Tools for Enhancing Program Quality

Find rubrics, matrices, and other tools to enhance your early childhood Associate's degree program.

Personas

About
Personas are short snapshots of individual children, which provide information about the configuration of the child’s family, offer insights about the child’s likes or interests, and share information about the child as a learner. There are three sets of personas available: infant/ toddler, preschool, and K-Grade 3. The children reflect different learning needs: children who are dual language learners, have identified disabilities, live in challenging conditions, have experienced trauma, and are racially/ethnically/culturally diverse.
Publication Date
March 2020

Resource Type: 

  • Handouts/Tipsheets
  • Print

Types of Diversity: 

  • Children with Disabilities
  • Children and Families who are Culturally, Racially, and Ethnically Diverse
  • Children who are Dual Language Learners
  • Children and Families who have Experienced Maltreatment and Trauma

Resource List

About
This is a set of resources to help North Carolina EC professionals to support each and every child and family

Topic: 

  • Family
  • Inclusion

Resource Type: 

  • Handouts/Tipsheets

Types of Diversity: 

  • Children with Disabilities
  • Children and Families who are Culturally, Racially, and Ethnically Diverse
  • Children who are Dual Language Learners
  • Children and Families who have Experienced Maltreatment and Trauma

Rubric for Assessing a Course Syllabus

About
The Course Syllabus Rubric is designed to guide the review and documentation of key content and areas of knowledge/practice that are important to consider when preparing professionals to support each and every child and family. The content areas may be found throughout the syllabus* or in one specific section. A guide for training faculty and other personnel on assessing course syllabi is also included.
Publication Date
2019

Resource Type: 

  • Interactive tool

Types of Diversity: 

  • Children with Disabilities
  • Children and Families who are Culturally, Racially, and Ethnically Diverse
  • Children who are Dual Language Learners
  • Children and Families who have Experienced Maltreatment and Trauma