The mission of the Iowa Head Start Association is to enhance the capacity of its members to promote and advocate for a wide variety of quality services for all of Iowa’s children and families.
Iowa Head Start Association
April 2024
Check out important upcoming trainings and networkings below:
May 7th - Director Networking
May 8th - Coaching Networking discussion continued from April 3rd. What are programs doing to support effective coaching? What forms and resources are other programs using?
June 12th - Professional Development Networking and Pre-Service planning discussion. Come hear new ideas and what other programs are doing! Open to anyone who supports Pre-Service in any way!
June 13th - Active Shooter / Emergency Preparedness
July 9th - Director Networking
July 10th - Family Service Networking - Goal Setting follow up, recruitment, strengths and needs assessments, sharing policies/procedures/plans
July 11th - ACES Training and Connections Matter. This mental health training sponsored by Molina Healthcare is needed all staff.
July 18th - EC-PBIS - Behavior Support Plans Workshop
EC-PBIS Workshop topics below:
Use of BIRS
Using the Pyramid Model while establishing behavior support plans
Procedures for responding to challenging behaviors
Child guidance policies and behavior support plans
Avoiding/eliminating exclusions in early childhood programs
Sample behavior plans
Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
Responding to individual children
Collecting data as a team
Get signed up now for this important training on June 13th All staff should attend!
Do you have a new Head Start specialist or manager in your program? Promote staff retention and satisfaction by connecting them with a mentor in their specialty area to provide support. For more information email Lori.Ferris@IowaHeadStart.org
