Programs use ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement to measure program performance, identify areas of concern, make immediate program corrections, and generate reports. These processes are woven throughout the Head Start Act and the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS). Programs use data generated by ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement to help inform their annual self-assessment. This training session explores the key components of these interrelated processes. It also recommends valuable tools and practices so that program leaders can establish or improve ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement.
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Session Description and Script
PowerPoint Presentation
- Ongoing Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: PowerPoint Presentation
- Ongoing Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: Text Version
Activities and Handouts
- Head Start A to Z Guiding Principles
- Head Start Management Wheel with Questions
- Linking Planning, Ongoing Monitoring, and Self-Assessment
- What the Regulations Say: Ongoing Monitoring
- Program Management and Quality Improvement, 45 CFR §1302 Subpart J
- Elements of an Effective Ongoing Monitoring System
- Conceptual Elements of Continuous Improvement
- Understanding the Conceptual Elements of Continuous Quality Improvement
- Parts of an Ongoing Monitoring Plan
- Quarterly Summary of Ongoing Monitoring Results Form
- Ongoing Monitoring Summary Form
- Ongoing Monitoring System Assessment and Action Plan
- Reflective Practice Tool
Last Updated: September 1, 2023