JCCEO Head Start Scholarship Fund

Thanks to the JCCEO Head Start Scholarship Fund, made possible through fundraising efforts by Head Start staff, parents, and friends since April 1995, scholarships are now available for young people who finished the JCCEO Head Start Program before going on to kindergarten, and who have now graduated from High School and are accepted or enrolled in an institution of higher education.  Thirty-two (32)scholarships were awarded in 2011, and 18 scholarships have been given thus far in 2012.  For more information call 205.327.7538.  

YOU can touch the future!  Make your tax deductible contribution!  Your check should be payable to the JCCEO Head Start Scholarship Fund.  For more information, please call 205-327-7500.

First in Nation Early Childhood
Leadership Academy at JCCEO Begins!

Alabama Center of Excellence in Early Childhood at JCCEO

The Alabama Center of Excellence in Early Childhood at JCCEO is one of ten in the nation, funded to Head Start programs for five years ending in 2015 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  The goal is for the centers to share information on strategies for providing high quality early childhood education programming.  JCCEO will provide information on its continuous quality improvement activities and innovations to other programs and early childhood staff via its website, visits to the program, and presentations.  JCCEO will also develop and implement an Alabama Early Childhood Leadership Academy for early childhood leaders from all types of programs across the state.  Academy classes will include up to 40 participants and Academy sessions will provide early childhood leadership training and enrichment to promote the development of increasingly effective programs for young children.  The first Academy class is also the mentor coaching network developed with additional support from the grant described below.  The five academy classes will include early childhood leaders selected from programs across Alabama.  The second class began in September 2012.