(PAS) Program Administration Scale
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Measuring Early Childhood Leadership and Management, Second Edition Now in its second edition, the PAS is designed to reliably measure the leadership and management practices of center-based early childhood organizations. This easy-touse instrument assesses: Human Resources Development, Personnel Cost and Allocation, Center Operations, Child Assessment, Fiscal Management, Program Planning and Evaluation, Family Partnerships, Marketing and Public Relations, Technology, and Staff Qualifications.
Teri N. Talan is the Director of Research and Public Policy for the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership and Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at National Louis University. Paula Jorde Bloom is the Michael W. Louis Chair of the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership and Professor of Early Childhood Education at National Louis University.
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✓ State and District-wide QRIS ✓ Continuous Quality Improvement ✓ RTT-ELC Funded Programs ✓ Universal Pre–K Systems ✓ Culturally Diverse and Inclusive Programs ✓ Teaching Staff Self-Evaluation ✓ Professional Development and Coaching ✓ Early Childhood Education Courses
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Teachers College, Columbia University 525 W. 120th Street, Box 303 New York, NY 10027 ERSS15
The BAS is designed to complement the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale–Revised (FCCERS-R). When used together, they provide a comprehensive picture of the quality of the family child care learning environment and the business practices that support the program. This easy-to-use instrument assesses: Qualifications and Professional Development, Income and Benefits, Work Environment, Fiscal Management, Recordkeeping, Risk Management, Provider-Parent Communication, Community Resources, Marketing and Public Relations, and Provider as Employer.
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(BAS) Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care
Environment Rating Scales
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Why ECE Policy Matters for Equality, Our Economy, and Our Children Susan Ochshorn
Arkansas State University
Where Meaning-Making Begins Mary Jane Maguire-Fong
Squandering America’s Future
“When EC assessment dollars are tight, a comprehensive tool that identifies a broad range of program strengths and captures critical interactions is the perfect solution. Thanks to the authors for ECERS-3!” —Janice Carter, Childhood Services,
Choices and Consequences Sharon L. Kagan and Rebecca E. Gomez
Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers
and ERS project manager of PA Key
Early Childhood Governance
“The ECERS-3 provides a reliable instrument for teachers, technical assistants, and quality monitors to use to assure that children have experiences and relationships that support total child development.” —Michele Bossers, former associate director
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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING Video Observations are available for the ECERS-R, ITERS-R and FCCERS-R. These multimedia packages contain an interactive video and an Instructor’s Guide, which explains how to present the various training activities and provides answers and explanations for any questions that may arise. The Video Guide and Training Workbooks containing training activities are sold separately. Please specify preference for subtitled version when ordering
Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby Cryer
The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, ECERS-3 focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool measures both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental needs of young children, including cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and health and safety. ECERS-3 also includes eight new Items assessing developmentally appropriate language, literacy, and math activities. Convenient Organization: Space and Furnishings • Personal Care Routines • Language and Literacy • Learning Activities • Interaction • Program Structure 2015 / 104 pp. / 5570-9 large format, spiral binding
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R) REVISED EDITION Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby Cryer
Convenient Organization: Space and Furnishings • Personal Care Routines • Language-Reasoning • Activities • Interaction • Program Structure • Parents and Staff Current users of ECERS–R can look forward to a smooth transition to ECERS–3 when they are ready. 2005 / 96 pp. / 4549-6 large format, spiral binding
ONLINE TRAINING & ONGOING SUPPORT: The Environment Rating Scales Institute (ERSI) website (www.ersi.info) provides: • A Quick Link for each scale that includes updated Notes for Clarification. • Online and live training session details. • A list of frequently asked questions and the option to submit your own questions.
SPANISH EDITION of ECERS–R
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de la Infancia Temprana Edición Revisada
Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS–R)
Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS–R)
UPDATED EDITION
REVISED EDITION
REVISED EDITION
Thelma Harms, Ellen Vineberg Jacobs, and Donna Romano White
Thelma Harms, Debby Cryer, and Richard M. Clifford
Thelma Harms, Debby Cryer, and Richard M. Clifford
The FCCERS–R is a thorough revision of the widely used program quality assessment instrument, the Family Day Care Rating Scale. Designed for use in family child care programs, it is suitable for programs serving children from infancy through school-age. Following extensive input from users of the original scale, the authors have made many improvements and innovations that will make this program resource even more effective and easy to use. Convenient Organization: Space and Furnishings • Personal Care Routines • Listening and Talking • Activities • Interaction • Program Structure • Parents and Provider
Designed for use in center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age, the ITERS‑R can be used by program directors for supervision and program improvement, by teaching staff for self‑assessment, by agency staff for monitoring, and in teacher training programs. The updated ITERS-R offers more practical assistance in the form of additional Notes for Clarification and an expanded Scoresheet, which incorporates notes and tables to assist in scoring. Convenient Organization: Space and Furnishings • Personal Care Routines • Listening and Talking • Activities • Interaction • Program Structure • Parents and Staff
2013 / 72 pp. / 5509-9 large format, spiral binding
Video Observations for the ECERS-R Thelma Harms and Debby Cryer
DVD / 35 min. / 4706-3 Video Guide and Training Workbook / 3835-1
Kathy Sylva, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, and Brenda Taggart
ECERS-E is designed to be used with the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. It not only complements the ECERS but extends the scales to provide additional insights into important aspects of literacy, mathematics, science and environment, as well as practices related to issues of diversity. 2011 / 72 pp. / 5150-3 large format, spiral binding
2007 / 88 pp. / 4725-4 large format, spiral binding SPANISH EDITION of FCCERS–R
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de Cuidado Infantil en Familia EDICIÓN REVISADA
Thelma Harms, Debby Cryer, and Richard M. Clifford 2010 / 88 pp. / 4879-4 large format, spiral binding
2002 / 64 pp. / 4257-0 large format
ECERS-E: The Four Curricular Subscales Extension to the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale FOURTH EDITION WITH PLANNING NOTES
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to What are the components of high-quality schoolage after-school care for children ages 5–12? How can we evaluate these programs? These are the challenges facing caregivers, schools, agencies, and parents as afterschool programs proliferate. The School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale, Updated Edition provides an easy-to-use resource for defining and assessing the quality of both public and private programs caring for school-age children during out-of-school time. This updated, spiral-bound edition is reformatted so that each Item appears on its own page, along with Notes for Clarification and Questions. The expanded Scoresheet can be copied from the book or downloaded from the TC Press website. Selected revised Items make scoring more accurate and informative. Convenient Organization: Space and Furnishings • Health and Safety • Activities • Interactions • Program Structure • Staff Development • Special Needs Supplementary Items
Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby Cryer
Foreword by Thelma Harms
Additional scoresheets are available at www.tcpress.com/ERS.html
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School-Age Care Environment to 2½ Rating Scale (SACERS)
SPANISH EDITION of ITERS–R
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente para Bebés y Niños Pequeños EDICIÓN REVISADA
Thelma Harms, Debby Cryer, and Richard M. Clifford 2005 / 72 pp. / 4517-5 large format
Video Observations for the FCCERS-R
Video Observations for the ITERS-R
DVD / 66 min. / 4773-5 Video Guide and Training Workbook / 4826-8
DVD / 35 min. / 4709-4 Video Guide and Training Workbook / 4320-1
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2006 / 80 pp. / 4640-0 large format, spiral binding
Thelma Harms and Debby Cryer
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale schoolage (ECERS-3) THIRD EDITION
These comprehensive tools truly allow providers to see classrooms through the eyes of the children they care for, and the results obtained offer clear feedback that helps teachers improve and grow. —Angela Keyes, Quality Start Assessment Team of Louisiana
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Early Childhood Governance _____ Paperback, $34.95/5630-0 Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers _____ Paperback, $31.95/5619-9 Squandering America’s Future _____ Paperback, $27.95/5670-6
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