[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1306.3]

[Page 151-152]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1306_HEAD START STAFFING REQUIREMENTS AND PROGRAM OPTIONS
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 1306.3  Definitions.

    (a) Center-based program option means Head Start services provided 
to children primarily in classroom settings.
    (b) Combination program option means Head Start services provided to 
children in both a center setting and through intensive work with the 
child's parents and family at home.
    (c) Days of operation means the planned days during which children 
will be receiving direct Head Start component services in a classroom, 
on a field trip or on trips for health-related activities, in group 
socialization or when parents are receiving a home visit.
    (d) Double session variation means a variation of the center-based 
program option that operates with one teacher who works with one group 
of children in a morning session and a different group of children in an 
afternoon session.
    (e) Full-day variation means a variation of the center-based program 
option in which program operations continue for longer than six hours 
per day.
    (f) Group socialization activities means the sessions in which 
children and parents enrolled in the home-based or combination program 
option interact with other home-based or combination children and 
parents in a Head Start classroom, community facility, home, or on a 
field trip.
    (g) Head Start class means a group of children supervised and taught 
by two paid staff members (a teacher and a teacher aide or two teachers) 
and, where possible, a volunteer.
    (h) Head Start parent means a Head Start child's mother or father, 
other family member who is a primary caregiver, foster parent, guardian 
or the person with whom the child has been placed for purposes of 
adoption pending a final adoption decree.

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    (i) Head Start program is one operated by a Head Start grantee or 
delegate agency.
    (j) Home-based program option means Head Start services provided to 
children, primarily in the child's home, through intensive work with the 
child's parents and family as the primary factor in the growth and 
development of the child.
    (k) Home visits means the visits made to a child's home by the class 
teacher in a center-based program option, or home visitors in a home-
based program option, for the purpose of assisting parents in fostering 
the growth and development of their child.
    (l) Hours of operation means the planned hours per day during which 
children and families will be receiving direct Head Start component 
services in a classroom, on a field trip, while receiving medical or 
dental services, or during a home visit or group socialization activity. 
Hours of operation do not include travel time to and from the center at 
the beginning and end of a session.
    (m) Parent-teacher conference means the meeting held at the Head 
Start center between the child's teacher and the child's parents during 
which the child's progress and accomplishments are discussed.