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GoEngage Head Start Training Catalog

Welcome, our instructors are so excited to meet you!

Jump to: Everyone • ERSEA • Health • Education & Child Development • Mental Health & Disabilities • Family & Community Engagement • Program Management & Governance • Fiscal • HR & Professional Development • Facilities & Safety • Data & CQI

Everyone

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Services and Referrals

Track family services and referrals so nothing falls through the cracks.

ERSEA

Manage how children are identified, prioritized, enrolled, and kept in the program.

⏰30

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⏰30

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Pre-Applications

Capture interest from online forms.

⏰90

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⏰90

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Applications

Add children and ensure eligibility decisions are supported by clean, verifiable data.

⏰90

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⏰90

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Enrollment

Complete intake, track program status, and update family information.

⏰45

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⏰45

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Attendance and Meals

Track attendance and meals.

⏰45

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⏰45

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Absenteeism

Follow up with unexpected and chronic absences.

⏰30

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Two-Year Eligibility Re-Certification

Ensure all children who are returning for a 3rd year are re-certified.

Health

Health: Medical, dental, vision, hearing, EPSDT compliance, well-child checks. Nutrition: Meal planning, CACFP compliance, child nutrition education.

⏰75

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⏰75

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Health Data Entry

Track child health requirements to stay compliant and avoid missed deadlines.

⏰30

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Health Follow-Ups

One-stop shop for children with concerning test results or medical conditions.

⏰45

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Nutrition

Complete nutrition assessments, manage allergies, and follow up with concerns.

⏰30

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Dental

Track dental exams, needs, and follow-ups.

⏰45

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⏰45

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Expecting Families (Pregnancies & Newborns)

Support a mother throughout her pregnancy, from prenatal visits to lesson plans to 2-week newborn home visits.

⏰30

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⏰30

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CACFP Tracking and Compliance

Support meal compliance and reimbursement through clean data.

Education & Child Development

Curriculum, lesson planning, classroom quality, school readiness, developmental assessments.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Education and Home Visits

Support child progress in the classroom and at home.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Home-Based Programming

Log and monitor required home visits and socializations.

⏰30

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⏰30

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Individual Learning Plans

Create and track child developmental goals and related activities.

⏰30

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⏰30

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School Readiness Outcomes

Enter and track school readiness outcome ratings.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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DRDP

Enter observations, complete DRDP ratings, and finalize checkpoints.

⏰45

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⏰45

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⏰45

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Parent-Child Activities

Create, assign and collect parent-child activities for automatic in-kind.

⏰30

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Classroom/Teacher Assessment

Input and review CLASS (or other) assessment data.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Transition Management

Work on transitions with children moving into Kindergarten, HS to EHS, or home.

⏰30

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⏰30

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⏰30

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Developmental Screenings & Assessments

Track developmental domains and checkpoints.

Mental Health & Disabilities

Mental Health: Mental health consultation, behavioral support, staff training. Disabilities: Ensure children with disabilities (IDEA Part B/C) receive support and services.

⏰90

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⏰90

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⏰90

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Disabilities & Mental Health Referral Process

Capture concerns, track each referral process, and document services provided.

⏰30

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⏰30

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⏰30

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Adult Mental Health

Complete adult mental health screenings, record results, and document follow-up services.

Family & Community Engagement

Family goal setting, parent engagement, referrals, partnerships.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Parent Communication

Send messages to families in GoEngage—to the right people, in multiple languages.

⏰45

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⏰45

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⏰45

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Family Assessments and Goals

Conduct family intake assessments, set goals, and track family engagement outcomes.

⏰30

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Family Events and Socializations

Conduct family intake assessments, set goals, and track family engagement outcomes.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Volunteer Record-Keeping

Manage your volunteer records.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Parent Portal

Daily Journal, two-way instant messaging, paperwork, parent-child activities.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Community Partnerships

Manage and track community service providers.

Program Management & Governance

Policy Council, Governing Board, planning, recordkeeping, ongoing monitoring, self-assessment.

⏰30

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Policy Council, Committee, and Boards

Track memberships and meeting attendance, with automatic in-kind documentation.

⏰30

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⏰30

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Staff Meetings

Schedule staff meetings, manage attendance, link discussions to HSPPS, FA1/FA2, and SOPs, and track action plans.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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File Review

Complete site file reviews, document compliance using monitoring checklists, and create action plans.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Agency Internal Review (AIR) Notes

Conduct and track internal agency reviews for compliance (FA1, FA2, HSPPS, your SOPs).

Fiscal

In-kind, budgets, grants management, fiscal controls.

⏰45

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⏰45

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In-Kind

Automate in-kind collection with digital sign-in for volunteers, donations, and governance meetings. Parent-child activities also automatically generate timesheets.

⏰30

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Childcare Fee Collection

Record child care tuition charges, track payments, generate invoices, and provide receipts

HR & Professional Development

Staff qualifications, training, performance appraisals, career growth.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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HR Record-Keeping

Maintain a complete and accurate workforce profile for OHS and PIR: staff records, credentials, required trainings, health events, and employment details. Includes new hire onboarding.

⏰45

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⏰45

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⏰45

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Coaching

Track all your coaching work in one place.

⏰30

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⏰30

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⏰30

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Professional Development (Staff Trainings)

Collect sign in/out for staff trainings, with automated PD tracking.

Facilities & Safety

Safe learning environments, transportation, emergency preparedness.

⏰30

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⏰30

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Safety Incidents and Emergencies

Capture incidents clearly and defensibly.

⏰60

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⏰60

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Safety Checklists and Inspections

Demonstrate ongoing safety oversight.

⏰60

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⏰60

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Maintenance & Work Orders

Document how issues are resolved.

⏰75

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⏰75

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Transportation & Vehicles

Ensure safe and compliant transportation operations.

⏰30

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⏰30

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Active Supervision

Use the Child Location Tracker to practice active supervision throughout the day.

⏰60

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⏰60

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Inventory and Asset Management

Manage, track, request and assign inventory throughout your agency.

Data & Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

Data systems, reporting, PIR, ongoing monitoring, improvement planning.

⏰30

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⏰30

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PIR 101

A basic introduction to GoEngage’s 100% automatic PIR.

⏰45

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⏰45

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PIR Troubleshooting

Learn how to identify and resolve PIR discrepancies by troubleshooting sample scenarios.

⏰45

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Team Case Conferencing

Track and discuss children's progress and compliance in a structured way.

⏰60

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⏰60

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Program Outcomes Portal (POP)

Monitor program performance and outcomes—and take immediate action.

⏰60

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⏰60

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⏰60

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Reports

Select from 600+ built-in reports, and schedule sending to specific users or groups. Build custom reports that pull data from across content areas.

⏰75

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⏰75

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⏰75

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Digital Forms ("Quick Forms") & Custom Tasks ("Agency Events")

Build digital forms for staff and families to complete digitally. Option to display them as custom Tasks to track agency-wide processes.