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Focus Group Questions to Consider

Focus Area 1. Are there locations within the program service area that would
One: benefit from Head Start serving predominantly 3-yr-olds?
Program
Governance 2. Are there CSNT Head locations that do not meet their funded
ERSEA enrollment or are unable to keep a waiting list?
Program
Structure 3. Are more parents able to participate in meetings and activities
when they are held at different times throughout the school
Focus Area year?
Two:
Education 4. Would the creation of a Governing Board Planning Committee
School help the Board members to understand their roles and
Readiness responsibilities?
CLASS
Disability 1. Did the Program reach 10% of its funded enrollment as children
Services with disabilities by the end of the Program year?
FCE/Transitions
2. Has the Program made progress toward meeting 10% of its
Focus Area funded enrollment as children with disabilities during the
Three: Program year?
Health Services
Safety and 3. Has the Program improved literacy skills for children within the
Transportation program?
Human
Resources 4. Has the program improved the mathematics skills for children
with the program?
Focus Area
Four: 1. Do staff receive training on a regular basis that will help them
Program perform their job duties?
Management
Quality 2. Does the Program have system in place to monitor compliance
Improvement with HSPPS in the area of Human Resources?
Fiscal/
Administrative 3. Has the implementation of dental clinics affected the number of
children within the Program that are up-to-date on dentals?

4. Are there procedures in place at the ISD locations for Head Start
children to be served by school nurses?

1. Does the Program have a system in place to update financial
policies and procedures when regulations or requirements
change? If yes, does the Program monitor to see that the
regulation or requirement has been implemented properly?

2. Is the Program using reliable data systems to create reports that
are user friendly?

3. Does improved technology utilized in the Program correlate with
improved communication within the Program?

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