Submitted by Tracy Walter When first hearing about the LearnERS platform, there may be part of you despairing over the addition of another training and professional development to integrate into your routine and daily duties. This may lead to asking, “Why should I use this platform,” or essentially, “What’s in it for me?”Read More

Submitted by Tracy Walter Early in 2019, the PA Key Program Quality Assessment team began orientations in partnership with the Branagh Group to introduce the LearnERS platform. LearnERS helps guide programs through a quality improvement process using the Environment Rating Scales. LearnERS is an online platform offered to center-based programs through a limited number of...Read More

Kelli Harris The Branagh Information Group, in partnership with the authors of the Environment Rating Scales (ERS), are in the process of developing LearnERS, an online Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) tool for early childhood educators and program administrators to help them understand the “whys” behind quality practice. LearnERS reflects current research and best practices and...Read More