Resource Library

This brief describes information about coaching that we gathered in 2021—about 18 months into the pandemic—from surveys and qualitative interviews with coaches, FCC providers, and center directors. We focus on understanding remote coaching and various coaching strategies, such as modeling and observation, during this time frame.

This brief draws on data from the 2021—2022 Study to examine the strategies programs used to improve staff retention and well-being.

This brief explores Head Start teachers’ health, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, stress, and job satisfaction; the supports programs offered and the ones teachers used; and the associations between teachers’ well-being and those supports. It draws on data collected in fall 2021 and spring 2022 from the 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs (the 2021-2022 Study), after nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Early Care and Education Research Scholars (ECE): Head Start Dissertation Grants program is designed to build capacity in the field for research that will inform early care and education policy and practice for children and families with low incomes.

The Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) knowledge review series provides an overview of the existing literature and data on CCEE workforce dynamics and offers recommendations for future research and data collection.

The Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) measure administration and scoring guide provides information to support users in administering and scoring the ExCELS measure.

Learn about the 2023-2025 Secondary Analyses of Head Start (HS) Data grant recipients.

Learn about the 2022-2024 Secondary Analyses of Data on Head Start and Early Head Start grant recipients. 

This brief summarizes the research evidence on how high-quality ECE benefits all young children, as well as key subgroups, such as children from families experiencing low household income, children who are dual language learners, and children with disabilities.

This OPRE-funded snapshot describes the most common data sources cited by Head Start grant recipients to demonstrate availability of early care and education services and need for infant, toddler, and preschool-age services in applications to convert enrollment slots from Head Start to center-based Early Head Start.