HEAD START®

Building on Success

Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community

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Table of Contents | Preface | Introduction | Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 |
Continuing Professional Development | Resources

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Overview
     Purpose
     Audience
     Performance Standards
     Organization of the Guide
     Organization of the Modules
Definition of Icons
At A Glance

Module 1: Focusing on success

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 1-1: Success Is A Process
Activity 1-2: A Full Life
Activity 1-3: Priority Pyramid
Activity 1-4: Short-and Long-Term Goal Setting
Activity 1-5: Skills for Success
Activity 1-6: Facing Challenges, Fully Informed
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Overhead 1: Building On Success (PDF/20 KB)
Handout 1: The Success Process (PDF/14 KB)
Handout 2: Life's Lines (PDF/20 KB)
Handout 3: Priority Pyramid (PDF/19 KB)
Handout 4: Short- and Long-Term Goal Setting (PDF/19 KB)
Handout 5: Ability Inventory (PDF/39 KB)
Handout 6: Facing Challenges, Fully Informed (PDF/27 KB)

Module 2: Working the head start success ladder

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 2-1: Self-Help in the Head Start Community
Activity 2-2: Personal Success Pathways
Activity 2-3: Building A Program Success Ladder
Activity 2-4: Good Going — Keep Going!
Activity 2-5: Program Strategies for Work Success
Activity 2-6: Head Start as a Model of the Work World
Activity 2-7: Program Challenges
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Overhead 2: Building A Success Ladder (PDF/17 KB)
Overhead 3: Building A Success Ladder (PDF/21 KB)
Overhead 4: Building A Success Ladder (PDF/20 KB)
Handout 7: Self-Help Cycles (PDF/47 KB)
Handout 8: Pathways to Success (PDF/47 KB)
Handout 9: Building a Success Ladder (PDF/39 KB)
Handout 10: Good Going — Keep Going! (PDF/23 KB)
Handout 11: Work Success Strategies (PDF/23 KB)
Handout 12: Characteristics of the Work World (PDF/28 KB)
Handout 13: Program Challenges (PDF/44 KB)

Module 3: building success in the community

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 3-1: Building Community Supports
Activity 3-2: Finding Shared Goals
Activity 3-3: The Impact of Policies in Your Community
Activity 3-4: Making Your Point of View Count
Activity 3-5: Giving Back and Moving Forward
Activity 3-6: Program Checklist
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Overhead 5: Head Start and Community (PDF/5 KB)
Overhead 6: Building Community (PDF/6 KB)
Handout 14: Strategies for Building Community (PDF/20 KB)
Handout 15: Goals for Building Success (PDF/26 KB)
Handout 16: Strategies for Support Groups (PDF/32 KB)
Handout 17: Policy Worksheet (PDF/30 KB)
Handout 18: Sociogram (PDF/31 KB)
Handout 19: Meeting Community Needs (PDF/25 KB)
Handout 20: Program Checklist (PDF/62 KB)

Continuing Professional Development

Resources

Appendices

      A: Project Match's Incremental Ladder to Economic Independence (PDF/412 KB)
      B: A Community Framework for Headstart (PDF/59 KB)
     C: Summary of Federal Welfare Reform (PDF/30 KB)