Head Start Knowledge Check!

HSPPS

100

The percentage of children with disabilities we are mandated to enroll

What is 10% of the funded enrollment

200

Define this acronym, HSPPS.

What is Head Start Program Performance Standards?

300

The section of the HSPPS that discusses Program Operations

What is 1302?

400

The program must consult with families to ensure that that they have access to ongoing medical, dental and updated health insurance within this amount of time

What is 30 days

500

The year the Head Start Act was established

What is 2007?

CACFP

100

This acronym POS stands for

What is Point of Service

200

The mission of CACFP

What is to provide equitable access to nutritious means for infants, children and adults in the community?

300

Name this federal agency that oversees the Child and Adult Food Program

What is the US Department of Agriculture?

400

Meat can be substituted for this component up to 3 times per week.  

What is grain

500

Name the 5 components of a Head Start lunch

What are:

Grain/Dairy/Fruit/Vegetable/Protein

Program Governance

100

This number is the minimum number of people needed when the Policy Council members have a voting action

What is quorum?

200

This group is responsible for the direction of the Head Start Program and is elected by parents of children who are currently enrolled.

What is the Policy Council?

300

A situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of a disagreement

What is an impasse

400

Name the management system that includes the legal and fiscal responsibilities of governing bodies, policy councils, and management staff

What is Program Governance

500

Policy Council meetings are conducted using these procedural guidelines

What are Robert's Rules of Order?

Health & Safety

100

Door chimes on Head Start classroom doors are used for this purpose

What is to indicate who is coming into the room or leaving out of the room

200

The amount of time given to perform hearing and vision screenings for newly enrolled Head Start children

What is 45 days from their start date

300

Toothbrushes should be rotated on this schedule

What is every 90 days

(unless the child becomes ill)

400

This form of child abuse involves threatening, taunting or yelling at a child

What is verbal abuse?

500

Name the 6 active supervision strategies

1. Set up the environment

2.  Position Associates

3.  Scan and count

4.  Listen

5.  Anticipate children's behavior

6.  Engage and redirect

Head Start

100

What year did Head Start begin?

What is 1965

200

Name the Head Start Service Areas.

What are Health, Family Services, Education, Early Intervention and ERSEA?

300

Age eligibility for Head Start students begins at what age

What is 3 years old?

400

Early Head Start began in this year

What is 1994

500

OHS Director

Who is Khari Garvin