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The Head Start Leaders Guide to Positive Child Outcomes
 

By offering a picture of what a high quality Head Start program looks like, this guide will help Head Start agencies improve the effectiveness of their services. The guide is intended to assist education managers and program directors' efforts to implement the Head Start Program Performance Standards and to prepare children for success in school. It is also useful for family services staff to glean teaching practices that support children's learning and development. This guide is the foundation for the Head Start Parent-Mentor program.

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What should children leaving Head Start know and be able to do? The Child Outcomes Framework answers that question in terms of the big ideas, the important achievements in each area of school readiness. ... Create the environment so that children are comfortable, engaged, and continually learning in all Domains. Within a carefully planned curriculum and learning environment—set up with areas and materials much like those found in Head Start settings now—the teaching team will make some important additions. See The Head Start Leaders Guide to Positive Child Outcomes [PDF, 1.82MB]

 



The Head Start Leaders Guide to Positive Child Outcomes. HHS/ACF/ACYF/HSB. 2003. English. [PDF, 1.82MB].

Last Reviewed: June 2009

Last Updated: May 17, 2012