Course
Length: 12 hour/s
(2 days)
Course
Cost: $375.00 members
$425.00 non-members
Course
Number: CP141
Course Description:
This courses is designed to help programs identify areas of improvement, and
produce comprehensive action plan that addresses each area. Students will learn the items required in the
community assessment in accordance with the Head Start
Performance Standards.
They will learn about information on sources of
data to collect and the data collection for the
community assessment.
Actual data and sample community assessments
will be used to help staff understand how to interpret
data and draw conclusions.
Students will learn detailed information about:
Developing & Utilizing the Community Assessment.
The course will
help programs:
Prevent or reduce risk,
Focus on intervention, Improve lines of communication, including information
sharing,
Create planning knowledge as it relates to your program and Head Start's
goal.
Prerequisite:
None
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, you will be able to:
· Provide
a clear picture of the key components of a strategic plan
· Provide
guidelines for developing a strategic plan
· Provide
a method for evaluating the quality of a plan
· Identify
the pitfalls to avoid when doing strategic planning
●
Have
more knowledge about the items required for inclusion
in the community assessment
· Have
more information about sources of data and data
collection for community assessment
· Practice
using data to develop meaningful conclusions and set
program goals.
· Receive
actual US Census data for the area served by your Head
Start program and practice drawing conclusions based
on that data.
Target Audience:
This course is
designed for all staff. Those staff responsible for program planning, setting
program long range and short term goals will benefit from this training.
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