Early Educators

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  California Early Childhood Online (CECO)

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  Workforce Registry

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  Community Care Licensing

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  Tribal Child Care Association of California (TCCAC)

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  National Association for the Education of Young Children

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  Universal Prekindergarten

Search by county or ZIP code to display your county’s Quality Improvement System (QIS) website, county contact information, and child care resource and referral agency. Local systems may be branded differently from Quality Counts California but offer the same support.

The Child Care Licensing Program provides oversight and enforcement for licensed child care centers and family child care homes throughout California. The core mission of the Child Care Licensing Program is to ensure the health and safety of children in care. Questions regarding the program can be directed to your local regional office, the Child Care Advocate Program at (916-654-1541), or the Centralized Complaint and Information Bureau.

Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) is an umbrella term that includes the California State Preschool Program and Transitional Kindergarten at the California Department of Education (CDE), as well as Head Start, district and local community-based preschool programs, early learning services for students with disabilities, private-pay preschool, and expanded learning options to support access to a full day of services.

The CDE recognizes the power of a diverse education workforce that reflects the community, including the language and cultural characteristics of the communities they serve. Investments have been made to provide an unprecedented opportunity to build and maintain a diverse pipeline of qualified and effective preschool to grade 3 educators including teachers, teacher aides, and special education teachers. Find more workforce support questions and answers in the Universal Prekindergarten FAQs – Elementary (CDE).

• 2025 Beginning Together Institute for Inclusion Facilitators

  The California Department of Social Services, Child Care and Development Division, is excited to announce the upcoming Beginning Together Institute for Inclusion Facilitators beginning in March …

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  Nutrition and Physical Activity (NPA) Forums

  The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is offering three Nutrition and Physical Activity (NPA) Forums in 2024. The forums highlight and demonstrate methods for integrating nutrition …

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• Family Engagement Toolkit

  Quality Counts California collaborated with providers, professionals, and experts to specially design the Family Engagement Toolkit. The toolkit can help you build strong relationships with …

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• Save the Date: Equity Centered Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Advisory Panel

  The California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce the fifth convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel. The fifth Panel meeting will be April 29, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. …

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  BlackECE Symposium – Dismantling Linguistic Oppression: The Path Toward Language Justice for Black Children in Early Care and Education

  BlackECE’s inaugural event welcomed nearly 150 ECE professionals, policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders committed to ensuring California’s early care and education system is …

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• SAVE THE DATE: Equity-Centered Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Advisory Panel

  The California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce the fourth convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel.

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• Save the Date: Equity Centered QRIS Advisory Panel

  The California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce the third convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel, December 9, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m

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• What is Quality Counts California (QCC)?
• What are Quality Improvement Systems (QIS) and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)?
• What is the California State Preschool Program Quality Rating and Improvement System Block Grant (CSPP QRIS BG) and how does it relate to QCC?
• What is the IMPACT Legacy grant and how does it relate to QCC?

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