[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1306.3]



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                        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.