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| 4-C |
Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc. (Dane County)
4-C provides a range of early childhood support services to families, child care providers and communities in southern Wisconsin. 4-C offers county certification to providers. |
| 4K |
4 Year Old Kindergarten. 4K is an optional program for Madison Metropolitan School District students. 4K is a part-day program, designed to focus on social emotional and cognitive skills that will help prepare children for kindergarten. 4K will be offered in both MMSD school buildings as well as in child care centers in the community. |
| 5K |
5 Year Old Kindergarten |
| ACEI |
Association for Childhood Education International |
| ACF |
Administration for Children and Families (U.S. Government) |
| AFSCME |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees |
| ASQ |
Ages and Stages Questionnaire |
| BASS |
Business Administration Scoring System |
| BECE |
Bureau of Early Childhood Education (State of Wisconsin) |
| BECR |
Bureau of Early Care Regulation (State of Wisconsin) |
| BIR |
Behavior Incident Report |
| Birth23 |
The Birth to Three System helps families meet the developmental and health-related needs of their infants and toddlers who have delays or disabilities. |
| CACFP |
Child and Adult Care Food Program (U.S. Government) |
| CANP |
Child Abuse and Neglect Program (State of Wisconsin) |
| CARES |
Client Assistance for Re-Employment and Economic Support
Wisconsin’s automated eligibility determination, benefit calculation, and management system for FoodShare, Medicaid, and other public assistance programs. |
| CC |
Child Care |
| CCB |
Child Care Bureau (U.S. Government) |
| CCBC |
Cooperative Children's Book Center, at UW Madison |
| CCDF |
Child Care and Development Fund, the child care block grant |
| CCIC |
Child Care Information Center. The Wisconsin CCIC is a mail-order lending library and information clearinghouse serving anyone in Wisconsin working in the field of child care and early childhood education. |
| CCPC |
Child Care Provider Certification System (State of Wisconsin) |
| CCPI |
Child Care Provider Information (Offers web access for providers) |
| CCR&R |
Child Care Resource and Referral (See WCCR&R for Wisconsin) |
| CDA |
Child Development Associate. A CDA is an individual who has successfully completed the CDA assessment process and has been awarded the CDA Credential. CDAs are able to meet the specific needs of children and work with parents and other adults to nurture children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth in a child development framework. See also the Satellite page on education. |
| CDF |
Children's Defense Fund |
| CESA |
Cooperative Educational Service Agency. CESAs provide cooperative services that individual school districts can not obtain or economically provide by themselves. |
| CLASS |
Classroom Assessment Scoring System. The CLASS is an observational tool that focuses on effective teaching, helps teachers recognize and understand the power of their interactions with students, aligns with professional development tools, and works across age levels and subjects. |
| CPS |
Child Protective Services (State of Wisconsin) |
| CSAW |
Child Care Statewide Administration on the Web (Subsidy System) |
| CSEFEL |
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
The CSEFEL is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. See SEFEL. |
| CSP |
Child Services Program (software used by CCR&Rs) |
| CSS |
Child Safety Seat |
| CCTAP |
Child Care Tuition Assistance Program (UW Madison). The University of Wisconsin Madison Office of Child Care and Family Resources offers financial assistance to income eligible student parents who have the greatest need for child care |
| CTF |
Children's Trust Fund |
| CWW |
CARES Worker Web |
| CYSHCN |
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program |
| DAP |
Developmentally Appropriate Practices |
| DCF |
Department of Children and Families (State of Wisconsin) |
| DCPC |
Dane County Parent Council. Satellite's parent agency. DCPC administers the Head Start, Early Head Start, and Even Start programs in Dane and Green counties. |
| DECE |
Division of Early Care and Education (State of Wisconsin) |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. Government) |
| DHS |
Department of Health Services (State of Wisconsin) |
| DPH |
Division of Public Health in DHFS (State of Wisconsin) |
| DPI |
Department of Public Instruction (State of Wisconsin) |
| ECCS |
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems |
| ECE |
Early Care and Education AND Early Childhood Excellence |
| ECEC |
Early Childhood Education and Care |
| ECERS |
Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale. The ECERS is designed to assess group programs for children of preschool through kindergarten age. |
| ECSE |
Early Childhood Special Education |
| EHS |
Early Head Start |
| ERIC |
Educational Resource Information Center |
| FCC |
Family Child Care |
| FCCERS |
Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale (formerly FDCERS)
The FCCERS is designed to assess family child care programs conducted in a provider's home for children from infancy through school-age. |
| FDCERS |
see FCCERS, above |
| FEIN |
Federal Employer Identification Number |
| GIQ |
Grow In Quality |
| HS |
Head Start
See also Wisconsin Head Start Association |
| HSPC |
Head Start Policy Council |
| ICC |
Imagine a Child’s Capacity. ICC is a nonprofit organization that imagines the capacity of a child with special needs when parents, educators, peers and the community have a wide and diverse range of tools to support that child reaching his or her fullest potential. |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see below) |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Program. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which is the federal law governing how public schools must serve children with specific learning disabilities(SLDs) and other types of disabilities, requires that schools develop an IEP for each student who has a disability. |
| IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan. An IFSP documents and guides the early intervention process for children with disabilities and their families. |
| IHE |
Institution of Higher Education |
| IT |
Infant/Toddler or Information Technology |
| ITERS |
Infant Toddler Environmental Rating Scale. The ITERS is designed to assess center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age |
| LEA |
Local Educational Agency/School District |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| MAAECA |
Madison Area Accredited Early Childhood Association. MAAECA is a membership organization in Madison, Wisconsin. MAAECA is open to all Madison area early education and care programs that are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC), or the City of Madison and/or meet Head Start Performance Standards. |
| MCH |
Maternal and Child Health |
| MMSD |
Madison Metropolitan School District |
| NACCP |
National Association of Child Care Professionals |
| NACCRRA |
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies |
| NAEYC |
National Association for the Education of Young Children. A professional organization that promotes excellence in early childhood education. NAEYC is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age eight. |
| NAFCC |
National Association for Family Child Care. NAFCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care. |
| NCCA |
National Child Care Association. The mission of NCCA is to promote the growth and safeguard the interest of quality early childhood care and education focusing on licensed, private providers of these services. |
| NCCIC |
National Child Care Information Center
NCCIC is a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance (TA) center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and other key stakeholders. |
| NIEER |
National Institute for Early Education Research |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| PDAS |
Professional Development Approval System. Through The Registry, an approval process to assure that instructors providing training to individuals working with children are qualified and competent in their areas of instruction and that their training has quality content. |
| POEMS |
Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale |
| PST |
Program Support Teacher |
| QCQL |
Quality Care for Quality Kids |
| QI |
Quality Improvement or Quality Indicators |
| QIS |
Quality Improvement System AND Quality Indicator System |
| QRIS |
Quality Rating Improvement Scale see Youngstar |
| QRS |
Quality Rating System |
| QSR |
Quality Services Review |
| R.E.W.A.R.D. |
Rewarding Education with Wages and Respect for Dedication
The R.E.W.A.R.D. WISCONSIN Stipend Program is a compensation and retention initiative for members of the early care and education workforce. Incremental yearly salary supplements are awarded to individuals based on their educational attainments and longevity in the field. |
| SBS |
Shaken Baby Syndrome |
| SDA |
Service Delivery Area |
| SEFEL |
Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning |
| SIDS |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| SF |
Strengthening Families |
| SFTA |
Supporting Families Together Association. SFTA provides training & technical assistance to existing & prospective family child care programs & group child care centers. |
| SPDG |
State Professional Development Grant |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| TBSS |
Thing Big. Start Small. |
| T.E.A.C.H. |
Teacher Education and Compensation Helps |
| T-NET |
Wisconsin Training Network and Event Calendar |
| TPOT |
Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool |
| UMOS |
United Migrant Opportunity Service |
| US CPSC |
US Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| UWEX |
University of Wisconsin - Extension. University of Wisconsin-Extension lifelong learning programs serve children, retirees and working adults who need updated education to pursue new career paths |
| W2 |
Wisconsin Works (State of Wisconsin) |
| WAA |
Wisconsin Afterschool Association |
| WAPAF |
Wisconsin Association on Public Assistance Fraud |
| WCCAA |
Wisconsin Child Care Administrators Association. WCCA is committed to the promotion of excellence in child care administration. In addition to an annual conference, WCCAA provides training programs throughout the year to improve child care administrators’ professional skills. |
| WCCF |
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families |
| WCCIP |
Wisconsin Child Care Improvement Project. The WCCIP is a statewide non-profit agency dedicated to helping improve child care by helping child care professionals give the best care possible to your children. Technical advisors throughout the state work with family child care programs and child care group centers assisting them with start-up and achieving national accreditation. |
| WICCPT |
Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together |
| WCCRP |
Wisconsin Child Care Research Partnership |
| WCCR&R |
Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Inc.
WCCR&R is a community based non-profit agency that works with parents, child care providers, employers and the community to help promote the availability of quality child care services |
| WDEC |
Wisconsin Division for Early Childhood |
| WEAC |
Wisconsin Education Association Council |
| WECA |
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association. WECA is a statewide, nonprofit organization serving as a professional association whose members care for and educate Wisconsin's children, aged birth to eight. WECA is an affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). |
| WECCP |
Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners. WECCP helps Wisconsin communities, agencies, associations, and state government will work together as a system of high quality comprehensive early childhood services for every child and family who wants to access them. |
| WFCCA |
Wisconsin Family Child Care Association |
| WHEDA |
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority |
| WHSA |
Wisconsin Head Start Association |
| WI-AIMH |
Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health |
| WI FACETS |
Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training & Support |
| WISACA |
Wisconsin School Age Care Alliance |
| WI Shares |
Wisconsin Child Care Subsidy Program (State of Wisconsin) |
| WMELS |
Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards. The WMELS specify developmental expectations for children from birth through entrance to first grade. The standards reflect attention to all the domains of a child's learning and development. Each domain is divided into sub-domains. Each sub-domain includes developmental expectations, program standards, performance standards and developmental continuum. Samples of children's behavior and adult strategies are also provided. |
| WPCCCA |
Wisconsin Professional Credential for Child Care Administrators
The WPCCCA is an 18-credit sequence of six courses offered at several Wisconsin colleges and universities. See also the Satellite page on education. |
| WSBDC |
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center |
| WSPEI |
Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative |
| WTCS |
Wisconsin Technical College System |
| WWBIC |
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation |
| YoungStar |
YoungStar is the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF)'s five-star quality rating and improvement system for child care in Wisconsin. |
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