Earn Your Stars!; The Step-by-Step Workbook for Child Care Directors in the Mississippi Child Care Quality Step System

Welcome to the online edition of Earn Your Stars!

This workbook contains step-by-step instructions for earning ratings of 1-Star to 5-Stars in the Mississippi Child Care Quality Step System, the quality rating system of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Office for Children and Youth.

Individual sections and forms in the workbook may be updated from time to time, so check here for the latest versions.

Front Matter  updated 1/12/09

Getting Started  updated 2/1/08

How to Earn the 1-Star Rating  updated 6/21/08

How to Earn the 2-Star Rating  updated 12/4/08

How to Earn the 3-Star Rating  updated 2/5/09

How to Earn the 4-Star Rating  updated 6/21/08

How to Earn the 5-Star Rating  updated 2/5/09

List of Forms  updated 2/1/08

Child Care Director Self-Assessment

Child Care Director Professional Development Plan

Child Care Employee Evaluation  updated 8/7/08

Child Care Employee Professional Development Plan

Child Care Center Professional Development Plan

Mississippi Child Care Quality Step System Enrollment Form updated 1/12/09

Practitioner Profile Form updated 9/1/08

Enrollment Checklist

Ratings Checklists

Checklist for 1-Star Rating updated 6/10/08

Checklist for 2-Star Rating updated 6/10/08

Checklist for 3-Star Rating updated 2/5/09

Checklist for 4-Star Rating updated 6/10/08

Checklist for 5-Star Rating updated 2/5/09

Child Care Facility Handbook 

Classroom Learning Centers Plan

Weekly Lesson Plan

Parent-Teacher Conference Record updated 8/7/08

Child Care Facility In-Service Schedule

Child Care Facility Professional Development Sign-In Sheet  updated 2/1/08

Child Care Facility Family Resource Workshop Sign-In Sheet

Mississippi Department of Health Early Intervention Referral Form

Developmental Checklist for Birth to Thirty Months

Developmental Checklist for Two-Year-Olds

Developmental Checklists for Three-Year-Olds

Language, Vocabulary, and Early Literacy

Mathematical Concepts

Scientific Investigation

Social/Emotional

Physical

Developmental Checklists for Four-Year-Olds

Language, Vocabulary, and Early Literacy

Mathematical Concepts

Scientific Investigations

Social and Emotional

Physical and Motor

Child Care Center Family Questionnaire  updated 2/1/08

Child Care Director Mentor Record

Child-Care-to-Kindergarten Transition Plan

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