INNOVATIONS Webinar Series
Scheduled Webinars
January 15, 2019 – 3:00 PM -4:00 PM (PST)
Community Partnerships: Triple Bottom Line
Presenter: Michael Mitchell
Hear from a number of local programs on community partnerships which benefit our families multiple ways. Lead by Acelero-North Las Vegas, Michael Mitchell, you will hear unique strategies that not only address families immediate needs, as well as branding your sites as a long term community resource – lifting enrollment, impacting a your community in a deeper way.
Past Webinars
Overview of the history, benefits, and current use of and expansion of telehealth connected teams and Virtual Dental Homes (VDH) to improve oral health for children in Head Start programs. Background on opportunities to influence state policy to create welcoming environments for this system.
March 20, 2018
Presenter: Kristen DeMara
Community Services Reno – Newly opened Head Start and Early Head Start Building – Presenter Kristen DeMara will share the good, the difficult, and unforeseen aspects of facility development in Head Start.
June 19, 2018
Presenter: Michael Mitchell
Every aspect of Head Start is touched by data. Our utilization of data is essential to a program capacity building. Hear from North Las Vegas Acelero Learning’s Michael Mitchell on how pushing data out to all aspects of the organizations weekly strengthens program impacts.
July 17, 2018
Four programs scheduled on the panel:
• San Bernardino County Preschool Services Department
• Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA)
• Maricopa County
• YMCA of the East Bay
• Honolulu Community Action
Join your colleagues for a robust discussion of 2018 Monitoring Reviews (FA2). These agencies are prepared to share their program’s planning, on-site experience and hopefully final reports. R9HSA will construct a presentation, the panelist will offer their perspective, and you will be invited to submit questions in advance and on-line, live during the webinar.
August 21, 2018
Growing Your Own – Staff Development
Presenters: Pamm Shaw and Camilla Rand
YMCA of the East Bay and Contra Costa Community Services District have launched a number of staff efforts to grow their own workforce during very difficult times. Hear from Pamm Shaw and Camilla Rand on the impact of the Apprentice Program.
November 20, 2018
Fatherhood and Male Involvement
Presenter: Marion Hill
December 11, 2018
Presenters : Jamie Selby & Maria Reyes Vargas
The session is designed to introduce our experience with the startup of a home visiting program within their local jail. We will discuss what we’ve learned so far from working at a local jail who houses pregnant inmates. We will explore the challenges and lessons learned with working inside in a correctional facility and the pregnant women we interact with.
Interested in Presenting?
We are seeking submissions of projects in your program that will assist with other agencies seeking to do great work. To submit your agency’s best practice or to discuss ideas you would like to propose, contact Ed Condon, econdon@region9hsa.org – or call 916-259-0971 ext 101.
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