C.  Two State’s Examples of the  Link Between State Registries and Quality Rating Systems 

This session will provide an example of how registry systems can collect the majority of data used to determine programs’ quality ratings.  The Missouri Registry has been collaborating with key stakeholders to develop and pilot the state QRS.  The pilot data are being used to finalize MO’s Quality Rating System of which the state registry will play a major role as the primary point of data collection.  Session participants will receive key examples of how to structure data collection to support a quality rating system and how to utilize technology to streamline the data collection process. The Maine Quality Rating System will discuss the struggles, tribulations and trials with incorporating current systems, going through necessary revisions both to reflect changes in the workforce and to reach higher standards than were in place in 1999 when the Registry and Career Lattice were created.
 

Additional presenter: Erika Leonard

D.  Sharing Data in the Early Childhood Atlas: How Registries Can Support Emergency Preparedness

Participate in an interactive demonstration of the Early Childhood Atlas, which includes registry data from Maine, Missouri, Montana, and Wisconsin, and get the latest news on efforts to create an interagency, interstate shared access database for serving displaced young children after public disasters. 

E.  Building Evaluation Capacity of Early Care and Education Registry Systems—How Do You Do It? Why Is It Important?

 This session provides an overview of evaluation and process improvement strategies that can be used by state registries to build their own internal capacity to be accountable and conduct evaluation.  Specifically, this session provides an overview of how to:

1)      assess performance against established standards of best practice;

2)      use data to make informed decisions about how to continuously improve achievement of outcomes;

3)  establish reporting functions to document efforts.