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TORCH Online Community

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The Online Resource Center Headquarters to support program quality improvement through NAEYC Accreditation for Early Childhood Programs

 TORCH is an online community that includes the following:

  • Resources to help you easily access and develop your understanding of the NAEYC Accreditation Criteria
  • Tools and resources to support programs in all steps of the NAEYC Accreditation process
  • A calendar indicating important NAEYC due dates
  • A Help Desk through which you can submit questions to the NAEYC Accreditation Program Support Information Center
  • Future opportunities to participate in online training designed to support programs through the accreditation process

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The resources within TORCH replace the resources on the CD-Rom that was previously included within the 2006 Self-Study Kit.  Programs who received the 2006 edition of the Self-Study Kit upon Enrollment should utilize the resources in TORCH to supplment their Self-Study Kit. 


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