Family Services
The acronym ERSEA stands for this:
What is Enrollment, Recruitment, Selection, Eligibility, Attendance
Reference this for guidance on families indicating they are struggling with a possible of infestation of pests
What is Head Start Policy H16 - Pest Policy
A child's pre-DECA assessment must be completed within this many days of their initial enrollment.
What is 30 to 45 days?
All HS meals/snacks will meet this daily nutritional needs requirement.
What is 2/3 daily nutritional needs
trainings or skills building activities that are not required by Opportunities for Otsego but rather chosen by the individual staff member, or in a partnership with their supervisor as needs dictate as a way to increase their abilities
What is professional development
When transporting preschoolers by bus, this numerical relationship must be maintained at a strict 7-to-1 or 8-to-1 maximum.
What is the staff-to-child ratio?
The classroom teacher/center director/assistant teacher will complete the _________ each day; however, all classroom staff share responsibility for knowing the number and location of children at all times.
What is the attendance transition log.
These 5 factors make a family eligible regardless of income:
What is homelessness, foster child, SNAP, SSI, Public Assistance
For children to attend centers: This will be completed within 1 hour of arriving to program.
What is the daily Health Check
This benchmark assessment must be completed either at the end of the year or when a child withdraws during the program year, assuming 30 days of attendance have passed since the last screening.
What is a Post-DECA?
A large group (4-5 children) brushing their teeth all at the same time is the definition of this:
What is Table Tooth Brushing
Each site director is responsible for scheduling regular ________, establishing a system for disseminating information that best meets their staff needs, and ensuring that all staff receive the information.
what is staff meetings
This drill is completed 3 times a year on a bus.
What is a bus drill or a safety drill?
All staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers are _________ and must report suspected or known child abuse or maltreatment immediately in accordance with FS8- Child Abuse and Maltreatment Policy.
What are mandated reporters.
Otsego County and ALL school districts in our county define this:
What is our service area
Conducted within the first 30 days of enrollment, and then once a year within 30 days of program start to ensure meeting the 45 day Head Start Performance standard deadline.
When a parent or staff assessment indicates an area of need, this targeted intervention framework must be implemented to support the child.
What is a DECA Strategies Plan?
Abnormal growth screening outcomes below or above these results
Below 5% or Above 95%
Client files that are maintained on paper are kept for ______ years after the child or prenatal individual has left the program.
what is seven years
This person does not count in ratio on a bus.
If the child scores below the cut off score for their age on the BRIGANCE screen III, staff will re-screen the child no later than _______ after the initial screening and meet with the child's parents/guardians to discuss possible referrals/resources.
What is 45 days.
The job of recruiting children for the program belongs to this staff position.
Who is everyone
Within this many days of program enrollment, the home visitor/center staff will determine if a child has a primary care provider AND access to medical insurance.
What is 30 Days
Alert: New Policy Change. See MH 1 Policy.
This specific mid-year checkpoint is now mandatory for all children (who are enrolled by November 1st), even if their initial pre-DECA showed no areas of need.
What is a mid-DECA?
Copies of the Transition/Attendance Log, Food Delivery Invoices, and the CACFP Meal Count Sheet will be forwarded to the Dental/Nutrition Specialist by this day.
What is by the 3rd of each month
Developed annually based on the findings of the Community Wide Strategic Planning and Needs Assessment, Self-Assessment, parent Surveys, Child Outcomes, Transition Surveys, Program Information Report, OFO'S Strategic Plan and OHS goals.
What is the Program Improvement Plan
The only electronic device that is allowed on a school bus and be turned on.
What is the bus cell phone?
Transition planning must begin at least (______) prior to the child’s anticipated entry into HSP or another preschool program. This planning must include meeting with parents/guardians, EHS staff, HSP staff, and other outside agencies (if applicable) to meet the needs of the family and to place the child in the appropriate preschool setting.
What is six months.
This action helps in the success of school readiness for the children and families
What is the importance of Attendance Monitoring
These may be administered to a child with a medical order that has been trained on the childs individual healthcare plan as well as medication administration training by the parent or health specialist REGARDLESS of CPR/First Aid/MAT certification status.
What are Emergency Medications: Epinephrine devices, antihistamines when prescribed in combination with epinephrine devices, asthma inhalers or nebulizers.
Alert: New Policy Change. See MH 1 Policy.
To ensure both raters reflect on the same period of time, a parent's initial pre-DECA must mirror the teacher's timeline and occur within this many days of enrollment.
What is 30 to 45 days?
Special dietary modification is implemented after receiving this:
What is a Valid HCP documentation
A structured, comprehensive, and consistent process for new staff to ensure new hires receive the training and support necessary to successfully transition into there roles and understand the culture of the program and agency
What is On-boarding
The riders on the bus who are required to wear a seatbelt.
Who is everyone?
In our program, CLASS is an acronym for these four words describing a tool used to assess teacher-child interactions.
What is the Classroom Assessment Scoring System.
This governing body is vital to the Head Start Program
Who is Policy Council and the members
Staff will remind parents/guardians of physical exam due dates and send reminders this many days prior to due dates
What is 1 and 2 months
Alert: New Policy Change. See MH 1 Policy.
When a mental health consultation is requested, the "Request for Child Consult" must be completed. However, rather than being a word PDF in the fat file, it is now completed, with the same title, in Go Engage as this type of document.
What is a quick form?
Any classroom food activities that are served in the classroom require this form to be submitted to the Dental/Nutrition Specialist at least two weeks prior to the event or activity.
What is the Center Food Activity Request Form
any unpaid person, that is not the role of the caregiver or staff who is present at the day care program for the purpose of assisting with the care of children or the operation of the child care program
what is a volunteer
These two items must be present on the bus anytime children are on board.
What are the First Aid Bag and Emergency Medications.
Name that Policy!
"Staff will promote the inclusion of all children and will be respectful of differences in ability, gender, culture, language, ethnicity, and family composition. Staff will utilize learning materials that represent these differences."
What is Ed3; Curriculum Policy.