The following toolkit components will help you gather and structure necessary information and document your program’s progress throughout the certification process and beyond.
- Administration
- Budget
- Understanding The Budget Planning Tool (.pdf)
- Basic Budget Planning Questions (.pdf)
- Budget Resource (.pdf)
- Creating Budget Step by Step (.pdf)
- Documenting Income and Expenses (.pdf)
- Fiscal Management Check and Balances (.pdf)
- Fiscal Management Essential Activities (.pdf)
- Program Start Up and Operating Budgets (.pdf)
- Sample Monthly Financial Statement (.pdf)
- Sample Tracking Form (.pdf)
- Enrollment Form
- Building Relationships with Parents
- Books and Website Sources (.pdf)
- Conducting Successful Parent Conference (.pdf)
- Four A’s of Parent Involvement (.pdf)
- Helping Parents Feel Welcome, Accepted, and Valued (.pdf)
- Helping Parents Know Staff (.pdf)
- Parent Bulletin Boards and Web Sites (.pdf)
- Parent Newsletters (.pdf)
- Sample Family Friendly Posters (.pdf)
- Family Supports
- Professionalism and Professional Development
- Individual Professional Development Plan Sample (.pdf)
- Individual Professional Development Plan Template (.pdf)
- Motivating Staff for Quality (.pdf)
- Self-Reflection Tool – On the Road to Professionalism (.pdf)
- Self-Reflection Tool – Assessing Capabilities (.pdf)
- The Ten C’s of Professionalism (.pdf)
- New Employee Acknowledgement Orientation (.pdf)
- Staff Training Article (.pdf)
- Training Topics (.pdf)
- Job Descriptions
- Sample for School Age Site Coordinator
- Sample for School Age Lead Teacher
- Sample for School Age Assistant Teacher
- Parent Survey
- Performance Appraisal
- Sample for School Age Site Coordinator
- Sample for School Age Lead Teacher
- Sample for School Age Assistant Teacher
- Salary Scale
- Salary Scale Sample 1(.pdf)
- Salary Scale Sample 2(.pdf)
- Staff Meeting Minutes
- Typical Contents for Parent Handbooks
- Budget
- Administrative & Staff Qualifications & Professional Development
- Learning Environment
- Article
- School Age Development (.pdf)
- Sample Schedule
- Schedule-After School (.pdf)
- Schedule-Before School (.pdf)
- Planning Tool Sample
- The 40 Developmental Assets
- 40 Assets Ages 3 to 5 Spanish (.pdf)
- 40 Assets Ages 3 to 5 (.pdf)
- 40 Assets Ages 8 to 12 Spanish (.pdf)
- 40 Assets Ages 8 to 12 (.pdf)
- 40 Assets Ages 12 to 18 Spanish (.pdf)
- 40 Assets Ages 12 to 18 (.pdf)
- 40 Assets K-3 Spanish (.pdf)
- 40 Assets K-3 (.pdf)
- 40 Developmental Assets (.pdf)
- Linking Program to 7 Developmental Needs (.pdf)
- Portfolios
- Planning Physical Activities
- ADE K-12 Curriculum Frameworks
- 1st Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 2nd Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 3rd Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 4th Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 5th Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 6th Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 7th Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- 8th Grade Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- Academic Programming Practices (.pdf)
- Kindergarten Refrigerator Curriculum (.pdf)
- Article
- Environmental Assessment
- Care Environment Rating Scale
- SACERS Paper 1 (.pdf)
- SACERS Paper 2 (.pdf)
- SACERS Paper 3 (.pdf)
- SACERS Paper 4 (.pdf)
- Youth Program Quality Assessment
- Exploring Youth Program Quality Assessment (.pdf)
- Youth Program Quality Intervention (.pdf)
- YPAQ Sample Items (.pdf)
- YPQA Analysis (.pdf)
- YYPQA Sample Items (.pdf)
- YYPQA-YPQA Comparison (.pdf)
- Care Environment Rating Scale
- Child Youth Health and Development
- ARKids Sample Cover Letter (.pdf)
- Six Stages of Parenthood (.pdf)
- The Value of Play (.pdf)