CLIENT AND PROJECT MATERIALS --- HEAD START MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
AGENDA
Community Assessments
Do you know where your children are?
Head Start Management Institute July 2013
Dr. Betsy Morris, Planning for Sustainable Communities, Berkeley, CA
9am Welcome
Review Agenda
Purpose & Goals
· Overview - what’s required by the CA performance standards
· Practice using the US Census
· Walk away with essential data for your Service Area
· Tips to create your own successful roadmap - Avoid data overload!
· Have some fun learning with each other
Introductions
Name, where from
What is your role in completing the HS community assessment?
How are you feeling about the job? Confident? Bored? Worried?
9:15 Community Assessment Overview
· Required Elements
· Uses/Monitoring Protocols
· Value and Strategic Uses
o Best practices and Sources
o Asking and Answering Questions
o Involving Stakeholders/participatory research
Sample CAs, Tables of Contents , Tables and Maps
9:45 Getting the Eligiblity Numbers Fast
Review HANDOUT – How to Use the Census and ACS
10am LAB TIME (Census)
Exercise 1 - # of income eligible children in your Service Area
Exercise 2 – generating community profiles
Exercise 3 - online CAA tool online CAA tool
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES (see handout)
Scorecards; Health, Disability Data, School Data
Transportation; Parent Survey * Using 211 and other sites
BREAK
10:45 AM: Analyzing Data - in teams of 2 or 3
Look at your findings and identify 3-5 key points; What can you say about your service area?
What’s going on in your community that could be affecting the # of eligible children and your agency’s ability to enroll them?
Any surprises?
11:15 AM Creating Your Roadmap - (All or in Pairs)
Discussion - Trouble shooting your agency issues or (In Pairs or Threes - Sharing Problem sharing; issues). What advice can you give? Other Resources and Links
11: 45 - CHECKOUT –
Summarize key points - Your Biggest takeaways
One word goodbye’s
In-class Evaluation
PICK UP QUIZ when you turn in evaluation!