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Fall Leadership Institute Resources


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NHSA's Fall Leadership Institute included some very useful presentations which are now available to download.


Thank you to all of our speakers who provided us with their materials.

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012



Why the Early Years of Life Matter (PDF)
Keynote Speaker:
Samuel J. Meisels, President and Irving and Neison Harris President's Chair, Erikson Institute

Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Administration

Other Speaker:
Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress
Moderator:
Lisa Guernsey, Director, Early Ed Initiative, New America Foundation

Examining the Challenges and Opportunitites for the Current Head Start System (PDF)
Presenters:
Mary Baskett, Director, Head Start Innovation Consortium, NHSA
Speakers:
Gayle Kelly, Executive Director, Minnesota Head Start Association
Grace Whitney, Head Start Collaboration Director, Connecticut
Lauri Morrison Frichtl, Illinois Head Start Association
Pamm Shaw, President, California Head Start Association
Paul Pittman, Executive Director, Head Start of Washington County

Monitoring Reform: Choosing a New Direction (PDF)
Speakers:
Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director, National Head Start Association
Linda Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Telling the Truth About Head Start: Beyond the Impact Study (PDF)
Speakers:
Larry Schweinhart, President, High Scope
Lee Carter, Partner, Maslansky, Luntz + Partners
[Gaining Consensus in a Skeptical Environment (PDF)]


Thursday, September 20, 2012



Hill Visit Preparation: Advocacy 201 - Preparing for today on Capitol Hill and Beyond (PDF)
Presenters:
Therese Magnuson, Vice President, Beacon Consulting
Lisa Stewart, Executive Vice President, Beacon Consulting
Sally Aman, Aman & Associates


Friday, September 21, 2012



Innovation - Head Start's Best Kept Secret!

 

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