EDU 262 ECERS Assignment This assignment provides a learning opportunity to overview four Environment Rating Scales: ECERS (Early Childhood), ITERS (Infant Toddler), FCCERS (Family Child Care), SACERS (School-Age Care) and to understand the quality of early learning environment and early care programs. The scales are used in monitoring programs, evaluating programs to reward those with higher quality, evaluating the quality of programs to inform consumers/parents, and especially guiding practitioners towards creating higher quality programs for the children they serve. They are viewed as a “roadmap” to quality improvement. The North Carolina Rated Licensing System assesses early care programs using ERS's for the voluntary Star rates to reflect the quality of the program. (Environment Rating Scales Institute) North Carolina has the “Rated License” system under which facilities are awarded one to five stars, with five being the highest quality. Scores are based on points earned in three areas: Staff Education, Program Environment (using the Environment Rating Scales© as the basis), and a Quality Point. Child care programs may also voluntarily seek accreditation from national professional associations. (https://www.ncrlap.org/ NC Rated License Assessment Project) Scores on the ERS significantly impact the number of points a program can receive in the program standards component of the Star Rated License assessment. To earn three to seven points, programs must score between 4.0 and 5.0 for each group assessed. Programs can achieve higher scores on the ERS through preparation and practice. To prepare for the Rated License Assessment go to the  North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project web page. The NCRLAP website will provide answers to common questions about the scales including “How should I prepare for the visit?” and “What should I expect the day of the assessment?”. Some programs choose to practice for the assessment by conducting a mock assessment to discover areas of strength and areas of needed improvement. Assignment Guideline Visit the Environment Rating Scales Institute’s website. https://www.ersi.info/index.html Choose one age group except afterschool that you are most interested in then, study 3rd and R editions of the age group's ERS and the sections of Overview of the Subscales and Items and Additional Notes e.g., ECERS-3 and ECERS-R for Early Childhood, or ITERS-3 and ITERS-R for infant/Toddler, etc. You may find it helpful to have the actual copy of the ERS book. If you are currently working at a child care center, ask your center if they have a copy to borrow. Most of the licensed centers should have them. Once you have studied the rating scales, build and complete the provided ERS Assessment Preparation tool that you will use as an administrator to assure your center’s high rates with the scale. Your checklist should have a minimum of 15 items with monitoring activities across all subscales. See attached form. E ...

1. EDU 262 ECERS Assignment
This assignment provides a learning opportunity to overview
four Environment Rating Scales: ECERS (Early Childhood),
ITERS (Infant Toddler), FCCERS (Family Child Care),
SACERS (School-Age Care) and to understand the quality of
early learning environment and early care programs. The scales
are used in monitoring programs, evaluating programs to reward
those with higher quality, evaluating the quality of programs to
inform consumers/parents, and especially guiding practitioners
towards creating higher quality programs for the children they
serve. They are viewed as a “roadmap” to quality improvement.
The North Carolina Rated Licensing System assesses early care
programs using ERS's for the voluntary Star rates to reflect the
quality of the program. (Environment Rating Scales Institute)
North Carolina has the “Rated License” system under which
facilities are awarded one to five stars, with five being the
highest quality. Scores are based on points earned in three
areas: Staff Education, Program Environment (using the
Environment Rating Scales© as the basis), and a Quality Point.
Child care programs may also voluntarily seek accreditation
from national professional associations.
(https://www.ncrlap.org/ NC Rated License Assessment Proj ect)
Scores on the ERS significantly impact the number of points a
program can receive in the program standards component of the
Star Rated License assessment. To earn three to seven points,
programs must score between 4.0 and 5.0 for each group
assessed. Programs can achieve higher scores on the ERS
through preparation and practice. To prepare for the Rated
License Assessment go to the North Carolina Rated License
Assessment Project web page. The NCRLAP website will
provide answers to common questions about the scales including
“How should I prepare for the visit?” and “What should I expect

2. the day of the assessment?”. Some programs choose to practice
for the assessment by conducting a mock assessment to discover
areas of strength and areas of needed improvement.
Assignment Guideline
Visit the Environment Rating Scales Institute’s website.
https://www.ersi.info/index.html
Choose one age group except afterschool that you are most
interested in then, study 3rd and R editions of the age group's
ERS and the sections of Overview of the Subscales and Items
and Additional Notes e.g., ECERS-3 and ECERS-R for Early
Childhood, or ITERS-3 and ITERS-R for infant/Toddler, etc.
You may find it helpful to have the actual copy of the ERS
book. If you are currently working at a child care center, ask
your center if they have a copy to borrow. Most of the licensed
centers should have them.
Once you have studied the rating scales, build and complete the
provided ERS Assessment Preparation tool that you will use as
an administrator to assure your center’s high rates with the
scale. Your checklist should have a minimum of 15 items with
monitoring activities across all subscales. See attached form.
ERS Assessment Preparation Tool
EDU 262 ECERS Assignment
This assignment provides a learning opportunity to overview
four Environment Rating Scales: ECERS
(Early Childhood), ITERS (Infant Toddler), FCCERS (Family
Child Care), SACERS (School
-
Age Care) and to

3. understand
the
quality of early learning environment and early care programs.
T
he scales are used in
monitoring programs, evaluating programs to reward those with
higher quality, evaluating the quality of
programs to inform consumers/parents, and especially guiding
pract
itioners towards creating higher
quality programs for the children they serve.
T
hey are viewed as a “roadmap” to quality improvement.
The North Carolina Rated Licensing
System
asses
se
s early care programs using ERS's for the voluntary
Star rates to reflect
the quality of the program
.
(Environment Rating Scales Institute)
North Carolina has the “Rated License” system under which
facilities are awarded one to five stars, with
five being the highest quality. Scores are based on points earned
in three areas: St
aff Education,
Program Environment (using the Environment Rating Scales©
as the basis)
,
and a Quality Point. Child
care programs may also voluntarily seek accreditation from

4. national professional associations.
(
https
://www.ncrlap.org/
NC Rated License Assessment Project
)
Scores on the ERS significantly impact the number of points a
program can receive in the program
standards component of the Star Rated License assessment. To
earn three to seven points, programs
must
score between 4.0 and 5.0 for each group assessed. Programs
can achieve higher scores on the ERS
through preparation and practice. To prepare for the Rated
License Assessment go to the
North
Carolina
Rated
License
Ass
essment
Project
web page. The NCRLAP website will provide answers to

5. common questions about the scales including “How should I
prepare for the visit?” and “What should I
expect the day of the assessment?”. Some programs choose to
practice for the assess
ment by
conducting a mock assessment to discover areas of strength and
areas of needed improvement.
Assignment Guideline
Visit the Environment Rating Scales
Institute’s
website.
https://www.ersi.info/index.html
Choose one age group
except
afterschool
that you are most interested in
then,
study 3rd and R editions
of the age group's ERS and the sections of
Overview of the Subscales and Items
and
Additional Notes
e
.g., ECERS
-
3 and EC

6. ERS
-
R for Early Childhood, or ITERS
-
3 and ITERS
-
R for infant/Toddler, etc.
You may
find
it
helpful
to have
the actual copy of the ERS book
.
If you are currently working at
a
child care
center, a
sk your center if they have a copy
to
borrow. Most of the licensed centers should have them.
Once you have studied the rating scales, build
and complete the provided
ERS Assessment Preparation
t
ool that
you will use
as an administrator to assure your center
’s
high

7. rates
with the scale. Your
checklist
should have a minimum of
15
items with
monitoring activities
across
all subscales.
See attached form.
ERS Assessment Preparation Tool
EDU 262 ECERS Assignment
This assignment provides a learning opportunity to overview
four Environment Rating Scales: ECERS
(Early Childhood), ITERS (Infant Toddler), FCCERS (Family
Child Care), SACERS (School-Age Care) and to
understand the quality of early learning environment and early
care programs. The scales are used in
monitoring programs, evaluating programs to reward those with
higher quality, evaluating the quality of
programs to inform consumers/parents, and especially guiding
practitioners towards creating higher
quality programs for the children they serve. They are viewed as
a “roadmap” to quality improvement.
The North Carolina Rated Licensing System assesses early care
programs using ERS's for the voluntar y
Star rates to reflect the quality of the program. (Environment

8. Rating Scales Institute)
North Carolina has the “Rated License” system under which
facilities are awarded one to five stars, with
five being the highest quality. Scores are based on points earned
in three areas: Staff Education,
Program Environment (using the Environment Rating Scales©
as the basis), and a Quality Point. Child
care programs may also voluntarily seek accreditation from
national professional associations.
(https://www.ncrlap.org/ NC Rated License Assessment Project)
Scores on the ERS significantly impact the number of points a
program can receive in the program
standards component of the Star Rated License assessment. To
earn three to seven points, programs
must score between 4.0 and 5.0 for each group assessed.
Programs can achieve higher scores on the ERS
through preparation and practice. To prepare for the Rated
License Assessment go to the North
Carolina Rated License Assessment Project web page. The
NCRLAP website will provide answers to
common questions about the scales including “How should I
prepare for the visit?” and “What should I
expect the day of the assessment?”. Some programs choose to
practice for the assessment by
conducting a mock assessment to discover areas of strength and
areas of needed improvement.
Assignment Guideline
Visit the Environment Rating Scales Institute’s website.
https://www.ersi.info/index.html
Choose one age group except afterschool that you are most
interested in then, study 3rd and R editions
of the age group's ERS and the sections of Overview of the
Subscales and Items and Additional Notes

9. e.g., ECERS-3 and ECERS-R for Early Childhood, or ITERS-3
and ITERS-R for infant/Toddler, etc. You may
find it helpful to have the actual copy of the ERS book. If you
are currently working at a child care
center, ask your center if they have a copy to borrow. Most of
the licensed centers should have them.
Once you have studied the rating scales, build and complete the
provided ERS Assessment Preparation
tool that you will use as an administrator to assure your center’s
high rates with the scale. Your checklist
should have a minimum of 15 items with monitoring activities
across all subscales. See attached form.
ERS Assessment Preparation Tool
Welcome
ENGR 1201
Intro to Engineering
Professor L. Taylor Starr
[email protected]
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 1 Professor Starr
Welcome
Industrial Engineering the

10. Magic at Disney
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 2 Professor Starr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krCjsxDhNyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krCjsxDhNyM
Course Objectives
and charts for analysis
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 3 Professor Starr
Textbook Topic Examples
eering Tools

11. -Machine Interface
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 5 Professor Starr
What is Engineering
Engineers harness the laws of nature to
produce devices, systems, and structures
that perform tasks, meet human needs,
or solve problems
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 5 Professor Starr
What is Engineering
"Engineering is the practical means by which our
greatest challenges will be solved… environment…,
poverty… health and wellbeing. We engineers are
trained and practiced at looking in two directions at
once – both at science and at business and
commerce – and integrating them to find an optimal
solution… Those who wish to make a difference to
the world should, I suggest, become engineers."
(Browne, IET Catalyst, 2007)

12. ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 6 Professor Starr
Employment by Discipline
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 7 Professor Starr
Occupation Title (click on the occupation
title to view an occupational profile)
Employment Mean Annual Salary
Civil Engineers 127,490 $83,320
Mechanical Engineers 50,350 $87,300
Electrical Engineers 33,500 $88,070
Engineers, All Other 19,430 $85,730
Environmental Engineers 14,270 $86,310
Industrial Engineers 12,750 $83,410
Aerospace Engineers 12,150 $100,640
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 11,480 $94,090
Chemical Engineers 4,890 $97,580
Computer Hardware Engineers 4,240 $112,250
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 2,760 $90,370
Materials Engineers 2,250 $81,300
Petroleum Engineers 2,210 $119,850
Nuclear Engineers 2,190 $106,130
Mining and Geological Engineers 1,770 $86,030
Health and Safety Engineers 1,560 $82,980
Agricultural Engineers 460 $77,380
Biomedical Engineers 310 $91,500
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http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172141.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172071.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172199.htm

13. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172081.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172112.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172011.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172072.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172041.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172061.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172121.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172131.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172171.htm
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http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172151.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172111.htm
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http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172031.htm
Engineering Salaries
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 8 Professor Starr
Occupation Title (click on the occupation
title to view an occupational profile)
Employment Mean Annual Salary
Petroleum Engineers 2,210 $119,850
Computer Hardware Engineers 4,240 $112,250
Nuclear Engineers 2,190 $106,130
Aerospace Engineers 12,150 $100,640
Chemical Engineers 4,890 $97,580
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 11,480 $94,090
Biomedical Engineers 310 $91,500
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 2,760 $90,370
Electrical Engineers 33,500 $88,070
Mechanical Engineers 50,350 $87,300
Environmental Engineers 14,270 $86,310

14. Mining and Geological Engineers 1,770 $86,030
Engineers, All Other 19,430 $85,730
Industrial Engineers 12,750 $83,410
Civil Engineers 127,490 $83,320
Health and Safety Engineers 1,560 $82,980
Materials Engineers 2,250 $81,300
Agricultural Engineers 460 $77,380
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172171.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172061.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172161.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172011.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172041.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172072.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172031.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172121.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172071.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172141.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172081.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172151.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172199.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172112.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172051.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172111.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172131.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172021.htm
What is Chemical Engineering
Professor Channing Robertson
of the Stanford University
Chemical Engineering Department

15. ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 9 Professor Starr
Engineering Society Examples
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
ENGR 1201 – Intro to Engineering Slide 10 Professor Starr
WelcomeWelcomeCourse ObjectivesTextbook Topic
ExamplesWhat is EngineeringWhat is EngineeringEmployment
by DisciplineEngineering SalariesWhat is Chemical
EngineeringEngineering Society Examples
EDU 262 ERS Assessment Preparation Tool
1. Which ERS? Check one. □ ECERS-3 & ECERS-R □
ITERS-3 & ITERS-R □ FCCERS-3 & FCCERS-R
2. Subscales: List subscales in each edition of your chosen ERS.
Subscales of ERS-3
Subscales of ERS-R
List:

16. List:
3. Items to Monitor/Prepare: Add Items and Monitoring Actions
to receive a high score.
Item
What to Monitor/Prepare
√ & Comments
Ex.
Furniture for routine care, play, and learning
Sizes of cubbies to accommodate all of each child’s
possessions.
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3
4
5
6

17. 7
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18. 4. Explain in a paragraph (4-5 complete sentences) how you will
use this tool in preparation for the assessment visit from the
administrator’s point or view and who you will involve in using
this tool.