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Quality Counts
Raising the Quality of Early Learning & Care

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Quality Counts

We are Improving Quality

Many of Tuolumne County Preschools, Family Child Care Homes, and Private Centers have been working hard to improve the quality of their programs.

Professional Development

In 2017/2018 Early Childhood Educators in Tuolumne County spent over 1,173 hours building their own capacity and improve their ability to care for our children and earned 54 college units in Child Development.

Developmental Screenings

All of our licensed private and public sites were able to participate in learning about Developmental Screenings, which taught both the providers and parents how to use the Ages and Stages Questionairre.

Social and Emotional Learning

Social and Emotional Learning is foundational to early education.  In 2017/2018 our early educators spent 125 hours being coached on how to help develop their program to aid in positive social and emotional development.

Ratings

In a way to show continuous growth and standardize what is proven to enhance the quality of our early education system, a rating system was created. Search Rated Programs below.
Quality Counts Rated Programs
Click Here to View the Rating Criteria
Belleview State Preschool
Blue Bell Head Start
Columbia College Child Care Center
Jamestown Early Head Start
Jamestown Head Start
Sonora Head Start
Soulsbyville Head Start
Summerville Head Start
Apply For a Quality Counts Stipend

Registration is open for the 2020/2021 program

Center Directors and Family Child Care Homes

For the 5th year, ICES and Tuolumne County First 5 will be offering licensed childcare providers and Licensed Private Centers the opportunity to participate in our local “Quality Counts” program (formerly IMPACT). We hope you will join the growing movement that acknowledges the importance of strengthening young children’s learning and development by participating in the “Quality Counts” project. ​Questions?  Call Suzan at 533-0377 or email at suzang@icesagency.org
For details and description and details of site stipends, click the link below that is associated with your program.

Apply for an Individual Stipend

For details and descriptions of individual stipends, click “How to Earn a Stipend” below.  If you are ready to register Click Here.
Directors of Rated Sites
Directors of Non-Rated Centers
Directors of Family Support Sites
Family Childcare Providers
Individual Stipends
Family, Friends, & Neighbors

Guidelines for the 2020/2021 program

Guidelines- Rated Sites
Guidelines- Non-Rated Centers
Guidelines- Family Support Sites
Guidelines- Family Child Care Providers
Guidelines- Individual Stipends
Guidelines- Family, Friends, & Neighbors

Home Visitors, Family Advocates, and Family Engagement Staff

The “Quality Counts” Consortium in Tuolumne County is offering incentives for sites that serve families with home visiting and other family support activities to participate in quality improvement activities this year.
This information is for staff employed at:

  • ATCAA Tuolumne Home Base
  • ICES Raising Healthy Families
  • ATCAA Family Learning Center
  • Other sites with a family engagement focus 

Questions can be relayed through the site supervisor or directly to Quality Counts to:  Sheila Kruse  
588-8067, sheilamkruse@gmail.com

or Sarah Garcia  536-2070, sgarcia@tcsos.us

Connect to iPinwheel

All eligible Professional Development and Education must be submitted on the iPinwheel Database System.

Participants must use the iPinwheel database system to input:
(1) professional development hours (PD hours);
(2) college units, including attaching transcripts; and
(3) basic information including demographics and education level. 

To Visit iPinwheel

Click Here