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IHSA PRESENTS Upcoming Trainings in the NEW YEAR!!
Don't miss out on Leading Through Change "A Toolkit For Success" January 21 - 22, 2010. Located at the IHSA Office.
As Head Start moves into the 21st Century, programs are experiencing both changes and opportunities that are challenging them in ways they have never experienced in the past. Effective leadership is a crucial component to ensure a resilient organization in times of change. But resilience has to be built into a program's and an organization's systems in advance, like a strong immune response before flu season. In practice this means widening how we interact with our community, learning new knowledge and skills and making new connections rather than narrowing to the fewest possible essential threats, plans or policies.
CHANGE THE DATES!!
The Quality Enrichment Circles have been pushed up a week in February due to EHS training in Washington DC! Please mark your calendars! The new dates are as follows:
- NEW DATE: Feb 5 - Family Services Quality Enrichment Circle
- NEW DATE: Feb 8 - Education Quality Enrichment Circle
- NEW DATE: Feb 9 - Health/Nutrition Quality Enrichment Circle
- NEW DATE: Feb 11 - Disability/Mental Health Quality Enrichment Circle
- NEW DATE: Feb 12 - Director's Quality Enrichment Circle
March 2-5, 2010 - Annual IHSA March Conference + Parent Institute - Registration Open!
Registration is now open for the Annual IHSA March Conference. "Celebrating Excellence: Sharing Innovative Practice" is this year's theme, celebrating the expansion of services to infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families and sharing exemplary and best practice.
Annual Training Conference -- We'll have over 40 workshop sessions, inspiring keynotes and programs designed to advance the knowledge and skills of anyone involved in Head Start and the education of young children.
An Early Head Start 101 track has been created for this conference. The Early Head Start Track -- This special track is shaping up, with experts including leading EHS practitioners, the Program for Infant /Toddler Care, experienced consultants addressing everything from best practices to compliance issues.
Workshop topics will include:
- Introduction to EHS
- Creating a Responsive Care giving Atmosphere
- Home Visitation and the Infant Toddler Foundations
- Case Management
- Healthcare Requirements
- Disabilities
- Planning Individualized Learning Opportunities
- Identifying and Addressing Parental Depression Disability Issues
- And more
Parent Institute - The IHSA Parent Institute will run parallel with the Annual Conference. All session topics are relevant to parents and support parent leadership within individual programs. Parenting sessions will be interesting, hands on, and a fun learning experience for parents.
Pre-Conference Opportunities:
March 2-3, 2010
March 2nd 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM and
March 3rd, 8:30 - 12:00 pm
1. EHS Summit - Are you a new EHS Grantee? If yes, than this is just for you! Don't miss the opportunity for new EHS providers to come together and learn the most current information and research regarding services to infants, toddlers and pregnant moms. The EHS Summit will be at NO cost with a paid registration to the March Conference.
2. Understanding Our Work with the Homeless