Head Start Training and Technical Assistance
Idaho

Welcome to the Idaho T/TA Network

The Idaho Technical Assistance Specialist, Ruai Gregory, works to address training and technical assistance issues of Head Start and Early Head Start grantees in the state. Because she has the opportunity to visit regularly with programs around the state, she witnesses many innovative, creative and effective strategies that Head Start and Early Head Start staff members are using to meet the challenges of providing quality services for children and families. In the coming year, the Region 10 T/TA Network will be exploring ways to help programs learn about and share the "home-grown" expertise that exists within the state's grantees. Programs can request additional support or training from the Seattle based Content Specialists.

T/TA Needs Identified for Idaho

Announcements

Recommended Links

Idaho State Training And Registry System (STARS)
This site describes the Idaho STARS professional development program and includes a comprehensive article on inclusive child care in Idaho by Julie Fodor.

BoardSource
This site provides information and links for nonprofit governing boards.

The Idaho Assistive Technology Project
This website has a monthly newsletter listing events, information and a directory of used assistive technology equipment and materials. 1-800-432-8324

The Governor's Coordinating Council for Families and Children
This website features a community calendar of events.

The Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children
This website has the new report from the Governor's Early Care and Learning Task Force.

Idaho Child
This website presents a broad selection of informational resources for community, parents and staff.

Kids Count
This website has state-level data online. This new database allows users to create customized data reports with user-friendly tools for more than 75 measures of child well-being.

The Promising Practices Network (PPN)
This website highlights programs and practices that credible research indicates are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth and families. The information offered is organized around three major areas: Proven and Promising Practices; Research in Brief; and Strengthening Service Delivery.

Safe Kids USA
The Walkability Check forms (Neighborhood Walk Check Lists) are available in both English and Spanish. Click on "Resource Catalog" in the top bar; then "View our catalog and order online;" then "caregiver resources."

Articles and Publications

Preschoolers can be weaned from TV screens, study finds
Becky Ham, Science Writer, Health Behavior News Service
Describes the success of an anti-obesity campaign in Washington State to get low income preschoolers to watch less television, as reported in the American Journal of Health Promotion.

Conducting Effective Performance Appraisals: Tips for Supervisors
Office of Human Resources, University of California, Berkeley
Provides guidance and resources for the performance appraisal process.

The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching
Deb Curtis and Margie Carter, Redleaf Press, 2000
Offers excellent training ideas for staff in each chapter, features beautiful photographic examples of classroom documentation, and identifies numerous resources.

Overworked in America: When the Way We Work Becomes Too Much, Executive Summary [PDF]
Ellen Galinsky, James T. Bond, Stacy S. Kim, Lois Backon, Erin Brownfield, and Kelly Sakai
A 2004 study that examines the causes of overwork and worker responses and how we prioritize our time on and off the job.

Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations
Patterson et al, McGraw-Hill, 2002 and 2005
Provides communication tools for staff and managers. The accompanying websites include free supplemental materials including assessments and discussion guides.

The Secrets of Consulting: A Guidebook to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully
Gerald Weinberg, Dorsett House, 1985
Provides guidance for consultants working with a range of clients.