Child Development: Brain Building
Explore this module to learn about children's brain building and development. It includes the following topics: Brain Building Basics, the Brain and Learning, and Stress and the Brain.
Explore this module to learn about children's brain building and development. It includes the following topics: Brain Building Basics, the Brain and Learning, and Stress and the Brain.
Learn about ongoing child assessment and its components. Explore the ongoing assessment cycle, observation and documentation, engaging families, and additional assessment considerations.
In this module, explore the four components of effective program and family support of dual language learners.
Find responses to questions anticipated from the public and the grantee community about Designation Renewal System (DRS) changes.
Watch the Advancing Racial and Ethnic Equity in Head Start Webinar Series for anti-bias and anti-racism strategies Head Start and Early Head Start programs can use in their practices, services, and systems.
The DRS Revisions in 2020 ensure the conditions for competitive designation target grantees with lower performance or systemic problems. The changes also support for grantees to continuously improve the quality of teacher-child interactions.
Explore this brief overview of the Designation Renewal System (DRS) background and conditions.
Review this resource for descriptive statistics of the 2020 grantee-level the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) Pre-K Teacher-Child Observation Instrument data.
Review this resource for the latest information about staying healthy and preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Explore these resources to learn about the connection between health and school readiness and to ensure every Head Start child is ready to succeed in school.