Childcare Terms and Organizations

What does DCF stand for?

• Department of Children and Families

• Directed Child Focus

• Doing Crazy Fun

• Dependent Children Foundation

What does NAEYC stand for?

• Nutrition Aligned Education Youth Council

• National Association for the Education of Young Children

• Normal Adult Ears You Color

• National Association for Eager Youth Council

What does WECA stand for?

• Wisconsin Education Coordination Association

• Wisconsin Elderly Companion Association

• Wisconsin Early Care Assistants

• Wisconsin Early Childhood Association

What does Accreditation mean?

• A way for your school to make more money.

• A process by which an educational program is evaluated and meets certain standards.

• A process where your program get extra special treatment from the government.

• A way for your program to cut corners and save money.

What develops and implements a comprehensive approach to career development, promotes member's professional growth and contributes to workforce data and research?

• Child Care Registry

• DPI

• DAP's

• Licensing

What does DAP stand for?

• Developmentally Appropriate Practices

• Dividing Aggressive Participants

• Developmentally Antagonistic Programming

• Departmentally Appropriate Programming

What is the Wisconsin childcare quality rating and improvement system?

• DAP's

• Young Star

• Licensing

• Accreditation

This covers issues like the number of children that can be in a group, the number of child care providers required for each group, staff training requirements, sanitation, administration of medicines, food preparation and serving, safety hazards, learning activities, background checks and communication with parents.

• Accreditation

• Young Star

• Licensing

• WMELS

What does DPI stand for?

• Department of Private Instrution

• Department of Priority Instruction

• Department of Personalized Instruction

• Department of Public Instruction

What does WMELS stand for?

• Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards

• Wisconsin Mandatory Early Learning System

• Wisconsin Migratory Early Learning Standards

• Wisconsin Measurement of Early Learning Systems