PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT A RESOURCE INSIDE YOUR WRITING UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY. PLEASE MAKE IT PLAIN WITH AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL TO THE MAYOR!
You are asked to propose a draft of the Quality Care Guidelines to the mayor. It is up to you to decide what categories should be included within the Guidelines and then to provide SPECIFIC observable and measurable standards that must be met in that category. Such categories might include classroom size, total number of children per center, cost of care, curriculum approaches used, parent involvement requirements, education level of teachers and center directors, and pay scale for teachers and other workers, among other things.
Include the following information in your guidelines:
2 categories/aspects of quality care (e.g., teacher-child ratio)
1 standard within each category that is observable and measurable (e.g., if the teacher-child ratio is your category, then what standard would you propose? 1-3 for infants/toddlers? 1-5 for preschoolers?)
Include a brief rationale for the category and standards you proposed.