RI Early Learning Standards Program Portfolios

Early childhood administrators charged with leading their program’s quality improvement efforts are encouraged to develop RI Early Learning Standards Program Portfolios to document their program’s progress in implementing a Standards-based program.

Program Portfolios include program assessment information, program-level goals, quality improvement plans, and artifacts (evidence) that demonstrate program-level change.

The benefits of Program Portfolios are that they:

• help administrators to engage a full team of stakeholders in assessing the program, developing goals, and planning for change and improvement
• focus program resources on implementing a Standards-based program through systems-level change
• provide documentation of program change and improvement over time
• foster a culture of continuous quality improvement

1. Program Standard 1: Implementing a Quality Curriculum aligned with the RI Early Learning Standards
2. Program Standard 2: Implementing a system of authentic Child Assessment aligned with the RI Early Learning Standards and strategies to ensure that assessment information is used to support children’s learning and development
3. Program Standard 3: Implementing program-wide strategies that support Differentiated Teaching and Learning and are based on the assessment of each child’s developmental levels, learning styles, and interests.
4. Program Standard 4: Implementing strategies to ensure that Families are Engaged in meaningful opportunities to support their child’s learning and are involved in program-level decision making

1. Program Quality Improvement Plan - Program Standard 1
2. Program Quality Improvement Plan - Program Standard 2
3. Program Quality Improvement Plan - Program Standard 3
4. Program Quality Improvement Plan - Program Standard 4