Program leaders ensure key components of systems, including the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS): Pre-K®, work together to support everything from management to classroom level practices. Explore resources that cultivate collaboration and foster a culture of continuous quality improvement so that children and families thrive.
Leadership and Governance
Understanding the systems that need to be in place to provide the resources necessary to support quality classroom instruction is a key for program leaders. Explore this document and activities within it to help define a leader’s role and the strategic planning necessary for achieving quality child outcomes.
Program Planning and Service System Design
Planning systems occurs in a continuous cycle and involves key members of the Head Start community. The outcome of this cycle is the creation of achievable goals and short-term program objectives. Discover how program leaders can use these activities as a starting point for establishing goals and action steps for improving classroom instruction and strengthening child outcomes.
Data and Evaluation
Explore the four key components that will help programs prepare, collect, analyze, aggregate, use, and share data. Program leaders can draw on this resource as they consider the four key activities to evaluate if the right data practices are in place to inform decision-making that impacts the classroom level.
Ongoing Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement consist of identifying and implementing practices necessary for supporting a culture of continuous improvement. Discover how the conceptual elements of continuous quality improvement inform program and classroom-level practices that support a culture of continuous quality improvement.
Human Resources
Program leaders must ensure systems are in place for recruiting, hiring, and retaining staff with the necessary skills to support child outcome goals. Programs can use this self-evaluation tool to help recognize human resource strengths, identify areas of improvement, and ensure compliance with federal and state laws.
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National Centers: Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning
Last Updated: June 9, 2022