The Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement ...

THE HEAD START PARENT,

FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

PROMOTING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

AND SCHOOL READINESS,

FROM PRENATAL TO AGE 8

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

Office of Head Start

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This document was prepared under Contract no. GS-10F-0311K of the Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, by the Head Start Resource Center, 1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 22209.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

August 15, 2011

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20447

Dear Head Start Colleagues,

I am pleased to introduce the Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework, the first of its kind. The Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework provides programs with a research based, organizational guide for implementing relevant Head Start Program Performance Standards. The PFCE Framework marks the beginning of a new wave of technical assistance resources that will be made available to programs in the coming year through the National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement.

Because supporting children's school readiness is an ongoing partnership between staff and families, the PFCE Framework is a tool that all staff and families can use. I invite you to review this valuable resource and to consider ways to improve and promote parent and family engagement in your program. The PFCE Framework can be used in program-wide strategic planning, program design and management, systems of continuous improvement, professional development for staff, and with governing bodies and parent groups. It can be used to help improve program services or to inform community partners about Head Start parent and family engagement goals and the importance of those goals for school readiness.

Families play a critical role in helping their children be ready for school and for a lifetime of academic success, and Head Start and Early Head Start programs are valuable partners with families in this endeavor. Head Start Parent Involvement has continually evolved since its inception in 1965. The Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework begins the next chapter in Head Start's long history of leading the field in engaging families and supporting children's ongoing learning and development.

Thank you for the work you do every day for children and families.

THE HEAD START PARENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ENGAGING FAMILIES--PRENATAL TO AGE 8

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. The Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework is a road map for progress in achieving the kinds of outcomes that lead to positive and enduring change for children and families. The PFCE Framework was developed in partnership with programs, families, experts, and the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement. It is a research-based approach to program change that shows how an agency can work together as a whole--across systems and service areas-- to promote parent and family engagement and children's learning and development.

PARENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK When parent and family engagement activities are systemic and integrated across program foundations and program impact areas, family engagement outcomes are achieved, resulting in children who are healthy and ready for school. Parent and family engagement activities are grounded in positive, ongoing, and goal-oriented relationships with families.

Positive & Goal-Oriented Relationships

Program Leadership

Continuous Program

Improvement

Professional

Development

Program Environment

Family Partnerships

Teaching and

Learning

Community

Partnerships

Family Well-being

Positive Parent-Child

Relationships

Families as Lifelong

Educators

Families as Learners

Family Engagement in

Transitions

Family Connections to Peers and Community

Families as Advocates and Leaders

Children are ready for school and sustain development and learning gains through third grade

PROGRAM FOUNDATIONS

PROGRAM IMPACT AREAS

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES

CHILD

OUTCOMES

The Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework

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