By Victoria Ward Dear colleagues, Our SPARQS team has a few months of experience working with Vermont early childhood education programs on assessments, as well as providing coaching and other quality supports. Now we can look across our data …
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By Victoria Ward Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the SPARQS portal is now running on all engines! Now, you can request coaching and quality support services, as well as assessments, all in one place. Already have …
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By Sharron Harrington Dear colleagues, I want to appreciate Vermont lawmakers for several years of legislation supporting early childhood educators – even before passing Act 76 last year. One example is the Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program for Early …
By Victoria Ward Earlier this month, the SPARQS team presented to Building Bright Futures (see the slides here!). Now that SPARQS is up and running, it’s exhilarating to see how much we’ve built, and to see our work shaping …
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By Sharron Harrington I am a member of Vermont’s Pre-Kindergarten Education Implementation Committee representing VTAEYC, and I want to let you know how it’s going. The Committee was created through Act 76 to assist the Agency of Education (AOE) …
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By Victoria Ward I have a LOT of great news about SPARQS! Our Quality Support Specialists are ready to roll out coaching services to early childhood education programs statewide. Each region of the state has one or more Quality …
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This post compiles real, detailed questions early childhood educators ask about SPARQS: Vermont’s System for Program Access to Resources for Quality Supports. For an overview of SPARQS, visit vtaeyc.org/sparqs and see our SPARQS Overview webinar recording from January 2024. …
By Sharron Harrington, Executive Director I’m excited to welcome 2024! This past year saw a lot of big beginnings and expansions in Vermont’s early childhood education system. To start, Act 76 became law. Here at VTAEYC, we launched the …
By Victoria Ward, Associate Director for ECE Program Quality I am pleased to share new components of SPARQS are rolling out: First, we are holding a CLassroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) training series in January. These trainings with Nikki …
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By Victoria Ward Exciting news from SPARQS: Starting today, early childhood education and afterschool programs will be able to start scheduling program assessments. These program assessments will inform your CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) plan and are necessary for your STARS …
