Classroom
What assesment tool do we use?
Teaching Strategies Gold
How often must home visits occur?
Define what school readiness goals are.
Goals the program creates to support children's development for them to be ready to go to kindergarten.
How many home visits must FSS's complete with families over the program year?
Who has primary oversight of the children on the bus?
Bus Aide
What curriculum do we use?
Creative Curriculum
What happens if home visits are cancelled?
They must reschedule and make them up with the family.
What two platforms do we use to create our school readiness goals?
HELOF (Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework)
Teaching Strategies Gold
What is most important to get off to a great start for PFCE work?
Developing positive goal-orientated relationships
What are the two main keys to a driver's job?
1) Drive the bus safely following all laws and regulations
2) Be kind and respectful to staff, parents, and children
What do you do with the assessment data collected each rating period?
Share with families
Use the information for individualized learning through FAF's and the lesson plan
What curriculum is utilized?
Parets as Teachers
Partnering for a Healthy Baby
What are the five domains from HELOF?
Approaches to Learning
Social and Emotional
Language and Literacy
Cognitive
Perceptual Motor and Physical Development
Why are community partnerships important to PFCE work?
Support program: example
Supports family: example
How often do drivers do bus inspections?
Daily
How many days and hours are needed to meet the grant requirements for Head Start and Early Head Start?
128 Days
1020 hours for HS
1380 hours for EHS
What occurs when there is a transition from EHS to HS?
Planning with parents as 120 days, 90 days, and 30 days
What do we do with our school readiness data each year?
The data guides our program to update our school readiness goals and make any changes needed for the following school year to ensure we are meeting the needs identified in our program through the data collected.
What are the key elements in the Family Partnership Process?
Identify family strengths and needs
Individual Partnership Process
Developing Partnerships- goal setting, etc.
Executing plans and accessing resources
Where are the seat belt cutters on the busy?
Individual to bus and bus driver sometimes hidden so make sure you know where they are!
What are strategies we use to ensure effective teaching practices?
Fidelity Tool
Classroom Observations
CLASS Observation
Coaching
SSM support
Conscious Discipline
Staff Development Plan
Policies and Procedures
Discuss the three parts to a home visit
Welcome: Review, follow up and share: 15-30 minutes
Parent/Child Activities: 45-60 minutes
Closing: Plan and discuss goals for next week 10-20 minutes
How are school readiness goals incorporated into programming?
They are added to lesson plans and implemented in the classroom/on home visits
Shared with families on the initial home visit as well as with families on additional home visits and conferences
Can be used as a support for FAF's
Shared with policy council and the board
Shared with community members wiht our school readiness report
What do the two arrows at the top of the PFCE Framework emphasize/why?
1) Positive and Goal Oriented Relationships
2) Equity, Inclusiveness, Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
What is a good rule of thumb for in-kind being legitimate?
It will count if ECD would spend HS federal dollars on it because it is allowable then.