ACYF
Administration on Children, Youth and Families |
U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families |
| 1. Log No. ACYF-IM-HS-00-23 |
2. Issuance Date: 10/17/00 |
| 3. Originating Office: Head Start Bureau |
| 4. Key Word: HS "Moving Ahead" Leadership Development |
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM [See Attachments at the bottom]
TO: Head Start/Early Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies
SUBJECT: Invitation to participate in Head Start Regional "Moving Ahead" Leadership Development Sessions
INFORMATION:
The Phase IV "Moving Ahead" curriculum represents the Head Start Bureau's continuing emphasis on management and leadership training for local grantees and federal staff. This innovative approach to professional development for Head Start staff is designed to support competency development or enhancement in skill areas critical to the continued success of Head Start. This program, like the Phase III "Mastering Change" curriculum, benefits from the input of the Work Group on Federal Staffing, Staff Development and Training. This Work Group was convened by Associate Commissioner, Helen H. Taylor, to continue and expand upon Phase I, the national Head Start Management Institute held in 1991 and the Regional Institutes conducted in 1992-94.
Over the next twelve months all Regional Offices will invite a selected number of local grantees to participate with them in two learning experiences that will include "Head Start 101" and six skill and competency based modules (see attached outline). The first event will include "Head Start 101" and three of the modules. The second event will offer the remaining three modules and concludes with a planning session for ongoing skill development.
The overall objective of "Moving Ahead" is to engage participants in a non-traditional learning experience. This non-traditional approach has several features:
- builds on principles of competency based
learning specifically related to Head Start leadership;
- places emphasis on learning versus
training, putting learners in control of their learning;
- designs curriculum materials that are
responsive to a variety of learning styles and settings; and
- provides a framework of methods for future reference in the development of life-long skills application.
This developmental opportunity was designed around the emerging roles of Head Start leaders. Those roles were determined to be:
- Steward of Federal funds
- Negotiator/Conflict Resolver
- Facilitator
- Monitor/Provider of Feedback
- Technical Writer
- Analyst
- Trainer/Presenter
- Planner
- Decision Maker
- Collaborator with Stakeholders
To receive additional information on the specific design in your region, you are invited to contact the Federal Work Group liaison for your region (see attached list) and indicate your interest in sending two or more staff to the two scheduled events. By attending the two events, each participant will have completed "Head Start 101" and two entire modules. If several individuals participate from a program, that program will have exposure to the total curriculum, enabling them to support maximum individual and programmatic long-term staff development plans. The registration fee of $100/per person/per event will cover all training expenses including the "Moving Ahead" curriculum materials and refreshment breaks.
We hope that Head Start programs will take advantage of this unique opportunity for Head Start staff to continue building and expanding their individual leadership skills.
Douglas Klafehn
Acting Associate Commissioner
Head Start Bureau
Attachments:
Members of the Federal Staffing, Staff Development and Training Work Group
Participant Outcomes for Skill-Building Activities in Moving Ahead Modules
