospital Agency sponsored

ex: YMCA Private schools

ex: “3 year old program”

Public school Before/after school

most $ Family home care Pre-school

9am-12noon not childcare center

Military 24hr care 4 year degree req Infants=most $

3rd largest growing business

Other opportunities Head Start Summer Camps Juvenile Court System Animals in zoos

new state initiative to increase quality of care and education

programs volunteer to participate

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QRISQuality Rating Improvement System

2 children who died in Virginia childcare centers were unlicensed centers

mentor assigned to facility for 8 months to work with

workers change

environment to make improvements

$10,000 for new equipment

QRISQuality Rating Improvement System

initiative is important because research proves that quality matters when getting children ready for life finish HS attend college keep jobs less jail time fewer

pregnancies

QRISQuality Rating Improvement System

separation of church/state Virginia is 1 of 4 states that does not require licensing in churches

Alabama Pennsylvania New Hampshire

Smart Beginnings a statewide

network community

partnership to make children “ready” for life and kindergarten

Smart Beginnings South Hampton Roads Suffolk Chesapeake Norfolk Portsmouth Virginia Beach

Smart Beginnings 1 in 9 children in

Suffolk are not ready for kindergarten

85% of brain development occurs before age 5

ECE Certificates and DegreesAASASBachelorMaster’sDoctorate

additional informationvecf.orgvachildcare.orgdss.virginia.govsmartbeginningsshr.org