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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Ann Linehan, Keynote Address

Monday Afternoon Breakouts: The New World of Head Start

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 9AM TO 11:30AM

Conscious Discipline: An Overview

Strategies to Support and Encourage Healthy Active Living

The Affordable Care Act and Non-Profits

The Art of Classroom Interventions and the Paradox

The CLASS, The Coach and The Outcome

Supporting Mental Health in Pregnant Women and New Moms

Head Start A to Z Foundations - Values, Regulations and Decision Making

Relationship Based Competencies - Building Capacity for Staff and Supervisors Working with Families

Relationships as Environment

School Readiness in Home Based Services

Turning Buckthorn into Toys and Parents into Participants

Using Excel and Access to Support Data Management

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2PM TO 4:30PM

Empowering Families with I am Moving, I am Learning

Non-Federal Share - How Do We Meet Our Match?

Challenging Behaviors - What To Do When Nothing Else Works

Where is the Math? Integrating Unmathematics in the Preschool Classroom

EQ School Readiness

Using Conscious Discipline to Increase CLASS Scores

Home Activities - Inviting Families to Support Learning

Head Start A to Z Foundations - Leadership Systems and Services

Cultural Competence

Electronic Head Sart Employee Learning Policies and Procedures

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, FULL DAY

Health PIR Issues

A Systems Approach to Grants Management

Closing the Achievement Gap - A CLASS Perspective

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 9AM TO 12PM

Using Conscious Discipline in Early Head Start

Head Start A to Z Learning - The Leader's Role in Data

Managing a Nonprofit Like a Business

Mental Health Issues in Infants and Toddlers

Designing Your Classroom to be the Indirect Instructor

When It's Working Well - Planning, Ongoing Monitoring and Self-Assessment

School Readiness: Revisiting the Planning Step

Anatomy of the 2011 and 2012 DRS System

Head Start Data Bytes - What Programs Need to Know - Getting Started: 7 Questions to Ask Before Sharing Data

WENESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1:30PM TO 4:30PM

Creating Meaningful and Intentional Learning Environments

Effective and Efficient Strategies for Collecting Child Assessment Data

Sound Shapes Precision Phonics

Teaching and Learning: Intentional Instructional Strategies

Facilities Foundations

Head Start A to Z Learning - Governance

School Readiness is Everyone's Business: A Comprehensive Approach

Teaching and Learning - Intentional Instructional Strategies

Head Start Data Bytes: Data Gaps - Family Engagement

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 9AM TO 10:45AM

Engaging Immigrant Children and Parents in the Classroom and Home

State Data Systems: Why the Interest in Head Start Data?

Primary Teeth are Important! Making the Connection Between Oral Health and School Success

School Readiness from the Baby's Point of View

Head Start A to Z Learning - Planning

Making the Head Start Enterprise System Work for You

The Chicago Reggio Inspired Learning Project

Board Governance

Family Engagement: Key Indicators of Building Relationships with Families to Improve Outcomes

New Roles for Education Managers

Exploring Self-Sufficiency and Organizational Factors that Impact Program Service Delivery

Head Start is quickly moving into a “new world” with new challenges and new opportunities.  To thrive in this “new world”, Head Start providers must nurture leadership at every level and build a cadre of highly competent, creative staff, boards and parents.  Join us for this Region wide conference that will celebrate Head Start's Culture of Learning, inspire new ideas, and support your quest for program excellence.

“Change in Head Start is here to stay. The pace of change will  increase and you are responsible for dealing with its impact.”