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