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Enhancing Infant-Toddler Daycare Quality in Metropolitan Areas Through Collaborative Evaluation

Learn about evaluating and improving the quality of infant-toddler daycares in a metropolitan area through shared evaluation activities involving various stakeholders like coordinators, teachers, and parents.

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Enhancing Infant-Toddler Daycare Quality in Metropolitan Areas Through Collaborative Evaluation

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  1. Evaluating and improving the quality of a network of infant-toddler day care centres in a metropolitan area T. Musatti, I. Di Giandomenico & M. Picchio Institute of Cognitive Sciences & Technologies National Research Council, Italy 17th EECERA Annual Conference, 29th August - 1st September 2007

  2. The origins of quality evaluation of early educational services in Italy • The extension of early educational provision: public and private services and the improvement of quality • Improving the quality of the public services directly managed by the local government • Monitoring and controlling the quality of private services which receive public funding

  3. Experiences of evaluation of early educational services in Italy • Synergies among research groups and local governments • Evaluandum = educational context • Involvement of teachers and coordinators as principal actors - formative function of evaluation - empowerment evaluation • Improving the quality of the service

  4. The early educational provision in the city of Rome In the last 5 years : • Increase of 70% places for under 3s • 146 municipal services 175 municipal + 70 private services with public funding • Investment in in service–training • The role of coordinators

  5. Our project • No direct evaluation of the services • Designing of procedures and roles within the municipal system • Developing the skills of actors involved in implementing the evaluation by intensive training • Supporting the actors’ activity of evaluation

  6. Some basic assumptions • Aim of improving quality • No model • Analysis of all the dimensions of the service • Process evaluation • Description  judgment • Participation of all actors

  7. Actors and activities Coordinators of private services Municipal Coordinators Teachers Shared documentation, analysis, evaluation: the Dossier of the service Twins Parents Evaluation meetings City coordinators City Managers Renewal of funding

  8. Conclusions • Shared evaluation activities contribute to the development of a network of services in the city • Shared evaluation activities are a crucial function of the governance of the local system of services • The relevance of participation in the evaluation process

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