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July 31-Aug 1, 2006, Pasadena, CA
Sheraton Pasadena Hotel
303 East Cordova Street Pasadena, California
Reservations – (626) 449-4000--Room Rate of $109 Reserve by July 14, 2006 Manager & Director Institute Fee: $229 member agency/$255 non-member agency • Dr. Nancy Carritte - Human Resources & Supervision • Mr. Kim Peck - Fiscal Services • Mr. Jerry Gomez & Mr. Frank Lorah – Preparing for Change and Increased Accountability • Region IX Technical Assistance Network/STG - Head Start 101 for New Management Staff. • Ms. Mindy Brookshire & Ms. Donna Elmore – Desired Results Developmental Profile – Revised/Assessment Strategies for the Head Start Classroom. Featured Keynotes: Ms. Ann Linehan, Office of Head Start & Sharon Hawley, State Dept of Education, Child Development Division CHSA’s Summer Manager & Director Institute is
planned for July 31st-August 1st, 2006 in Pasadena.
The Sheraton Pasadena Hotel is ideally located in
beautiful Pasadena on the corner of Cordova Street
and Marengo Avenue. The hotel offers a free shuttle
to dining, shopping, and entertainment within a five-
mile radius.
The Summer Manager & Director Institute will offer plenary sessions, keynotes, five two-day intensive sessions, as well as networking and resources. Head Start staff working in all areas of operations, fiscal services as well as governing board members and policy council representatives will benefit from the Manager & Directors Institute. Registration is form available on the web at: http://caheadstart.org/conf06.html |
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The RHSA invite's you to submit a presentation
proposal for our 23rd Annual Professional
Development Conference, October 11-13, 2006 in
Reno, NV. The RHSA represents more than 140,000
children, 30,000 staff, and 255 Head Start programs
in the Region. RHSA supports its charge to children
and families by providing high quality, hands-on
training and professional development to Head Start,
Early Childhood Education and Development
communities. Training sessions from the field offer
participants an opportunity to learn from peers and
professionals. For an overview of the presentation
proposal format contact Region IX Head Start
Association at info@r9hsa.org Proposals are due
June 30, 2006.
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As widely reported, the overwhelming defeat of Prop
82 surprised many in the early education community
when considering the wide spread support of
preschool in general. The Governor and the
Legislature demonstrated their support by allocating
a number of new resources to early education
advocates including $100 million in new funding for
preschool in low-performing school attendance areas
in the newly passed budget. Although no direct
relation, the expansion of State Preschool can be
viewed as one positive outcome of the public debate
over Prop 82. A number of those opposed to that
specific solution, often were quoted that they were
for preschool as long as it targeted the
disadvantaged and built upon the existing system.
The funds proposed in the budget do accomplish
expanded access. However, Prop 82’s design went
much further to ensure teacher education standards,
compensation and local control not detailed in the
budget proposal. Much work is still to be done to
guarantee access for all and greater quality
standards in our state funded system.
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We are very pleased to announce, Kaplan Early
Learning Company has joined up with CHSA as a
Corporate Partner for the 2006-2007 year. Kaplan
provides a powerhouse of resources for Head Start
programs. From supplies and materials to training
and services – Kaplan is a well respected vendor.
For more information contact Steve Mauricio at 1-
800-334-2014 Ext: 5024 or go to www.kaplanco.com
CHSA is proud to have eight Corporate Partners – Discount School Supply, Scholastic, ChildPlus, Lakeshore, USI Insurance of Northern CA, ChildCraft ABC and NES. http://caheadstart.org |
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The quarterly newsletter FOCUS is now on the
website and available for you to download. Copies
will be printed and mailed to agencies and members
later this week. Lot’s of good stuff to read and
share with staff, families and community partners
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The California Association for the Education of Young
Children announced their new address: 785 Orchard
Drive Suite 225, Folsom, CA 95630. For more news
on changes at CAEYC go to www.caeyc.org
Fourth Annual CARES Conference, March 21- 23, 2007 in Sacramento at the Hilton. This is a joint event by First 5 California, Child Development Training Consortium, and Working for Quality Child Care. American Community Garden Association Annual Conference, August 10-13, 2006 at UCLA. This event will include advocacy workshops, school garden topics, hands-on learning and more. http://www.communitygarden.org/ . Head Start Positions have been posted on the CHSA website – from Sacramento to Los Angeles a number of Head Start agency positions are listed at http://caheadstart.org/regional_contacts.html . WIC Alert - Recommendations are coming out in the very near future on WIC Food Packages. Individuals interested in this topic area should review the National WIC Association fact sheet “The WIC Food Packages: The Time for Change is Now! This is available at http://www.nwica.org/ also, check out the great resources on the California WIC Association web site. http://www.calwic.org/legislation_federal.aspx |
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CHSA 2007 Winter Conference - Save the
Date
Sincerely,
Edward Condon
California Head Start Association
email:
marcos@caheadstart.org
phone:
916-444-7760
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