Office of Head Start

Explore this planning and implementation guide. Learn ways that state and territory teams can use it to help create or revise early childhood education credentials.

In this resource, find out how state early childhood workforce registries work. Learn about the distinct functions they use to collect and share data on the early childhood workforce.

Find out how this Standards in Action vignette addresses the requirements for tribal language preservation and revitalization.

Programs that serve young children are required to ensure that policies and procedures are in place to protect children and keep them healthy and safe. This screener will help to identify where programs need to make changes and build capacity to meet children's needs. It also contains best practices and requirements found in the Head Start Program Performance Standards.

A Report on Tribal Language Revitalization in Head Start - 2015 Version

The steps outlined in the following document help guide agencies in the equivalency determination and justification process.

Explore excerpts from the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) around staff qualifications.

Learn more about DRS. This report provides extensive data, including characteristics of the programs required to compete and the competition outcomes across all four cohorts of DRS implementation. Learn more about past findings by grant size, geography, and grant type, including Tribal grants.

Language competency is crucial to children’s schoo l success. Planned Language Approach (PLA) ensures that decisions about program policies, curriculum, and instruction are based on key language development research, prenatal to adult. PLA also takes into consideration the vast cultural and linguistic diversity of children in the United States, as reflected in Early Head Start and Head Start enrollments.

Language is one of the most important gifts you give your child. But how do you give it? The answer is simple. Speak your language with your child at home every day!