[SoftballMominVA]

What I have gathered from some conversations in the school board meetings I've attended is that the hiring requirements of Headstart are the bottom of the barrel with the idea that the program serves two functions. One to give kids an educationally sound beginning and two to give jobs to the underprivileged. The only person required to have any kind of degree is the person in charge and she is supposed to direct the learning of all the 'teachers' in her employ.

In other words, it is set up to fail from the get-go.

Our county is trying to get control of the program and staff it as part of the school system so that they can require all adults working with kids to have degrees (preferably in early-ed)

[leda]

the underprivileged providing a sound beginning? seems
like a contradiction to me. do those employed have or
get any training?

i’m required to have degrees and continuous training
and the kids i teach are just a year older. sigh!