ECE-Curriculum Models - Head Start

Head Start
What is Head Start?
Early Head Start and Head Start are

comprehensive child development
programs which serve children from
birth to five, pregnant women, and their
families.
Source: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/generalinformation/index.htm
History of Head Start
President Lyndon B. Johnson created Head
Start- a program to help meet the emotional,
social, health, nutritional, psychological needs of
pre-school age children from low-income
families.
In his State of the Union adress in 1964, He
declared a “War on POVERTY”.
Soon after, Sargent Shriver, Director of the
Office of Economic Opportunity from 1964 to
1968.
1965 – Head Start
8-week summer program to get children ready for
kindergarten by the Office of Economic opportunity.
Design to break poverty of low-income family with
the comprehensive program to meet their emotional,
social health, nutritional and psychological needs.
1965 – American Indian/Alaska Native
159 grantees in 27 states
1969 – Migrant Head Start
Birth to mandatory school age – children of Migrant
farm workers (full day, at least 5 days/week)
1994 – Early Head Start
Birth to three
1998 – Head Start Reauthorization Act
includes the mandates to expand to full day
full year services.
2000 – Head Start Child Outcome

Framework is issued
2002 – “Good Start Grow Smart” presidential

initiative
2005 – FY budget is $6.8 billion and the total

number of children served is over 25 million
Goals of Head Start
 Promote school readiness by enhancing the social
and cognitive development of low-income children
 Support parents in their role as primary educators

of their children and empower families
 Provide a supportive learning environment for

children, staff and parents
 Meet basic health needs including prevention

 Respect children & adults
 As individuals
 With roots in many cultures and languages
 As members of a community
Head Start is unique…
Involves parents in all aspects of decision

making
Parent volunteering and community

representation on the policy council are part of
the Head Start budget
Community partnering is a requirement
Parent preference in hiring

Head Start programs are…
Multi-generational and family centered,

following the tenet that children develop in
the context of their families and culture and
that parents are respected as the primary
educators and nurturers of their children.
Source: Introduction: Head Start Program Performance Standards and other Regulations.
In addition…
Head Start services are

responsive and
appropriate to the
developmental, ethnic,
cultural, and linguistic
heritage and experience
of individual children and
their families.
Source: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/generalinformation/index.htm
Early Head Start
734 programs
nationwide
106,731 infants and
children enrolled in
2006-2007 program year
10,422 pregnant women
enrolled during the same
period
Head Start Act
The Head Start Act, outlines the intent of

the Congress for the program, the types of
services provided, the population served,
reporting and evaluation requirements,
and administrative requirements.
Source: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Most%20Popular/Head%20Start%20Act/headstartact.html
Head Start
Program Performance Standards
The code of Federal regulations- 45 CFR PART

1304 — contains the program performance
standards for the operation of Head Start
programs by grantee and delegate agencies.
The program performance standards are the

mandatory regulations that grantees and
delegate agencies must implement in order to
operate a Early Head Start and/or Head Start
program.
Eligibility
Head Start is a child
development program for
preschoolers from
low income families
Birth to 3 (EHS)
Ages 3-5
Meet family income Families receiving public
guidelines assistance (TANF or SSI)
Slightly higher income if regardless of income
space available At least 10% of
Children in foster care enrollment opportunities
regardless of income offered to children with
Children who are disabilities
homeless
Head Start
Program Performance Standards
Provide Head Start grantee regulations for…
early childhood education

health and safety
nutrition
transition
social and emotional development
disabilities
parent involvement
family partnerships
community partnerships
administrative and financial management, and facilities
Monitoring and Accountability
PRISM- (Program Review Instrument for Systems

Monitoring) a set of instruments and a process used to
conduct federal monitoring of Head Start grantees*.
National Reporting System (NRS) – designed on the basis of

President Bush’s Good Start, Grow Smart, Early Childhood
Initiative and provisions of the Head Start Act to create a new
national data base on the progress and accomplishments of 4-
and 5-year-old Head Start children on specific child outcomes.
Program Information Report (PIR) - an OMB approved

report that collects comprehensive data on the services, staff,
children and families served by Head Start. All grantees and
delegates are required to submit (PIR) data.
Child development Home visits
and education Staff development
Medical Community
screenings/exams connections
Dental exams Parent involvement in
Disabilities decision-making
Nutritious meals Socialization
Mental wellness Referrals
Parent education
Head Start Organization Chart
Department of Health
and Human Services
Administration for
Children and Families
Office of Head Start
Head Start State

Regional Offices (12) Collaboration Offices
Head Start Grantees
Head Start
Delegate Agencies
Head Start
State Collaboration Offices
Create a visible partnership at the state level to
support the development of multi-agency and
public/private partnerships.
Help build early childhood systems
Encourage widespread collaboration among Head

Start and other appropriate programs, services, and
initiatives,
Facilitate the involvement of Head Start in state

policies, plans, processes, and decisions
Head Start
Program Options
Center- Home-
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Combination
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Head Start Resources
National Head Start Training and

Technical Assistance Network
– National contractors
– Regional contractors, including
content area specialists
– Local technical assistant specialists
Health Services Advisory
Committee
All Early Head Start and Head Start programs
are required to have a Health Services Advisory
Committee (HSAC)
The HSAC is comprised of community health
professionals, Head Start staff, and Head Start
parents.
It assists programs in identifying resources,
developing policies and procedures and other
activities.
Teacher’s Role
Manage classroom operation

Develop curriculum
Meet with parents
Report developmental concerns
Respond to emergency situation
Role of the Learners
Children’s readiness for school and beyond is

faster through individualize learning experiences.
Help and physical development are crucial for
early learning opportunities that require children
to fully explore and experience their environment,
Head start program orovide safe and healthy
learning experiences indoors and outdoors.
Role of the Parents
Involvement of the parents are encourage in all areas such
as education program planning and operating services.
Parents are given opportunity to participate in family
assessment, discuss family goals, and develop partnership
agreement.
Parents participate in educational opportunities.
All parents are automatically members of their typical
parents committee.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
and LEARNING MATERIALS
Head start classes have a physical and social
environment that is conducive to learning and
reflective of the different stages of the
development of each child.
The environment of a head start program strives
to be safe and comfortable for all children.
Four Philosophies
A child can benefit most from comprehensive,
interdisciplinary program that foster
development and remedies problems as
expressed in a broad range of services.
The child’s entire family, as well as the
community must be involved
The program should maximize the strength and
unique experiences off each child's.
The family which is perceived as the principal
influence on the child's development must be a
direct participant in the program
Nine Guiding Principles of Early
Head Start
High Quality
Prevention and promotion
Positive relationships and continuality
Parent involvement
Inclusion
Culture
Comprehensiveness, flexibility,
responsiveness and intensity
Transition
collaboration
Beliefs about children and how
they learn
Promote school readiness of young children,
birth to 5, in local communities by providing
a comprehensive approach that focuses on
4 major components:
1.Education
2.Health
3.Parent involvement
4.Social services
Curriculum focus of early head
start and head start program
The cornerstone of head start high quality
programming is the set of program performance
standard which were overhauled into 2016 for
the first time in the first creation in 1975. The
performance standards, use to establish
required teaching practices, learning
environment, curricula, assessments and
profession development are designed to work
seemingly with the Early Head start Learning
outcomes framework.
The head start program performance
standards define standards and minimum
requirements for early range of head start
services applied to bot Head and Early
Head start programs. They serves as the
foundation for Head Start mission to
deliver comprehensive, high quality,
individualized services supporting the
school readiness of children from low-
income families.
The Early Head Start Early Learning
Outcomes Framework: Ages birth to five
presents five broad areas of early learning
referred to as “central domains” . The
framework is designed to show the
continuum of learning for infants, toddlers
and preschoolers. It is grounded in
comprehensive research around what
young children should know and be able to
do during their early years.
The Head Start Program Performance
Standards require grantees to implement
program and teaching practices that are
designed with the ELOF. Education
managers can use the ELOF
Implementation Toolkit to guide the
alignment process and help their programs
strengthen practices to promote children’s
development in all ELOF domains.

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Head Start

What is Head Start?

Early Head Start and Head Start are

2000 – Head Start Child Outcome

2002 – “Good Start Grow Smart” presidential

2005 – FY budget is $6.8 billion and the total

 Support parents in their role as primary educators

 Provide a supportive learning environment for

 Meet basic health needs including prevention

Involves parents in all aspects of decision

Parent volunteering and community

Community partnering is a requirement

Parent preference in hiring

Multi-generational and family centered,

Head Start services are

The Head Start Act, outlines the intent of

The code of Federal regulations- 45 CFR PART

The program performance standards are the

early childhood education

PRISM- (Program Review Instrument for Systems

National Reporting System (NRS) – designed on the basis of

Program Information Report (PIR) - an OMB approved

Office of Head Start

Head Start State

Head Start Grantees

Help build early childhood systems

Encourage widespread collaboration among Head

Facilitate the involvement of Head Start in state

National Head Start Training and

Manage classroom operation

Children’s readiness for school and beyond is

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