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State and Regional Conferences
The following State and Regional events were submitted by our affiliates. To submit an event for this page, you must be a member of NHSA. Find the form to submit here.
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Head Start Disaster Relief Fund
The National Head Start Association (NHSA) Disaster Relief Fund is used to assist NHSA member Head Start and Early Head Start programs and their staff and families who become victims of natural disasters. We define a natural disaster as the following: a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage.
The fund provides the following:
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How to maximize your participation at our conferences.
Each NHSA event presents the Head Start community with unique opportunity to learn from experts, engage in active peer to peer sharing and celebrate our community’s achievements.
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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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42nd Annual Head Start Conference and Expo
Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2015
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 5,000 executive directors, directors, administrators, managers, teachers, policy council members, and parents from every state will gather in Washington, D.C. March 29 - April 2, 2015.
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40th Annual Head Start Conference
April 30, 2013 - May 3, 2013
In a unique configuration of location and content, the OHS Leadership Institute and NHSA’s 2013 Annual Conference are being held contiguously at the Gaylord National in Washington, D.C.
The OHS Institute will support the use of data by Head Start leaders to promote school readiness and inform quality improvement. Presenters from the National Centers and Head Start programs will focus on data and decision-making related to systems and service delivery in all aspects of school readiness. The conference will clarify what is expected of programs in this area.
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Schedule
Monday, April 29, 2013
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
NHSA Board Meeting
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Registration Exhibit Hall Opening & Reception
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Registration and Rates
An individual who is a staff member or parent in a current NHSA program member organization is eligible for the NHSA member rate.
For assistance with registration please refer to Registration FAQs or contact nhsa@expotracker.net
Full Conference Registration
Before 3/1
3/2 - 4/19
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Speakers and Presenters
Opening Session, Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Keynotes: Diane Trister Dodge and Kai-lee Berke
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Pre-Institute Sessions
Plan to arrive in Washington early for the Winter Leadership Institute and gain some important professional development in these Pre-Institute sessions and the Health Institute.
Sunday, January 27, and Monday, January 28
Acelero Learning's Monitoring Innovations 2.0!
Members $275 / Non-Members $325
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Registration and Hotels
An individual who is a staff member or parent in a current NHSA program member organization is eligible for the NHSA member rate.
For assistance with registration please refer to Registration FAQs or contact nhsa@expotracker.net
Registration for NHSA Members $319 Registration for Non-Members $369 One-Day Registration (Wednesday or Friday Only) $159
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Aspen Institute Names NHSA to National Network to Disrupt Poverty for Children and Parents
04/29/2014
Washington, DC – The National Head Start Association (NHSA) today was named a member of the Aspen Institute Ascend Network, a new network of leading organizations using two-generation approaches to disrupt poverty and create economic mobility for families.
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2015 Fall Leadership Institute
September 28 - October 1, 2015
As Head Start’s 50th anniversary comes to a close, we will turn our collective creativity toward planning for Head Start’s “next generation.” How will we make innovation a critical part of Head Start’s next 50 years?
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2016 Fall Leadership Institute
Evaluation
In case you missed it or forgot to turn them in, we have provided online links to our Hill Evaluation and General Evaluation via SurveyMonkey. Please make sure that each survey is completely filled out so we can receive as much feedback as we can. Thank you for your time and for your hard work!
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Alumni Social: Washington, D.C.
September 8th, 2016
You're Invited to a Special Alumni Social in Washington, D.C!
Since your early beginnings in Head Start, you and your fellow alumni have gone on to become business owners and artists, musicians and doctors, engineers, teachers, Members of Congress and much more.
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2019 Fall Leadership Institute
September 23 - 26, 2019
Preparing Head Start for the next year—and beyond
Needless to say, it’s been a busy year in Washington, D.C, and 2020 is shaping up to be no different. In today’s evolving world, growing Head Start’s bipartisan support is of paramount importance. That’s why we’re calling on Head Start leaders from across the country to join us in Washington to work together in building on Head Start’s long history of success.