TRI Staff Present at NAEYC
Dec 3, 2014
TRI's Center on Early Learning
staff, Tom Udell, Robyn Lopez-Melton, Dana
Bleakney-Huebsch, and Pat Aldrich presented at the2014 National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas during November.
The presentations highlighted accomplishments by the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) project. QRIS is a program that strives to support and increase the quality of child care and early learning programs. The system recognizes and rewards quality programs while supporting ongoing improvement by providing tools, financial incentives and technical assistance. The first presentation focused on the use of a portfolio system to document quality standards for child care and early learning programs in Oregon. A second presentation described efforts to improve the portfolio process for programs that are already nationally accredited by an organization such as NAEYC. In addition, Robyn Lopez-Melton was asked to present on a panel addressing the XYZ generation working in the early childhood field with regards to their mobility, purchasing power and educational level.
The presentations highlighted accomplishments by the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) project. QRIS is a program that strives to support and increase the quality of child care and early learning programs. The system recognizes and rewards quality programs while supporting ongoing improvement by providing tools, financial incentives and technical assistance. The first presentation focused on the use of a portfolio system to document quality standards for child care and early learning programs in Oregon. A second presentation described efforts to improve the portfolio process for programs that are already nationally accredited by an organization such as NAEYC. In addition, Robyn Lopez-Melton was asked to present on a panel addressing the XYZ generation working in the early childhood field with regards to their mobility, purchasing power and educational level.