OVERALL ELEMENT

COMPONENT

A

P

R

COMMENTS

PROCESS

Involve multiple stakeholders from across the early care and education spectrum

Link to other local or State guideline/child outcome activities and related school readiness initiatives

Identify a core team, with flexible task groups or subcommittees as needed throughout the process

Establish timelines for each key task in the development, review, and dissemination of guidelines (including regular revisions)

Identify a facilitator (contractually or within partner agencies) to oversee and manage process

Access relevant local and national experts, such as representatives from other States that have developed guidelines, child development experts, and/or higher education faculty

Identify initial decisions to be made, such as scope, format, ages addressed, etc.

Develop an Evaluation Plan including

• Use of contractor or in-house expertise
• Scope and outcomes based on input of key stakeholders
• Data collection systems
• Intended use and sharing of data

KEY: A= Addressed P= in Planning process R= under Review

CONTENT

*Develop guidelines across multiple domains

• Language and Literacy
• Mathematics
• Social-Emotional development
• Physical and Motor development

*Identify ages to be addressed

• Birth to 3
• Birth to 5
• 3 to 5
• Other

*Make adaptable to various child care settings,

including the home

*Align with K-12 standards

Use the latest research to frame domains