41. Is Head Start Smart? By Diane Ravitch (printable Version) The Preschool Difference. Because there is no head start educational curriculum,it is impossible to know what children in the program are learning. http://www.ppionline.org/ndol/print.cfm?contentid=1567

42. BMCC Virtual Library: Head Start Collection start HomeBased Program Option A Handbook for Involving Parents in head start AHandbook for Volunteers head start Dental Health curriculum Helping Children http://www.bmcc.edu/vlibrary/headstart/

BMCC Virtual Library : Head Start Collection Search the Head Start Collection Text to Search For: Boolean AND OR Case: Insensitive Sensitive Browse the Head Start Collection Regulations/Law National Bulletins Training Materials Training Guides ... More Head Start Publications at the Head Start Information and Publication Center Regulations/Law Head Start Guidance - Head Start Program Performance Standards and Other Regulations Head Start Act (As Amended May 18, 1994) National Bulletins Issue 43 (Jan/Feb 1993) - Screening and Assessment Issue 44 (Mar/Apr 1993) - Back to Basics in Headstart Issue 45 (May/Jun 1993) - Disabilities Issue 47 (Sep/Oct 1993) - Report from the "Parent Involvement Institute" ... More Bulletins at the Head Start Information and Publication Center Training Materials As I Am Communicating with Parents Competence for Teachers of American Indian Children (Winona Sample) Developing A Head Start Training Plan ... Supporting Substance-Abusing Families Official Head Start Training Guides Community Partnerships Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning Engaging Parents Enhancing Children's Growth and Development ... More Training Guides at the

43. The LRN Tookit: Giving Customers A Head Start On Online Learning Solutions Microsoft Official curriculum Group. The LRN Toolkit and Microsoft ® LRNbasedcontent are designed to give customers and partners a head start in creating http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/02-08lrn.asp

All Products Support Search microsoft.com Guide ... Site Map Search for Advanced Search PressPass Home Microsoft News Legal News International News Consumer News Corporate Info Investor Relations Community Affairs Microsoft Research Events ... Executive E-Mail Archives by Month: Press Releases Top Stories The LRN Tookit: Giving Customers a Head Start on Online Learning Solutions NEW YORK and REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 8, 2000 When you do things very well, and for a very long time, you tend to get noticed. Take SmartForce, for example, a Redwood City, Calif. based operation that's been providing solutions for eLearning since well before the term was even coined. Just recently, the company picked up a Best of the Best award from PC Computing magazine, accolades from the Smithsonian Institution and a coveted ISO 9002 certification for its quality-management system. Doing things well at SmartForce also means taking notice, especially of customers and their concerns. One of the company's product marketing managers, Scott Trumpower, spends most of his time doing just that listening to customers and trying to learn from what they have to tell him. Lately, customers have been telling Trumpower that what they want most in an eLearning solution is the ability to customize. SmartForce customers want to be able to tailor eLearning solutions to their own corporate environment. In a SmartCourse on Windows NT, for example, system administrators might want to be able to learn how their own company prefers to set up groups in an NT domain. In a solution supporting chat sessions with an online expert, students might want to be able to select someone from their own company's talent pool. Or perhaps in a SmartCourse on C++ programming, development managers might want to be able to insert their company's own documentation guidelines.

44. Curriculum Target head start, a federally funded program aimed at low income youngsters,has programs in 66 schools. Local schools operate other programs. http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/curriculum/special_pgms.html

Special Programs Current Programs Available in DCPS: Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten Adult, continuing and community education GED certificate School-to-Careers ... Saturday Stars Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten Adult, Continuing and Community Education This function was transferred to the University of the District of Columbia as of January 1, 1999. Please call the university at 202-274-6681 for further information. General Educational Development (GED) Certificate This function was transferred to the University of the District of Columbia as of January 1, 1999. Please call the university at 202-274-7173 for further information. School-to-Careers School-to-Careers combines classroom learning with learning about the world of work. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor, it provides both elementary and secondary students with a more complete understanding of the workplace and ways in which skills can be applied to a broad range of career choices. Elementary and middle school students will become aware of and explore different kinds of careers and work settings by listening to speakers and participating in field trips and career days.

45. Welcome To Head Start's Quality Improvement Centers Computer Technology Computers in head start Classrooms; Connecting Friendship inthe Creative Art for the Developing Child; Creative curriculum Third Edition; http://www.edc.org/CCF/hstta/lending_library2.htm

Books List Recent Additions Books Disabilities Services Bridging Differences Screening and Assessment: Guidelines for Identifying Young Disabled and Developmentally Vulnerable Children and Their Families The Future of Children - Special Education for Students with Disabilities (back to top) Education A Guide to Language Development and Communication Adult Learning in Your Classroom Alerta - A Multicultural, Bilingual Approach to Teaching Young Children Anti-Bias Curriculum - Tools for Empowering Young Children Caring Spaces, Learning Places Child Welfare - A Source Book of Knowledge and Practice Children's Play and Learning Computer Technology Computers in Head Start Classrooms Connecting: Friendship in the Lives of Young Children and Their Teachers Constructivist Early Education Creative Art for the Developing Child Creative Curriculum - Third Edition Curriculum Planning for Young Children Deepening Our Understanding of Anti-Bias Education for Children Developmental Screening in Early Childhood Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs: Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8 Dimensions of Learning - Teacher's Manual Emergent Curriculum Emerging Literacy: Young Children Learn to Read and Write

46. Welcome To Head Start's Quality Improvement Centers The National head start Child Development Institute Maintaining Momentum (DollieWolverton); Child Centered curriculum Infant and Toddler Care (Magna Systems http://www.edc.org/CCF/hstta/lending_library4.htm

Books List Recent Additions Recent Additions Books Educating and Caring for Very Young Children, Doris Bergen, Rebecca Reid and Louis Torelli Infants, Toddlers and Caregivers, Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Dianne Widmeyer Eyer Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 4th Edition, Diane Trister Dodge, Laura J. Colker and Cate Heroman Videos Making the Case for Public-Private Child Care Partnerships Families Speak: The Early Head Start Experience The National Head Start Child Development Institute: Maintaining Momentum (Dollie Wolverton) Child Centered Curriculum: Infant and Toddler Care (Magna Systems, Inc.) Head Start: Nurturing the Promise (3 copies) Instant Consultant - Executive Excellence (CD-ROM)(notebook) Early Messages: Facilitating Language Development and Communication (EHS video) Head Start: Recruiting of Volunteers, and Children My Parents, My Teachers The Development of the Human Brain The High/Scope Approach for Under Threes Infancy Landmarks of Development (Part of the Developing Child Series) Shaping Youngest Minds (Magna Systems) Essential Connections: Ten Keys to Culturally Sensitive Child Care The Power of Two: Voluntarily Acknowledging Paternity Learning and Growing Together with Families First Person: Impressions of Being a Baby (back to top) (back to main menu) Grantee Information Lending Library ... RAP Home Site hosted by Education Development Center, Inc.

47. Press Release - Witnesses Testify On Improving Results, Ensuring Accountability In particular, an area being explored for improving school readiness is a focuson incorporating a languagerich curriculum into head start Programs. http://edworkforce.house.gov/press/press108/03mar/headstart030603.htm

News from the Committee on Education and the Workforce John Boehner, Chairman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2003 CONTACTS: Alexa Marrero or Dave Schnittger Telephone: (202) 225-4527 Witnesses Testify on Improving Results, Ensuring Accountability in Early Childhood Education Washington, D.C. - The House Subcommittee on Education Reform, chaired by Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), today heard testimony on the impact of the Head Start program in preparing disadvantaged children for school. Promoting school readiness and improving results for children served by Head Start will be top priorities as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Head Start program this year. “Recognizing the important relationship between the quality of a child’s early experiences and their readiness for school, states and schools are focusing greater attention on the cognitive and social development of young children before they enter kindergarten,” said Castle. “Head Start and other early childhood education programs are often the first line of defense in ensuring that children attain the fundamental skills necessary for optimal reading development and overall school readiness.” “While the resources spent have been significant, results have sometimes been mixed,” continued Castle. “Research shows that children who participate in Head Start are better prepared to enter school than similar children who do not participate in this program. This is evidence that Head Start is working, but I believe we can do better.”

48. The Gadfly: Education News And Analysis From The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation their three and four-year-old charges as very young pupils in urgent need of acoherent, research-based, pre-literacy curriculum, most head start people are http://www.edexcellence.net/gadfly/v03/gadfly05.html

Volume 3, Number 5. February 6, 2003 Overview From Checker's Desk (editorial comment by Chester E. Finn, Jr.) Head Start re-start News and Analysis Private school vouchers in D.C.? Recommended Reading President boosts budget for American history program Most students still need remediation in Cal State system Affirmative action may reduce faculty diversity Rewriting literature for the NY Regents exam ... Skepticism about ADHD, Ritalin use misplaced Short Reviews of New Reports and Books The Worm in the Apple: How the Teacher Unions are Destroying American Education , Peter Brimelow, February 2003 A License to Lead? A New Leadership Agenda for America's Schools , Frederick Hess, the Progressive Policy Institute, January 2003 School Boards: Focus on School Performance, Not Money and Patronage , Paul Hill, The Progressive Policy Institute, January 2003 No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children , The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, January 2003 Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots: Improving America's Urban Schools , Edited by Larry Cuban and Michael Usdan, Teachers College Press, December 2002 What Does the Supreme Court Ruling on Vouchers Mean for School Superintendents?

49. Texas Head Start Educational Component Grant Return to TEA Homepage, Texas head start Educational Component Grant curriculum GrantInitiatives Summer Term Activity/Progress Report (Due September 30, 2002). http://www.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/hsecg.html

Texas Head Start Educational Component Grant Curriculum Grant Initiatives Summer Term Activity/Progress Report (Due September 30, 2002) Administrative Letter (August 21, 2002) Spring Term Activity/Progress Report (Due June 30, 2002) Administrative Letter (May 15, 2002) Fall Term Activity/Progress Report (Due February 15, 2002) Administrative Letter (January 14, 2002) Summer Extension Activity/Progress Report Year 2 (Due October 15, 2001) Administrative Letter (September 1, 2001) Division of Curriculum and Professional Development Last Updated - March 11, 2003 Send comments or questions to curric@tea.state.tx.us

50. Head Start Education And Early Childhood Development The program curriculum meets the Texas PreKindergarten curriculum guidelines,as well as, those required by the head start Performance Standards. http://www.esc20.k12.tx.us/headstart/education.htm

Head Start Education and Early Childhood Development It is the philosophy of the Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start Program that young children need to be provided a stimulating, literacy-infused, and responsive environment in which to experience social and cognitive learning. Cultural and linguistic diversity is affirmed and carefully woven to create a tapestry that showcases the strengths and gifts of each child and family. Parental involvement and community support are at the foundation of a child's success. Home Visits Teachers are required to make two home visits per year. At the beginning of the school year, in August or September, the teacher and the family set appropriate child development goals for the child. This is also a time to go over key program features. The second visit occurs in April. The teacher and family review the goals established and describe the progress the child has made in each area. The teacher also provides the families with a booklet of activities that the whole family can enjoy doing together during the summer months. Classroom Curriculum The curriculum being used is one that meets the needs of the program and was written by program teachers, assistants, Family Service Associates, parents, and the management team. It is developmentally and linguistically appropriate, recognizing that children have individual rates of development, as well as, individual interests, temperaments, languages, cultural backgrounds, and learning styles. In addition, it can be easily modified to meet the needs of any children with disabilities who are in the classroom. The program curriculum meets the Texas Pre-Kindergarten curriculum guidelines, as well as, those required by the Head Start Performance Standards.

51. Head Start Materials-National Maternal And Child Oral Heatlh Resource Center, Ge of the head start Bulletin focuses on the head start Partners Forum and fluoride varnish,including a brochure, anticipatory guidance curriculum, and presenter http://www.mchoralhealth.org/HeadStart/hsmaterials.html

Materials Links Regional and State Forums Materials ABCD: A Manual for Dental Providers Access to Baby and Child Dentistry Program, 2001 The aim of this manual is to provide a chair side guide for clinicians who intend to implement effective preventive and early intervention oral health therapies for infants and toddlers. Section topics include Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health; examination of infants and toddlers; family oral health education; prevention of dental disease; treatment guidelines for pre-cooperative children and pregnant women; restorative dentistry; initial assessment and management of infection and trauma; and how to make a referral. A Guide to Organizing Community Forums Community Catalyst, 2002 The goal of this publication is to provide individuals and consumer groups with sets of guiding questions to organize effective community forums to raise awareness, motivate, and interact with those of similar interests. Each section includes brief checklists for the different stages of forum organizing efforts, such as the purpose, planning and personnel; the audience; the presenters; meeting logistics; and responsibilities the day of the forum. Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 1996

52. ECASD - Departments - C&I - Headstart - Curriculum Statement You Are Here ECASD Home Departments C I head start curriculum Statement.Eau Claire Area Schools head start Program curriculum Statement. http://www.ecasd.k12.wi.us/departments/ci/headstart/curriculum.html

You Are Here: ECASD Home Departments Head Start Curriculum Statement Eau Claire Area Schools Head Start Program Curriculum Statement The Curriculum of the ECASD Head Start Program is rooted in sound child development principles and practices. We believe that it is important to support each individual child in realizing his or her fullest potential. We believe in inclusive practices that allow each child—regardless of ability—to maximize his or her potential. We believe that it is important for each child to be an active participant in the learning process, to make choices and to experience success. We believe that it is vital for parents/guardians to be involved in their child’s education and that curriculum is best implemented in partnership with the family. To facilitate this curriculum we hire teachers who have bachelor’s or master’s degrees in early childhood education. We work in partnership with the ECASD to support all Head Start staff in their professional development by implementing a strong staff development program. It is the expectation of the ECASD that each employee will continue in the process of life-long learning. Assessment data and child goals are plotted on a classroom map. Teachers use this map as they write lesson plans and individualize activities for children. Assessment data is also collected and aggregated three times per year. The results of this aggregated data are used for program improvement activities that may include staff development activities, material purchases, implementation plans and program goals. This data is available to Head Start staff, Policy Committee/Council, Head Start Advisory Committees, ECASD School Board and the ECASD Curriculum Department.

53. Teaching Strategies: Teaching Strategies' Response To The Plan To Test 4-year-ol of The Creative curriculum®, brought to you by Teaching Strategies, a dynamic companyserving infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, head start, schoolage http://www.teachingstrategies.com/pages/page.cfm?pageid=179

54. A HEAD START OR A STEP BACK When asked if the curriculum was used by head start’s mental healthcoordinators, she said that it was. She also said every elementary http://www.afaar.org/HeadStartAHeadstartOrAStepBack.htm

www.afaar.org/AHeadStartAStepOrAStepBack This is an excellent article that was researched and printed in Arkansas Citizen in November, 1995. All the material is still relevant today and maybe more so with the state and national push to add more preschool programs. The Anti Bias book discussed in the article is still being highly promoted in early childhood catalogs in 2002 and can be ordered by calling NAEYC at1-800-424-2460. Their website is www.naeyc.org A HEAD START OR A STEP BACK Recently Family Council researched a rather questionable, if not disturbing curriculum used in the tax-supported Head Start program. The shocking things taught in this curriculum sparked our interest in the Head Start program in general. Therefore, Family Council sent a representative to this conference to get an idea of what Head Start is, what is being taught to its teachers, and, more importantly, what its teachers are teaching the children of Arkansas. The 30 th Anniversary of Head Start was celebrated at a recent conference. “Soaring Into the 21

55. Head Start Employment Opportunities In Pennsylvania, And Region III of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Service Plan for head start and coordinateall Coordinate an early childhood curriculum for the child care partnership http://www.paheadstart.org/employmentopportunities.html

Head Start Employment Opportunities In Pennsylvania and Region III This page was updated on . As more programs send us employment opportunities, PHSA will post them. If you want an opening posted on this web page, simply email the job to us. Click HERE to email us. Openings in: National Head Start Association Administration for Children and Families Dauphin County (Pennsylvania) Huntingdon County (Pennsylvania) ... Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania) The National Head Start Association seeks qualified candidates for the position of Associate Director of the HeadsUp! Network. Please forward a cover letter and resume to Shawna Pinckney, Director, HeadsUp! Network, 1651 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, or email to spinckney@nhsa.org ORGANIZATION The National Head Start Association (NHSA) is a private not-for profit membership organization representing more than 952,000 children, upwards of 180,000 staff and more than 2,400 Head Start programs in America. It is governed by a 49-member Board of Directors composed of a director, staff, parent and friend representative from each of the 12 federal regions and the immediate past Chairman of the Board. NHSA provides a national forum for the continued enhancement of Head Start services for poor children ages through 5, and their families. It is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to the concerns of the Head Start community.

56. Head Start Research Institute 2002 - Program Demographic Sheet - One classroom located in a high school with high school classes involved with ourHead start classroom in many different ways. curriculum Creative curriculum. http://www.regionvqnet.org/qnet/research/RI2002/demog_IA.cfm

RI2002 Follow-up Agenda and Video Facilitator Resources Preparing for the Institute ... Acknowledgements Program Demographic Sheet Drake University Head Start Address: 3206 University Avenue Des Moines, IA 50311 Phone: Fax: Director: Georgia Sheriff Type of Grantee: Head Start and Early Head Start Child Enrollment: Number of Sites: Number of Staff: Service Area: Rural and Urban Program Options: Special Attributes / Distinctive Characteristics of Agency: Purchase slots in several childcare centers that follow Head Start Performance Standards. University based allowing for university student involvement in our program at a variety of levels. Partnerships with several churches in our service area. Majority of the classrooms located in elementary schools helping to facilitate a smooth transition from Head Start into kindergarten. One classroom located in a high school with high school classes involved with our Head Start classroom in many different ways. Curriculum: Creative Curriculum Screening Tool: Ages and Stages Questionnaire Assessment Tool: Creative Curriculum Continuum Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Asian-Vietnam, Native American, Sign Language

57. Head Start Research Institute 2002 - Program Demographic Sheet - WI health dental grant and provides early childhood education services to two Evenstart sites, both colocated with head start. curriculum Creative curriculum http://www.regionvqnet.org/qnet/research/RI2002/demog_WI.cfm

RI2002 Follow-up Agenda and Video Facilitator Resources Preparing for the Institute ... Acknowledgements Program Demographic Sheet CAP Services, Inc. - Head Start Address: 5499 Highway 10 East Stevens Point, WI 54481 Phone: Fax: Director: Cathy Arentsen Type of Grantee: Head Start Child Enrollment: Number of Sites: Number of Staff: Service Area: Portage, Waushara, Marquette and Waupaca counties Program Options: Special Attributes / Distinctive Characteristics of Agency: Many innovative practices including internal teacher/trainer mentoring program for teaching staff, internal training systems to enhance classroom staff's skill and knowledge, site-based management; owns 4 of 7 facilities. Individualized center staffing patterns depending upon needs of children and program option being offered. Program is a recipient of Governor's Early Childhood Excellence Grant and serves as a learning environment for other childcare practitioners in the surrounding area. Program also operates a rural health dental grant and provides early childhood education services to two Even Start sites, both co-located with Head Start. Curriculum: Creative Curriculum and Project Approach Screening Tool: Dial-3 Assessment Tool: Head Start Work Sampling Languages Spoken: English, Hmong and Hispanic

58. West Berkeley YMCA/Head Start Home Staff Karen Gong t Karen provides age appropriate curriculum for preschool age children.With a BA in Child and Adolescent Development, she finds head start to be http://www.baymca.org/index.php/h_staff.html

About Us Contact Us Join Our Team Support Your YMCA ... Links and Resources Head Start Policy Council Linnette Robinson, President Lisa Jones, Vice President Heather McGruder, Treasurer Nancy Acevedo-Buendia Barbara Burgess Renita Escolvon David Harrow Janette Smith Alternates: Rosa Frazier Cassandra Haynes Teresa Hernandez Marium Kayani Terry Lee Karina Lopez-Montes Alethea Paskos Juan Rivas Leticia Robinson Sincerity Walls Executive Director Pamm Shaw pshaw@baymca.org t: Pamm Shaw is the Executive Director of the Berkeley-Albany YMCA Head Start program. Prior to this, Pamm directed several statewide training and technical assistance projects. Ms. Shaw has a Masters Degree in special education and has completed doctoral coursework in early childhood special education, administration and policy. She has extensive experience in successfully implementing programs, curriculum development and adaptation, training, and managing multiple funding sources. She has developed and contributed to numerous articles and curricula specifically to improve the skills of child care providers to meet the needs of all children and families and regularly presents at local, state, and national conferences. Pamm is very excited to be part of the West Berkeley YMCA Head Start family. Family Advocate Abdallah O. Abubakar

59. Language Development And Science Inquiry: The Head Start On Science And Communic The head start on Science and Communication Program unites language developmentand science inquiry with a multifaceted curriculum to meet the needs of http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n2/klein.html

Fall Volume 2 Number 2 Language Development and Science Inquiry: The Head Start on Science and Communication Program Evelyn R. Klein LaSalle University Penny L. Hammrich Stefanie Bloom Anika Ragins Temple University Abstract p Introduction There are ongoing discussions about the best way to teach science to young children during the preschool and early elementary school years ( ). What practices are most likely to contribute to children's development and learning is the question that parents, teachers, and the research communities want answered. We know that young children's thinking is expanded through their cognitive development as well as their personal experiences. Children must explore, ask questions, and revise their thinking to accommodate new ideas ( This article discusses a model that fosters science learning through a systematic approach to understanding language at increasingly higher levels of abstraction by using questioning skills to elicit factual and application information. Language skills are supported with hands-on, visually engaging materials for learning about life science, earth science, and physical science during the primary grades. At the Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Student Success headquartered at Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education, science educators and speech-language specialists have developed a science curriculum that promotes the content of and process for learning about science in contexts that young children can experience and understand.

60. Head Start Products activities described in the curriculum guide above. $55. Transition Planning. Thepresentation begins with an inhouse assessment of head start component issues http://www.chtop.com/hsprods.htm

Head Start: A Special Place for Special Children (including those with disabilities) Other Head Start Products Head Start Health Services Head Start Transition Products Ordering Information ... Disability Services Products Head Start: a Special Place for Special Children (including those with disabilities) To assist Head Start programs in their efforts to recruit children with disabilities into their programs, the Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project has created several new products. The theme "A Special Place for Special Children" includes all Head Start children. As the new poster says: "In Head Start, all children are special, including those with disabilities." Head Start considers each child a unique person with individual strengths and provides an individualized program for the child and the child's family. Poster This 20" x 11½" poster is printed in full color. Space is provided for adding a local program imprint, telephone number or other information. .88 each Bumper Sticker Printed in three colors, this bumper sticker holds the message

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