Quality Rating 2: Screen Time

Next Steps

Check your document one more time as you prepare to upload it to the Maryland EXCELS System.

Step 1: Check your document

Make sure your screen time policy includes the following:

  • Types of screens available to children (television, tablets, computers, etc.)
  • Purpose, availability, and limitations related to screen use
  • Age(s) of children exposed to screens
  • How screen time is directly related to children’s learning
  • How program staff facilitate learning and engage with children when screens are in use
  • Other options are available to children when screens are in use

Step 2: Save your document

Use a file name you can find easily when you upload it to the system (example: screen-time-policy.docx)

Use any one of these formats:

  • Typed electronic version of  (examples: Microsoft Word, PDF)
  • Scanned versions of  (examples: PDF, PNG, JPG)
  • Digital image of  (examples: JPG, PNG, PDF)

Step 3: Upload your document (DAP 7.2; DAP 6.2 – School-Age Only)

Log into the Maryland EXCELS System to upload your program’s Screen Time Policy.

Select Add new file, Select file and save.