Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 E Upper Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60601
Room Rate: $209 plus tax
Cut off for Conference Rate - October 9, 2018 (or earlier if block sells out)
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800-233-1234 - group code "Ohio Head Start"
Tuesday, October 30
1pm to 2:15pm General Session
Shifting Head Start Culture and Approaches to Grants
Heather Wanderski, Regional Program Manager, Office of Head Start
Ann Linehan, Deputy Director, Office of Head Start
Dr. Deborah Bergeron, Director, Office of Head Start
2:15pm to 3:15pm General Session
Conversation with Dr. Bergeron (Q&A/Listening Session)
3:30pm to 5:30pm General Session
Overview of Grant Application Process, Instructions, and Red Flags
Regional Office Staff
Wednesday, October 31
9am to 12pm Breakout Sessions
Fiscal Components of Grant (repeats in PM)
Heather Wanderski, Jason Rasmussen, Karen Claxton, Tameika McDonald andVictoria Watson, Regional Office
Program Goals (repeats in PM) Karen McNamara and Cherry Theard, Regional Office; Madelyn Connell, STGi
Writing Competitive Grants: Success When There Are No Guarantees (repeats in PM)
Dr. Timothy Nolan and Yolanda Winfrey, National Centers for Learning Excellence, Inc.
The Data Literate Grant: Integrating Data-Driven Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (repeats in PM)
Dr. Greg Dixon, Data Consultant
Community Assessment
STG/TTA Staff
1:30pm to 4:30pm Breakout Sessions
Fiscal Components of Grant (repeat of AM session)
Heather Wanderski, Jason Rasmussen, Karen Claxton, Tameika McDonald andVictoria Watson, Regional Office
Program Goals (repeat of AM session)
Karen McNamara and Cherry Theard, Regional Office; Madelyn Connell, STGi
Writing Competitive Grants: Success When There are No Guarantees (repeat of AM session)
Dr. Timothy Nolan and Yolanda Winfrey, National Centers for Learning Excellence, Inc.
The Data Literate Grant: Integrating Data-Driven Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (repeat of AM session)
Dr. Greg Dixon, Data Consultant
Writing Grants to Maximize Resources Janice Stephens, Fiscal Consultant
Thursday, November 1st
8:30am to 10:15am Breakout Sessions
Developing Sustainability for Non-Federal Share
Janice Stephens, Fiscal Consultant
Putting It All Together
Mary Burns, Dayvenia Chesney, Jeff Lakes and Scott Siegrfried, Miami Valley Child Development Centers (EHS/HS, EHS-CCP Grantee)
Data Visualization Across Organization
Dr. Greg Dixon, Data Consultant
Peer Processing/What Next?
Discussion Facilitated by State Association Executive Directors Gayle Kelly (Minnesota), Laurie Morrison-Frichtl (Illinois) and Barbara Haxton (Ohio)
10:30am to 12:00pm Closing General Session
NHSA Updates Tommy Sheridan, NHSA
Regional Office Updates Heather Wanderski