Program Planning
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses program planning.
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Program Planning Systems
Agencies aiming to deliver Head Start services must carefully craft and execute their programs. Use these materials to discover how effective planning practices ensure programs stay attuned to community needs. Learn how setting clear program goals, objectives, outcomes, and action plans can enhance child and family outcomes. Get insights and examples illustrating how to monitor progress toward achieving family outcomes.
Dive into a toolbox of resources that can readily bolster your program's strategic planning.
Readiness for Change Assessment Tool
Use this tool to engage teams in discussions that gauge their thinking and readiness to move forward with a change initiative.
The Family Services Manager’s Role in Program Systems
Explore the family services manager’s role in two Head Start systems: the PFCE Framework and the Management Systems Wheel.
FEM Program Planning for Directors and Managers
Learn more about the role of family economic mobility in Head Start programs. Explore ways to support staff’s work and set programmatic goals around FEM.
Directors and Managers Supporting Staff
Learn how to make meaningful connections with your staff to work toward the best outcomes for families across a variety of situations. Find ideas and tools to help you plan your FEM program work.
Sustainability Planning and Head Start Programs
Explore sustainability strategies that can help programs thrive in the face of anticipated and unexpected opportunities and challenges.
Characteristics of Sustainable Programs
Discover how being visionary, engaged, impactful, and well resourced defines sustainable Head Start programs.
Annual Community Assessment Update Considerations
Assess significant community changes, including regulatory updates, that could affect program operations and service delivery.
Management Systems Wheel
The Head Start Management Systems Wheel is a visual representation of the 12 program management, planning, and oversight systems that are critical to high-quality service delivery.
Program Planning in Head Start: The Program Planning Cycle
Planning systems occur in a continuous cycle and involve key members of the Head Start community. The outcome of this cycle is the creation of achievable goals and short-term program and fiscal objectives.
