Performance Standards

Thursday April 13, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST

Striving to improve the Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Congress instructed the Office of Head Start to update its performance standards and to ensure any such revisions to the standards do not eliminate or reduce quality, scope, or types of health, educational, parental involvement, nutritional, social, or other services programs provide. Now that the new Performance Standards are in effect, they provide a clear road map for current and prospective grantees to support high-quality Head Start services and to strengthen the outcomes of the children and families Early/Head Start serves.

Three Reasons Why Your Staff Should Understand the New Performance Standards

• Staff that is more knowledgeable and can articulate the contents of the performance standards are far more likely to ensure that the program in the classroom is being properly executed and the children are receiving the highest quality of care.
• Programs that ensure their staff understand the performance standards are more likely to have increase parent engagement due to program administrators and staff effectively communicating program goals.
• Staff that understand the Performance standards understand why rules are put in place within the agency, this prevents conflict between staff members and leadership