Navigating the Grant Writing and 

Grant Management Processes

Tuesday, October 30

1pm to 2:15pm General Session
Shifting Head Start Culture and Approaches to Grants
Heather Wanderski, Regional Program Manager, Office of Head Start
Ann Linehan, Deputy Director, Office of Head Start
Dr. Deborah Bergeron, Director, Office of Head Start

SUGGESTED READING - Foundations of Excellence: A guide for Five-Year Planning and Continuous Improvement

 

2:15pm to 3:15pm General Session
Conversation with Dr. Bergeron (Q&A/Listening Session)   

  

3:30pm to 5:30pm General Session
Overview of Grant Application Process, Instructions, and Red Flags
Regional Office Staff

 

 

 Wednesday, October 31

9am to 12pm Breakout Sessions

Fiscal Components of Grant  (repeats in PM)
 Heather Wanderski, Jason Rasmussen, Karen Claxton, Tameika McDonald andVictoria Watson,   Regional Office

Program Goals (repeats in PM)                                                                                                                     Karen McNamara and Cherry Theard, Regional Office; Madelyn Connell, STGi

Writing Competitive Grants: Success When There Are No Guarantees (repeats in PM) 
 Dr. Timothy Nolan and Yolanda Winfrey, National Centers for Learning Excellence, Inc.

The Data Literate Grant: Integrating Data-Driven Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (repeats in PM)
 Dr. Greg Dixon, Data Consultant

Community Assessment
 STG/TTA Staff  

 

1:30pm to 4:30pm  Breakout Sessions 

Fiscal Components of Grant  (repeat of AM session)
 Heather Wanderski, Jason Rasmussen, Karen Claxton, Tameika McDonald andVictoria Watson,   Regional Office

Program Goals (repeat of AM session)
 Karen McNamara and Cherry Theard, Regional Office; Madelyn Connell, STGi

Writing Competitive Grants: Success When There are No Guarantees (repeat of AM session) 
 Dr. Timothy Nolan and Yolanda Winfrey, National Centers for Learning Excellence, Inc.

The Data Literate Grant: Integrating Data-Driven Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (repeat of AM session)
 Dr. Greg Dixon, Data Consultant

Writing Grants to Maximize Resources                                                                                                      Janice Stephens, Fiscal Consultant

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, November 1^st

8:30am to 10:15am  Breakout Sessions

Developing Sustainability for Non-Federal Share 
 Janice Stephens, Fiscal Consultant

 

Putting It All Together
 Mary Burns, Dayvenia Chesney, Jeff Lakes and Scott Siegrfried, Miami Valley Child Development   Centers (EHS/HS, EHS-CCP Grantee)

  

Data Visualization Across Organization
 Dr. Greg Dixon, Data Consultant

Peer Processing/What Next?
 Discussion Facilitated by State Association Executive Directors Gayle Kelly (Minnesota), Laurie Morrison-Frichtl (Illinois) and Barbara Haxton (Ohio)

 10:30am to 12:00pm Closing General Session

NHSA Updates   Tommy Sheridan, NHSA  

 

Regional Office Updates  Heather Wanderski