Quality Rating 5: Salary & Benefits
Next Steps
Check your documents one more time as you prepare to upload them to the Maryland EXCELS System.
Step 1: Check your documents
Your documentation should include:
- A current staff salary scale, clearly showing that salaries are determined by:
- Education
- Experience
- A description of employee benefits
Step 2: Save your documents
Use a file name you can find easily when you upload documents to the system (example: salary-scale.docx; benefits.pdf).
Use any one of these formats:
- Typed electronic version of salary scale and benefits (examples: Microsoft Word, PDF)
- Scanned versions of salary scale and benefits (examples: PDF, PNG, JPG)
- Digital images of salary scale and benefits documents (examples: JPG, PNG, PDF)
- Identified section within your staff handbook describing salary and benefits (examples: Microsoft Word, PDF, JPG)
Step 3: Upload your documents (ADM 12.5)
Log into the Maryland EXCELS System to upload your documentation regarding salary scales and description of employee benefits.
Remember, if you are a family child care provider and do not employ any additional staff, leave a comment for your Program Coordinator in the Maryland EXCELS System (ADM 12.5) explaining that you have no employees.
