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Alberta child care accreditation standards

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Alberta child care accreditation promotes excellence in child care settings and helps families choose the best care for their children. The accreditation standards are based on current research... More ≫

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Alberta child care accreditation promotes excellence in child care settings and helps families choose the best care for their children. The accreditation standards are based on current research and leading practices focusing on outcomes related to children, staff, families, and communities. Accreditation has been available to licensed day care centres and approved family day homes since 2004; and was expanded in 2009 to include licensed out-of-school care programs.

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Alberta child care accreditation : evaluation and scoring framework (for the Aligned Accreditation Standards)

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This document provides the framework for the evaluation and scoring of child care programs participating in Alberta child care accreditation against the accreditation standards. The Government of... More ≫

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This document provides the framework for the evaluation and scoring of child care programs participating in Alberta child care accreditation against the accreditation standards. The Government of Alberta contracts the delivery of accreditation assessment services to an accrediting organization that will use this framework to develop tools and processes to evaluate and award provincial accreditation status to eligible child care programs.

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