Family Services
Education
Health and Safety
Special Education & Mental Health
Administrative
100
ERSEA
What is the most important acronym in the Family Service Content area?
100
True
True or False: "A program must not use physical activity as reward or punishment."
100
45
Within how many calendar days does a program have to obtain or perform evidence-based vision and hearing screenings?
100
1. Students 2. Teaching Staff 3. Support Staff 4. Parents
Identify four groups of people that Head Start intends for mental health consultants to assist.
100
CDA
What is the education qualification requirement for a Head Start Assistant teacher?
200
Our Community Assessment
What is the selection criteria for Sheldon CDC based on?
200
1. Focus on English language acquisition 2. Continued development of the home language
What two aspects must be met for dual language learners?
200
True
True or False: Safe drinking water must be made available to children during the program day.
200
At enrollment
When should consent for mental health consultation services be obtained?
200
Research-based Coordinated Coaching
What strategy must be implemented for education staff that: -assesses the needs of staff -provides individualized support -provides professional development?
300
Within an hour of school starting.
How much time is allowed in the HHPS for the school to attempt contact with a family of an absent child to ensure safety?
300
Alternative quiet learning activities
HSPS states "for preschool age children in a program that operates for 6 hours or longer per day provides regular time every day at which preschool age children are encouraged but not forced to rest or nap." What must a program provide for children who do not need or want to rest or nap?
300
Authorized Release
Safety practices in the HSPS emphasize the importance of diligence in the areas of mandated reporting, safe sleep, indoor and outdoor supervision and what other important precaution?
300
IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
What law protects the rights of students with disabilities?
300
Every 5 Years
How often are staff required to be both FBI and KBI fingerprinted and background checked?
400
False! Head Start can NEVER expel or unenroll a child from Head Start due to behavior.
True or False: A program can only expel or unenroll a child from Head Start due to behavior if the behavior is dangerous to the child or other children or is impeding the learning of other children.
400
Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework
What tool is used to guide the promotion of growth in developmental progression and should align to the curriculum?
400
5. Removal from the classroom setting as a form of discipline
What of the following list is NOT specified as a maltreatment or endangerment of children in the HSPS? 1. Use of corporal punishment 2. Use of isolation as discipline 3. Bind or tie a child to restrict movement or tape a child's mouth 4. Use or withhold of food as punishment or reward 5. Removal from the classroom setting as a form of discipline 6. Use toilet learning/training methods that punish or demean, or humiliate a child 7. Use any form of emotional abuse including public or private humiliation, rejecting, terrorizing, extended ignoring, or corrupting a child 8. Physically abuse a child 9. Use any form of verbal abuse including profane, sarcastic language, threats, or derogatory remarks about the child or child's family 10. Use physical activity or outdoor time as a punishment or reward
400
True: The stands state: "...it may be appropriate for the program to provide needed services and supports under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act if the child satisfies the definition of disability in 29 U.S.C. section 705(9)(b).
True or False: The new HSPS specifically mention 504 plans as an option for children with significant delays in the Head Start program.
400
Ongoing Program Performance Monitoring
A program must do WHAT to ensure ongoing compliance oversight and correction, ongoing assessment of program goals and continuous improvement?
500
Up to 3%
What percent of funded slots may be RESERVED for potential families of homeless children for up to 30 days?
500
1. teacher directed and child-initiated activities 2. active and quiet learning activities 3. opportunities for individual, small group, and large group learning activities.
For preschool aged children aspects of the learning environment and activities must include what?
500
Up-to-date child rosters and lists of the adults each child is authorized to be released to, including alternates in case of emergency.
What must a bus aide take on every route?
500
Standardized and structured assessments.
A program must use WHAT along with informal teacher observation and additional information from family and staff, as relevant, to determine a child's strengths and needs, inform and adjust strategies to better support individualized learning and improve teaching practices?
500
FERPA- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Educational Agencies that receive funds under a program administered by the Department of Education is subject to the confidentiality provisions under what act?
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