Digital Curriculum Aligned to DC Early Learning Standards

Yes. OSSE’s Division of Early Learning lists Learning Beyond Paper – Infants to Pre-K among the curricula it has approved as aligned with the DC Early Learning Standards. Facilities with an OSSE subsidy provider agreement or PKEEP funding must base their education program on a curriculum from that list, so choosing LBP covers that requirement for every room from infants to pre-K. The list is published on OSSE’s website if a monitor asks.

The 2019 District of Columbia Early Learning Standards. LBP’s DC crosswalk maps each domain across the DC ELS age columns (infants, toddlers, twos, preschool and pre-K exit expectations) to LBP’s five age bands. The DC ELS also align with the Head Start ELOF, which LBP aligns to for every band. You can open the crosswalk on our curriculum alignments page.

OSSE licenses child development centers, child development homes (up to six children) and expanded homes (six to 12), and each license is renewed every three years after inspection. LBP gives every room a written weekly plan tied to the DC ELS and a record of activities completed, which helps when a licensing specialist asks how you plan learning. Licensing compliance stays with your facility; LBP supports the curriculum side.

Capital Quality is DC’s QRIS. Participating programs are observed each year with an evidence-based tool, in areas such as the environment, program structure and teacher-child interactions, and they get technical assistance toward continuous improvement. LBP’s activities carry a CLASS® key, and ELBY’s prompts support everyday teacher-child interactions. LBP cannot raise a rating by itself, and we make no promise about your designation.

Yes, LBP is on the approved list PKEEP participants choose from. To apply for PKEEP funding, a community-based organization serving 3- and 4-year-olds must be licensed, be a Level II child care subsidy provider and meet OSSE’s high-quality standards, and the application asks for curriculum and assessment subscription agreements. Funding decisions belong to OSSE; we can provide the LBP subscription agreement your application needs.

The DC Child Care Subsidy Program pays licensed providers directly, and families may owe a copayment based on income. OSSE runs it with the Department of Human Services, and there is currently a waitlist: from October 1, 2026, Priority Groups 1 to 4 can enroll while groups 5 and 6 wait. Providers with a subsidy agreement must use an OSSE-approved curriculum, and LBP is one, so subsidy and private-pay children share the same planned day.

We do not claim it does. DC facilities record staff training every year on OSSE’s Professional Development Tracking Chart, which covers required health and safety topics and other core knowledge areas, and show it at inspections. LBP University’s 49.5 hours of on-demand professional learning help teachers use the curriculum; ask your licensing specialist before listing any LBP course on the chart.

One yearly subscription for your whole facility. Every classroom from infants to pre-K, every teacher, ELBY, LBP University, the observational assessment tool, family engagement tools and Spanish content are included, with no per-classroom fees. Materials kits are available through Lakeshore Learning, and customers can get grant-writing support from our team.

Yes, at no extra cost. About 141,000 District residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home in 2024, roughly one in five, and Spanish was the most common, at about 44% of that group. Every LBP activity and family resource is available in Spanish and English, and OSSE publishes the DC ELS in Spanish, Amharic, French, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese as well.

Yes. The 30-day free trial opens every age band, so a center can test it in the infant room and in pre-K at once. Child development homes and expanded homes, where one caregiver often plans for mixed ages, get the same full access; our family child care page explains how that works. Start a yearly subscription only if it fits.