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Provider perceptions of Parent Aware

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Parent Aware, Minnesota's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), is in its third year of statewide expansion after being implemented as a pilot from 2007 through 2011. An essential component of a voluntary QRIS like Parent Aware is engagement of early care and education (ECE) providers through their application, sustained enrollment and participation in quality improvement activities offered by the QRIS. Data on the experiences of ECE providers that are participating in Parent Aware as well as the perceptions of providers not yet enrolled in Parent Aware are critical at these still early stages of statewide implementation; information on provider perceptions and experiences in Parent Aware can be used to design recruitment strategies and to refine current implementation processes. The purpose of this report is to present findings from surveys with ECE providers about Parent Aware. Surveys were administered to gather data from currently-rated Parent Aware providers about their participation in Parent Aware, including their motivation for participating and their experiences thus far. Additionally, providers eligible to participate but not yet enrolled in Parent Aware were surveyed about their motivations for participating or not participating. Findings are described separately for three provider types: (1) providers participating in the Accelerated Pathways to Ratings (APR) process, (2) providers participating the Full Rating process, and (3) providers eligible for a Full Rating but not currently enrolled in Parent Aware. (author abstract)

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Reports & Papers
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United States
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Minnesota

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