Quality Support & Evaluation


Child Care Center Administrators

Tools and Professional Learning

The McCormick Institute’s Center for Early Childhood Leadership offers professional learning, expert guidance, research-based tools, and support for continuous program improvement. Our professional learning opportunities are designed to help child care center administrators collect, analyze, and use data to reach quality improvement goals.

Offerings for Child Care Center Administrators

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Tools

Tools like the Program Administration Scale, 3rd Edition (PAS-3) and Administrator Role Perception Survey (ARPS) help ensure overall program quality.

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Professional Learning Opportunities

We frequently partner with professional development projects and statewide quality initiatives around the country. We work with you to determine a training experience to best meet the needs of your unique program or project.

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Resources

We conduct research to learn more about the field and examine the impacts of our work. Explore McCormick Institute research about child care center directors.

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The individuals listed below successfully completed Assessor Reliability training on the Program Administration Scale (PAS). During the training, they achieved reliability, became Certified PAS Assessors, and maintained that certification.

More About the Center for Early Childhood Leadership

The Center for Early Childhood Leadership was founded in 1985 to support early childhood program administrators, and McCormick staff developed the first edition of the PAS in 2004.