This is composed of separate, complementary trainings -- an invaluable strand for new programs and anyone anticipating a federal review:

Region IX Program Specialist Panel -- Federal program staff will share national and regional data on the biggest problem areas for local programs. This is an opportunity to learn from program specialists in a group setting and get critical direction and guidance.

Compliance and the Ongoing Monitoring System: A panel of Head Start and Early Head Start directors and compliance managers will discuss the evolution of their monitoring systems and how those systems provided them with crucial information to make needed programmatic and systems-level improvements. Specific issues such as What to expect on your next review. This will include program directors who have recently been through the review process. They will address monitoring issues, the current monitoring protocol and a range of issues that managers and directors need to know before the review team arrives.

Day 1 Facilitator: Jan Len
Jan Len is the Region 9 Program Manager Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.

Day 2 Facilitator: Jerry Gomez
Jerry Gomez is the former Associate Director for Head Start in the Administration for Children and Families, Region 9. He served 30 years in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Jerry completed over 120 Federal reviews throughout Region 9 and in the last 5 years as a management consultant, has conducted over 60 self-assessments and internal monitoring reviews with Head Start agencies.

Fiscal Management: Accountability is Back! (Actually it never left)

Accountability continues to be one of the major issues in Head Start and Early Head Start. The recent GAO report on eligibility and enrollment indicates "erroneous payments" is back in the news. The participants in the fiscal management workshop will take a look at the 2007 to current year national and regional major areas of non-compliance within the fiscal management system. These issues will be used to develop a template for a fiscal management monitoring system.

Training areas will include:

• Cost Allocation
  
• Internal Controls
  
• Non-Federal Share
  
• Post Award Changes
  
• Allowability
  
• Facilities
  
• Roles and Responsibilities of Governing Bodies
  
• Reporting Requirements.
  

Presenter: Frank Lorah
Frank Lorah is a certified training consultant in Fiscal Management and most areas of Program Design & Management (PDM) and has provided trainings and technical assistance to grantees and delegate agencies throughout the country. His consultation services include assisting agencies in developing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Federal regulations.

Tools for Quality Classrooms - Workshop FULL

Three tools promise to be critical in responding to Federal and State quality initiatives. Head Start and Early Head Start administrators will learn about CLASS, CSEFEL and Supportive Supervision. An overview of each tool will be provided as well as resources for implementation program-wide.

• Understanding the CLASS Framework: An overview of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) framework, its use in Early Childhood programs, and the teacher-child interactions that support children's learning.
  
  
• CSEFEL Overview: Overview of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), a conceptual model which focuses on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5.
  
  
• Supportive Supervision: Key elements of Supportive Supervision and how it is integral to basic supervision. Participants will receive a framework with strategies and tools that are effective in addressing common supervisory challenges.
  
  

Presenter: State Based T/TA Office (STG)

New Managers and Directors: EHS/HS 101 - Workshop FULL

Through interactive discussions and activities, participants will learn how the Head Start management systems is essential to addressing service issues such as: the challenging child, meeting health requirements, ongoing assessment, and family goal setting. This training on the relationship of systems to day-to-day operations will help new Directors and Managers support staff who work directly with children and families. Participants will receive information, tools and resources to assist them in meeting Head Start regulations and in implementing comprehensive, integrated service delivery for Head Start and Early Head Start.

Please note: much of the content in track will be redundant with other recent EHS training modules offered by OHS and Region IX. If you have attended a recent EHS orientation training, please consider registering instead for the “Monitoring & Compliance” track.

Presenter: State Based T/TA Office (STG)

Developing Quality Infant and Toddler Programs

Amy Hunter

Amy Hunter serves as the Sr. Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist at the Early Head Start National Resource Center and the Project Manager of the infant toddler CSEFEL project at ZERO TO THREE. Amy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) who earned her Masters of Social Work degree at Boston University and a post graduate certificate from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in early childhood mental health. Amy has served as a National Head Start Fellow at the Office of Head Start for two years and was the mental health manager to a large Head Start program for eight years.

Donna Britt

Dr. Donna Britt, Ed.D. is the Senior Program Manager at ZERO TO THREE for the Mentor Infant Toddler Teachers (MITT) Project and the IBM Nationwide Infant and Toddler Program as well as a Distance Learning/Senior Training Specialist for the Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHSNRC). Donna also contributes to the EHSNRC adult learning experiences offered online at the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center website as well as conducting face-to-face training at national, regional, and state conferences and pre- and in-service events. Dr. Britt received a Doctorate in Education from Nova Southeastern University, Child and Youth Studies Program and a Masters in Child Development/Family Life from Indiana State University.

Strategic Leadership

Successful Head Start programs don't just meet federal standards, they proactively identify needs and creatively respond to their children, families and communities. This workshop is designed for experienced managers who are seeking tools to help them plan, lead and manage the effective delivery of Head Start services in the midst of change on many levels.

The seminar will address the elements that go into high performing organizations: leadership qualities on the individual, team and organizational levels, effective strategy and systems and entrepreneurial culture. Participants will acquire tools not only for themselves, but for integrating strategic thinking into the culture of their organizations.

Presenter: Marilyn Hosea

Marilyn is a former executive director and administrator of Head Start projects in several communities, including Pasadena and Los Angeles. She was Valedictorian of the July 1995 class of UCLA, Anderson School of Management, Johnson and Johnson Head Start Fellows and appointed to the 1996 Inaugural Class of National Head Start Fellows. She has traveled nationally and internationally speaking on leadership, performance excellence, governance and organizational effectiveness and is pursuing her doctorate degree in management with from Case Western Reserve University's School of Management. She serves in a leadership consulting position that supports ACF.