A new early childhood education program quality tool and scale is presented based upon Fiene's differential monitoring methodologies of risk assessment and key indicators that has been designed, developed, and implemented by the Ministry of Education, Province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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RJ Fiene Joined: May-11-2024 |
Dr Richard Fiene, a research psychologist, has spent his professional career in improving the quality of child care in various states, nationally, and internationally. He has done extensive research and publishing on the key components in improving child care quality through an Early Childhood Program Quality Indicator Model (ECPQIM) of training, technical assistance, quality rating & improvement systems, professional development, mentoring/coaching, regulatory science, licensing, risk assessment, differential program monitoring, key indicators, and accreditation. His research has also made significant contributions in regulatory science related to measurement and monitoring systems, such as instrument-based program monitoring, differential monitoring, key indicator methodology for compliance and quality, and risk assessment methodology. In prevention science, his research has led to the identification of key Regulatory indicators that keep children healthy and safe while in child care
This publication provides not only the early care and education program quality tool and scale, but also provides the best example of how differential monitoring through the use of risk assessment and key indicators can and should be done. The Province of Saskatchewan't Ministry of Education has done a wonderful job of implementing this approach throughout their provincial early care and education programs. Validation of the approach and tools are also included with all the results presented in their entirety.
Early Childhood Educators, advocates, and parents should be very interested in this approach and how the tools and scales can be used to better evaluate child care in their respective jurisdictions.
RJFiene
RIKI/Penn State's Prevention Research Center
2/1/2025