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Strategic planning is key to successful programming. In this updated version of Foundations for Excellence, 2nd Edition, explore new insights and resources for program planning and data-informed decision-making.
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Program Planning Systems
Agencies aiming to deliver Head Start services must carefully craft and execute their programs. Use these materials to discover how effective planning practices ensure programs stay attuned to community needs. Learn how setting clear program goals, objectives, outcomes, and action plans can enhance child and family outcomes. Get insights and examples illustrating how to monitor progress toward achieving family outcomes.
Dive into a toolbox of resources that can readily bolster your program's strategic planning.
Foundations for Excellence: Planning in Head Start booklet
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Topic No. 1: Understanding Goals, Objectives, Outcomes, Progress, and Action Plans
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Topic No. 2: Plans in Head Start
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Topic No. 3: Program Goals and School Readiness Goals Understanding the Relationship
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Topic No. 4: Goals, Objectives, Outcomes, Progress, and Action Plans Program Examples
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Topic No. 4: Sample Forms for Goals, Objectives, Outcomes, Progress, and Action Plans Program Examples
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Topic No. 5: Program Planning and Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
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Make the Most of Program Planning and Service System Design
Learn how program planning and service system design guides Head Start programs through their five-year grant. This system design includes service plans that directly impact children and families.
Foundations for Excellence
Review a range of planning topics to support programs’ successful completion of the Head Start grant application, and to ensure programming is responsive to community needs throughout the five-year grant period.
