Head Start and CLASS Quality Improvement
Learn more about how the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS): Pre-K® observation tool helps improve teacher-child interactions program quality and child outcome.
Learn more about how the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS): Pre-K® observation tool helps improve teacher-child interactions program quality and child outcome.
Check out these resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Classroom Organization domain.
Explore this collection of resources that program leaders can use to ensure key components of systems work together, cultivate collaboration, and foster a culture of continuous quality improvement so that children and families thrive.
Read answers to FAQs about the guidance that adds the receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to Head Start eligibility criteria.
Learn more about how the receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits now qualifies families for Head Start eligibility.
See contact information for all Head Start Collaboration Offices.
Use the #GetaHeadStart social media toolkit to jump-start your digital recruitment strategy. Share these social media graphics and personalize the sample messages to increase your program’s social media presence.
Display these wall posters to let current and potential families know you celebrate and honor them every day. Each poster’s message is rooted in strengths-based parent, family, and community engagement.
Use Financial Essentials courses, available on the Individualized Professional Development (iPD) Portfolio, to create fundable Head Start grant applications and build strong fiscal management systems.
Use these customizable flyers and brochures to share information about Head Start services with families, community partners, health clinics, resource fairs, and more. Available in several languages.