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Program Administration Scale (PAS) - Third Edition - Paperback

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The Program Administration Scale (PAS) is designed to assess and improve the leadership and management practices of child care center-based programs. In the third edition, the authors share updated information make key revisions based on the recognition of whole leadership as the guiding framework for the effective administration. In addition, the language was reviewed from a racial equity and social justice perspective. This edition reflects feedback provided by practitioners from across the country who have used the tool for program self-improvement, training, college instruction, accreditation facilitation, quality monitoring, mentoring, coaching, and policymaking.



Using a 7-point rating scale, 25 items grouped into 9 categories: human resources, personnel cost and allocation, operations, screening and assessment, fiscal management, organizational growth and development, family and community partnerships, relational leadership, and staff qualifications.


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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 4 reviews)

Henry ★★★★★

The new subscales for family engagement and business operations are much more detailed than the second edition, making it easier to identify specific areas for growth. It’s already helping our director team structure our self-assessment process more clearly.

Daniel ★★★★★

Finally got around to using the third edition for our annual self-assessment, and the updated scoring guidance made it way easier to pinpoint where our admin practices were falling short. The way it breaks down each item into concrete examples is a huge time-saver during staff meetings.

James ★★★★★

I've used this to walk through our center's admin practices room by room, and the updated indicators in the third edition really help you see where you're actually strong versus just busy. The scoring guide is clear enough that I could train my assistant director on it in one sitting. It's become ou