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June 2020
Training West’s Summer Camp
Training West’s Summer Camp June 2 - 18, 2020 Online We are excited to bring forward a rich offering of courses for your staff in June. This series is a six topic, eighteen one-hour webinars, that will be produced and available live as well as on-demand. We have selected an excellent faculty for each of the sessions. In addition, we are planning a few fun “camp-like” experiences in addition to the learning, except no bug spray, bus rides and wild…
Find out more »August 2020
2020 First 1,000 Days, Early Head Start Conference
Live & On-Demand The Region 9 Head Start Association (R9HSA) invites you to join us at the First 1,000 Days! Early Head Start Conference. This conference is focused to support Early Head Start, Home Visitors, Family Child Care Partners and all professionals focused on supporting the development of children and families, during the first 1,000 days of life! Our two-day conference has a variety of learning opportunities, general sessions, exhibits and peer to peer networking. Our preconference sessions will be…
Find out more »October 2020
2020 Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness Conference
The Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness conference is designed to celebrate the different cultures, traditions and practices that are reflected in the modern family. In so doing, participants learn how to use the strengths and attributes of culture to aid a child’s own successful walk through the world. In this conference, nationally and internationally known practitioners, researchers and motivational speakers share their knowledge, to teach us and to learn from us, about parent engagement through the lens of cultural awareness. To learn…
Find out more »December 2020
2020 Early Childhood STEM Institute
CHILDREN AS GLOBAL PLAYMAKERS NEW DATES December 1 - 3, 2020 Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown Arena - Sacramento, CA The Early Childhood STEM Institute brings joy of learning in a tangible and hands-on way for the entire Head Start community—teachers, home visitors, family advocates, child care partners, education coordinators, managers and directors and parents. The two-day institute features include: Understanding that young children have the intellectual capacity to develop scientific skills and knowledge. Engaging children in hands-on learning that is…
Find out more »The Leadership Challenge for Head Start Managers and Directors
Los Angeles, CA A deep-dive program that requires homework completed ahead of time, The Leadership Challenge for Head Start Managers and Directors is based upon The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, developed by Jim Kouzes and Berry Posner. Their Leadership Challenge Model is the most recognized standard of leadership excellence. In demystifying the leadership concept and presenting it as a set of learnable behaviors, Kouzes and Posner will show how leadership development is self-development: It takes practice—and is both an aspiration and a…
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