Some outside links that I explored was the health link. It lead me to I am moving I am learning project! I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) is a proactive approach for addressing childhood obesity in Head Start children. IMIL seeks to increase daily moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), improve the quality of movement activities intentionally planned and facilitated by adults, and promote healthy food choices every day. It presents the goals and the objectives of the IMIL.
I really like that there is a specific site that you can go to and it is birth to five funding opportunity. It is a pilot program. The pilot FOA will allow applicants to craft a proposal in one application that adopts a comprehensive birth-to-five programmatic approach. This pilot also will provide the opportunity for applicants to propose to reallocate funding between Head Start and Early Head Start based on the needs in the community.
There is a link to click on for on the road for school readiness. They want to implement actions to take, choosing a curriculum, cultural and linguistic responsiveness, and ways to improve the program. The head start program is working with schools to promote school readiness for children. I think that it is awesome that this program is on board to helping children from lower income be prepared for kindergarten! This is one way to eliminate these children from being on the same level as other children.
Some information that I found on the website is there are professional development trainings that is offered by Headstart. They have trainings such as leadership, family engagements, and many other trainings. They also have conferences that help in the areas of communication, connectivity, parent engagement, and policy issues.
When exploring on the website I found that October is Head Start Awareness month. I think it is awesome that they have awareness month. In this week’s discussion we read about a barrier being awareness of these programs that are available. This is one tool to help prevent families not being aware of their resources around them.
Thank you for sharing that October is Head Start Awarness month. I had no idea which also tells me that there is some improvement that can be made in promoting this awareness. What are some of the things the organization is doing to promote this awareness?
ReplyDeleteIts wonderful that there are organizations taking responsibility for addressing childhood obesity. Families and children need to learn that good eating habits are formed early in life, as well as being physically active.
ReplyDeleteI thinks its good that eating habits are addressed by this organization; but how could this information reach people who are not aware of this organization?
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