Office of Head Start National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement (NCPFC)

URL: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/family

The Office of Head Start National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement (NCPFC) released the Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework in September of 2011. The framework, downloadable and available in both English and Spanish, is a “road map” to family and community engagement across systems and service areas. Along with the framework are a variety of short videos (links) discussing this framework and family engagement through the eyes of the national director of Head Start, teachers, and parents. The framework and short videos focus on the development of family engagement partnerships and is a comprehensive guide into incorporating research-based methods in developing relationships among families, communities, and providers which will aid in the development of a healthy and balanced child who is ready for school success.

To further promote the use of the framework, in January of 2012 the NCPFC introduced a guide for use of the Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework, specifically focused on helping programs to identify “markers of progress,” and using the recently developed “self assessment tool”.

• Using the Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework in Your Program: Markers of Progress (PDF)
• Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Simulation
  The PFCE Online Simulation takes you to a virtual Head Start Center where you assume the role of a Head Start staff member meeting a mother and her child during an intake visit to introduce the family to the program. In the role play, you will practice four every day and engaging relationship-building strategies with emotionally responsive avatars.