
Property Essentials
Online • Live • 8 PD Hrs
Property Essentials supports Head Start grant recipients in ensuring their facilities and equipment are safe, healthy, and nurturing environments for children, families, and staff.
High-quality, well-maintained facilities are vital to quality early childhood education programming. Property Essentials supports Head Start grantees in ensuring that their facilities and equipment are safe, healthy, and nurturing environments for children, families, and staff.
Building on the fundamentals explored in Property Management Basics, this course supports programs in developing systems, to ensure facilities meet compliance requirements and responsibilities that apply when Head Start funds are used to acquire or improve property. Property Essentials is ideal for all members of property teams—fiscal managers, directors, maintenance staff, property managers, health/safety managers, etc.
This course will delve into selected property topics, including what to do when property is no longer needed, federal interests and what they mean, valuation of donated space, depreciation, and cost allocation of shared facilities. Learners will be introduced to the Part 1303—Financial and Administrative Requirements of the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS), the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, and other laws and regulations grantees must comply with.
Start Date: Pre-registration is open! This course will be available starting in January 2023.
Course Level:Intermediate
Requirements/Prerequisites: Property Management Basics is recommended.
Target Audience: Leadership and Management, Program Operations, and Support Services
Course Meeting Times: In addition to completing online modules, learners will be required to attend a live session on the second Tuesday of the month from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.
Completion Timeline/Duration: One month
Alignment with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF): This credential supports programs in meeting Part 1303—Financial and Administrative Requirements the HSPPS and the Real Property Guidance and Regulations from the Office of Head Start.
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Includes
- Online, Self-paced Coursework
- Live Instruction
- Access to a National Cohort of Peers
- 8 Hours of Course Material
- Video Content
- 1 Month of Access to Online Course
- Discussion Forums
- Digital Badge
- Certificate of Completion with Professional Development Hours
- 24/7 Access to Transcript
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