What is SPARQS?

SPARQS stands for System for Program Access to Resources for Quality Supports. The purpose of SPARQS is to support a culture of quality throughout Vermont's early childhood education programs.

SPARQS is funded by Vermont's Child Development Division (CDD) and administered by the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC). SPARQS has three main components: quality coaching and support services, program assessments for Vermont's revised STep Ahead Recognition System (STARS), and administration and support for Vermont's Early Childhood Networks (VECNs).

These components will phase in over time. They are designed to support continuous program quality improvement, offering evidence-based, flexible, equitable resources to each program in Vermont's mixed-delivery early childhood education system.

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