Events

  • JEDI Listening Session

    Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Listening Session As Head Start celebrates 58 years, its commitment to the principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) are steadfast! The National Head Start Association is partnered with the Children’s Equity Project (CEP) to conduct a series of listening sessions with leading early childhood educators and practitioners […]

  • 2023 Early Childhood Innovation Summit

    The Early Childhood Innovation Summit, the forum for early learning thinkers and activists to network and explore, will take place June 27-30.

  • EHS Advocacy: Including Services to Pregnant People

    Early Head Start has a profound impact on healthy pregnancies for families through access to ongoing health care, comprehensive series, and education to support a healthy pregnancy. Yet, less than 13,000 pregnant women are served nationwide. Join us to hear from programs on how they expanded services to pregnant women in their Early Head Start program and the impact on the families they serve.

  • Public Transit Accessibility (and Burden) of Head Start Centers

    From the base of the Grand Canyon, to the frontier of Alaska, Head Start programs nationwide serve nearly a million of our nation’s most vulnerable children and families each year. But how accessible are Head Start centers? In partnership with the Civic Mapping Initiative, NHSA found that only 40% of Head Start locations are within […]

  • EHS Best Practice: Post-partum

    This workshop will engage participants in deepening relationship-based, developmentally-informed practice that improves professionals’ and parents’ ability to be successful in understanding and applying child developmental constructs to their daily practice. 

  • Parent Gauge and Ready4K Information Session

    Research-Based Family Engagement: Parent Gauge & Ready4K Does your program struggle with implementing family engagement strategies that are targeted to the needs of your families? If so, we invite you to learn about a unique PFCE solution: Parent Gauge family assessment and Ready4K family engagement curriculum.  Both are grounded in research and use data to […]

  • EHS Best Practice: Educación Musical (Spanish)

    Esta sesión destacará actividades que ejemplifiquen las mejores prácticas respaldadas por la investigación y validadas en el campo educativo. Padres, coordinadores y directores tendrán la
    oportunidad de adquirir conocimientos sobre actividades musicales adecuadas para cada etapa de desarrollo, desde la infancia temprana hasta la etapa preescolar. Además, se proporcionarán
    recursos prácticos que podrán utilizar tanto en el hogar como en los centros educativos, ilustrando cómo se relacionan con los momentos clave en el desarrollo infantil.

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