Education

Quality Start San Bernardino (QSSB) is the county’s Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), designed to help early care and education providers offer the highest quality learning experience possible. QSSB establishes standards that define quality, measures programs using these standards, offers and connects educators to professional development, and helps parents and caregivers find quality programs for their children. Early childhood educators who work with QSSB gain new skills and competencies, including inclusive techniques to engage students with different abilities and access to new certifications, such as the Early Childhood Administrative and Leadership Certificate. Participants in QSSB offerings value their experience and the mutual effort to improve child care quality for all. As one participant noted, “This class has given me a depth of early childhood strategies to lead my program. QSSB is a great resource bank for us non-profit programs. We are grateful to be a part of this program.”