Head Start University Partnerships: Building the Evidence Base for ECE Workforce Well-Being

Overview

<p>OPRE intends to award up to eight cooperative agreements under the HSUP: Building the Evidence Base for ECE Workforce Well-Being FOA to support projects that will contribute to the knowledge base regarding the individual, program, and community factors that promote the well-being of HS and/or EHS education staff, including rigorous evaluation of well-being improvement approaches (e.g., interventions, models). Results of these studies are expected to provide valuable information that can help guide HS programs in their decisions regarding strategies for improving education staff well-being.</p> <p>The first year of the grant will address adaptation and refinement of the approach(es) for HS programs, and collaboration with fellow HSUP grantees to develop common conceptual framework(s) and coordinated measurement plans.</p> <p>Goal 1. To identify and evaluate promising approaches to support education staff well-being within the context of Head Start.<br>Goal 2. To encourage researchers to enter into mutually beneficial partnerships with HS programs to conduct research that informs HS at both the federal and local perspectives.<br>Goal 3. To encourage active communication, networking, and interdisciplinary collaboration among HS and early childhood researchers, technical assistance providers, practitioners, and policymakers.<br>Goal 4. To increase the dissemination of HS research at the local and national levels.</p>