EVENT

Refresh your understanding of key requirements under the Head Start and Early Head Start Program Performance Standards when you attend this special Head Start Smarts Virtual Institute on November 16-18, 2021.

The Head Start Program Performance Standards contain hundreds of requirements for Head Start and Early Head Start programs.  Make sure that you understand the compliance obligations for your agency by attending the Head Start Smarts: Performance Standards Virtual Institute.  The Virtual Institute will explain the Performance Standards’ key requirements and what your program must do to satisfy them.  You will learn about important governance standards, management systems, program operations requirements, financial management rules, and administrative requirements.   Specific topics include program options, education services, staffing, standards of conduct, cost sharing, planning, eligibility, disability services, health and safety, and facilities standards–to name just a few.  The training will provide an overview of these and the other fundamental Performance Standards for program staff, management, the Governing Body, and the Policy Council.  Register today for the three-part Head Start Smarts: Performance Standards Virtual Institute on November 16-18, 2021, to ensure that your agency is properly implementing the Program Performance Standards.

TOPICS

Learn about the requirements for Head Start and Early Head Start agencies in the Program Performance Standards.  The Head Start Smarts: Performance Standards Virtual Institute will explain major rules in the areas of governance, management, program operations, fiscal integrity, and administration.  During this exclusive online training, you will learn about the following topics:

• Implementing governance requirements and management systems
• Expectations for conduct of staff, contractors, and consultants
• Conducting compliant Head Start employee background checks
• Sources of Head Start financial management requirements
• Meeting Head Start matching (cost-sharing) requirements
• Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA) requirements
• Program options and satisfying education and child development standards
• Compliance with facilities standards (including purchase, construction, and renovation rules)
• Implementing Head Start and Early Head Start health and safety standards
• Administrative requirements (including privacy and recordkeeping)

You will explore these important Head Start and Early Head Start requirements and more over the course of this three-part Virtual Institute.  Each installment will also feature a live question-and-answer period.  Attendees will be able to get answers to their individual Performance Standards questions.

SCHEDULE

Join your fellow members of the Head Start and Early Head Start community for the Head Start Smarts: Performance Standards Virtual Institute in November.  For your convenience, the Virtual Institute will be presented in three parts.  The live training will be held from 1:00 until 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (10:00 am to 1:00 pm Pacific Standard Time) each day from November 16-18, 2021.  In addition to the live training, paid registrants will receive free access to an on-demand recording of each session for 30 days.

After completing the Head Start Smarts: Performance Standards Virtual Institute, you will be able to:

• Describe the regulatory structure for Head Start and Early Head Start programs
• Outline the Head Start governance requirements and major management systems
• Distinguish between governance and management responsibilities
• Describe the relationship between the Performance Standards and Part 75
• Identify basic financial management requirements for Head Start
• Outline human resources requirements (including background checks and conduct)
• Identify the Head Start cost-sharing (matching) requirements and acceptable match
• List the steps for completing a proper eligibility determination
• Outline Head Start education and child development requirements
• Identify the key health, safety, and facilities standards for Head Start programs
• Describe the administrative requirements for Head Start and Early Head Start

AUDIENCE

This three-part series is recommended for all Head Start and Early Head Start professionals as well as Governing Body and Policy Council members.  This course is suitable as an overview of the major requirements under the Head Start Program Performance Standards but may be attended as a refresher for registrants with prior experience.  No advance preparation and no prerequisites are required to attend.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Each installment in the Head Start Smarts: Virtual Institute is recommended for three (3) hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit in the field of specialized knowledge.  Credit is available only for the live sessions, and attendees will need to answer at least 9 of 12 questions asked during each installment to receive credit for that session.  The experience level for each installment in this series is basic/overview.  No prerequisites for attendance exist, and no advance preparation is required.

SPEAKER

R. Brian Tipton is a practicing attorney with more than two decades of experience working with nonprofits, governmental units, and other grant-funded organizations across the United States.  Currently, Brian is Managing Director with Kirk Private Client Law, LLC, in Atlanta, where he heads the firm’s tax-exempt and grant-funded solutions practice.  He is a summa cum laude graduate of the Louisiana State University and the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University.  Brian regularly represents grant-funded entities of all types in the areas of regulatory compliance, audits, funding source disputes, administrative appeals, and litigation.  Brian also consults with organizations on governance, human resources, programmatic, and corporate matters, and develops and presents training programs for nonprofits and grant-funded organizations.

BONUS:  All paid registrants will receive free access for 30 days to on-demand recordings of each live session.