In spring 2013, the National Head Start Association and Acelero Learning debuted the Innovations for Better Outcomes Head Start Director’s Webinar Series, primarily focusing on innovations in the areas of education and family services.
Now, with additional requirements for new five-year grantees to “define anticipated outcomes, and include measures of program progress,” Head Start programs are under more pressure than ever before to demonstrate clear child outcomes. This webinar series will delve into at a set of innovations designed by Acelero Learning in the areas of Program Design & Management and Innovations Monitoring specifically for Head Start programs.
External research conducted on Acelero Learning’s programs shows that this innovative approach produces child outcome gains at more than twice the Head Start average as documented in FACES and the National Head Start Impact Study. This series is ideal for directors who are looking to understand current cutting-edge practices, and who want to get ideas for tools and approaches to incorporate into their own Head Start program in a very practical way.
Series topics include:
| Date | Session Title | |
| Wed, Sept 25 | Kickoff: Setting Long-Term Goals, and Tracking Progress, for New Five-Year Grants | |
| Wed, Oct 9 | The New OHS Governance Assessment: How Your Program Can Meet the Most Demanding Requirements | |
| Wed, Oct 16 | The MBI and MBI+ | |
| Wed, Oct 23 | The MBO and Outcomes-Based Tracking | |
| Wed, Nov 13 | Organizational Design for Impact | |
| Wed, Nov 27 | Human Resources: Rubric-Based Performance Assessment | |
| Wed, Dec 4 | Record-Keeping and Reporting | |
| Wed, Dec 11 | Creating a Culture of Data - Role-Based Reports and the Future of Data in Head Start |
Each webinar is 1 hour long.
Descriptions of each session in the series, as well as registration links, are available at the links above. If you have questions about your registration, or if you would like to pay by check, please reach out to Emily Magurne at emagurne@acelero.net.