West Early Childhood Center 2101 West Missouri Ave. Midland, TX 70701 (432)689-1580 Campus Home Page About Us Principal's Message West Administration Teachers & Staff Campus Calendar Volunteers Guidance Services After-school Programs Partners in Education Links Campus Improvement Plan Family and Community Partnership Midland ISD Bond Math Night Patriot's Day Marti Gutierrez(left), Janie Cooley(right), and Crystal Bryant(center) Family and Community Partnerships The Family and Community Partnership Component of the Head Start program at West Early Childhood Center is made up of three Family Service Workers and a Family and Community Partnership Coordinator. Family Sevice Workers Crystal Bryant Janie Cooley Marti Gutirrez Family and Community Partnership Coordinator Patrice Allen This group of ladies work as a team building trusting relationship with families, support families as they identify their goals, strenghts and needs and recommends strategies to coordinate, monitor, evaluate and advocate for services to meet the families needs and achieve their goals. The Family Service Workers focuses on the skills from the family goal setting process to support the family's growth; learning from significant life events, identifying internal and external supports, visioning, creating a family picture, setting goals, developing and implementing a family plan and providing follow-up. The entire Head Start staff pulls together as a team to respond to family crisis. The Family and Community Partnership team approaches preventing crises in vulnerable families.