Aim High: Essential Elements of Quality (PDF)
By New Mexico Office of Child Development, Children, Youth and Families Department , Eds.
January
28,
2008
Summary: This draft document presents a new initiative called AIM HIGH to improve the quality of child care service to children and families in New Mexico. The Essential Elements are specifically designed for early childhood programs and include increasing levels of quality. Each level includes criteria that are nationally recognized to enhance the quality of services provided to young children, support families accessing child care services, and improve working conditions for staff. In planning for the new STAR Quality Rating System for child care licensing, the Children Youth and Families Department made the decision to include the criteria of AIM HIGH Essential Elements into the child care licensing regulations. Therefore, basic licensing regulations now include the criteria in Level One of the AIM HIGH Essential Elements. Standardized training regarding inclusion is incorporated at STAR Level 3.
Index Terms: Inclusion, Quality Initiatives, Quality Rating System, Requirements, Staffing Issues, New Mexico, Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)
Publication Type: Training Materials, Visual Aids
Pages: 47 pages
Language: English
URL: http://www.newmexicokids.org/Resource/Library/AIMHIGH/EssentialElements.pdf
Availability
New Mexico Office of Child Development
Children, Youth and Families Department
P.O. Drawer 5160
Santa Fe,
New Mexico
87502-5160
505-827-7946
FAX: 505-476-0490
http://www.newmexicokids.org/