Learn how staff can use the Dual Language Learners Program Assessment. Explore how it can help improve management systems and services focused on cultural responsiveness for children, families, and program staff.
Learn about ways to check your program’s progress in meeting a Coordinated Approach to serving children who are dual language learners (DLLs) and their families.
In this resource, learn how to align state early learning and development guidelines with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. Use this tool to help early childhood sectors work better together.
A self-assessment each year helps Head Start programs plan and grow around their strengths and needs.
Use this nine-phase interactive learning module to walk through through the process of planning and executing an annual Head Start program self-assessment.
Self-Assessment: Your Annual Journey - Overview
Community and self-assessment systems highlight the two starting points for the program planning process. Community assessment is the initial focus on external factors for new and existing programs, ensuring they are providing the right services to the right population. Self-assessment, with its focus on internal factors like ongoing monitoring data, supports the continuous quality improvement process which occurs annually.
Explore an overview of the yearly self-assessment process and outcomes for new Head Start and Early Head Start leaders. During the five phases of the process, staff, leaders, parents, and partners take a look at the progress they have made towards their goals and objectives. They also compare data across content areas to address higher-level systemic issues.