Head Start Performance Standards definition

Head Start Performance Standards means the standards determined by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to define the services that Head Start and Early Head Start programs are required to provide to the children and families that they serve. The standards constitute the expectations and requirements that Head Start grantees must meet.

Examples of Head Start Performance Standards in a sentence

  • The Head Start Grantee must comply with all requirements of the Head Start Performance Standards (2016), Section 1302.90 (b), background checks and selection procedures, and obtain a State criminal history records check, and a check of the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records, including fingerprints, for all direct or contracted staff and consultants of the Head Start Grantee, including employees of the District that are provided access to children enrolled in the program.

  • An annual performance review will be conducted for all Head Start Teachers as required by Head Start and Early Head Start Performance Standards.

  • Maintain and monitor IEP for all Head Start children served under Section 1308 of the Head Start Performance Standards (Disabilities Services).

  • Priority for applicants whose families earn income in the lowest poverty level ranges is given per federal Head Start Performance Standards.

  • The Head Start Performance Standards (HSPS) and the Head Start Act (HSA) as authorized in December 2007 may be access at: ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/ohs/policy.

  • The District will make every attempt to assist Head Start in meeting its goal of ten (10) percent of children with disabilities as regulated in the Head Start Performance Standards, 45 CFR § 1302.14 (a), (b); § 1302.60-62.

  • The qualification for a substitute teacher assistant shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of the Head Start Performance Standards.

  • The credential of the substitute for a teacher shall, at a minimum, meet county substitute credential requirements and Head Start Performance Standards.

  • Early childhood shall maintain adult-student ratios and class sizes conforming to standards stipulated by the California Department of Education (CDE), Head Start Performance Standards, and Community Care Licensing (CCL).

  • PROVIDER agrees to provide quality child care and development services in accordance with Community Care Licensing, Head Start Performance Standards, and State Program Funding Terms and Conditions.