{"id":6260,"date":"2025-04-18T11:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/about-learn-grow\/working-together-to-improve-quality-2"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:26:46","slug":"early-childhood-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/about-learn-grow\/early-childhood-systems","title":{"rendered":"Early Childhood Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two Statewide Systems
with a Common Goal of Healthy, Successful Children<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Alaska SEED, Learn & Grow and thread<\/strong> work together toward a common goal of healthy, successful children. thread<\/strong> houses and manages both Learn & Grow and SEED.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Supporting Early Care & Learning Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn & Grow<\/a> is Alaska’s Quality Recognition and Improvement System (QRIS) and its mission is to advance the quality of early care and learning to foster the success of young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn & Grow includes five levels of program quality that incorporates the following quality standards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administration & Leadership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Childhood Educator Qualifications & Professional Development <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning Environment, Adult-Child Interactions, and Child Outcomes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family & Community Engagement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Supporting Early Childhood Educators<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alaska System for Early Education Development <\/a>(SEED) is Alaska’s early childhood professional development system that unites and advances the needs of early childhood education professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alaska SEED cultivates the quality of professionalism in the early education field through the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska SEED Registry and Early Childhood and School-Age Career Ladder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska SEED Professional Development Funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska SEED Trainer and Training Approval System<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska’s Early Care & Learning Core Knowledge and Competencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Learn & Grow and Alaska SEED work together to improve the quality of early care and learning because it matters where children are and who they are with.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Learn & Grow and Alaska SEED Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n