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- 1. An Overview of the Priorities of the Office of Head Start School Readiness and Family Engagement Joanna R Parker Early Childhood Education Center Manager STG International, Inc.
- 21. THE HEAD START CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US AT: NCQTL@UW.EDU OR 877-731-0764 09/30/2011 English Language Development The ten domains above apply to all children. One domain, English Language Development, applies only to children who are dual language learners (DLLs). These children speak a language other than English at home.
- 25. Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework
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- You are welcome to use this PowerPoint for training purposes. Please leave citation on first page and contact information on the final slide. If you note any errors or updates to the training materials, please email Kirsten at training@4-C.org. This training is available through 4-C as an on-demand training. Please visit www.4-C.org for more information. Trainer bio: Kirsten Suer holds a M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education from Vanderbilt University with a focus on emergent literacy and curriculum development. She taught for 6 years in child care settings, working with infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children, and also worked as an administrator of a child care program. Currently she works at 4-C in Madison as the Professional Development Manager, specializing in quality initiatives, including YoungStar, WMELS, and CSEFEL Pyramid Model. Kirsten utilized the Environment Rating Scales when she taught in Tennessee and Iowa as part of the each state’s quality rating and improvement system. This training draws on her experience of using the Scales to encourage reflective teaching practices and the handouts were developed to support use of the Scales in intentional planning for improving teaching practices and child care environments. Prep: Have enough copies of ECERS, ITERS, or FCCERS so that participants can work in small groups of 3-4. You will also need 2 or 3 children’s books for each small group, large paper and markers, writing materials for each group, and copies of the handouts (Quality Improvement Plans, sample score sheet you create, Action Plans, Wisconsin Interpretations). Post the agenda for the training. Introductions: Ask participants about their experience with the Rating Scales.
- This presentation will provide an overview of the direction in which the OHS is moving and the expectations that are being communicated to programs.
- Discuss the Road Map to Excellence. Make sure that everyone has a copy of the roadmap to refer to. Discuss the framework in relation to the two bulleted items on the slide. Make sure that participants are clear on the purpose of the framework to assure that Head Start programs are providing the highest quality of programming for young children and families. The framework is tied to the objective of positive child development outcomes.
- Discuss that instruction occurs both in home based and center based/FCC programming to preface review of the House and Teaching Cycle.
- Discuss the House model as an approach to instruction and learning.
- Discuss the Teaching Cycle, illustrating the connection between assessment, planning, curriculum, school readiness goals and outcomes
- Review the Head Start Road to Results as an extension to the Roadmap to Excellence. Discuss the language of all children in setting a high standard. Head Start as the highest quality early care and education program for the highest need of child and family.
- Provide brief description of first two bullets. Focus on the role of TTA as supporting programs in meeting the expectations of OHS, and ultimately of providing the highest quality of programming to assure that all children leave Head Start ready for school, that the outcome achieved through Head Start are maintained through the primary grades.
- Discuss importance of being aware of work occurring at a state level. Discuss partnering with school districts and the early childhood period as birth through age eight. Discuss YoungStar – are an automatic 5 because the quality standards of HS are equivalent to or greater than those of YS. Need to show that we are consistently meeting high standards. Partnering with state home visiting initiatives.
- Head Start as the laboratory.
- Introduce the PFCE Framework. Discuss family engagement as a school readiness strategy.