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Core Qualities For Successful Early Childhood Education Programs

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The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)--the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States--works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations, NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas--assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its Affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families.

Founded in 1968, NCLR is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization headquartered in Washington, DC. NCLR serves all Hispanic subgroups in all regions of the country and has regional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, and San Antonio.

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NCLR Core Qualities for Successful Early Childhood Education Programs

The National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) Core Qualities for Successful Early Childhood Education (ECE) Programs exemplify best practices for programs serving young Latino and dual language learner children. The purpose of the Core Qualities for ECE is to facilitate children's successful acquisition of school readiness skills and support children to become culturally and linguistically competent members of their families and communities. The ECE program members--teachers, staff, children, parents, families, community leaders, and community organizations--focus on the goals for teaching and learning in all aspects of development, including social, emotional, cognitive, physical, cultural, and linguistic, for all of its members. Core Quality 1: High Expectations and High Supports Core Quality 2: Collaborative Leadership Core Quality 3: Cultural Competence Core Quality 4: Bilingualism and Biliteracy Core Quality 5: Sustained Meaningful Relationships Core Quality 6: Family Engagement and Community Collaboration Core Quality 7: Continuous Performance-Based Assessment Core Quality 8: Relationships with Institutions of Higher Education

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Core Quality 1: High Expectations and High Supports

The early childhood education program defines goals and establishes high-quality expectations for the social, emotional, cognitive, physical, cultural, and linguistic competencies of all its members: children, teachers, staff, parents, family, and the community.

INDICATORS

1.A) The program sets high standards to ensure that all children are ready for entrance into kindergarten/ public school.

MEASURES

Program maintains a stimulating bilingual curriculum, a positive environment, and highquality materials that promote development in all domains.

Program develops goals in partnership with parents and uses data from children's assessments and observations to create programming that responds to the strengths and needs of the children.

Program ensures that information on each child's progress is passed along to a receiving program when children transition.

EVIDENCE

High-quality, culturally responsive, and researchbased curriculum Interactive environment for children to explore and play with interesting materials and objects

Individual child goals formulated by parents and teacher Appropriate curriculum, assessments, and individualization for each child

Sharing of pertinent child progress information among programs (e.g., child portfolios)

1.B) Teachers and staff are highly qualified and highly

effective.

All teachers and staff meet or exceed the qualifications for their position as required by their state and funding source.

Program supports and encourages teachers and staff to exceed minimum qualifications and earn degrees/certifications recommended by the professional associations and accreditation bodies in their field.

Documentation of degrees, credentials, and certifications

Incentives to make higher education accessible (e.g., release time, reimbursements for academic coursework, learning groups/cohorts) Documentation of educational/career plan and transcripts or certificates for work currently in progress

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