Effective Instructional Leaders
The school or program leadership is strategically focused on children’s development and early achievement. They nurture trust, collective understanding and responsibility for excellence, and improvement among staff and families.
Collaborative Teachers
Teachers are committed to the school or center, build strong relationships with their colleagues, and work together continuously to improve teaching and learning.
Involved Families
Staff develop strong, collaborative relationships with families and support active family engagement in children’s learning.
Supportive Environment
Schools or programs are physically and emotionally safe and engaging environments, wherein staff hold high expectations for children’s social-emotional and academic learning, coupled with nurturing, individualized support for children and families.
Ambitious Instruction
Teachers and staff provide consistently engaging, effective, rigorous, and developmentally-appropriate curriculum and instruction.
Parent Voice
Parents feel included as a partner in their child's learning and development, including influence over programming.
