Tips for Staff Working Remotely with Fathers
Review tips for family services staff, fatherhood coordinators, and other direct service professionals who work with Head Start fathers, whether in person or virtually.
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Family Engagement
Family engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships. It is a shared responsibility of families and staff at all levels that requires mutual respect for the roles and strengths each has to offer. Family engagement focuses on culturally and linguistically responsive relationship-building with key family members in a child’s life. These people include pregnant women and expectant families, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and other adult caregivers. It requires making a commitment to creating and sustaining an ongoing partnership that supports family well-being. It also honors and supports the parent-child relationships that are central to a child’s healthy development, school readiness, and well-being. The Office of Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework is a guide to learning how family engagement promotes positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities.
Strategies to Use Father-focused Data for Continuous Learning and Quality Improvement
Explore this practical guide to learn more about using data to enhance father engagement activities in Head Start programs.
Strategies to Build Partnerships with Fathers
Explore this practical guide to learn more about how program staff build strong, meaningful, and authentic relationships with fathers in Head Start programs.
What Is the Head Start Home-Based Option?
In this video, find an overview of the home-based program option. Learn how home visitors work with families.
Head Start Home-Based Option: Socialization
Learn how group socializations benefit parents and children. Explore opportunities for parents to meet families like theirs and create peer networks and ways their children can meet new children and make friends.
Is Home Visiting Right for Me?
Learn how home visitors individualize for families to support them as their child’s first and most important teacher. Explore services to pregnant women and how to find your local Head Start program.
What to Expect on Your First Home Visit
Learn what to expect during home visits and learning opportunities for children in the home. Explore the role of the parent in their child’s learning, and home visitor communication and resource sharing.
Why Am I Important to My Child’s Development and Learning?
Discover the parent’s role in facilitating and supporting their child’s learning and development.
What Is a Family Partnership Agreement?
Learn about the Family Partnership Agreement. It is a formal commitment between the parent and home visitor that lets them know what to expect from each other and how they can meet child and family goals.
Building a Relationship with Your Home Visitor
Find ways to build and sustain relationships between home visitors and parents. Learn how home visitors use helpful practices to support parents as the facilitators of their children’s learning experiences.
