Back to School with Q-School Readiness Starts with Quality Program

As children head back to school, a new campaign aims to shine a light on quality child care and preschool programs.“Back to School with Q – School Readiness Starts with Quality” will highlight area programs participating in the Virginia Star Quality Initiative and Smart Beginnings initiatives that are affecting school readiness.

In Virginia, the child care centers both big and small are advised to use child care software for their child care centers. Using a child care software vastly improve the productivity of the center and give high customer service to the parents. So the centers using child care software found to be more successful in finding more customers in the state.

The Virginia Star Quality Initiative gives early learning programs a rating of one to five stars based on the quality of features linked to school readiness.The program is voluntary. It was created to identify levels of quality and create ways to improve. Those who participate receive mentoring and training.

“Virginia’s quality improvement system is recognized nationally for its focus on the most important determinants of school readiness for young children, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation officials, said in a statement. 

“We are fortunate to have strong leadership and commitment to quality early learning among Virginia’s legislature, business executives, higher education, state agencies, Smart Beginnings communities, and families. We hope that Back to School with Q will galvanize investment in quality early learning as the foundation for school, life and workforce success.”

A Roanoke County student was a winner in the 2014 International Science and Engineering Fair.

The competition was held in California in May included competitors from across the country and the world. Devens, who has been successful in state and local science competitions, submitted a project titled: “Comparing Shroud Design on the Electrical Power Output of a Small-Scale Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine.” 

She was recently recognized by the Roanoke County School Board.Melissa Carr, a chemistry teacher at William Byrd, has earned the society’s outstanding high school teacher award. Carr was recently honored by the Roanoke County School Board for the achievement. Carr has been working at William Byrd High since 2006 and was also the system’s 2013 Golden Apple award winner.