Success Stories

Connecting Refugees With Head Start and Early Head Start

The Connecting Refugees webinar will introduce and present the toolkits developed to the Episcopal Migration Ministry and their affiliates.

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The Sound of Safety: Building Secure Bonds Through Shared Music Making

The Sound of Safety workshop, we’ll define what happens in the brains of both grownup and child when they make music together (newborns included!), specific musical activities that spark connection, and why shared music making is the ultimate way to communicate the safety children need to feed positive development in the first few years of life.

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Unlocking Your Career Potential: Next Steps After Your CDA!

Program: Unlocking Your Career Potential: Next Steps After Your CDA! Description: Just earned your CDA credential with The Academy? Congratulations! Take the next step by joining our webinar to explore the exciting career pathway National University created for Head Start CDA graduates. Discover opportunities to advance your early childhood education career and unlock your full…

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Who’s Not At the Table: 3 Key Practices for Engaging Harder-To-Reach Families

The “Who’s Not At the Table” workshop will explore innovative and field-tested approaches to ensure every family’s voice is heard and valued.

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¡Potenciando las habilidades STEAM a través de la Música!

POSTPONED Programa: ¡Potenciando las habilidades STEAM a través de la Música! Descripción: El enfoque STEM ya forma parte de las actividades en las aulas de educación infantil, pero ¿ha considerado integrar el enfoque STEAM? Los elementos de las Artes apoyan directamente las habilidades que se desarrollan en Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas. La “A” es,…

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Fueling the STEAM Engine with Music

Program: Fueling the STEAM Engine with Music Description: STEM is already on the rotation in early childhood classrooms, but have you considered STEAM? Elements within the Arts directly support skills learned and needed within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. “A” is truly the secret ingredient as the joy that happens in early shared music making…

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Advocacy: What is it? How to do it!

Advocacy: What is it? How to do it! We will share how do it ALL within the limits of the Head Start Standards.

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Spanish Version of Tuning Up Circle Time: How Musical Play Boosts Learning and Connection

Spanish Version of Tuning Up Circle Time: How Musical Play Boosts Learning and Connection Program Description: This entire program will be complete in Spanish. Circle time—a safe, focused space for children to learn and interact in a group setting—is nothing new. So, how do we keep it from getting old and fine-tune it as a…

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Tuning Up Circle Time: How Musical Play Boosts Learning and Connection

Program: Tuning Up Circle Time: How Musical Play Boosts Learning and Connection Description: Circle time—a safe, focused space for children to learn and interact in a group setting—is nothing new. So, how do we keep it from getting old and fine-tune it as a model for healthy social behavior? Leaning into the rich history of…

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Empowering High School Students with Free Education

In your school district, you can be empowering high school students by helping them earn their CDA’s for a future career!

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Head Start Advocacy: Voting Counts!

Voting Counts! Learn how Head Start parents, staff and programs can support voter registration and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) activities.

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Marketing for Head Start Parent Engagement

With our partners at Working Smarter Consulting, NHSA is hosting a live and virtual training session on Marketing for Head Start Parent Engagement. Working Smarter Consultants, with over 25 years of experience in Head Start and marketing, will guide you through innovative strategies tailored to increasing your market presence while driving new traffic and increasing engagement….

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