Head Start and Early Head Start programs are required to establish and maintain an organizational structure that adequately supports the program, which has key staff assigned to the functions of program and fiscal management, early childhood development and health services, and family and community partnership activities. The information here seeks to ensure that staff and consultants have the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to perform their assigned functions.

The information and resources are related to the subjects listed below:

Career Development Planning
Career development involves continual learning, seeking new opportunities and finding ways to contribute to the organization that you work for. Check out this section for a variety of resources to help you design a career development plan.

Change Management*
There are a multitude of concepts on Change Management, which is a process involving tools and techniques to manage the people-side of change processes. This section provides a variety of resources, articles, and strategies that support organizational development.

Leadership and Supervision
Looking for strategies to support new and experienced employees? Check out this section for resources and much more, such as ways to use supervision to enhance staff performance how to examine and assess your program's supervision and performance systems.

Personnel Policies*
Grantee and delegate agencies must establish and implement written personnel policies for staff that are approved by the Policy Council or Policy Committee. This section provides examples of policies and regulations that identify what is required.

Professional Development
Professional development plays a key role in continuous quality improvement in Head Start. This section includes strategies for using professional development plans for assisting staff with identifying areas of professional growth over the short and long term.

Staff Development*
Well-trained staff members are the key to providing quality child care programs. Training can help staff members improve their skills and learn how to manage a program effectively. Find a variety of resources to support developing staff training activities.

Staff Qualifications
Head Start provides comprehensive early childhood development and other services to low-income preschool children and their families. Staff members who bring a variety of skills and knowledge provides these services. This section includes a variety of resources to help identify staff qualification requirements.

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