Congratulations to Scott Louis for winning the Parent of the Year Award! This award celebrates one of Head Start's most important partners...the Parents!! This is not an easy award to win as you'll see with the following criteria:
- The nominee must be a Head Start parent during the program year.
- The nominee must hold a position of leadership on a site council, parent or policy council, state, regional or national association.
- The nominee must submit two letters of reference from people who can verify your work as a leader in Head Start, volunteer service, and/or community activities. Letters will be judged by specific information and rated on their overall effectiveness. The letters should be no more than one typewritten page each. Applications without two references will not be considered for this award.(20 points)
- The nominee must submit responses for each of the following categories, in their entirety.
- Special contributions: Describe activities contributed by the parent to the local program or in role as leader, (20 points)
- Accomplishments and/or activities related to the continuous personal and career development of the parent. (30 points)
- Personal goals: The applicant should write a statement of personal goals no more than 200 words in length. (30 points)
Keep up the great work Scott!
