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LGMS Protocol Key Performance Area #4 – Evaluating Performance and Stimulating Ongoing Improvement
This is the fifth part in our five-part series about the FY2016 Leadership, Governance and Management Systems Protocol. The fourth and final Key Performance Area in the Protocol relies on assessing program data, and modifying the action plan based on that data and communicating progress. Head Start’s ability to assess progress and to stimulate any…
Read MoreSelf-Assessments for Head Start and Early Head Start
Continuous quality improvement is a central belief of any Head Start program, with the goal of meeting Performance Standards and moving toward program excellence. As part of this process, the annual Self-Assessment provides programs with the means to regularly assess their own management systems and program operations in order to continually strengthen the program. Head…
Read MoreWhat are the 10 Head Start Management Systems and Why Do They Matter? (Part 2)
A system is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole. In the second part of our two-part blog, What are the 10 Head Start Management Systems and Why Do They Matter?, we want to connect the quality of the 10 management systems to the quality of Head Start programs as a…
Read MoreWhat are the 10 Head Start Management Systems and Why Do They Matter? (Part 1)
On the National Head Start Association website, there is a somewhat hidden presentation titled “Leading Head Start through a Management Systems Lens.” This presentation, given during the Head Start Manager and Director Academy in June 2012, outlines the 10 key Head Start management systems and aims to 1. Make managers aware of the systems and…
Read MoreWhy Do Head Start Programs Do Self-Assessments?
Continuous quality improvement is a central belief of any Head Start program, with the goal of meeting Performance Standards and moving toward program excellence. As part of this process, the annual Self-Assessment provides programs with the means to regularly assess their own management systems and program operations in order to continually strengthen the program. Head…
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