Plan and Grow with an Annual Self-Assessment
A self-assessment each year helps Head Start programs plan and grow around their strengths and needs.
Thoughtful planning is critical to programming. Explore these resources for guidance throughout the five-year Head Start grant cycle. Learn how to establish continuous cycles of improvement that involve key stakeholders in data-based decision-making. Find resources to help build on achievable program and school readiness goals and fiscal objectives. Discover materials that guide grantees in creating community and self-assessments, and achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
Program planning and service system design together make up one of the 12 management, planning, and oversight systems of the Management Systems Wheel.
A self-assessment each year helps Head Start programs plan and grow around their strengths and needs.
The community assessment is a way to jumpstart the program planning process. Learn how the assessment helps Head Start programs provide key services to the children and families that need them.
Review the waiver requirements to operate a locally-designed program option that better meets the unique needs of a community or demonstrates an alternative approach for providing services.
Review requirements around group size, caregiver–child ratios, service duration, and square footage for the center-based program option.
Explore requirements for settings, adult–child ratios, group sizes, service duration, and licensing in the Head Start family child care option.
This standard outlines requirements for the home-based program option, including for settings, caseload, and service duration.
This standard describes criteria for determining the ideal program option and for converting Head Start Preschool slots into Early Head Start slots.
Thoughtful planning is critical to programming. Explore these resources for guidance through the five-year grant. Learn how to establish continuous cycles of improvement that involve key stakeholders in data-based decision-making.
Data in Head Start and Early Head Start: Creating a Culture That Embraces Data
Use this nine-phase interactive learning module to walk through through the process of planning and executing an annual Head Start program self-assessment.