V is for Visitors

Published on November 12, 2019 under Winter

Our visitors arrived around 930am. There were four!

1 Debbie Cryer –

“Dr. Harms is recognized internationally for her work on assessing care and educational programs for children and as lead co-author of the four Environment Rating Scales (ECERS, ITERS, FCCERS, and SACERS). Much of her consultation through the Environment Rating Scales Institute (ERSI) has focused on preparing professionals in the use of the scales for research, technical assistance, training, and program assessment in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and similar quality enhancement projects in the United States and abroad.

Debby Cryer, Scientist Emerita, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director, Environment Rating Scales, Inc.

Dr. Cryer was a principal investigator for the national study on Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers, continued those interests in the European Child Care and Education Study, and is the lead co-author of a curriculum called “All About Preschoolers.” She regularly provides consultation on establishing quality rating and improvement systems and provides training on the scales internationally. She is lead author on All About ECERS-R and All About ITERS-R.”

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This is the tool Arkansas currently uses to asses quality.

My favorite quote from her today ” My Rosie could go here .” Rosie is her grand daughter and being a grandma I know what a great compliment that is. ❤️❤️❤️

2. Cody Carlton – Cody is with the Branagh information group.

“At Branagh Group we believe that quality improvement initiatives benefit from using process and classroom assessment data to inform and improve the quality of early care and education. We work with state and local quality improvement initiatives to advance early childhood program quality & its impact on child development outcomes. We are at the forefront of advancing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) through our innovative use of data-driven formative evaluation tools at both the program & classroom level.”

Cody was easy going and the kids loved him. He will be doing the filming .

3. Susie Norris – Susie is the Astate ECCRS Lead in northwest Arkansas. This was her first time to visit our home.

4. Janice Carter – I’ve known Janice for many years. I told her last night that I realized to two biggest things I’ve been asked to do professionally have both come from her. She was the past president that called and asked me to be the President of AECA . Janice is also the Director of all things ECCRS at Astate. I was happy she finally was able to visit my home. She’s a good friend . I appreciate the challenges she gives me and the trust she obviously shows.