Congregations Caring for Children

An Overview of Advancing and Recognizing Quality

An Overview of Advancing and Recognizing Quality

An Overview of Advancing and Recognizing Quality

An Overview of Advancing and Recognizing Quality

An Overview of Advancing and Recognizing Quality

NSACA's Program Improvement and Accreditation System

NSACA's Program Improvement and Accreditation System

NSACA's Program Improvement and Accreditation System

NSACA's Program Improvement and Accreditation System

NSACA's Program Improvement and Accreditation System

This shows the steps you can take toward program improvement.  You decide

how fast and how far you want to go in the process.

Step 1:

Purchase the National School Age Care Alliance's Standards of Quality School Age

Care

Review the standards using examples and guiding questions.

Talk about how your program is doing.

Focus on targeted improvements.

Use  Next Steps  section of the Standards to decide when you're ready to

invest in the full self study.

Step 2:

Purchase the Self Study and Accreditation Kit, including ASQ: Advancing

School Age Child Care Quality

Talk to the families, children, staff, and host of your program and form a self 

study team.

Listen to what children, families, staff, host and the Director have to say on

surveys.

Look at the program with the program observation tool.

Summarize the information and set goals for improvement.

Take action on the goals and check back to see how you are doing.

Step 3:

Apply for NSACA accreditation and pay an endorsement visit fee

You submit a self study summary and program description.

Two NSACA Endorsers trained to rate the program on the NSACA Standards

visit your program.

Your program is accredited if the rating meet the criteria for accreditation,

especially in human relationships and safety.

NSACA's program report identifies your program strengths and areas for

continued improvement.

The complete publication, NSACA Standards for Quality School Age Care, also has

concrete examples, guiding questions for staff discussion, a glossary, and an

appendix.  Purchasing the Standards publication and using it to guide your staff

in making targeted improvements is the first step in the whole NSACA Program

Improvement and Accreditation System.

For more information, contact The National School Age Care Alliance (see listing in Organiza 

tions section).

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