Quality Support & Evaluation



Professional Training, Tools, and Learning Resources for Technical Assistance Specialists and Coaches

The McCormick Institute’s Center for Early Childhood Leadership can assist trainers, coaches, mentors, organizational consultants, and policymakers interested in providing leadership and management training.

Offerings for Technical Assistance Specialists and Coaches

Three books titled: Program Administration Scale, in English and Spanish.

Tools

The Program Administration Scale (PAS), which measures program quality, and the Administrator Role Perception Survey (ARPS), which generates a profile for an individual or group of administrators, can be used when providing assistance to center administrators. The Business Administration Scale (BAS) can be used to measure family child care program quality.

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Professional Learning Opportunities

We work with individuals, organizations, and state agencies to develop informed and experienced trainers, coaches, and mentors who can support the Whole Leadership development of early childhood administrators.

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Resources

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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

The Center for Early Childhood Leadership has a rich history of supporting trainers, coaches, mentors and technical assistance specialists.