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Iowa Even Start Indicators of
Quality for Programs The Iowa
Indicators of Quality were developed jointly by the Even Start Staff, the
State Coordinator and specialists in family literacy and program
administration.
Iowa Even Start programs will work to assist
participants in improving their lives by offering educational opportunities
for low-income families through a unified family literacy program that
integrates early childhood, adult, and parenting education. |
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Objective I. Even
Start Programs will integrate adult,
child, and family components to provide high quality family literacy
programs. |
Indicator #1 Identification
and recruitment of those adults with at least one child who meet enrollment
requirements and are most in need of the program. |
Measure Record
of the number of families enrolled and demographic information. (same
as program data requirements) Record
of participants length in program. |
Data
Demographic Information with totals for the program
required 10/1 and 6/1 of each program year: ·
# of adults ·
# of children ·
# of families ·
# of adults who are ELL ·
# of families at or below federal poverty level Familia Inventory
Administered fall and spring to individual families. ·
Program totals and summary from subscales. |
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Indicator #2 Effective ongoing education for teachers and staff to ensure the provision of high quality family literacy programs. |
Measure List
of educational training provided to Even Start staff and teachers, staff and
teacher evaluations of educational training. |
Kept at the site. |
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Indicator #3 Employ
qualified staff. |
Measure Majority of the staff has a AA, BA or graduate degree. Paraprofessionals
will have high school diploma or GED (within 4 years). Administrators
have family literacy program operation training. |
Staff Data·
# and % of
professional staff with degrees ·
# and % of
paraprofessionals with diploma or GED ·
# and % of administrators with Family literacy
training |
Objective II Even
Start Programs in the State of Iowa will create school, family, community, and educational partnerships. |
Indicator #1 Collaborative
partnerships with public schools, community agencies, businesses, and local,
state, and federal government agencies. |
Measure List of partnerships created and mutual benefits and shared services. Inventory/checklist
of available community support groups/resources to include the number of
requests made each month for information about needed community support
groups/resources. Reasons
for requests. Record
of follow through. Use
of information. |
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Written status report from partners and feedback on
benefits and shared services. ·
Data used for planning and need analysis. |
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Objective III. Even
Start Programs in the State of Iowa will address the needs of diverse populations. |
Indicator #1 Establishment
of instructional programs that address the diverse needs and personal goals
of adults, children and families. |
Measure Family
logs personal interviews and successfully meeting the family goals. |
Familia Inventory
administered in the fall and spring to individual families. ·
Program totals and program summary from the Familia
Inventory |
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Indicator #2 Advocate for unmet needs and services for families. |
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On site
‘needs assessment’ based upon family feedback used for planning. |
Objective IV Operate a high quality center-based program (where applicable). |
Indicator #1 Use
of environmental rating scale or self-study of program. |
Measure ·
NAEYC
Self Study and Accreditation ·
Harms
and Clifford Environmental Rating Scales ECERS ITERS FCCERS |
Data Status report on the selected
measure of environment rating,
timeline and results. ·
Certificate or Rating |
Revised: 4-2-03