Tips and Tools
to Help Providers Prepare for YoungStar

Information

• Reapplication to YoungStar Information
• School-Age YoungStar
  
• 4-Year-Old Kindergarten (4K)
  • Frequently Asked Questions about 4K and YoungStar
  • 4K and YoungStar Standard Comparison
• Child Care Acronym List
• Child Care Resources Inc. Tip Sheets for Child Care Professionals
• Environment Rating Scales Information
• Micro-Grants Information
• Minimum Points Required to Earn Stars in Each YoungStar Category
• Program Profile Creation in The Registry
  • For Group Centers and Family Programs: Instructions for creating a Program Profile on The Registry
  • For individual child care professionals in Group or Family settings: Instructions for creating an Individual Profile on The Registry
  • Tips for accelerating your Registry application process
• Wisconsin Shares Information
• YoungStar Definitions
• YoungStar Provider Tip Sheet

Tools for Providers

• Optional Self-Assessment Tools for Providers
  • Self-Assessment Tool for Group Providers   English   Spanish   Hmong
  • Self-Assessment Tool for Family Providers   English   Spanish   Hmong
  • Self-Assessment Tool for School-Age Programs   English   Spanish   Hmong
  • MAP Self-Assessment Tool for  Group Providers
  • MAP Self-Assessment Tool for  Family Providers
• Sample Quality Improvement Plans
  • QIP for Birth to Five Programs
  • QIP for School-Age Programs
• Celebration letter for providers to send to parents after being rated
• Evaluation Criteria
  • For Group Providers    English   Spanish
  • For Family Providers    English   Spanish
  • For School-Age Programs    English   Spanish
  Purposes for Assessment in Child Care Programs
• Lesson Planning Tools
  • Learning Activity Plan
    • Learning Activity Plan Sample
  • Learning Activity Plan Assessment Sample
  • Planning Form for Children Ages Birth to Five Sample
  • Pre-school and School-Age Activity Plan Sample
• School-Age Enrollment Inventory
• Tips for Moving from 2 Star to 3 Star   Group   Family
• In some limited circumstances, a person may serve as both the Director and a Lead Teacher for YoungStar purposes, beginning with the program's 2012 YoungStar rating:
  • Group
  • School-Age
• Information about What the Rater is Looking for in:
  • Budget and Taxes Quality Indicator
  • Healthy Meals and Snacks Indicator
• Model Work Standards: to order contact Teresa Valcarce at tvalcarc@aft.org

All YoungStar Policies have moved to the YoungStar Policy web page.

Additional Resources for Providers

Below is a short list of popular resources for providers. A more complete list of resources for providers with descriptions of these resources is available here: Comprehensive Resource List for Providers

• Celebrate Children Foundation
• Child Care Information Center (CCIC)
• Child Abuse and Neglect Mandatory Reporter Training
• Credit for Prior Learning Information
• Defining Quality Curriculum
• Health in Practice--Tools to improve health in Wisconsin
  • Active Early
  • Health Bites
• Institutions of Higher Education in Wisconsin
  • Courses in Early Childhood Education offered by the Wisconsin Technical College System and Credit for Prior Learning
• R.E.W.A.R.D.™ Wisconsin
• Supporting Families Together Association
• T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Wisconsin
• The Registry
• Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
• Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners
• Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards
• Wisconsin Pyramid Model of Social Emotional Competence