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31st Parent Conference and Family Engagement Institutes
December 7-11, 2014
Partnerships play a central role in the Head Start model. NHSA’s annual Parent Conference and Family Engagement Institutes is the only national event that focuses on how communities, parents, families, and Head Start program staff can best partner to promote both parent and family engagement and children’s learning and development.
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2014 Fall Leadership Institute
September 28, 2014 - October 2, 2014
About the Institute
Head Start is nothing if not innovative. From involving parents in program governance in 1965 to the strategies that raised millions in private funds to help offset the effects of sequester budget cuts in 2013, Head Start has innovated to make the most of opportunities and meet the most troublesome challenges.
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2014 National Head Start Manager and Director Academy
June 23, 2014 - June 26, 2014
About this Academy
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41st Annual Head Start Conference and Expo
April 28, 2014 - May 2, 2014
About this Conference
NHSA’s Annual Head Start Conference and Expo is the largest national event devoted to the Head Start and Early Head Start community. This year more than 3,000 executive directors, directors, administrators, managers, teachers, policy council members, and parents from from every state will gather in Long Beach, California.
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Using School Readiness Data
April 8, 2014
Innovations for Better Outcomes:Spring 2014 Director’s Webinar Series
Explores a Manage By Outcome Report, including how to develop outcome-based measures that capture your school readiness goals, how to use the data at the classroom and individual child level to help improve instruction.
Presented by: Rachel Bragin, Vice President, Training and Program Resources
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Moving Toward More Reliable Child Assessments
April 1, 2014
Moving Toward More Reliable Child Assessments
Innovations for Better Outcomes
How a “Lean & Mean” approach to assessment -- including reducing the number of items assessed, doing embedded & direct assessments, and building a professional learning community focused on how teachers use assessment data-- can make pre-k assessment much more reliable and actionable.
Presented by: Rachel Bragin, Vice President, Training and Program Resources
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Moving Toward More Intentional Curriculum
March 25, 2014
Innovations for Better OutcomesSpring 2014 Director’s Webinar Series
Explores the components of content-rich curriculum, and how a structured curriculum can allow teachers to focus on teacher-child interactions and differentiating instruction. Discusses the key strategies to building a professional learning community among teachers with an intense focus on effective curriculum implementation.
Presented by: Rachel Bragin, Vice President, Training and Program Resources
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The Teacher Success Rubric: The Importance of a Criterion-Referenced Evaluation Tool
March 18, 2014
Innovations for Better Outcomes:Spring 2014 Director’s Webinar Series
The power of having very clear expectations and a developmental path for teachers with a focus on the implementation process throughout the year.
Presented by: Rachel Bragin, Vice President, Training and Program Resources
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Making the PFCE Framework Real in Your Program
March 11, 2014
Innovations for Better Outcomes:Spring 2014 Director’s Webinar Series
A more concrete look at how to think about the PFCE Framework – and use it to build a more intentional and outcomes-based focus in Family Services.
Presented by: Jennifer Brasington, Director of Family and Community Engagement
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Family Advocate Success Rubric
March 4, 2014
Innovations for Better Outcomes:Spring 2014 Director’s Webinar Series
Competency-based framework for Family Advocate professional development and performance appraisal, and how it links to the new competency-based staff framework released by the Office of Head Start.
Presented by: Jennifer Brasington, Director of Family and Community Engagement