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Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start Mission Statement
The Hancock County Head Start/Early Head Start Program will create and facilitate a healthy, safe and
nurturing environment conducive to learning by bridging families, communities and providing
comprehensive quality services for participating families and eligible children.
Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start
Vision Statement
The Hancock County Head Start & Early Head Start programs vision is to educate families and children by providing diverse learning experiences.
Philosophy
Hancock County Head Start Program is based on the premise that all children share certain needs and can benefit from a comprehensive developmental program focusing on promoting school readiness through positive social and education
skills. This program is tailored to fit the needs of the local community and families involved as well as to maximize the unique experiences of each child’s desire to
become lifelong learners. Head Start supports and encourages parental involvement and provides comprehensive services to enhance family development
in the following areas: Health, Mental Health, Disabilities, Literacy, Nutrition, Education, Transportation, Family Support, Community Partnerships, and Parent
Involvement
Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start
Our Goal
Early Head Start, Head Start & Pre-K serves infants, toddlers, pregnant women, and preschoolers in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. Its goal is to
promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhance the development of young children,
and promote healthy family functioning
Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start
Our Beliefs:
We believe healthy children are better prepared to learn.
We believe in empowering parents and helping them to become self-sufficient.
We believe in the cultural diversity of the children and families we serve.
We believe in providing comprehensive services to children and families.
We believe in collaborating with local community agencies interested in the well-being
of Head Start & Early Head Start enrolled children and families.
We believe in providing positive leadership to our staff by supporting them in providing
quality services to both children and their families.
Message From the Director: Dr. Angela Primus
Welcome to the Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start/Pre-K program. It is an honor to be the Director of such a wonderful school. I hope it has been a rewarding experience meeting your child's teacher, visiting his/her classroom, and attending open house. We appreciate your support as
we begin the school year. Throughout our two preschool sites, preschool staff has worked diligently to create a warm and nurturing learning environment.
Our Early Childhood Programs have qualified educators with an average of 15 years experience as lead teachers and our instructional assistants have a minimum of a Child Development Associates (CDA) with an average of 12 years experience. Together they create a supportive, nurturing
environment while providing best practices and innovative approaches to learning. We also have a trained classroom assistant to support staff and special needs students due to the leadership of the Hancock County School district. Regular volunteers compliment our classrooms and
services. We provide a balanced curriculum with a primary focus on intentional teaching through play, Creative Curriculum. The six developmental domains (social & emotional, cognitive, literacy, physical development, mathematics, and language) are the foundational pillars. A large emphasis on mathematics, science, and literacy are planned around these domains We also pride ourselves on the arts opportunities that our students are
exposed to through our curriculum. Students learn about self-expression, creativity, and self-esteem through music and visual arts.
Our instructional staff is well supported with a top-notch transportation staff. Each bus only transports 3 and 4 year children enrolled in our program. Bus drivers are attentive to students' and families' needs and a bus monitor rides each route to ensure safety as regulated by both the
state and federal government. All students are required to be in a safety harness or belt.
The management team and family service advocates develop strong partnerships with school and community partners. We believe that all stakeholders must be involved to provide a quality program that meets the needs of families and students. We partner with families to help with resources for furthering education, employment opportunities, parenting success, budgeting, housing opportunities; ensuring basic needs are met, etc. Please
contact us at any time if you are interested in assistance or services.
So together, my staff and I are committed to supporting and working with our parents and community. I am grateful and humbled to work with an outstanding staff at Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start & Pre-K. We are governed by the dedicated and unswerving Hancock County
Board of Education who understands the community and support of the mission of the program. Our parent Policy Council works closely with the board and the staff to consistently evaluate our policies and services with the spirit of continuous improvement. The commitment of our parents
and the input they provide is crucial to the success of our program.
Program Information
Hancock County Early Head Start
79 Boland Circle
Sparta, Georgia 31087
706-444-6920 Ext. 239
Hancock County Head Start/ Pre-K
11131 Highway 15 North
Sparta, Georgia 31087
706-444-6920 Ext 275
Policy Council
The Hancock County EHS/ Head Start has an active policy council which consist of 5 parents of enrolled children and 2
community-at-large members.
• Devincey Holsey: President
• Brian Wilson: Vice President
• Gladys Jones: Secretary
• Tamika Ransom: Parlimentarian
• Connie Boyer: Member
• Pamela Ingram: Community-At-Large
• Boderick Foster- Community-At-Large
Governing Body
The Hancock County Board of Education is the grantee for the Head Start & Early Head Start Programs. The Hancock County Board of Education consist of five
members: • Executive Director: Dr. Charles Culver
• Annie Ingram: Chairperson
• Denise Ransom: Vice Chairman
• Henry Watkins: BOE Member
• Anthony Gilchrist BOE Member
• Glashandrian Bell: BOE Member
Program Information
The programs are located in Hancock County, Sparta, Georgia. Hancock
County, Georgia is located approximately 120 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia. The county is
primarily agricultural with a very low population density of only 21
people per square mile
Program Options
The Hancock County Head Start & Early Head Start Program provides comprehensive child development services to two hundred and twenty seven (227) eligible children, expectant mothers, and their families. The
“core” Head Start program expects to enroll approximately 155
toddlers and will operate as a center-based option for 6.5 hours per day, five days per week, August through late May, and children will attend classes
for 180 days per year, aligning with the local school system’s approved school calendar. Similarly, the Early Head Start Program will operate five
days per week for 6.5 hours per day but will provide year round programming for 220 days per year.
Program Enrollment
Hancock County Head Start operates Head Start, Early Head
Start and Pre-K programs in Sparta, Georgia. During the 2016-
2017 program year, comprehensive services were provided to
84 Early Head Start infants, toddlers, and/or expectant
families. In addition, we served 130 Head Start pre-school
(ages 3-4) children and families, of which 75 children (4 year
old) received Georgia state lottery funded Pre-K/Head Start
blended services.
Hancock County Head Start operates 9 Early Head Start
classrooms and 8 Head Start/ Pre-K classrooms.
Program Enrollment
Early Head Start Age
• Under 1 year:18
• 1 year old: 26
• 2 years old: 34
• Pregnant Women: 6
Race and Ethnicity
• Hispanic or Latino origin: 0
• Non-Hispanic or Non-Latino origin: 0
• American Indian or Alaska Native: 0
• Asian: 0
• Black or African American: 79
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific
Islander: 0
• White: 3
• Bi-racial/Multi-racial: 2
Eligibility
• Income below 100% of federal
poverty line: 49
• Receipt of public assistance such as
TANF, SSI- 22
• Status as a foster child - # children
only: 2
• Status as homeless: 2
• Over income: 9
• Number of children exceeding the
allowed over income enrollment (as
noted below) with family incomes
between 100% and 130% of the
federal poverty line: 0
Program Enrollment Early Head Start
Prior Enrollment(Enrolled in Early Head Start):
• 2nd Year: 14
• 3 or more Years: 8
Primary Language• English: 83
• Spanish: 1
• Native Central American:0
• Middle Eastern Language: 0
• Other: 0
• Unspecified: 0
Program EnrollmentHead Start
Age
• 3 years old: 68
• 4 years old: 62
Race and Ethnicity
• Hispanic or Latino origin : 0
• Non-Hispanic or Non-Latino origin:0
• American Indian or Alaska Native: 0
• Asian: 1
• Black or African American: 126
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander :
0
• White : 3
• Bi-racial/Multi-racial: 4
• Other: 0
Eligibility
• Income below 100% of federal poverty line: 111
• Receipt of public assistance such as TANF, SSI: 8
• Status as a foster child - # children only : 1
• Status as homeless: 1
• Over income: 9
• Number of children exceeding the allowed over income enrollment (as noted below) with family incomes between 100% and 130% of the federal poverty line: 0
Program Enrollment
Head StartPrimary Language
• English: 130
• Spanish: 0
• Native Central American:0
• Middle Eastern Language: 0
• Other: 0
• Unspecified: 0
Program Information
Early Head Start
• Serve infant, toddlers, and pregnant mothers
• 5 days a week and 6.5 hours of instructional time (220 days)
• Monday-Friday
• 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 9 classrooms
Head Start/ Pre-K
• Serve 3-5 year old
• 5 days a week and 6.5 hours of instructional time (180 days)
• Monday-Friday
• 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• 8 classrooms
Hancock County Early Head Start/ Head Start
• Full Day Program (220/180 days)
• Parenting Workshops
• Dental and Medical Services
• Individualized Instruction
• Mental Health and Disability Services
• Daily Nutrition Meals & Snacks
• Transportation Services
Transportation/Facilities
• Service area- Hancock County,
Sparta, Georgia
• Qualified Staff
• Continuous safety training
• Child Car Seat Grant
• Health/ Safety Monitoring Review
(no findings)
Transportation/Facilities
The Hancock County Head Start/Early Head Start/Pre-K physical environment supports the delivery of high
quality services to all children and families including a healthy and safe environment.
We provide a safe, effective and reliable system of transporting enrolled children to and from the center,
field trips and to any other location necessary to receive services.
Transportation/Facilities
Support Staff
▪ Bus drivers with CDL and S Endorsement.
▪ Bus monitors
▪ Training Topics: Transportation Safety, Pedestrian Safety, CPR/ First Aid, Creative Curriculum, School Readiness, Performance Standards
Support Staff
• Full time and Part time Environmentalist
• Training Topics: Health and Safety, School Readiness, Bloodborne Pathogens, Injury and Prevention, Playground Safety
Health and Nutrition
Children need to be healthy in order to be able to learn. Our program partners with
medical and dental professionals as well as parents of enrolled children to ensure that
children receive the medical and dental care they need. We help parents to
understand the importance of health care, including the importance of good
nutrition, rest and exercise. We help families to establish medical and dental
homes for their children
Health/ Nutrition
Hancock County Head Start was able to offer parents health
training thanks to our community partners: Hancock County
Health Department, Baymon Dietary Consulting, SWAH
Fitness, GSCU Nursing Program, Oconee Regional Medical
Center, Babies Can’t Wait, Hancock County Farm Bureau,
etc. Parents were provided learning opportunities about
various childhood illnesses - what to look for, how to treat
the illness at home, healthy eating, family fun physical
activity, medical/ safety needs in the home, dental care, and
medication administration methods
Health Services
Head Start
Children with insurance at the end of enrollment: 120
Children up-to-date for Physicals: 130
Children with dental home: 130
Children who received dental services: 130
Children received medical treatment for those identified: 115
Children received dental treatment for those identified: 130
Early Head Start
Children with health insurance at the end of enrollment: 29
Children up-t-date for well-child exams: 78
Children with dental home: 78
Children who received health services: 78
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
Parent Involvement
Parents As Leaders
Parent Engagement
Policy Council
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
Staff
• PFCE Manager
• 4 Family Service Staff
• 2 (Early Head Start)
• 2 (Head Start/ Pre-K)
Staff Education
• PFCE Manager- 31 years of Teaching/ Literacy Coach/RTI Director
• 3 Staff (B. S. Psychology/ Social Work)
• 1 Staff (SFW Certified/ 36 years of Head Start experience)
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
Parent and family engagement in Head Start/Early Head
Start (HS/EHS) is about building relationships with
families that support family well-being, strong
relationships between parents and their children, and
ongoing learning and development for both parents
and children.
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
• Ensure that systems, supports and resources are in place to address
professional development,
• continuous improvement, program environment and partnerships related to
family well-being.
• Incorporate goals related to family well-being into agency work plans and
strategic planning.
• Ensure staff members have appropriate training and supervision and
manageable caseloads.
• Develop relationships with community members and community
organizations that support families’ interests and needs.
• Promote cross-service area teamwork.
• Contract or hire a mental health consultant with appropriate credentials and
experience to be a resource for staff and program needs around family well-
being.
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
• Use the community assessment and self assessment surveys,
the family partnership process, team meetings, and other tools
to understand community and family needs and interests.
• Review individual and system-wide family successes, referrals
and effective staff practices to evaluate family services.
• Collect data for individual families and aggregate it to review
the effectiveness of family services
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
PROGRAM ENVIRONMENT
• Welcome all families—and all family structures, sizes and
arrangements.
• Initiate relationships with families that are receptive,
responsive and respectful.
• Include family-friendly spaces with pictures and materials that
affirm and welcome all families.
• Engage in honest dialogue with families about their
expectations and staff/program objective
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS
• Use family partnership assessments as a tool for relationship
building and as a basis for ongoing individualized family
services.
• Help families identify their interests, articulate their strengths
and needs and accomplish and/or develop goals.
• Use goal-oriented home visits to establish relationships with
families and to identify and support their interests and needs
through the family partnership process.
• Assist families in using resources and systems of support
regularly and continuously over a period of time.
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
TEACHING AND LEARNING
Participate in cross-service area teams and program meetings to
ensure that information about services related to family and
child well-being can inform teaching
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
• Link families with support systems and resources and conduct
purposeful follow up to determine their effectiveness.
• Participate in community meetings and initiatives that increase
program capacity to respond to the needs and interests of
families.
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
• E: Eligibility – income and age
• R: Recruitment- on-going (radio announcements, posters, door-to-door, flyers, posters, letters sent home to parents and churches)
• S: Selection- neediest of the needy
• E: Enrollment- under enrolled by 32 children
• A: Attendance- 85% of the enrolled children
ERSEA
FAMILY ENGAGMENT➢ Parent Café
➢ Parent Meeting
➢ Policy Council
➢ Goal Settings
ATTENDANCE
➢ EARLY HEAD START 82.8%
➢ HEAD START/PRE-K 94.7%
CONNECT PARENTS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES➢ In-Kind
2016-2017 $482,469.00
80% Budget/ 20% In-Kind
PFCE GOALSFamilies Well-Being: Parents and families are safe, healthy,
and have increased financial security
Enhance parents learning by connecting them to educational and training opportunities within the community.
On-Going Recruitment
ERSEA • Face book
• Radio
• Door to Door
• Newspaper
• Flyers
• Community Partners
• Community Business Partners
ERSEA
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
Parent Education
• Healthy Homes
• Finance Education
• Career Building
• Child Advocacy
• Fire Prevention
• Continuing Education
• Healthy Eating Habits
• Positive Discipline Practices
Parent Involvement
• Classroom Reading/ Activities
• Chaperone Field Trips
• Parent Activity Committee (Parent Café)
• Policy Council
• Recruitment
• Parent Meetings
Education Overview…
• Early Head Start- In the area of language and cognitive, there was an increase in the
number of children “meeting or exceeding widely held expectation” for the 2016-
2017 school year; however, there was a decrease in mathematics domain.
• During a planning meeting for the 2017-2018 school year academic, the
management team decided to use the slogan “Raising the Bar Across the
Curriculum… Read, Write, Learn” as a campaign to promote all domains in the
program. Integrating STEAM in daily instructional practices was the focus for an
intensive three day pre-service professional development facilitated by Lakeshore.
• The Early Head Start program uses the BRIGANCE Early Childhood Screens III
for Infants and Toddlers, the Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers, and
Two’s as the curriculum, Frog Street as the supplement, and Teaching Strategies
Gold as the assessment tool.
What is BRIGANCE….
• The BRIGANCE is a screener which allows teachers to identify potential developmental
delays and giftedness in language, motor, self-help, social-emotion and cognitive skills.
• BRIGANCE is administered within 45 calendar days of the school year.
• Results of the screening help identify developmental appropriate assessment, reduce over-
referrals with at-risk cutoffs, determine each child’s specific strength and needs and assess
school readiness.
BRIGANCE Results for 2016-2017 School Year (EHS)
__________________________________________________________
Gifted On Level At-Risk Developmental Delayed
25 128 28 15
DATA DIG…….………… (EHS)
Hancock County Early Head Start prepares children
for school by focusing on their healthy development
in four important areas of growth: physical,
cognitive, emotional, and social growth an
emphasis on social/emotional development. The
infant and toddler years are watershed of
development in the emotional domain. These skills
lay the foundation for positive social interactions
and, ultimately, academic, and school readiness for
long life learning. All children transitioning out of
EHS met their school readiness goals and ready for
Head Start.
Data Dig .……………..(HS/ Pre-K) TSGIn Head Start & Pre-K- there were significant increases
in the number of children “meeting and exceeding”
widely held expectations for the 2016-17 school year, in
all areas; however, we experienced a slight deficiency in
mathematics.
Data Dig …………………... (HS/ Pre-K) TSG
Measures to Increase Mathematics
We have taken extra measures to increase
math by engaging in activities that
incorporate sorting, counting, weighing,
measuring and other mathematical skills.
We are steadily working to implement other
areas of study. We have adopted a STEAM
focus for this school year, incorporating
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and
Math into the daily schedule of activities.
.
Professional Development
Various trainings was administered to the Head Start/Pre-K,
Education Staff, and parents in 2016-2017. It was proven to all, that
significant improvements were made through professional
development and trainings that was an integral part of our growth.
Professional development is ongoing. We will continue engaging in
trainings conducted by Lakeshore, OHS, Best Practices, peer too
peer tutoring, workshops and webinars and other required trainings
to increase teaching practices in the classroom.
•CLASS Training/School Readiness
•Better Brains for Babies
•Essential Elements Training
•Building Blocks for Literacy Training
•NCQTL 15 Minutes Suites
•Education Leadership
•Math & More Activity/ Lesson Plans
•Teaching Strategies Gold
•Transition Training/ Active Supervision
•Head Start Outcome Framework
•Speech/Language Referral
•SDE/ GELDS Training
•Pre-K Annual Training/ Asthma Training
•Child Abuse and Mandated Reporting
•MMCI Training
To increase child outcome and teacher practices we
have launched STEAM, purchased additional HATCH
tablets and Hatchable games, visited museums of
arts and sciences, planetariums, experimenting,
storytelling, and partnering with Science and
Agriculture departments.
Staff Credentials: Although all 8 Lead Teachers hold A Bachelor’s
Degree, 5 TA’s hold an Associate degree and 3 hold CDA’s,
instruction initiative depends solely on the whole child, the delivery of
the instruction, the curriculum, school readiness goals, performance
standards, Head Start child outcome framework, and the Georgia
Early Learning Standards and Development to support learning
within the classroom.
Community Readers
IT IS ALL ABOUT …..CLASS
CLASROOM
Dimensions Domains
Positive Climate
Negative Climate
TeacherSensitivity
Regard forStudent
Perspective
BehaviorManagemen
tProductivity
InstructionalLearning Format
ConceptDevelopment
Quality of
Feedback
LanguageModeling
EmotionalSupport
ClassroomOrganization
InstructionalSupport
Hill/ Reid 7/7 1/1 6/6 7/6 5/6 6/5 6/6 6/5 7/6 6/6 5/5 6/6 6/6
Noley/ Jackson 7/7 1/1 5/7 5/7 7/7 5/6 4/6 4/6 4/6 4/6 5/6 5/7 4/6
Clark/ Clark 7/7 1/1 5/5 5/5 7/7 5/6 3/5 3/4 3/4 3/4 5/5 5/6 3/4
Hosley/ Wingfield 7/7 1/1 5/6 5/6 7/6 6/7 5/6 3/6 4/6 4/7 5/5 6/7 4/7
Cummings/ Webb 7/7 1/1 5/7 5/6 7/5 5/6 4/6 4/7 4/6 4/6 5/6 5/6 4/7
Evans/ Ashley 7/7 2/1 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 5/5 6/6 6/6
Denson/ Wingfield 6/7 1/1 6/5 6/5 5/7 5/5 5/5 6/4 6/4 6/4 6/5 3/6 6/4
Simmons/ Strother 7/7 1/2 5/6 5/6 7/6 5/6 4/5 3/5 3/6 3/5 5/6 5/6 3/5
NationalAverage 5.93 1.06 5.82 5.3 5.95 6.05 5.2 2.33 2.8 3.35 6.0 5.73 2.83
Center Average 6.9/7.0
1.1/1.1
5.4/6.0 5.5/5.9 6.4/6.3 5.4/6.0 4.6/5.5 4.4/5.4
4.6/5.5
4.5/5.5 5.3/5.0 5.7/6.0 6.3/5.5
What is CLASS?The Classroom Assessment Scoring System
(CLASS) is an observational instrument developed at
the Curry School Center for Advanced Study of
Teaching and Learning to assess classroom quality
in HS/PK-12 classrooms. It describes multiple
dimensions of teaching that are linked to student
achievement.
The CLASS can be used to reliably assess
classroom quality for research and program
evaluation and also provides a tool to help new and
experienced teachers become more effective.
Accolades
• ERSEA Review- No Findings
• State Fiscal Audit- No Findings
• 1% COLA
• Literacy Resource Room
• MMCI Train the Trainer
• Data Increase Program Wide
• Garden Grant
• Technology Grant
• Model Resource Room
• Infant & Toddler HATCH Tablets
• Building Enhancements
Head Start/ Early Head Start Grant Award
Category Program
Operations
Training/
Technical
Assistance
Non Federal
Share
Other Sources
(Pre-K)
Personnel $1,109,094.00
Fringe Benefits $511, 704.00
Travel $8,000.00
Supplies $171,654.50
Contract $45,000.00
Other $258,511.00 $42,730.00 $564,806.00 $186,080
Direct Cost $2,198,083.00
Indirect Cost $61,140.00
TOTAL $2,259,223.00 $43, 020 $564,806.00 $186,080
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