From Aspiration to Attainment: Practices That Support Early Childhood Degree Attainment, Los Angeles Universal Preschool’s Child Development Workforce Initiative

by Marcy Whitebook, Diana Schaack, Fran Kipnis, Lea J.E. Austin, and Laura Sakai

This study sought to understand what distinguishes students who are successful at earning degrees or transferring to four-year institutions from those who are stalled in their progress or who dis-enroll from school. The study explored student success from two perspectives: those of college staff who support students toward degree attainment and transfer-ready status, and those of the students themselves, representing different categories of student progress.

To read the report visit: From Aspiration to Attainment

A-133 Audit Training Webcast: Understanding the Importance of Your Annual Audit and How the Audit Process Can Strengthen Your Organization

Understanding the purpose and importance of the annual audit can help grantee leadership strengthen the program organization. The Office of Head Start (OHS) believes that the five year awards and the conditions, oversight, and training and technical assistance will strengthen the quality of services. OHS fully expects grantees to achieve the greatest outcomes through the provision of high quality, comprehensive services to children and families.

As a condition for all five year grants on the Notice of Award (NoA), each grantee must participate in this OHS-sponsored single audit webcast within one year of the start of the project period. 

Credit for Webcast

To receive credit toward this grant condition, the grantee must fill out the registration pop-up box at the end of the webcast. Please have your grant number on hand to register accurately. The webinar is 3 hours long. The webinar may not be viewed for credit from a mobile or tablet device.

Read the transcript [PDF, 67KB] |  Download the video [MP4, 33MB]

Achieving Associate Degrees: Working with Community Colleges and Head Start Staff

Achieving Associate Degrees: Working with Community Colleges and Head Start Staff

Community colleges offer excellent partnership opportunities. Intended for Head Start program managers, this brief article includes questions to ask to assess a community college degree program; information to collect and steps to take to assess Head Start program staff professional development needs; and, suggestions for encouraging staff and also directing their expectations.

Visit: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov to read the full article

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

This past spring, CSCCE Director, Dr. Marcy Whitebook, delivered two presentations at the National Center for Research on Early Child Education's Quality Improvement Meeting. In both Taking Stock: The Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory and Supportive Environmental Quality Underlying Adult Learning in Early Childhood Settings, Marcy discusses the complex interaction among early childhood teacher preparation programs, early care and education workplace environments, and assistance for ongoing teacher learning. She presented new tools developed by the CSCCE designed to inform policy development and quality improvement planning: one focuses on the early childhood higher education landscape and the other on work environments that support teachers practice and development.

The videos of each are linked above and posted on the CSCCE website. The full meeting agenda and all speaker's presentations are available on the NCRECE website.

Safety and Injury Prevention at Head Start Webinar

Safety and Injury Prevention at Head Start Webinar 

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013
2 – 3:15 p.m. EDT

Join the Head Start National Center on Health (NCH) for a webinar on science-informed injury prevention strategies. All Head Start and Early Head Start staff must keep children safe during all program activities. Injuries are the leading cause of death and a major cause of hospital stays and emergency room visits among children ages 1-5. The best way to keep kids safe is to prevent injuries. When staff are able to identify and eliminate hazards, children are safe and able to learn.

Topics for the Webinar Include:

• Defining injury and identifying some of the risk factors that may lead to injuries
• Identifying and practicing new strategies to reduce the risk of injury to children
• Using the Head Start management systems and Program Planning Cycle to understand how to use data effectively for injury prevention

Register Today!