Orientation Sessions for Partnerships Teams
Explore this series of Office Hours videos and tools to assist you in working with your Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnership.
HeadStart.gov Archive
Family & Community
Our Language Matters
Director Garvin shares how family service professionals can initiate caring conversations about McKinney-Vento eligibility. He also provides examples of how small language changes can make a big difference.
Overview
Explore this overview of the 10 relationship-based competencies. Learn what skills early childhood professionals need to build family engagement efforts and support positive outcomes for children and families.
Overview of the Family Services Role in Head Start Programs
This resource offers an introductory guide that describes the key responsibilities, skills, and competencies of the family services staff in their journey with families and children in the program.
Parent Involvement and Family Engagement for Early Childhood Professionals
Explore this resource to understand the differences between parent involvement and family engagement. Learn why moving from parent involvement to family engagement practices can help you build strong relationships with families.
Parent Tips for Effective Family Engagement
Programs can use this resource, created in partnership with parents, to guide the development of their family engagement strategies and parent leadership opportunities.
Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework: Children’s Learning and Development and Family Engagement
In this webcast, Head Start Staff discuss how service areas work together to achieve family engagement outcomes which are essential for school readiness success and Kiersten Beigel, Office of Head Start Family and Community Partnerships Specialist, identifies the family engagement outcomes.
Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Simulation: Boosting School Readiness Through Effective Family Engagement Series
What you do and say matters! Explore and practice everyday strategies to develop Positive Goal-Oriented Relationships with a family.
Parent-Child Relationships Infographic
Explore this research-based infographic to learn how and why the parent-child relationship is important. Review strategies program supervisors and staff can use the infographic to promote these relationships.
Parenting
Use the resources on this page to increase your knowledge about parenting programs that are most likely to be effective with families of young children in the settings where you work. Find tips and strategies for how to implement these programs well.
