Meeting Handouts
Institute Committee Meeting-9:00 am-10:30 am
Directors/Staff/Parents/Friends Class Meeting-11:00 am-1:00 pm
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Dollar per Child
- Membership Dues Report
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan Committee List
- Arkansas Head Start Association Proposed Revised Bylaws
Board of Directors Meeting-1:30 pm-2:30 pm
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Dollar per Child
- Membership Dues Report
- Treasurer's Report
- Treasurer's Report Attachment #1: Association Budget
- Treasurer's Report Attachment #2: Collaboration Budget
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan Committee List
- Audit
- Form 990
- Arkansas Head Start Association Proposed Bylaws
March 15, 2023
Meeting Handouts
Institute Committee Meeting-9:00 am-10:30 am
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Budget
- Save the Date Flyer (with Call for Papers, Registration, and Exhibit Information)
- Opioid and Substance Misuse Save the Date Flyer
- Institute Committee List
- Institute Committee Timelines
- Decorations and Silent Auction Request
Directors/Staff/Parents/Friends Class Meeting-11:00 am-1:00 pm
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Dollar per Child
- Membership Dues Report
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan Committee List
- Arkansas Head Start Association Proposed Revised Bylaws
- Arkansas Head Start Association Institute Save the Date Flyer (with Call for Papers, Registration, and Exhibit Information)
- Opioid and Substance Misuse Save the Date Flyer
- Dads Reading on the Carpet
- Powerful Conversations with Fathers Flyer
- Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Flyer
Board of Directors Meeting-1:30 pm-2:30 pm
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Dollar per Child
- Membership Dues Report
- Treasurer's Report
- Treasurer's Report Attachment #1: Association Budget
- Treasurer's Report Attachment #2: Collaboration Budget
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan Committee List
- Arkansas Head Start Association Proposed Bylaws Change
- Powerful Conversations with Fathers Flyer
- Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Flyer
2024 Arkansas Head Start Association/Head Start State Collaboration Office Institute
DoubleTree Hotel/Robinson Convention Center
April 30-May 3, 2024
Please complete the call for papers online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GQX8H2Q before January 15, 2024. Please include the session title, session description, presenter, name, title, contact information, credentials, and a short bio for the presenter and co-presenter (if applicable).
Example Topics for Call for Papers: The Committee will consider other topics as well.
Early Childhood Education
- Early Childhood Transition
- Environments –Pre-K
- Environments for Infant/Toddlers
- Playgrounds
- Screenings: First Steps in Getting to Know a Child
- Helping Children Develop Self Regulation Skills
- Planning 0-3 Environments
- School Readiness-Working with Schools
- Head Start Early Learning Framework
- Social Emotional Development
Health and Safety
- Healthy Family Development
- Safe and Healthy Environments
- COVID-19 Vaccine
- Health/Wellness
Disability Services
- Disabilities
- Autism
- Early Intervention
- Working with LEA’s (local education agency's)
- Modifications
Mental Health
- Infant Mental Health
- Preschool Mental Health
- Childhood Trauma
- Calming and Relaxation
- Effects of COVID-19
Nutrition
- Healthy Foods
- Childhood Obesity
- Dealing with Dietary Needs
Family & Community Partnerships
- Engaging Families
- Social Services
- Grandparents raising grandchildren
- Collaboration/Partnership
- Financial Literacy
- Family Literacy
- Single Parenting
- Child Abuse/Neglect
- Services to Expectant Families
- Teen Parents
- Domestic Violence
- Substance Abuse
- Fatherhood Engagement
Program Design & Mgt.
- Organizational Development
- Administrative Structures
- Fiscal/Properties/Facilities
- Transportation
- Human Resources
- Program Governance
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Staff Education Requirements
- Monitoring Protocol
- Annual Program Self- Assessment
- Innovation
- Professional Development Plans
- Employee Morale
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Developing Program Goals and Annual Objectives/Strategic Planning
- T/TA Planning
- Ideas for locally designed program options
- Active Supervision
- Head Start Performance Standards (Different Sections)
- Components of the Head Start Program Performance Standards
- Finding the Right Insurance for Program Staff
- Innovation in the Workforce
Racial Equity
- Implicit Bias
- Micro-Aggression
- Discrimination
- "DBIE"-Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity-Improving Employee Collaboration
- Racial Equity in the Classroom
- Racial Equity Versus Equality
- Dealing with Prejudice and Racism in the Workplace
- Dismantling Racism
January 18, 2023
Meeting Handouts
Institute Committee Meeting-9:00 am-10:30 am
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Proposed Budget
- Hotel Comparison
- Save the Date Flyer
- Opioid and Substance Misuse Save the Date Flyer
- Call for Papers
- Institute Committee List
- Institute Committee Timelines
Directors/Staff/Parents/Friends Class Meeting-11:00 am-1:00 pm
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Dollar per Child
- Membership Dues Report
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan
- Powerful Conversations with Fathers Flyer
- Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Flyer
Board of Directors Meeting-1:30 pm-2:30 pm
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Dollar per Child
- Membership Dues Report
- Treasurer's Report
- Treasurer's Report Attachment #1: Association Budget
- Treasurer's Report Attachment #2: Collaboration Budget
- Arkansas Head Start Association Strategic Plan
- Powerful Conversations with Fathers Flyer
- Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Flyer
The Arkansas Guide for Promoting Family Engagement was developed by the Arkansas State Parent Advisory
Council and funded by the Arkansas Head Start State Collaboration Office though a grant from the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation. The guide, modeled after the Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework,
offers a statewide system for promoting family engagement to meet the needs of young children and families in
Arkansas. The Arkansas State Parent Advisory Council acknowledges Sherry S. Guarisco, SSG Consulting Services
LLC, for her services in facilitating the work of the Council to develop this guide. (2015)
Click on the image below for a copy of the guide. (Click here for the Spanish Version)