We congratulate these early care and education providers for piloting Contra Costa’s child care Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). These programs are pioneering challenging yet vital work to ensure Contra Costa’s children receive high-quality child care.
There are four ratings a program can receive:
APPROACHING Quality Standards
IMPLEMENTING Quality Standards
MASTERING High Quality Standards
EXCEEDING High Quality Standards
Programs were rated on elements including child observation and curriculum planning, children’s developmental and health screening, teacher education level, teacher-child relationships, and environment. The final ratings represent the average across all elements.
The ratings listed below are each site’s first rating. All programs are participating in professional development trainings, site quality improvements, and educational advancements designed to improve quality. These sites will be re-rated in 2017. Click on a site’s name to see their rating for each element.
QRIS cohort II
Site Program Name | Program Rating |
Angels Montessori Preschool | Exceeding High Quality Standards |
Busy Bees Childcare | Implementing Quality Standards |
CSB – Balboa | Mastering High Quality Standards |
CSB – Crescent Park Children’s Center | Mastering High Quality Standards |
CSB – Las Deltas | Mastering High Quality Standards |
CSB – Los Arboles | Exceeding High Quality Standards |
De Colores FCC & PreK | Mastering High Quality Standards |
First Baptist Head Start – East Leland | Implementing Quality Standards |
First Baptist Head Start – Lido Square | Mastering High Quality Standards |
First Baptist Head Start – Odessa | Implementing Quality Standards |
First Baptist Head Start – Woods Manor | Mastering High Quality Standards |
Gigi’s Precious Hearts Daycare | Approaching Quality Standards |
Home Away From Home | Implementing Quality Standards |
Hummingbird Preschool Academy | Approaching Quality Standards |
Kinder College Preschool-Childcare | Approaching Quality Standards |
King’s Kids Academy | Implementing Quality Standards |
Little Darling Angels Academy | Implementing Quality Standards |
Martinez Early Childhood Center | Mastering High Quality Standards |
MDUSD – Hidden Valley PreK | Mastering High Quality Standards |
MDUSD – Shores Acres School Readiness PreK | Mastering High Quality Standards |
New Beginnings Childcare | Approaching Quality Standards |
Pearlite Montessori House of Children | Mastering High Quality Standards |
Precious Babies | Approaching Quality Standards |
Sonja’s Quality Day Care | Approaching Quality Standards |
Tiny Toes | Mastering High Quality Standards |
Unity Council – Ceasar Chavez Head Start | Mastering High Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Bayview | Implementing Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Chavez | Implementing Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Grant | Mastering High‐Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Highland | Mastering High Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – King | Mastering High Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Lincoln | Mastering High Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Nystrom | Mastering High Quality Standards |
WCCUSD – Peres | Mastering High Quality Standards |
Wiley World, LLC | Implementing Quality Standards |
YMCAEB – 8th Street CDC | Implementing Quality Standards |