{"id":199,"date":"2015-07-14T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gotgrace.com\/childrenscenter\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:39:41","slug":"early-achievers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/childrenscenter.gotgrace.com\/?page_id=199","title":{"rendered":"Early Achievers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenscenter.gotgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20200415_104336-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Grace Children's Center staff celebrating their Early Achievers rating outside the center\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Early Achievers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Early Achievers is a rating system that helps learning programs offer high quality care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Grace Children&#8217;s Center has two licensed locations, and each is rated separately by Early Achievers. Our main site (22815 24th Ave. S.) has reached <strong>Level 3<\/strong>, a Quality Level of Excellence! Our second location (22975 24th Ave. S.) is enrolled in Early Achievers and working toward its first rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rating System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The rating system, QRIS (Quality Rating and Improvement System) is based on different sections. They rate different areas in the center that we are supposed to have and they rate it from a 1-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Some Examples would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Meals\/Snacks<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Music\/Movement<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Furniture and Space<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Each has a subsection on what we are supposed to be doing and if we practice them in the center\/classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Grace Children\u2019s Center has been observed by the rating team from the University of Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Two of our classrooms were observed by the rating team, using the Environmental Ratings Scales and CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System). The toddler room and the young preschool room were chosen by random selection to be rated and they passed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a snapshot of our results from Early Achievers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Our main site is now currently at Level 3; we achieved a Quality Level of Excellence!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">We are all working together to make sure we continue providing quality care for all children and are currently working on improving our program so that we can move up to a higher level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Early Achievers? Early Achievers is a rating system that helps learning programs offer high quality care. Grace Children&#8217;s Center has two licensed locations, and each is rated separately by Early Achievers. Our main site (22815 24th Ave. S.) has reached Level 3, a Quality Level of Excellence! 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