Tracking Progress Database: Standardized Measures to Assess Family Engagement Efforts and Effects
Find tools to help programs learn ways to measure family engagement outcomes and relationships with families.
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Directors and Managers
Program Planning and Service System Design
In this Head Start A to Z, 2.0 training module, learn about Head Start expectations concerning program planning and service system design. Discover the skills needed to lead teams through the planning and design processes.
Community Assessment: Building Responsive Programs
Learn about the standards, expectations, and best practices that guide a community assessment, an essential first step in designing responsive programs.
Self-Assessment: Building on Strengths and Improving Systems
Learn about the standards, expectations, and best practices that guide the annual self-assessment, an integral step in improving responsive programs.
Transition to Kindergarten: Supporting Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Children and Their Families
Learn about the unique needs of children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families during the transition to kindergarten. Discover what practices and strategies are key to ensure successful transitions.
ERSEA: Exploring Needs and Strategies in Uncertain Times Webinar
Explore strategies to address child and family needs in uncertain times. Discover how to adapt eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) services. Find resources to support this work.
Community Assessment Interactive Overviews
Use these interactive overviews to test your understanding of foundational concepts of the collection and use of community assessment data.
Introduction
To be responsive, programs must understand the needs and characteristics of the children, families, and communities they serve. The community assessment helps you gain that knowledge. Do you know the foundational requirements and benefits of a community assessment?
Step 1. Plan and Organize
A well-articulated plan ensures your community assessment is thorough, accurate, and efficient. Do you know how to plan and organize for a community assessment?
Step 2. Design the Work
It's important to prioritize the primary questions and identify the sources of data needed to answer them. Do you know how to develop primary questions and design data collection?
