chapter 8

What are center based head start option?

-Full or half day -32-34 weeks a year -Periodic home visits

What did the Elementary and secondary education act 1965 do?

Title 1: Academic support for children from low income families

What are combination based head start option?

-Combination of center and home-based options

What are early head start?

-Low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers ages birth to three years -Enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development -Support parents -Help families move toward self- sufficiency

What are American Indian/ Alaska Native Head Start program?

-Provides children (birth to age five) and their families with health, education, nutritional, social, and developmental services designed to promote school readiness.

What are migrant and seasonal head start?

-Provides educational and other services to children and families who earn income in agricultural work.

What are home based head start option?

-aid in improving parenting skills, assist parents as child's teachers -field trips and classroom experiences twice a month

What start early learning outcomes frameworks do?

Based on the Head Start Program Performance Standards. •Describes the skills, behaviors, and knowledge that programs must foster in all children. •Represents the continuum of learning for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers •Central role in defining quality services for low-income children and their families, dual language learners (DLLs) and children with disabilities. •Used as a guide for early childhood programs to align curricula, assessments, and professional development to school readiness goals and the continuity of early learning experiences.

What do federal guidelines for head start and early head start designed to do?

Federal guidelines for Head Start and Early Head Start, designed to ensure that all children and families receive high-quality services.

What does Title 1 do?

Fund public schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families -Help students served by the program to achieve proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards -Focus Title I services on children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards -Use instructional strategies based on scientifically based research and implement parental involvement activities

what is head start program?

Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to children and families.

What did every student succeeds act 2015 do?

It ensures that the states set high standards so that children graduate from high school ready for college and career

What did the no child left behind Act 2001

It is designed to improve student achievement / school performance

What two national nutrition programs have occurred?

National school lunch program and After-school meals and snacks

What did the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 do?

Social programs to promote health, education and general welfare. The beginnings of head Start

What did the After-school meals and snacks?

The child and adult care food program also provides meals and snacks

What did the National School Lunch program do?

USDA also sets rules and standards for school lunches.

What are the family child care option?

meets unique community and family needs

true or false : Title I of ESEA provides financial assistance to schools for children from low-income families.

true

What are the eligibility for head start services?

•Head Start enrolls children ages three to five years •Low-income families-Fall below the official federal poverty line •Ten percent of a program's enrollment must include children with disabilities •Homeless children are also eligible