Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Community Partnerships:
Working Together
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What is Collaboration?
Handout 6: Where Do We Stand?Instructions
Complete the chart by noting examples of how your Head Start program works with organizations in your community. Base your information on personal knowledge and staff interviews or conversations. Indicate the level of community partnership each activity suggests by checking it off as being at:ORGANIZATION 1: Health Care Providers (clinics, physicians, dentists, and other providers)
- Level 1: Communication and Networking (the sharing of information);
- Level 2: Cooperation and Coordination (the sharing of information and activities); or
- Level 3: Collaboration (the sharing of information, activities, and resources.)
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. Local Health Clinic comes to Head Start Center to provide children and families with free immunization. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 2: Mental Health Providers
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 3: Employment Opportunity Providers
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 4: Providers of Services to Children with Disabilities
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 5: Family Preservation and Family Support Providers
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 6: Public Service Providers (child protective services, police departments, recreation facilities, or public transportation agencies)
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 7: Local Schools and Educational Institutions (schools, libraries, and museums)
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 8: Providers of Child-Care Services
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
ORGANIZATION 9: Businesses and/or other organizations
Activities Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 1. 2. 3.
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