Thrive by 5
The Children’s Trust Thrive by 5 initiative is an integrated system of supports for children and families, teachers and provider agencies.
Making a Difference in Early Learning
Thrive by 5 is grounded in equity principles to drive access to high-quality early learning programs that promote healthy development for children living in high poverty areas.
Thrive by 5 Early Learning Quality Improvement System (QIS)
A high-quality early learning experience can set the stage for a child's school and lifelong success. The Children’s Trust Thrive by 5 Early Learning Quality Improvement System (QIS) invests in an innovative array of strategies to prepare children for kindergarten through the development of physical and cognitive skills, as well as social and emotional health and behavior. The QIS strategies work together to support child care owners, educators, children and their families.
Other components of Thrive by 5 include:
Families Forward
While School Readiness subsidies cover families with incomes up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, Thrive By 5 Families Forward Child Care Scholarships cover families with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Parents can use the scholarships to enroll children in high-quality programs, based on CLASS assessments, and those programs would benefit from increasing enrollment.
To fulfill eligibility requirements, an application for school readiness must be submitted prior.
A$CEND
Ascend is a salary supplement award program designed to increase retention, educator practice and compensation. The Ascend program rewards early childhood educators by collectively recognizing education, ongoing professional development, teacher-child interactions and longevity as demonstrated pathways of competency in their roles.
Ascend supplements are available to early learning educators employed at Thrive by 5 programs in Miami-Dade County.
Jump Start
The Jump Start program offers infant and early childhood mental health consultation to build the capacity of child care providers to support children’s social-emotional development and manage challenging behaviors to decrease preschool expulsion and teachers’ job-related stress. The Jump Start program is housed at the University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development in the Miller School of Medicine.
ElevatEd
ElevatEd is an online learning platform and professional workforce registry dedicated to empowering early learning educators. ElevatEd supports professional growth with a variety of services, including expert-led courses, scholarships, financial awards, and career pathway options. In addition, this new system will house all Thrive by 5 provider-related tools, such as, entering monthly enrollment, viewing tier level, and creating a program staff roster.
ElevatEd is an innovative local collaboration between the Early Learning Coalition and The Children’s Trust.
Connecting Assessments with Intentional Teaching - CAIT
The Connecting Assessments with International Teaching (CAIT) program provides free assessment training and implementation support to early childhood educators and administrators throughout Miami-Dade.
The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education manages, coordinates and provides Teaching Strategies GOLD® assessment training to use results to improve student outcomes and progress.
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Find Thrive by 5 Child Care programs and Families Forward Child Care Scholarships
