Head Start New Employee Portal
Designed specifically for new Head Start program staff, these resources can help you learn your role with clarity and confidence. Find the materials you need to be successful in your first year and beyond!
Professional Development
Excellence in early childhood education (ECE) programs is built on a workforce that promotes continuous program improvement. Professional development is a cornerstone of this process. It includes gaining new knowledge, skills, and abilities, along with experience and competencies that relate to one’s profession, job responsibilities, or work environment. ECE programs and staff must address three areas: Professional Development Systems; Foundation for Staff Development; and Individual Career Development. Resources are organized within these areas to promote easy access to the information you need.
Individualized Professional Development Plans to Support Career Pathways
Success in any career requires the continued development of skills and knowledge. Explore tools and resources to help supervisors develop effective plans with staff.
Head Start Coaching Companion
Explore and use this video-sharing and coaching-feedback application. It helps coaches and coachees and peer-coaching teams work together, even between coach visits or from a distance.
1302.92 Training and professional development.
Read the standards for using a systematic approach to training and professional development that is designed to assist staff in acquiring or increasing the knowledge and skills needed to provide Head Start services.
Professional Development
Excellence in early childhood education programs is built on a workforce that promotes continuous program improvement.
Adult Learning Principles
This resource lists key adult learning principles as outlined by Malcom Knowles in his "Theory of Adult Learning".
Head Start Employees: Reduce Your Monthly Student Loan Payment
This guide provides information about two federal programs that could help make student loans easier to pay back: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and Income-driven Repayment (IDR).