Quality Improvement Menu of Services

Our goal is to provide support for all levels in Colorado Shines and give providers the flexibility to design and build quality improvements around the unique needs of their program.

Coaches cover center safety, curriculum, business practices, and more. We also connect directors and staff to ongoing training to stay up-to-date on best practices and changes in local and state policy. Make sure to take advantage of all our different services, wherever you are in the rating process.

Colorado Shines Level 3-5 Support Services

Once programs have achieved a Level 3 or higher, we provide support to maintain high quality and sustain your Colorado Shines Rating by providing:

• Support with Colorado Shines Application updates

• Ongoing assistance with navigating the Professional Development Information System (PDIS)

• CLASS assessments and coaching based on Level of Readiness

• Strategic coaching to sustain a Level 3-5 rating or increase a rating

• Ongoing curriculum and assessment support

• Ongoing growth and development opportunities

• Mentor Level Status in our program

Here are the new requirements:

Your program must have a Colorado Shines Level 1-Level 5 rating AND meet one of the following requirements:

1. Serves a high needs population that meet any of the following definitions:

   • A child with a disability or developmental delay under age five who has an individual family service plan (IFSP) or an individualized education program (IEP) or medical care plan

   • A child who has a home language other than English (English language learner

   • A child from a household meeting income eligibility criteria for Colorado Child Care Assistance Program

   • A child who is migrant and meets the definition of “migratory child” in elementary and secondary education action (ESEA) section 1309(2)

   • A child who resides on Indian lands

   • A child who is in foster care, kinship care or receiving services through the child welfare system

   • A child who is eligible to receive free or reduced-cost meals pursuant to the provisions of the federal National School Lunch Act

   • A child who is experiencing homelessness or frequent relocations to new residences by the child’s family

   • Drug or alcohol abuse in the child’s family

   • A child living in the home with an abusive adult

   • Either parent of the child was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the birth of the child

2. Willing to serve children who qualify for Colorado’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) and hold a fiscal agreement