Quality Rating 5: Information and Policies
Next Steps
Check your policies one more time as you prepare to upload it to the Maryland EXCELS System.
Remember, your written document may be a family handbook, written agreement or contract.
Step 1: Check your document
Your document should include:
- Your program’s mission and / or philosophy statement
- Your program’s policies and practices for:
- Health
- Safety
- Positive Behavior Practices
- Tuition/Enrollment
- Inclusion of children with special needs, including children with special health care needs and disabilities
- Communicating with families
- Physical Fitness
- Nutrition
- Curriculum (Family Child Care and Child Care Programs)
- Child Assessment (Family Child Care and Child Care Programs)
- Activity planning and implementation (School-Age Only Programs)
Step 2: Save your document
Use a file name you can find easily when you upload it to the system (example: family-information.docx).
Use any one of these formats:
- Typed electronic version of your written policies and information for families (examples: Microsoft Word, PDF)
- Scanned versions of your written policies and information for families (examples: PDF, PNG, JPG)
- Identified section within your family handbook (examples: JPG, PNG, PDF)
Step 3: Upload your document (ADM 1.5)
Log into the Maryland EXCELS System to upload your family handbook, written agreement or contract.
