DCF 251 and Program Policy
Must conduct 9 per calendar year.
What are staff meetings.
Annual report due which includes all program data, enrollment, service, and follow-up services.
What is the PIR
Number of days a slot can remain vacant.
What is 30 days.
Timeline for screening.
What is 45 days from entry.
Reported monthly by family services on the Head Start Enterprise System.
What is attendance.
The temperature used in policy to determine when children go home.
100.4
Must be analyzed if it drops below 85%
What is attendance
Term used by Office of Head Start to ensure children are safely monitored at all times.
What is Active Supervision.
System of points to determine which children are the most eligible or in need of service.
What is Selection Criteria.
Must be done before preparing food, before and after diapering, after use of restroom,
when handling pets, or coming from the outdoors.
What is handwashing.
Efforts made to locate eligible children
What is recruitment
Length of time to wait after spraying Purex to Sanitize Tables.
What is 60 sec or 1 min.
A plan of goals developed with families
What is the Family Partnership Agreement
A place to record accidents, scratches, bruises, medication administration.
What is medical log book.
Timeframe for completion of child physicals
What is 90 days
Foster care and homelessness are considered on selection criteria
Categorically eligible
Supportive practices and domains of development tool for Early Childhood/Head Start and Early Head Start
What is ELOF.
When can a child be allowed a quiet activity during rest period.
What is after 30 min.
A written agreement and tool to help describe individual teacher goals, education, and training needs.
What is a Professional Development Plan.