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Supporting Families in Region XI AIAN Head Start: Centers' Early Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. OPRE Report 2021-182
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Gonzalez, Katie; Bernstein, Sara; Malone, Lizabeth; Larson, Addison – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2021
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and a public health emergency by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in March 2020 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020). In the following months, families in the U.S. experienced financial hardships such as job and income loss, increasing food insecurity, and loss of…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, COVID-19
Head Start Classroom Teachers' and Assistant Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Development Using a Learn Framework
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Nasser, Ilham; Kidd, Julie K.; Burns, M. Susan; Campbell, Trina – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This study investigates early childhood education teachers' and assistant teachers' views about a year-long professional development model that focuses on developing intentional teaching. The study shares the results of interviews conducted with the teachers at the end of the implementation of a one-year experimental professional model in Head…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Assistants
The Effects of Outcomes-Driven Authentic Assessment on Classroom Quality
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Hallam, Rena; Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Gao, Xin; Brookshire, Robyn – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2007
Twenty-six Head Start preschool classrooms participated in a yearlong intervention designed to link the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework with authentic assessment practices. Teachers in intervention and pilot classrooms implemented an assessment approach that incorporated the use of a curriculum-based assessment tool, the development of…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Increasing the Awareness of Middle School Developmentally Delayed Students, Parents, and Educators Concerning Supplemental Security Income.
Jarzab, Jacquelyn L. – 1987
This practicum project was designed to educate developmentally delayed students, parents, and educators concerning the availability of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) through application to the Social Security Administration. Results of a survey of school staff and parents showed a need for information dissemination concerning SSI funds. The…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities, Eligibility, Federal Aid