Background
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) purchased
two evidence-based curriculums with assessments for eligible ODJFS and Ohio
Department of Education (ODE) programs. For a program to be eligible to request
a state-purchased curriculum and assessment, it must meet all the following
requirements:
- Be an ODJFS or an ODE licensed program with an
active publicly funded child care provider agreement.
- Have provided publicly funded child care (PFCC) services
to at least one child within 90 days prior to the request date.
- Not currently using a curriculum or not using
curriculums purchased by the state for the age group for which you are making
the request or not using either of the curriculum purchased by the state.
- Be currently SUTQ rated or pursuing SUTQ as
evidenced by a currently submitted registration for any star rating.
One of the following two curriculums, which include the
assessment, can be requested and sent to your program:
- The Creative Curriculum® and GOLD® Assessment
For more information regarding this assessment and curriculum,
please visit:
http://teachingstrategies.com/
- HighScope’s COR-Advantage, HighScope’s Tender Care for Infants and
Toddlers, or HighScope’s Essentials
for Active Play in Preschool
For more information regarding this assessment and curriculum,
please visit:
http://www.highscope.org/
Both curriculums are available for infant, toddler, and preschool
age groups. You may request one of each of the curriculum that match the age
groups of children served in your program who are currently receiving PFCC.
New Policy
The JFS 01598 "Curriculum and Assessment Request for Step
Up To Quality" is a new form that programs will complete and submit to Curriculum-Request@jfs.ohio.gov to request a curriculum
and/or assessment. Assessment users will
submit this form once every twelve months to renew the assessment.
Please contact the Child Care Policy Helpdesk at 1-877-302-2347,
option 4, if you have any questions.