is a statewide non-profit organization working
with child care providers, parents and communities to improve the quality of
early childhood education in Colorado. Qualistar provides valuable Childcare
Resource and Referral information for professionals and parents. Please follow the
link to www.qualistar.org.
Developed by 150 early childhood experts, the Qualistar Rating measures quality
in licensed
early learning programs, both home and center based that serve
children birth to
kindergarten.
Child Care Providers volunteer to have trained quality rating specialists spend
several hours
in their programs collecting information and evaluating their
program. In other cases, Child
Care Providers are required to have annual
quality evaluations because of funding sources.
If you’d like to become a
Qualistar Rated Center please follow this link www.qualistar.org to
learn more.
