Great Start to Quality helps families find the best early learning settings for their children and helps educators improve the care they provide to children. Most young children in Michigan, ages birth-12, are in licensed programs and it is important for these experiences to be the very best. Quality licensed programs help children learn, grow and develop.
By creating a safe, nurturing place for children to learn, explore and build relationships, quality programs set the foundation for children to be successful in school, work and life. Great Start to Quality offers those individuals who work with early childhood programs and providers in Michigan opportunities to be directly involved.
By creating a safe, nurturing place for children to learn, explore and build relationships, quality programs set the foundation for children to be successful in school, work and life. Great Start to Quality offers those individuals who work with early childhood programs and providers in Michigan opportunities to be directly involved.
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Great Start to Quality is Michigan's quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) that supports early childhood programs and providers in their efforts to improve their programs. We also help Michigan families find and choose quality child care programs that meet their children's needs. The Michigan Department of Education - Office of Great Start is the lead agency with funding from the federal Child Care Development Block Grant.
Children learn so much in their first five years. Quality licensed programs, for children 0-12, help children learn, grow, and develop. The foundation is set for children to be successful in school, work, and life when they have a safe place to learn, explore their world, and build relationships. Great Start to Quality is committed to helping Michigan families find child care that fits their budget and schedule.
Finding and choosing the licensed child care, preschool or school-age only setting that is right for your child and family can be challenging. Great Start to Quality makes your search for licensed child care, preschool and school-age only programs easier, gives you tips to make an informed decision and the confidence of knowing you chose the care in your area that best suits your family's needs.
Have staff who continuously take trainings and are educated in child development or early childhood. Keep track of children's growth and development to help them learn and reach developmental milestones. When children are in a high-quality program in their first five years, they are given a safe place to learn, explore their world and build relationships.
Oftentimes families are not aware of the support available to them. Great Start to Quality provides access to a network of resources to help you better support your child's growth and education. An understanding of the importance of high-quality care and its long-term benefits for your child. Research shows the quality of care a child receives by age five strongly impacts their success in school and in life.
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Jodie Crites
Jul 24, 2018
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Julie Munson Spencer
Jul 09, 2018
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I love the Five star rating system and I have used the PQA rating in assignments as to evaluate classrooms and when I had my classroom I was rated 4 stars and the fifrh star was due to management cost in supplies. I also love your community trainings and access to information for Families in the Classroom.
Amanda Welton
Nov 08, 2017
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