We are thrilled to announce that The Sycamore School has been selected as one of the first 200 centers statewide to participate in Quality First. As reported in the First Things First program announcement: "Quality First is Arizona's statewide quality improvement and rating system for providers of center- or home-based early care and education. Quality First is an exciting opportunity for centers and homes to improve the quality of care provided to children with the support of financial incentives, coaching, child care health consultation and scholarships for program personnel."
"Quality First was created to improve the early care and education in Arizona so young children can begin school safe, healthy, and ready to succeed. Quality First! will also provide families with information on selecting a quality early care and education setting for their young children."
For us this means a trained coach to help us evaluate our programs for children birth through age five, funding to make improvements, child care health consultation and T.E.A.C.H. ® Arizona Scholarships to enhance program improvement. We will be getting started in the next few weeks and will report regularly on activities and progress.