Improve the quality of early childhood care and education programs, services, and physical environments through equitable, community-based approaches.
7.2.1 Identify and align core quality standards that reflect culturally responsive best practices for early learning across settings, such as Head Start Performance Standards, National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation, National Association for Family Child Care Accreditation, and Division for Early Childhood Recommended Practices.
7.2.2 Expand Links to Quality statewide to promote continuous quality improvement and support peer learning communities within child care environments.
7.2.3 Update and disseminate the Kansas Early Learning Standards, with the updates to include the use of technology in early childhood care and education settings and the benefits of multiple languages in early settings.
7.2.4 Disseminate the Kansas Prekindergarten Guide and the Kansas Full-Day Kindergarten Guide to teachers and administrators, and provide professional development to programs to implement the guidelines.
7.2.5 Support expansion of early childhood care and education consultants, including inservice training, child care health consultants (physical, oral health, nutrition, physical activity), and early childhood mental health.
