Colorado Quality Standards for Early Childhood Care and Education Services
All classrooms that include CPP-funded children must be committed to using the Colorado Quality Standards as indicators of developmentally appropriate practice in a high quality program.
- Complete Document (PDF)
- Section A: Interaction among Staff and Children (PDF)
- Section B: Curriculum (PDF)
- Section C: Family/Staff Partnership (PDF)
- Section D: Staff Qualifications and Development (PDF)
- Section E: Administration (PDF)
- Section F: Staffing Patterns (PDF)
- Section G: The Role and Function of the Teaching Team (PDF)
- Section H: Physical Environment (PDF)
- Section I: Health and Safety (PDF)
- Section J: Nutrition and Food Service (PDF)
- Section K: Evaluation
- Quality Standards Crosswalk with National Association for the Education of Young Children (PDF)