News You Can Use Week of October 26 2012
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Head Start News November Family Connections Newsletter Family Service & Parent Engagement Coordinators, the November NHSA Family Connections newsletter is ready to print! This issue focuses on families as a child’s first teacher and includes useful information for families on how to engage with their child and the importance of powerful praise. Family Connections is produced by PreschoolFirst and is an exclusive benefit for NHSA Program Members. To access, go to NHSA’s Family Service Resource Center. http://www.nhsa.org/family_service_resource_center/family_connections Abriendo Puertas is coming to Maryland and Texas Abriendo Puertas is the nation's first evidence-based parent leadership and advocacy training program for Latino parents with children 0-5 years of age. The program was developed in Spanish and provides a curriculum centered on the cultural values, strengths, and experiences of Latino families. This program engages parents at a very personal level through a unique "train-the-trainer" curriculum, which encourages participants to become facilitators in delivering the program to parents in their neighborhood, sparking a ripple effect that leads to transformative learning. Abriendo Puertas is proven effective and has been nationally evaluated. Learn how Abriendo Puertas aligns with the Parent and Family Engagement Framework and raises Latino parent’s knowledge about early literacy skills, social-emotional development, and health. If you live in Maryland or Texas, Abriendo Puertas is coming to you! Register now for this exciting training and become part of a growing national Abriendo Puertas network. Don’t delay! Submit your application today. Follow the links below for more information.
Opening the Doors: A Community Volunteer Tool Kit
Learn more! Monitoring Task Force Webinar Update Did you miss this summer's first webinar? Would you like to hear more about the newly released Monitoring Task Force's full report? NHSA and the Monitoring Task Force are hosting a second webinar October 31st at 3:30pm EDT. Please join us to learn about the work of the Task Force, get the details of the full report, and provide feedback/questions to the leaders of the Task Force. The discussion between ACF and the Head Start community on Monitoring Reform and How to Promote High Quality Programs have been some of the most forward thinking and inspiring events in 2012. This is an opportunity to learn, contribute and join the discussion. The long term success of proposals being discussed require all the Head Start community engaging in this conversation and playing a national leadership role in assuring their effective development, and implementation. Sign up for the webinar today by clicking here! NHSA’s 29th Annual Parent Conference and Family Engagement Institutes The Family Development Credential Instructors’ Training Institute is a 4.5 day interactive train-the-trainer Instructors’ Institute that will certify Head Start staff as instructors to offer the FDC program by training staff in their local communities. An in-depth overview of the FDC curriculum, Empowerment Skills for Family Workers, will be provided. The parallel between FDC and the Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework will also be explored. Prospective participants must submit an application to the National Family Development Credential Program. Application Deadline: November 1, 2012. To request an application to attend this Institute send an email to NationalFDC@UConn.edu. For more information about the Institute contact Carol West, National FDC Senior Instructor, at carolwest15@gmail.com or (315) 788-3275. The Family Services Institute is a 1.5 day institute presented by the Office of Head Start’s National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement. It will offer 3 three-hour interactive, relationship-based workshops: 1) Exploring Parent, Family, and Community Engagement through the Relationship-Based Competencies (RBCs) 2) Relationship-Based Practices and Attitudes for Family Engagement and 3) Getting to the Goal: How to Support Families During the Family Partnership Agreement Process. For more information visit www.nhsa.org or contact Carleen Wallington Kinlock, Professional Development Project Manager at cwallingtonkinlock@nhsa.org or 703-299-7513. Visit the Parent Conference Website to find out about these institutes and more than 100 education sessions, round table discussions and networking events! Reserve your room by November to get the special conference rate!
Coming Up on November 1st: Social Media and the Workplace: Legal Issues, and November 14th: Monitoring of Governance and Management Systems, both Head Start Legal Advisory Service Webinars What to do about problematic social media situations. Attend the Head Start Legal Advisory Service’s upcoming webinar on Social Media and the Workplace: Legal Issues, led by Zoë Beckerman and Molly Evans of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, to learn about the legal issues concerning employees’ privacy rights while respecting your organization’s right to protect itself on Thursday, November 1st from 3-5 pm EST. Whether your organization already uses social media as a communication tool or it is contemplating the jump into this new environment, be sure to sign up for this webinar! At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
Who Should Attend: Executive Directors, HR directors and staff, compliance officers, but all are welcome to attend. Coming Up on Wednesday, November 14th: Monitoring of Governance and Management Systems (New for the FY 2013 Protocol) from 3-5 pm EST. A Head Start Legal Advisory Service Webinar Ready your program for monitoring reviews. Attend the Head Start Legal Advisory Service’s upcoming webinar on Monitoring of Governance and Management Systems, led by Zoë Beckerman of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, to learn about this year’s key indicators for on-site monitoring reviews and pitfalls to avoid on Wednesday, November 14th from 3-5 pm EST. The monitoring review process is now linked to recompetition, so be sure to sign up for this webinar! At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
Please note this webinar only covers governance and management systems questions. Please see our other Monitoring webinars for other key parts of the Monitoring Protocol. Who Should Attend: Executive Directors, Head Start Directors, CFOs and Fiscal Staff, but all are welcome to attend. The Head Start Legal Advisory Service is a collaboration between the law firm of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP and the National Head Start Association. Click here for the full schedule of Head Start Legal Advisory Service webinars, to learn about our new reduced pricing, and to register for either or both webinars.
Intercambio Uniting Communities: Resources for English Learning Adults Many Head Start programs are already using The Immigrant Guide, but we wanted to share two new tools for English learning adults. Interactive English makes it easy and affordable to start or grow an existing ESL program for adults.This 12-book series has free PDF teacher manuals, as well as the free Placement Tool and the new Pronunciation Booklet. Check out samples of these:
Statement on the Passing of Senator Arlen Specter The National Head Start Association mourns the death of former U.S. Senator, Arlen Specter. Senator Specter was Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. Senator and a good friend to Head Start. A beacon of bipartisanship, he forged compromises and crossed party lines to affect political change that best benefitted his constituents and the American people. At a time when we lament legislative inaction, his death comes as a tremendous loss for those who yearn for a more cooperative Congress. Read the full statement here. ‘Tell Us What Nonprofit You Stand for’ Contest by The Container Store Nominate your nonprofit at your local Container Store location or online. If it is chosen as one of the 10 featured nonprofits on their blog, your organization could win $1000 in cash AND $1000 in a makeover! Enter in-store or online: http://standfor.containerstore.com/wwsf-nonprofit-submission/
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NHSA, in collaboration with PNC Grow Up Great, is pleased to offer “Opening the Doors: A Community Volunteer Toolkit” for Head Start and Early Head Start directors and community outreach staff who want to enhance their program’s services by engaging community volunteers! With this toolkit you can: 