FOCUS Continuous

Quality Improvement

Process

Working together on behalf of New Mexico’s children and

families

Muriel Wong WELS Systems Foundation

CQI Consultant

Getting started with FOCUS ¡ Child Care

¡ Early Head Start

¡ Head Start

¡ New Mexico Prek

Importance of using CQI

Keeps us all focused on what matters in a program… how to best meet the needs of young

children, and their families.

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CQI will be our tool for getting

better at getting better

Programs Agencies/Sectors

Regions State

CQI is what you do everyday….

• Provide the best possible environments and meaningful learning experiences for the children and families

• Go beyond meeting the basics.

You as Administrators and Educators know…..

¡ About the children and families in your programs

¡ About what you do everyday

¡ About your work environment

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CQI work is determined by you.

You have opportunity to work on what is

meaningful to you in your classrooms and

program guided by the FOCUS Essential

Elements.

CQI efforts are driven by data

WELS – data tool set ¡  Educator Registry

¡  Trainer Registry

¡  Training Calendar

¡  FOCUS Provider and Educator Portal

¡  FOCUS WELS

Data Sources

Observations Surveys

Checklists Assessments

CQI begins with a vision

Created by the Program – Administrators, Educators, and

Families

Vision guides us in our work of what we, together, want for our

program, our children, our families and us.

Your Guiding Principles for Full

Participation of Each Child can be your foundation

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Vision in pictures….

FOCUS is here to support you and your program

¡ TTAP and FOCUS Consultants

¡ FOCUS Training

¡ Leadership Academy for Administrators

¡  Shared Resources

¡ WELS Knowledge Center

Plan

Together….

§ Gather Information

§ Decide on goals, create an action plan and assign tasks

§ Decide on how success will be measured

Do § Work individually and

as team and put plan into action

§ Build staff knowledge and capacity

§ As a team, meet often to reflect on how things are going and to document progress

Study

§ As a team, share and review data

§ Identify what is working, need more improvement

§ Celebrate successes

Act

§ Integrate successful practices

§ Determine what more needs to be learned and do

§ Revise, modify and add to plan and begin again….

The CQI Process

Its about you and your program’s ability to continuously move forward on changes and

practices that best meet the needs of your families.

It’s about how you are able, together, make positive steps in

building stronger intentional learning, and happier,

programs for you and all children and families.

We are all in FOCUS together

A small group of thoughtful people could change the

world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

You must be the change you

wish to see in this world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Thank you for your time today

Looking forward to being part of the FOCUS journey!

Have a great afternoon and a safe trip home!