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JOIN QUALITY NEW YORK!

 

Quality New York (QNY) is seeking programs who are interested in pursuing accreditation through NAEYC. Learn more about accreditation by attending one of our free Introduction to Accreditation Seminars.

If you are thinking about beginning the NAEYC Accreditation process to quailty improvement, read Supporting NAEYC Accreditation and share this information with your center Board and staff.

• For an application, please download the QNY Application.

Are you already accredited and seeking support? Join us for the Quality New York Network for NAEYC Accredited Programs.

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Check out the new Quality New York website!

Read about our most recent updates from Quality New York and Accreditation nationwide in the QNY Newsletter Spring 2008

Quality New York (QNY), an NAEYC accreditation facilitation project, is a partnership among Bank Street College, Child Care, Inc., and Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, with funding from United Way of New York City, the Heron Foundation, and The Picower Foundation. This program supports early childhood centers in their quality improvement efforts. The end goal is the achievement of NAEYC accrediation.

Each program is supported in several ways:

• Specially trained consultants, called Quality Advisors, are provided to offer on-site technical assistance.
• A program improvement plan is developed by the director and the Quality Advisor to guide the center in reaching its accreditation goal.
• Directors and Teaching Staff are offered the opportunity to participate in professional development workshops, facilitated by Bank Street College, which are specifically designed to address the needs of programs working towards quality improvement.
• Directors participate in a Director's Support Group through Child Care Inc. or Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies.

QNY is currently providing support to over 150 early childhood programs, in all five boroughs of New York City, that are seeking accreditation through NAEYC. Eighty three (83) centers have been accredited by NAEYC's accreditation academy with Quality New York's support!

There is a wide diversity of program types in the project, including Head Start, UPK, ACS child care and private centers. Programs enter QNY at various levels of readiness.

Applications are welcome all year round and participation is cost-free. Your only expense is towards the purchase of accreditation materials from NAEYC.

ALSO! Read about Quality New York in the New York Nonprofit Press. This feature article highlights the program model and its goals, as well as some key experiences from its first year of implementation. To read the article, visit Early Childhood Providers Step Up Quality.

The Quality New York Newsletter is available on-line:

QNY Newsletter Spring 2008
QNY Newsletter Fall 2007
QNY Newsletter Spring 2007
QNY Newsletter Spring 2006
QNY Newsletter May 2005
QNY Newsletter November 2004
QNY Newsletter May 2004
QNY Newsletter November 2003

Contact Information:

For more information, contact 212.961.3414 /QNYInstitute@bankstreet.edu