Education/Health & Safety
Family & Community Engagement
Disabilities and Mental Health
Human Resources
Program Governance & Management Systems
100

1302.44 The primary source of reimbursement for meals for Head Start Children.  

1) What is USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program or CACFP?  

100
1302.52 Collaborative partnership-building with parents to establish mutual trust and to identify family goals, strengths, and necessary services and other supports.
1) What is a Parent/Teacher Conference? 2) What is a School Readiness Goal activity? 3) What is family goal setting?
100
1302.61 Describes the goals for a child during the school year, as well as any special support needed to help achieve them.
1) What is an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP)? 2) What is an Individual Education Plan (IEP)? 3) What is an Individual Development Plan (IDP)?
100
1302.91 Has a minimum of a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or comparable credential, and have been trained or have equivalent coursework in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development.
1) What are the credentials for EHS Family Development Worker? 2) What are the credentials for Head Start Teacher Assistant? 3) What are the credentials for Early Head Start Teacher?
100
1301.3 Parents are elected by enrolled parents annually and can be re-elected for up to five years. They represent the Parents at the meetings.
1) Who are Parent Committee Members? 2) Who are Parent Policy Council Members? 3) Who are Health Advisory Committee Members?
200

1302.44 To enhance bonding and to establish a sense of security as well as preventing choking, ear infections, or dental problems such as baby bottle tooth decay.

1) Why infants are placed in bouncer with a bottle? 2) Why are infants placed on their backs while sleeping? 3) Why are infants held while being fed and not laid down to sleep with a bottle?

200
1302.34 A program must offer opportunities for parents and families to be involved in the program's education services.
1) What is a Family Partnership Agreement? 2) What are parent/teacher conferences, parent volunteers & Teachers regular communication w/parents? 3) What is a referral for Continuing education (i.e. GED)?
200
1302.14 AVANCE must enroll a minimum of 10% of its total funded enrollment by children in this category
1) Who are Foster Children? 2) Who are Homeless Children? 3) Who are children with disabilities under IDEA?
200
1302.90 All information obtained about children, families and employees is to be held in confidence. Only to be shared on a "need to know" basis with other employees and/or professional consultants providing services to children, families or employees.
1) What is the confidentiality policy? 2) What are Tribal Law policies? 3) What is a background check procedure?
200
1302.11 This assessment must use data that describes community strengths, needs and resources at a minimum (number of children and ages, geographic location, race, ethnicity, languages, children experiencing homelessness, foster care, and children with disabilities).
1) What is the annual program Self-Assessment? 2) What is the Program Information Report (PIR)? 3) What is a Community Assessment?
300
1302.33 A qualified bilingual staff should assess the child using an assessment tool in the child's home language. If not available you must contract with a consultant or you must use an interpreter to sit with a qualified staff to conduct screenings and assessments.
1) How should a program assess a child who speaks a language other than English? 2) How should a program screen for vision and hearing? 3) How should a program conduct Parent/Teacher Conferences?
300
1302 Subpart G Providing parents with applications for their child's home school. Inviting representatives from local schools and child development programs to speak about their programs. Encouraging parents to visit the school or center of their choice.
1) What is a transition from EHS to Head Start/Public Preschool or Head Start to Elementary School? 2) What is a transition from the Infant Classroom to the Mobile Infant Classroom? 3) What is transition from Infant Food to Table Food?
300
1302.45 AVANCE must have a written contract with this category of licensed professional providers to assist the program, Teachers, and other staff (i.e. Home Educators).
1) Who are Registered Dietitians? 2) Who are Mental Health Consultants? 3) Who are Medical Health Professionals?
300
1302.93 A program must make mental health and wellness information available to staff regarding health issues that may affect their job performance and must provide regularly scheduled opportunities to learn about mental health, wellness and health education.
1) What is family health and wellness? 2) What is staff health and wellness? 3) What is the health requirement for newly hired staff?
300
1301.5 An agency must provide appropriate training and technical assistance or orientation on the program performance standards, training on eligibility and roles and responsibilities.
1) What kind of training is provided to the governing body (Board of Directors), any advisory committee members and the Policy Council? 2) What kind of training is provided to staff during pre-service training. 3) What kind of training is provided at monthly parent meetings.
400
1302.47 All staff with regular child contact have initial orientation training within three months of hire to ensure the health and safety of children in their care.
1) What is emergency preparedness and response planning for emergencies? 2) What is annual Pre-service Training? 3) What is Food Service Training?
400

1302.12 Ensuring families meet the qualifications to enroll children in Head Start.

1) What is a Community Assessment? 2) What is the Priority Selection Criteria? 3) What is income and age eligibility?

400
1302.61 Part C IDEA determines a child's eligibility.
1) What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act? 2) What is the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Assessment? 3) What is the Inclusion of Disabilities and Educational Act?
400
1302.92 The results of this tool are used to identify staff training and professional development needs, and assist each staff member in improving his/her skills and professional competencies.
1) What is a Strength and Needs Assessment? 2) What is a Performance Appraisal? 3) What is a Professional Development Plan?
400
1301.6 To facilitate meaningful consultation and collaboration about decisions of the governing body and the policy council, each agency's governing body and policy council must establish written procedures for resolving internal disputes.
1) What is Impasse Procedures/Conflict Resolution Procedures? 2) What are the AVANCE Policies and Procedures? 3) What are the AVANCE Board and Policy Council Bylaws?
500
1302.16 If a child is unexpectedly absent and a parent has not contacted the program within one hour of program start time, the program must attempt to contact the parent within ______ hour/s to ensure the child's well-being.
1) What is 24 hours after start time? 2) What is 1 hour after start time? 3) What is 3 hours after start time?
500
1302.53 Healthcare providers (child and adult), providers for children with disabilities and their families, family preservation and support services, educational and cultural institutions, TANF, Nutrition, Housing and Workforce agencies.
1) What kind of collaborative relations and partnership, with community organizations should AVANCE establish? 2) What kind of collaborative relations and partnership, with community organizations should AVANCE not establish?
500
1302.45 A program-wide culture that promotes children's mental health, social and emotional well-being and overall health must provide support for effective classroom management, secure mental health consultation services, obtain parental consent and build community partnership
1) What is the promotion of child and family wellness? 2) What is the promotion of self-sufficiency? 3) What is the promotion of education services?
500
1302.92 A program must provide to the following individuals an orientation that focuses on, at a minimum, the goals and underlying philosophy of the program and on the ways they are implemented.
1) Who are all new staff, consultants and volunteers? 2) Who are all new staff? 3) Who are consultants and volunteers?
500
1303.4 In accordance with section 640(b) of the Head Start Act, federal financial assistance to a grantee will not exceed 80 percent of the approved total program costs. A grantee must contribute 20 percent.
1) What are administrative cost? 2) What is the non-federal match (In-kind requirement)? 3) What are negative variances in the budget?
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