New Job Posting: Program Quality Coach
Apply Now: Program Quality Coach Are you an early childhood professional adept at building relationships and guiding others to reach their potential? QUALITYstarsNY is looking for Program [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Reaches Historic Milestone of 1000+ Participants
More than 1,000 early childhood programs across New York State are now participating in QUALITYstarsNY! This is a historic participation milestone for QUALITYstarsNY as New York State’s early childhood Quality Rating & Improvement System.
QUALITYstarsNY Scholarship Now Available for Participants
QUALITYstarsNY has launched a new collaboration with the Early Childhood Career Development Center to offer the QUALITYstarsNY Scholarship. This scholarship can support staff pursuing an early childhood education degree who work at an early childhood program participating in QUALITYstarsNY.
Mayor Releases Blueprint for Child Care & Education in NYC
Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams released “A Blueprint for Child Care & Early Childhood Education in New York City”. The Blueprint outlines his plans to strengthen [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Stands with Buffalo
The QUALITYstarsNY community stands in solidarity to acknowledge the loss of lives in Buffalo. As the community comes together to care for one another, we reach out to offer [...]
New Requirement for Training Standards Starting April 1, 2022
QUALITYstarsNY has several Quality Standards related to staff trainings that can earn programs points during the rating process. As of April 1, 2022, trainings must be entered into The [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Receives $40 Million Investment in NYS Budget
We have exciting news! The New York State budget, passed last week, made historic investments in New York’s early childhood system. QUALITYstarsNY will receive $40 million funding to sustain [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Launches New Website
QUALITYstarsNY has launched a newly redesigned website! As New York State’s Quality Rating & Improvement System for early childhood, QUALITYstarsNY strives to provide critical information to the early childhood community [...]
Help Ensure All Children are Counted in the 2020 Census!
There's less than one month left to ensure that ALL children and families across New York are counted in the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census will be used to [...]
ERS Observations in QUALITYstarsNY Rating Process Temporarily Suspended Due to COVID-19
Update September 28, 2021: QUALITYstarsNY is working with our independent assessment team to resume ERS observations for eligible Provisionally Rated programs beginning in early 2022. Visitor protocols will be [...]