Create an account and complete a brief application with demographic information about your program to get started on the path to becoming Quality Rated.

• Select Create Account on the left and follow the posted instructions. Confirm your account by completing the directions emailed to you.
• Log into your account to complete the application by entering basic demographic information about your program.
• Register for the Quality Rated Orientation.

Earn points by submitting evidence of the credentials and training of the teaching staff, your program’s commitment to child health and physical activity, the ways you support family engagement, practices around instruction and curriculum, and your classroom ratios and group size.

• Log into your account and select Create Portfolio.

Earn points based on your support of the development of children’s reasoning skills, social-emotional development, language acquisition, and school readiness.

• Receive an Environment Rating Scale (ERS) observation within 90 days of your portfolio being accepted.
• One-third of each age group will be assessed.
• Rating received within 60 days of ERS observation.

Once you receive your rating, you may select your Bonus Package.