The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) 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 DevelopmentIncome and BenefitsWork EnvironmentFiscal ManagementRecordkeepingProvider-Family CommunicationFamily Support and EngagementMarketing and Community RelationsProvider as EmployerThe 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.“The business side of family child care has too often been ignored. The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care has been a valuable resource since 2009 that identifies the ten components of a successful family child care business. It’s a unique tool that has helped thousands of providers across the country measure and improve their business practices. This second edition provides an enhanced focus on family support and engagement. It also includes additional information on how to interpret the BAS indicators that make it much more user friendly. I highly recommend it!”―Tom Copeland, family child care business consultant"The BAS guides family child care providers to succeed as business owners and maintain healthy policies to support caregiver wellbeing. The comprehensive content and clear format makes it useful for both providers and those who support them."―Nichole Parks, program coordinator, Arkansas State University Childhood Services
✔ Author(s): Teri N. Talan,Paula Jorde Bloom
✔ Title: Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)
✔ Rating : 4.7 out of 5 base on (66 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 0807759392
✔ ISBN-13: 9780807759394
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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