ILLINOIS RESOURCE CENTER

The Center For Excellence is an initiative of the Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children dedicated to improving the quality of child care and early childhood programs in Illinois. The initiative uses an integrated and multi-level approach to accomplish its goals that includes overview information, technical assistance and resources, training, online tools, and Illinois AEYC's Statewide Accreditation Mentoring program that includes program improvement cohorts, individual mentoring and onsite consultation. Programs and services are available to child care/early education programs in center-based settings. The initiative supports both NAEYC and NAC accreditation as well as the state of Illinois' QRIS standards.