Staff Experiences in Head Start FACES Programs, Centers, and Classrooms in Spring 2022 - The 2021–2022 Study

Oct 15, 2026

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Report detailing staff experiences in Head Start FACES programs, centers, and classrooms using data collected in spring 2022 as part of the 2021–2022 Study. Describes how the study builds on the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) and specifies the participant groups included in this report: program directors, center directors, and teachers. Explains that spring 2022 data were gathered across Regions I through X and outlines the three survey sources used for analysis.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages387

Reading Time16 h 15 min

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Staff Experiences in Head Start FACES Programs, Centers, and Classrooms in Spring 2022: The 2021—2022 Study OPRE Report \#2024-188 September 2024 This page has been left blank for double-sided copying. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to express their appreciation to our Project Officers, Nina Philipsen, Alysia Blandon , and Laura Hoard; to Krystal Bichay-Awadalla, Casey Gunn, Jacquelyn Gross, Kylee Probert, Neda Senehi , and Brian Tchen; and to other federal staff at OPRE and the Office of Head Start. We thank the Mathematica team, including Andrew Weiss, Sara Skidmore, Alex Hollister, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Louisa Tarullo, Hanzhi Zhou, Cathy Lu, Scilla Albanese, Kathleen Feeney, Maya Reid, Diletta Mittone, Morgan Woods, Rhiannon Jones, Tatiana Santiago, Timothy Luyster, John McCarthy, David Naglee, Sam Lem, Scott Peters, Lauren O’Keefe, Joe McClurkin, John Carsley, James Valenzuela, Ryan McInerney, Andrew MacTaggart, Cole Garvey, Tiffany Waits, Cheri Vogel, Mary Kalb, Macy Miller, Amelia Forman, Kevin Manbodh, Meghan Clough, Max Miller, Raquel Whitt, Kelsey Bagwell, Eric Grau, Sharon Clark, Effie Metropoulos, and Jennifer Brown, as well as Season Bedell; Richard Godwin; Karen Markoswki; Lucy Tindall; Sean Harrington; and Daniella Turner at the Survey Operations Center and all of the Mathematica field and telephone staff who collected the data. Most of all, we offer our gratitude to the staff, families, and children of the programs across the country, who once again opened their doors and shared their time with us, particularly in such a difficult time as during the COVID-19 pandemic. This page has been left blank for double-sided copying. Staff Experiences in Head Start FACES Programs, Centers, and Classrooms in Spring 2022: The 2021– 2022 Study OPRE Report \#2024-188 September 2024 Natalie Reid, Xinwei Li, Will Ratner, Victoria Sims, Charlotte Cabili, Tutrang Nguyen, Judy Cannon, Jeani Choe, Xiaofan Sun, Addison Larson, Chidinma Nwankwo, Jeff Harrington, Barbara Carlson, Elizabeth Doran, and Sara Bernstein Submitted to: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, SW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20201 Project Officers: Nina Philipsen and Laura Hoard Submitted by: Mathematica 1100 1st Street, NE, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20002-4221 Telephone: (202) 484-9220 Facsimile: (202) 863-1763 Project Director: Sara Bernstein Contract Number: 47QRAA18D00BQ/ 75D30121F12883 This report is in the public domain. Permission to reproduce is not necessary. Suggested citation: Reid, Natalie, Xinwei Li, Will Ratner, Victoria Sims, Charlotte Cabili, Tutrang Nguyen, Judy Cannon, Jeani Choe, Xiaofan Sun, Addison Larson, Chidinma Nwankwo, Jeff Harrington, Barbara Carlson, Elizabeth Doran, and Sara Bernstein (2024) . Staff Experiences in Head Start FACES Programs, Centers, and Classrooms in Spring 2022: The 2021–2022 Study, OPRE Report \#2024-188 , Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, orthe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This report and other reports sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation are [available at](available at www.acf.hhs.gov/opre)[ ](available at www.acf.hhs.gov/opre)[www.acf.hhs.gov/opre](available at www.acf.hhs.gov/opre). Subscribe to OPRE News and Follow OPRE on Social Media This page has been left blank for double-sided copying. Head Start is a national program that helps prepare young children from families with low incomes and other eligible families to succeed in school by promoting their early learning and health as well as th

FAQs

What study period does the report focus on for the staff data?

The report focuses on spring 2022 data as part of the broader 2021–2022 Study.

Which Head Start staff roles are covered in this report?

It presents spring 2022 data for program directors, center directors, and teachers.

What data sources were collected in spring 2022?

Spring 2022 data were gathered from a program director survey, a center director survey, and a teacher survey.

Oct 15, 2026

Uploaded by Fahsai