
900 South Pine St.
Suite C
Spartanburg, SC 29303
864-327-4900
qualitycounts@1steps.org
Quality Counts enabled me to lead with an understanding of the most relevant practices in early care and education. Quality Counts provides guidance, support, and professional grounding in my efforts to carry out our mission and ministry at St. Matthew’s, which is to attend to the whole child and their family.
What We Do
Quality Counts
Quality Counts creates high-quality learning environments and promotes best practices for teachers that help prepare our youngest students for success in school and life. By providing targeted professional development, mentorship and coaching, and nationally recognized assessments, it lays the foundation for continuous improvement.

Join Quality Counts
To be eligible for participation programs must:
- be licensed, registered, or approved
- be located in Spartanburg County
- have no pending DSS violations for longer than 3 months
- have a No Corporal Punishment Policy
Upcoming Events
May 17, 2022
Conscious Discipline Training 6:30 – 8:00
June 14, 2022
Quality Counts: Intro, Quality, & Teamwork 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Our Impact
40
Child Care
Providers
2061
Children Enrolled in Classrooms Served
For more information about our impact on Spartanburg County check out our
Annual Report.
186
Birth to Five Classrooms Served
2020 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award Winner
The
Latest
Family Friday
The week of the young child Family Friday highlights the importance of families in a child’s life. Families play a huge role as they are their child’s first teacher! We celebrate families and partner with them in supporting the well-being and development of their...
Artsy Thursday
Think, problem solve, create! Children develop creativity, social skills and fine motor skills with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations, and create with their hands. On Artsy Thursday celebrate the joy and learning children...
Tasty Tuesday
If You Give a Dog a Donut - Donut Apple Slice Recipe Here's a fun activity to do with your child! Read If You Give a Dog a Donut and then make these tasty donut apple slices together. Ingredients: Apples Suggested "frosting": chocolate-hazelnut spread, peanut butter,...
Our Approach
CLASS
Classroom Assessment Scoring System
ECERS-3
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, 3rd Edition
Professional Development
Including authentic learning, emergent literacy practices, and behavior management

Spartanburg County First Steps
900 South Pine St.
Suite C
Spartanburg, SC 29307
864-327-4900
qualitycounts@1steps.org