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  • Dana Staser
    Dana Staser Consulting, LLC

    Dana Staser is an early care and education consultant for Head Start programs. Drawing upon her years of work in the field, she assists programs in training staff and leadership to increase effectiveness of the overall program. Her services include:

    • Creating professional development trainings or frameworks and materials for staff and leadership on a variety of topics.
    • Consulting with Head Start/Head Start agencies on projects that include assessing program systems effectiveness to increase efficiency in overall program implementation.
    • Providing programs with a Head Start Federal Review practice process that includes the interview experience and connecting Performance Standards to program activities.

    Website: www.danastaserconsulting.com

    Phone: 480-678-9465

  • Scott Samborski
    SDC Consultant

    Scott is experienced and knowledgeable in all aspects of construction having worked over 35 years as a Real Estate Developer and General Contractor. Scott has also had the unique opportunity to serve as a leading consultant in respect to Head Start Facilities having served in various roles including his most recent position as a Real Properties Facilities consulting expert to the Office of Head Start. Scott understands all aspects of federal facilities including facility planning and funding applications (1303s), new construction and major remodels, federal interest, facility assessments, SF-429s, deviations and dispositions. Scott Samborski understands regulations when it comes to facilities!

    It is no secret that facility projects are complex; however, Scott believes that with the right support and consultation, grantees can experience success with any facility project, large or small, getting it right the first time! From consulting and building capacity at the federal level to providing direct support to local grantees with real property management, including expediting funding requests to compliance with federal regulations, Scott is positioned as a leader in the field of Head Start Facility Consultants to assist your organization with all your facility needs.

    Website: www.sdcbuild.com

    Phone:  970-379-0315

  • Erika Flores
    Children Flow

    ChildrenFlow’s mission is to empower the harmonious development of young children by providing innovative and impactful professional development to early childhood initiatives.

    • ChildrenFlow is a professional development organization that provides specialized services in areas of most need in early childhood programs. For example, Dual Language Learners, Challenging Behaviors, Trauma, Resilience, STEM, Instructional Support Strategies, and Effective Teacher-child interactions. We offer this content for Infant, Toddler, and Preschool programs to ensure support to programs from birth to age 5.
    • At ChildrenFlow we listen to what Head Start and Early Head Start programs need in terms of professional expert support. Based on the needs, we develop a deep cutting-edge scientific literature review on research-based best practices to develop high-quality content for training and coaching. We also ensure to make sure we’re taking a culturally linguistically approach to the services that we offer in order to support increasing equity in the field of early childhood.
    • Our services are highly interactive, practical, hands-on, with the goal of helping staff immediately implement what they have learned. These services are offered online, in-person, or blended approaches. Our aim is to help build capacity within our clients’ organizations so that with our support they can sustain long-term professional development initiatives in which we have collaborated. Our services have a strong training and coaching component to help transfer knowledge into practice. Our clients have given raving feedback about the quality of the content and delivery of our services.
    • We blend science, art, human connection, and joy in all the services that we offer.
    • We would love to hear from you! Our collaborations with Head Start organizations start with setting up a call, getting to know each other and understanding your organization’s needs. During the initial call we offer a free consultation that includes practical strategies that you can start implementing right away. After the call, we would be very happy to prepare specialized proposals based on your organization’s specific professional development needs.

    Contact: Erika Flores, www.childrenflow.com, erika@childrenflow.com, 773-480-4205

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