Licensing
Program information shared with parents in a visible location.
What is the Parent Board
This ensures funds are utilized throughout the year in order to help increase parent participation. This includes family engagement events such as open houses, family fun nights, workshops, and Watch DOGS events. Purchases must be made during work hours.
What is the PFCE Ordering Process
For the safety of students, staff, and families, this form will track who is visiting each building or site and for what reason.
What is the Sign In Form
When an employee is assigned to a position with a pay rate or classification higher than his/her current position, the employee is eligible to receive premium pay of $1.00 per hour for the duration of the assignment, provided the assignment is expected to last for at least one continuous work week (based on the work schedule/hours ordinarily established for that position).
What is Personnel Policy: Premium Pay
Head Start's Birthday
What is May 18
Assistance for navigating the Rules and Regulations of Licensing statutes.
What is the Technical Assistance Manual
Teaching staff must have the walkie-talkie on their person at all times to allow for emergency communication, keeping personally identifiable information confidential at all times. All other staff communication should be done via the phones in the rooms or face-to-face.
What is the Walkie Talkie Process
To ensure transportation rules and policies are thoroughly communicated and understood by Head Start families using transportation services.
What is the Transportation Agreement Form
Flex Time may only be used when all of the following apply:
1. The employee has a need to modify their work schedule due to business reasons (and)
2. The entire work week schedule/work hours modification is reviewed and approved in advance by their supervisor and/or department manager (and)
3. Working the remainder of their regular weekly schedule will result in having worked more than forty (40) hours.
What is Personnel Policy: Flex Time
Committee dedicated to understanding readiness outcomes through ongoing review of data.
What is UROC
Form used to document and list all individuals approved for contact in the event of an emergency and to whom the child can be released.
What is the Child Information Record
It's everyone's job - Redundancy in counting children
What is Active Supervision Process
To ensure all mandatory site postings are in place and up to date, as mandated by State Licensing Rules and Head Start Performance Standards.
What is the Required Site Postings Form
Employees who are hired to work as on-call employees to fill in for a Teacher or Teacher Assistant when they are absent will not be eligible for benefit payments of any kind; this includes payment for holidays, vacation leave, personal leave, or any other time off from work that is normally considered a benefit.
The only exception to this statement is if an on-call employee is scheduled to work in the classroom on a day that class is cancelled due to inclement weather. In that event, the on-call employee will be paid for the scheduled hours.
Personnel Policy: On-call Employee Pay
To deliver comprehensive services to low-income children five and under and their families, promoting their well-being and development.
What is our HS4KC mission
What is the parent handbook
Pink highlight for medication that stays at school
Yellow highlight for medication that goes home daily, back and forth on the bus.
What is Parent Sign In Process
Should be completed whenever an employee or adult non-employee is involved in an accident, exposure, or injury that is work-related, or that occurs on the premises which could or did result in an injury or illness. All such incidents must be reported immediately to the Human Resource (HR) Director. Failure to do so may result in delay or denial of benefits, and will result in disciplinary action. Employees must report incidents to their supervisor, and adult non-employees must report incidents to the Site Supervisor.
What is the Accident, Exposure, Injury Form
All employees are requested to submit, in writing, notice of intent to leave employment at least two weeks prior to the actual date of resignation. Head Start for Kent County (HS4KC) reserves the right, in situations to be determined by the Human Resource Director, to accept any resignation immediately upon submission.
What is Personnel Policy: Termination – Leaving Employment
Document showing each site, supervisor, program information, and support staff
What is the Site Info Spreadsheet
Location of child and staff files needed for Licensing review/renewals.
What is ChildPlus
Head Start for Kent County (HS4KC) provides support for effective classroom management and positive learning environments, supportive teacher practices, and strategies for supporting children with challenging behaviors and other social, emotional and mental health concerns.
What is the Behavior Guidance Process
Listed below are ways we expect you to partner with our program. Please initial after each item indicating your understanding and agreement of each responsibility:
What is the Family Partnership Agreement Form
If a site is closed and employees are asked to report to work, an employee may decide it is too dangerous to travel. In that instance the employee must inform the supervisor and use a personal day or a sick day for the time off to be considered excused.
• If the employee does not have a personal day or sick day available, the time off will be considered leave without pay, unexcused.
What is Personnel Policy: Inclement Weather
Head Start Advocate and presenter for Nov. 12 All Agency In Service
Who is Dr. Adolph Brown