The Business Administration Scale(R) for Family Child Care (BAS (R)) is the first valid and reliable tool for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child care settings. It is applicable for multiple uses, including program self-improvement, technical assistance and monitoring, training, research and evaluation, and public awareness. It is currently embedded in many state quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) across the nation.

Using a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use instrument assesses 10 items:

• Qualifications and Professional Development
• Income and Benefits
• Work Environment
• Fiscal Management
• Recordkeeping
• Risk Management
• Provider-Family Communication
• Family Support and Engagement
• Marketing and Community Relations
• Provider as Employer

The second edition of the BAS includes refinements to support the reliable use of the instrument and to reflect current best practices in administering a family child care program:

• The Notes for the BAS items are expanded to increase understanding and facilitate greater consistency in both interpretation and scoring.
• There is greater emphasis on practices that promote family and community engagement.
• New national norms for the BAS are reported based on data collected between 2009 and 2017 from 439 home-based programs in 22 states.

Use the BAS second edition with the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-3 or FCCERS-R) for a comprehensive picture of your family child care learning environment and the business and professional practices that support the program.

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Business Administration Scale(R) for Family Child Care, Second Edition. Use BAS-2 to measure and improve the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child care settings.

La Escala de Administración de Negocios para el Cuidado de Niños en el Hogar (BAS (R)) es la primera herramienta válida y confiable para medir y mejorar la calidad total de las prácticas de negocios y profesionales en programas de cuidado de niños en el hogar. Es aplicable para múltiples usos, incluyendo el auto-mejoramiento del programa, asistencia técnica y monitoreo, entrenamiento, investigación y evaluación y conciencia pública. Actualmente está integrada en muchos sistemas estatales de calificación y mejora de la calidad (QRIS) en todo el país.

Utilizando una escala de clasificación de 7 puntos (inadecuada a excelente), este instrumento fácil de usar evalúa 10 elementos:

• Cualificiones y Desarrollo Profesional
• Ingresos y Beneficios
• Ambiente de Trabajo
• Manejo Fiscal
• Mantenimiento de Archivos
• Manejo de Riesgos
• Comunicación entre Proveedor y Familia
• Apoyo y Envolvimiento de Familias
• Mercadeo y Relaciones Comunitarias
• El Proveedor como Empleador

La segunda edición de la BAS incluye refinamientos para apoyar el uso confiable del instrumento y reflejar las mejores prácticas actuales en la administración de un programa de cuidado de niños en el hogar.

• Las Notas para los artículos de la BAS se ampliaron para aumentar la comprensión y facilitar una mayor coherencia tanto en la interpretación como en la puntuación.
• Hay un mayor énfasis en las prácticas que promueven la participación de la familia y la comunidad.
• Las nuevas normas nacionales para la BAS son reportadas basado en datos recopilados entre el 2009 y 2017 de 439 programas en el hogar en 22 estados.

Utilice la BAS junto con la Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de Cuidado Infantil en Familia-Revisada (FCCERS-3, FCCERS-R) para obtener una imagen completa del ambiente de aprendizaje de su programa de cuidado de niños en el hogar y las prácticas empresariales y profesionales que apoyan el programa.

This title is in the Environment Rating Scale (R) Family of Products--the leading research-based tools to optimize the quality of children's early learning.

The Program Administration Scale(R) (PAS (R)) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and management practices of center-based programs--the only instrument of its kind to focus exclusively on organization-wide administrative issues. In the third edition, the authors share updated information supporting the reliability and validity of the instrument and make key revisions based on the recognition of whole leadership as the guiding framework for the effective administration of early childhood centers. In addition, the PAS indicator language was reviewed from a racial equity and social justice perspective. This edition reflects feedback provided by practitioners from across the country who have used the PAS for program self-improvement, research, training, college instruction, accreditation facilitation, quality monitoring, mentoring, coaching, organizational consulting, and policymaking.

Using a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use instrument assesses 25 items grouped into 9 categories: human resources, personnel cost and allocation, operations, screening and assessment, fiscal management, organizational growth and development, family and community partnerships, relational leadership, and staff qualifications.

Book Features:

• Measures whole leadership, recognizing the interdependent nature of administrative leadership, pedagogical leadership, and leadership essentials.
• Places a greater emphasis on administrative practices that support inclusion, equity, and cultural and linguistic diversity.
• Emphasizes leadership routines that provide opportunities for shared decision-making and distributed leadership among staff.
• Demonstrates a positive relationship between the quality of administrative practices and the quality of early childhood classroom environments.
• Responds to the workforce crisis with supports that promote teacher leadership, enhance career development, and protect time for reflection, planning, and peer learning.

This title is in the Environment Rating Scale (R) Family of Products.

Research has consistently found that effective administrative practices are crucial for ensuring beneficial program outcomes for children and families. The Program Administration Scale(R) (PAS (R)) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and management practices of center-based programs--the only instrument of its kind to focus exclusively on organization-wide administrative issues.

Using a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use instrument assesses 25 items grouped into 10 categories: human resources development, personnel cost and allocation, center operations, child assessment, fiscal management, program planning and evaluation, family partnerships, marketing and public relations, technology, and staff qualifications.

This second edition of the PAS includes minor refinements to support the reliable use of the instrument and to reflect current best practices in early childhood administration.

• The Notes and Guiding Questions for the PAS items are expanded to increase understanding and facilitate greater consistency in scoring.
• Emphasis is placed on administrative practices that support family partnership, inclusion, cultural sensitivity, and linguistic diversity.
• Routines that demonstrate distributed leadership are measured.
• The focus in technology is on practices that promote effective communication, collaboration, and continuous learning.