Services
Building the Foundation for Our Nation
The Leech Lake Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to promote school readiness for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Leech Lake Head Start is licensed through the Leech Lake Reservation and operates with federal and state oversight of fiscal responsibilities, quality of educators, and compliance to serve children near and within the reservation. The Head Start and Early Head Start program provides options to best needs of families. Continual improvements are conducted through multi-stakeholder Policy Council Committee, community assessments, and conversations with families.
Mental Health Consultancy
The Head Start Performance Standards require programs to secure mental health consultation services of sufficient frequency, to ensure the consultant is available to partner with staff and families in a timely manner.
LLHS and EHS provide a monthly schedule of consultation and observation for each site. Teachers may request other consultation times by contacting the consultant. Parents are provided with a schedule of when the consultant is on site, and contact information if there is a need other than the time scheduled.
Teachers participate in monthly reflective consultation with a mental health consultant, to support the work they do with children and families.
What is infant and early childhood consultation?
Infant and early childhood mental health consultation is an evidence-based intervention for supporting young children’s social/emotional development and addressing challenging behaviors. This process supports early care professionals including classroom teachers and home visitors to improve the social, emotional, and behavioral health of children in early care and education programs. This process works to build the capacity of staff, families, and programs to prevent, identify, treat, and reduce the impact of mental health problems among children from birth to age 6 and their families.
To further support families in a mental health consultant role, developmental training guided by The Incredible Years curriculum and Conscious Discipline will included. These evidence-based tools will support parents at each stage of development, as well as guide teachers for in-classroom supports.
Mental health consultation also includes engaging teaching staff in a professional development format, including a collaborative relationship for professional growth that improves quality and practice by cherishing strengths and partnering around vulnerabilities to generate growth. Through regular implementation, staff member’s professional growth and personal discovery can unfold.
Center-Based
Coming Soon
Curriculum
- Teaching Strategies Gold Curriculum
- Creative Curriculum: Cloud
- Ready Rosie
- Second Step
- Conscious Discipline
- Incredible Years
- Ojibwemowin Language & Culture
- Ignite by Hatch
Distance Learning
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The Leech Lake Head Start Program is currently offering a Distance Learning model for families due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is for families that would like to continue their child’s learning from home. Teachers utilize the Creative Curriculum, Ignite by Hatch, and their knowledge of Child Development to teach virtually and alongside parents. Teachers work to build relationships with families by phone, e-mail, and virtual zoom sessions.
What does Distance Learning look like?
- A weekly contact with an assigned teacher.
- The Parent/Guardian and Teacher identify a time to meet regularly.
- Age appropriate activities and ideas to help with your child’s development will be provided.
- A Hatch tablet will be provided to each child for home use when the application process is complete.
You can enroll in the Distance Learning Program in one of two ways:
- Fill out the Enrollment Application on our Head Start/Early Head Start Home Page.
Service Areas
Communities
Cass Lake
Onigum
Bemidji
Bena
Ball Club
Centers
AOB HS
AOB EHS
Abinoojinh Aki HS
Abinoojinh Aki EHS
Baaga'dawaaning HS
Baaga'dawaaning EHS
Bena HS
Bena EHS
Bemidji
Chachabahning
Transportation
View/download our Transportation Packet which includes:
- Transportation Policy
- Data Collection Form
- School Bus Driver Responsibilities & Duties
- School Bus Monitor Responsibilities & Duties
- Transportation Emergency Contact form
