Services

ARCQE prides itself on being an agency offering new and innovative services specific to the needs of the Alberta child care community.  Services address a broad array of support relative to accreditation, early learning programming, administration, and creative play environments for children and youth.  As a means of grounding continuous quality improvement strategies in best practice, ARCQE designs many of its services around recognized and valid tools based on current research.

Guided by the ARCQE philosophy of building capacity through theory and practice strategies, many of the services ARCQE provides come with multi-pronged applications such as:

  • Evidenced-based reports to support accreditation
  • Supportive resources such as policy packages, business & orientation guides, resource kits,
  • Practical mentoring support modeling and reinforcing practice application.

ARCQE is always looking for new ways to further support the community and as such welcome ideas and suggestions for new services on an ongoing basis.  If you require support in an area not yet addressed please contact our office to see how we might work with you to build capacity around your specific needs.

 

Caregiver Interation Scale (CIS) Service

If your centre is now preparing for a site visit from Accreditation perhaps C.I.S. observations are a service that may interest you and your staff.  With 60% of the Accreditation rating weighted on Child/Staff interactions, ARCQE has now created a service that supports agencies gather an “evidence-based” report to add to portfolios by way of a pre “Site Visit” service which will help family childcare agencies & child care centres/programs demonstrate:

  • Consistency of practice between caregivers working together per room,
  • Consistency of practice across all rooms within an agency,
  • Consistency of practice to written policy & program philosophy.

The report generated by ARCQE also provides programs/agencies with a number of follow up recommendations and services that can assist in identifying long term strategies that will address provisions on how programs/agencies will monitor and maintain high quality child/staff interactions between Accreditation renewal period.

Download full CIS Service details and sign-up information.

 

Cultural Diversity Review

ARCQE Service

Benefits of this service include:

  • A report that encompasses observations on each room and/or day home as it relates to evidence supporting cultural sensitivity.
  • A review of current policies and forms to identify and recommend strategies related to diversity.
  • For accredited programs it provides a method of evidencing best practices related to in all of relevant accreditation standards.
  • Recommended strategies that allow agencies/centres to address noted areas for facility improvement and/or that assist in identifying goals that will support the agency Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for accreditation.

For full details and sign-up information, download the Cultural Diversity Review flyer.

 

Customized Technical Support Package

ARCQE Service

In an effort to address the individual needs of programs ARCQE is please to offer our
customized support package for programs requiring specialized or concentrated assistance. The following outline is merely a guide to support centers in seeing the value and benefits to engaging in a go forward plan based on research and conscious goal setting. This contact commits 150 hours of a coach’s time to supporting identified needs. This plan is eligible for Quality Enhancement Funding dollars.

More details about the Customized Technical Support Package

 

ECERS Service

ARCQE Service

This service includes:

  • Assessing Quality Settings Report
  • Exploring Daily Planned Experiences Report
  • Measuring Leadership & Administration Practices Report

For full details and sign-up information, download the ECERS Service brochure.

 

Individual Professional Learning Plan Service

Custom Mentoring Service

This service is available to early learning professionals that are interested in designing a customized plan for their professional growth. This service is based on the theory and practice support regarding the Occupational Standards.

Download a flyer on the Individual Professional Learning Plan Service.