The links below are resources related to the implementation of the Great Start Readiness Program and high-quality preschool instructional practices. Click the images to the right for website links.
GSRP Implementation Manual
This Great Start Readiness Program Implementation Manual is designed to serve as a guide for Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) administrators and staff.
Key Elements of High-Quality Early Childhood Learning Environments: Preschool
This document identifies and articulates the characteristics of five Key Elements that are fundamental to achieving high-quality experiences and strong outcomes for preschool children: the learning environment, daily routine, adult-child relationships, teaching practices, and family
engagement.
Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Birth to Kindergarten
The purpose of these Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Birth to Kindergarten is to support the growth and development of all children throughout the state, birth to kindergarten; to support early childhood professionals in recognizing individual developmental trajectories and expressions of learning; and to guide programs toward the highest quality in their operations.
Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: Prekindergarten
The purpose of this document is to increase Michigan’s capacity to provide effective and equitable early literacy practices for every child every day. The document identifies research-supported instructional practices in prekindergarten that should be a basis of professional learning, policy, and instruction throughout the state.
Essential Instructional Practices in Early Mathematics: Prek to Grade 5
This document is a tool intended to support educators across Michigan as we work to enhance the ways in which children learn to use, understand, and do mathematics using a strengths-based approach. The long-term goal is that these Essential Instructional Practices in Early Mathematics: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 will prompt shifts in systems, learning, teaching, and assessment so that each and every child develops strong early mathematical understanding, skills, and dispositions.
The Child Development Associate® (CDA) Credential™ is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education (ECE), and it is a key stepping stone on the path of career advancement in ECE. The CDA® is based on a core set of competency standards that guide early childhood professionals toward becoming qualified educators of young children. The Council works to ensure that the nationally transferable CDA is a credible and valid credential, recognized by the profession as a vital part of professional development.