Quality Rating 5: Salary & Benefits
Incremental Salary Scale & Employee Benefits
Gaining and retaining well-qualified and committed staff is a challenge for many child care programs. Fair and equitable pay and employee benefits show your respect for, and a recognition of, everyone’s contributions and commitment to your program’s quality. A flexible salary scale based on education and experience emphasizes the importance of ongoing training and professional development. And, offering benefits can make a difference in the quality of the staff your program is able to recruit.
This section guides you through reviewing how your program determines your staff’s salary. It helps your program meet the requirements for Administrative Policies and Practices: Salary and Benefits: ADM 12.5.
NOTE: If you are a family child care provider and do not employ any staff, please leave a comment for your Program Coordinator (PC) in the Maryland EXCELS System (ADM 12.5) explaining that you have no employees.
Select the Requirements tab to learn more about key information to include in your documentation.