Good morning

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Good morning!

• Please sign-in, find a seat, help yourself to
  good eats, get comfortable, prepare a place card
  for yourself with the provided materials on the
  table, and find out how fabulous your tablemates
  summer has been!

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White Settlement Head Start TEEM Team Building
WorkshopSaturday, August 5, 2006800 1130
a.m.Objective To create strong academic teams
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Agenda

• 800 830 Opening Activities
• 830 845 Team building activity
• 845 915 Head Start overview
• 915 930 WSISD overview
• 930 945 Overview of collaboration
• 945 1000 Break
• 1000 1015 Team building activity
• 1015 1045 Classroom Management as a
  Team in TEEM
• 1045 1115 Team building activity
• 1115 1130 Q/A Closing remarks

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Please tell us..

• When it is your turn, please tell us the
  followingaccording to what you chose to drink
• Coffee Your pet peeve from co-workers in the
  workplace
• Apple Your first job what was it and what
  did you learn (positive
  
• or negative) from it?
• Orange Why are you in the childcare profession?
  How long have you worked in it? Where
  do you see yourself five years from now?
  Ten years from now?
• Water Your expectation of partnership in the
  workplace what do you want from your
  team-members?
• Nothing Tell us an example of a great
  partnership you have experienced
• If you choose more than one drink, talk to us
  according to the one you choose first.

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Head Start Program overview

• Minimum Standards
• Supervision
• Sanitation
• Safety
• Guidance and Discipline
• Performance Standards
• What is Head Start?
• Who governs Head Start?
• Services Offered
• Head Start Regulations / Professional conduct
• Transitions
• Lesson Planning
• Scheduling

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HEAD START PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
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Head Start

• Is a federally funded program
• Serving low income children and families
• Addresses the whole child
• Major goal low income children are ready for
  school at par with their advantaged peers

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Who governs Head Start?

• Department of Health and Human Services
• Administration for Children and Families
• Head Start Bureau

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Rules and regulations?

• Head Start Performance Standards address all
  aspects of the program in detail

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Head Start Program Components

• Education
• Health
• Nutrition
• Mental Health and Disabilities
• Social Services

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Education Component

• Focus on cognitive development
• Addresses all 8 domains of a childs development,
  viz.
• Language
• Literacy
• Early Math
• Science
• Creative Arts
• Social Emotional Development
• Approaches to Learning
• Physical Health and Development

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Education Component

• Children are assessed using the Galileo
  (observation checklist) and mClass (handheld
  assessment tool) important for teachers to share
  information on childrens assessments
• Data is used to drive instruction and program
  improvement
• We also use portfolios and anecdotal notes for
  each child for assessment purposes
• Children have 3 active and current Individual
  Development Plans (IDPs) in their portfolios

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Health

• Head Start requires
• Daily health checks are required by Head Start
• Brushing of teeth twice a day
• Dental and Vision testing
• Height and Weight measurements
• Emphasis on hand washing

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Nutrition

• Head Start requires
• Family style dining at all meals (including
  snacks)
• Special diets to be offered due to religious and
  medical restrictions
• Meal time conversation
• Note Meals in centers are served per USDA
  contract timings

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Mental Health and Disabilities

• Teachers refer children needing help to Center
  Directors
• Mental Health and/or Disabilities Coordinator
  make an observation
• Referral is made to appropriate agency
• Therapists work with child if needed (often at
  the center)
• All children with special needs have active
  Individual Education Plans (IEPs)

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Social Services

• Family Community Partnership Assistants assist
  families with
• Parent Education opportunities
• Parent Meetings
• Community Resources (need based)
• Job Listings
• Hotline information on a variety of topics

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Additional regulations

• Minimum Standards by TDFPS (Texas Department of
  Family and Protective Services)
• USDA
• Local Health Agencies
• Fire Department
• CCMS

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WSISD Program OverviewRegistration
criteriaStaff certificationPK
guidelinesScholastic curriculumCalendar year
School dayStaff development
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The core collaborative team consists of

• Two WSISD teachers and Head Start staff
• Head Start Support Staff
• The Head Start Director, Assistant Director, and
  Director of Early Education Services
• Head Start Master teacher
• TEEM Mentor
• Students and families

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The collaborative day looks like

• 630 745 Head Start opens and breakfast is
  served
• 745 1045 ISD instruction in the three year
  old classrooms
• Head Start instruction in the four year old
  classrooms
• 1045 1200 Lunch and quiet time for the
  children
• (1115 1200) Common planning time for ISD and
  Head Start personnel, twice a week
• 1200 300 ISD instruction in the four year
  old classrooms Head Start instruction in the
  three year old classrooms
• 300 315 Snack time
• 315 600 Head Start supervised activities

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Collaborative policies look like

• Registration procedures
• Attendance
• ESL and Special Programs services
• District and Classroom Communication Attendance
  and tardies
• Related Services
• Instruction Team

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The benefits of a collaborative program for White
Settlement children and families

• Emphasis on children AND families
• Access to Special Programs services through
  public school district
• Transition to public school services
• Holistic education of child
• Shared resources of facilities, materials, and
  staff

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Break Time!

• Bathrooms are in the hall to the right and left
  as you leave this room. Please be back by
• Help yourself to more goodies!

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Team Building Activity
Days of our Lives
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What comes next Where do we go from
hereHow do we use the very best of our
collaborative program to benefit every child?

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Classroom Management as aTeam in TEEM

• What It Looks Like
• How it Works
• Why it Works
• What, How, and Why of Harmony

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Team Building Activity

• Dear Dr. Simpson

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Questions and AnswersClosing Remarks

• Progress involves risk
• you cant steal second with your foot on first