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FOCUS Continuous
Quality Improvement
Process
Working together on behalf of New Mexico’s children and
families
Muriel Wong WELS Systems Foundation
CQI Consultant
Getting started with FOCUS ¡ Child Care
¡ Early Head Start
¡ Head Start
¡ New Mexico Prek
Importance of using CQI
Keeps us all focused on what matters in a program… how to best meet the needs of young
children, and their families.
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CQI will be our tool for getting
better at getting better
Programs Agencies/Sectors
Regions State
CQI is what you do everyday….
• Provide the best possible environments and meaningful learning experiences for the children and families
• Go beyond meeting the basics.
You as Administrators and Educators know…..
¡ About the children and families in your programs
¡ About what you do everyday
¡ About your work environment
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CQI work is determined by you.
You have opportunity to work on what is
meaningful to you in your classrooms and
program guided by the FOCUS Essential
Elements.
CQI efforts are driven by data
WELS – data tool set ¡ Educator Registry
¡ Trainer Registry
¡ Training Calendar
¡ FOCUS Provider and Educator Portal
¡ FOCUS WELS
Data Sources
Observations Surveys
Checklists Assessments
CQI begins with a vision
Created by the Program – Administrators, Educators, and
Families
Vision guides us in our work of what we, together, want for our
program, our children, our families and us.
Your Guiding Principles for Full
Participation of Each Child can be your foundation
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Vision in pictures….
FOCUS is here to support you and your program
¡ TTAP and FOCUS Consultants
¡ FOCUS Training
¡ Leadership Academy for Administrators
¡ Shared Resources
¡ WELS Knowledge Center
Plan
Together….
§ Gather Information
§ Decide on goals, create an action plan and assign tasks
§ Decide on how success will be measured
Do § Work individually and
as team and put plan into action
§ Build staff knowledge and capacity
§ As a team, meet often to reflect on how things are going and to document progress
Study
§ As a team, share and review data
§ Identify what is working, need more improvement
§ Celebrate successes
Act
§ Integrate successful practices
§ Determine what more needs to be learned and do
§ Revise, modify and add to plan and begin again….
The CQI Process
Its about you and your program’s ability to continuously move forward on changes and
practices that best meet the needs of your families.
It’s about how you are able, together, make positive steps in
building stronger intentional learning, and happier,
programs for you and all children and families.
We are all in FOCUS together
A small group of thoughtful people could change the
world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
You must be the change you
wish to see in this world.
Mahatma Gandhi
Thank you for your time today
Looking forward to being part of the FOCUS journey!
Have a great afternoon and a safe trip home!
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