Announcement Title (clickable on Home page): Announcement Summary (displays on Home page): Center: Expiration Date: Contact: Announcement Body (displays on Announcement page): Objectives: Intended Audience: Frequency and Duration of Event: Registration: Conversations on Access and Quality for Infants and Toddlers: Peer Learning Group: Applications Due: April 29, 2016 The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, the BUILD Initiative, and the State Capacity Building Center’s Infant/Toddler Specialist Network are seeking applications from teams who are eager to consider systems and policy work around infants and toddlers in their States. The period from birth to three years of age is marked by extraordinary growth across all developmental domains. Development during this period is rapid, dynamic, and sensitive to social, physical, biological, and environmental inputs. A child’s experiences from birth to three influence how he or she develops, learns, The Conversations on Access and Quality for Infants and Toddlers peer learning group is a five-part professional learning opportunity for impact teams (made up of state, regional, and/or local stakeholders). There will be an informal kick-off event at the Infant Toddler Strategies Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, June 1–3, for those who are able to attend. The peer learning group will then officially launch with a webinar that will provide an overview of the essential policies of infant and toddler care and solidify the NCECQA April 30, 2016 This peer learning group focuses on principles and practices that support understanding and responding to the development of infants and toddlers and the centrality of adult-child relationships, including those with providers and parents. Topics for discussion include the following: The six essential policies of infant and toddler care Quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) indicators and criteria supportive of high-quality infant and There are five related sessions planned as part of this opportunity. Use this link to complete and submit the application: Please coordinate with other leaders in your State or Territory to ensure that there is only one submission per State. Submissions are due by April 29. For further information or questions, please contact Laura Johns, Create Announcement Record Content Administrator’s Form to create Announcement

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