Tools and Resources
NEW! Multicultural Principles Learning Extensions
Multicultural Principle Learning Extensions are professional development activities that correspond to the 10 Multicultural Principles. They are designed to help program staff extend and apply thinking based on each principle.
NEW! Head Start and Refugee Provider Communication Guide
This resource promotes collaboration between Head Start and Refugee Resettlement agencies. It provides essential background information on each agency as well as suggests questions each can ask the other to ensure needed information is exchanged.
NEW! Serving Head Start's Diverse Children and Families: What is the Law? What Are the Regulations?
This compendium includes exerpts from the Head Start Act, Head Start Program Performance Standards, The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework, and Information Memoranda that address cultural and linguistic responsivenss in Head Start programs.
NEW! NCCLR Quick Guides for Teachers
The NCCLR Quick Guides for Teachers offer practical, hands-on strategies to support children's home and second language development using books. They were designed with the busy educator in mind.
Head Start Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Resource Catalogue (Volumes One through Three)
These volumes provide extensive descriptive listings of research and evidence-based articles, books, videos, curricula, websites, and other resources on Culture, Native and Heritage Language Preservation, and Dual Language Learning.
Strategies for Supporting All Dual Language Learners [PDF, 2.1MB]
Young children acquire a second language over time. This resource provides practical examples of how to use research-based strategies that support children at different levels of English language acquisition. English and Español
Young Dual Language Learners: Gathering Background Information [PDF, 480KB]
This 2-page handout guides staff to gather information on a child's language background through conversations with families. It identifies 6 aspects of language background and several possible questions to use with families for each aspect. English and Español
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Express Checkout Worksheet [PDF, 1.8MB]
This downloadable, electronic worksheet allows you to quickly check whether materials for families and staff are culturally and linguistically appropriate. It is designed for use when developing as well as selecting materials. It can also be used as a printed document.
Featured Resources
Program Preparedness Checklist Version 5
This Checklist helps Head Start and Early Head Start programs to promote school readiness for DLLs by examining their systems and services for children and families who speak languages other than English. Version 5 is an electronic document that provides:
- Automatic tabulation of ratings for analysis and interpretation of the data;
- Guidance on the recommended practices; and
- Recommendations for program planning and decision making.
Revisiting and Updating the Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs Serving Children Ages Birth to Five
Children and their families come to Head Start and Early Head Start rooted in a culture that gives them meaning and direction. The same statement is true of the staff and administrators who work in Head Start and Early Head Start. These principles were developed to guide Head Start/Early Head Start staff in meeting program goals and to serve as a framework for multicultural programming.
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Last Reviewed: October 2012
Last Updated: February 11, 2013
