Family Services
An unsupported assumption about people or groups with which one is unfamiliar.
What is an Implicit Bias?
The person who supports us when there are concerns about a child's development
Who is the disabilities coordinator?
A person who works with children and is required by law to report any suspicions of child abuse or neglect.
What is a mandated reporter?
A Head Start framework designed to guide early childhood programs in ensuring children's development and learning in key areas from birth to five.
What is ELOF: Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework?
Ninety days from the beginning of your new contract.
What is the amount of time you have to complete your new hire and/or annual trainings?
What is male engagement?
A continuous process of planning, implementing, evaluating, and revising instruction to improve student learning. It's often depicted as a loop, with assessment data informing future teaching and learning activities.
What is the Cycle of Assessment?
How often we need to renew our first aid and cpr certifications.
What is every two years?
The platform that we use for our annual and new hire trainings.
What is ProSolutions?
The minimum certification to be an Early Head Start teacher or Head Start assistant teacher.
What is a CDA (Child Development Associate)?
Creating a collaborative, respectful partnership between families, educators, and community partners to support children's learning and development.
What is Family Engagement?
The observation tool used to measure interactions between teachers and their students and also used to help set coaching goals.
What is the CLASS observation tool?
How often we need to renew our food handlers cards?
What is every five years?
A teaching approach that focuses on the unique needs and learning styles of each student. It involves tailoring instruction, pace, and content to meet the individual learning goals and needs of each student.
What is individualization?
A Head Start (preschool) assistant teacher has this amount of time to acquire the minimum certification.
What is two years?
Systematic, year-round effort to reach out to families in the program's service area, often utilizing various community outreach methods like fliers, brochures, and collaborations with community partners.
What is recruitment?
The admin team member who approves lesson plans created on Teaching Strategies Gold using the Creative Curriculum.
Who is the Education Coordinator?
Obtained for each child within 90 days of enrollment
What is health determination?
Regular attendance goal or rate to enable children to benefit from quality early education and develop essential school readiness skills.
What is a 85% attendance?
Gathering and analyzing data from various sources to develop a comprehensive understanding of the community and its residents
What is a community assessment?
Nurturing Children, Empowering Families & Strengthening Community.
What is our Vision?
A snapshot of a child's current development, not a diagnostic tool, and can help identify children who may need additional support or resources.
What is developmental screening data?
Provides mental health consultant for ECLC
Who is Marimn?
A research study that gathers and analyzes data on wages and salaries within early childhood and our geographic area.
What is a wage study?
A process where ECLC evaluates their own strengths, weaknesses, skills, and performance against specific criteria or goals.
What is the self-assessment?