Monitoring in Head Start

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Join us for this special opportunity to hear firsthand from the new Director of the Office of Head Start.

Federal review of local programs is the most important event in the Head Start world, giving us the opportunity to show the great things we are doing, and to improve where we may not be doing our best. We have gone through many changes in the last several years. Recently NHSA has learned of numerous concerns around the process, the actual report and the schedule on which it is received by programs. When NHSA shared these concerns with Channell, he readily agreed to participate in this special event. Channell Wilkins and Ann Linehan will discuss these issues and hear your concerns as well as recommendations during this live, two-hour event.

For more information call Gabrielle Fardwell at (703) 299-7514

Channel Wilkins is the Director of the Office of Head Start. He has had a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors where he has worked extensively in human services and helped underserved populations. Prior to coming to the Head Start Bureau, Mr. Wilkins served as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Community Action Association. He is also the past President of the Board of Trenton Head Start and has served as Senior Executive Services of New Jersey’s Department of Human Services where he worked on new initiatives for child support programs and Juvenile Justice. Mr. Wilkins is a graduate of Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and Rutgers University in New Jersey.  8/7/06

Ann Linehan serves as Director of the Program Management Division of the Office of Head Start. For over 25 years, she has worked in various capacities within Head Start, beginning as Executive Director at a Head Start and child care agency located outside of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1992, Ms. Linehan joined the federal government to work in Region I as the Program Manager for Head Start, focusing on the monitoring process to address key quality issues. Ms. Linehan earned her baccalaureate degree in sociology and psychology and her master's degree in education from Boston State College.