OCTOBER MEETING TENTATIVE AGENDA October 1-2, 2015 Doubletree Worthington, Columbus, Ohio Thursday, October 1 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Health/ Disabilities Advisory Board (Special Registration Form attached) 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Social Services Advisory Board (Special Registration Form attached) 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. NEW! Education/Data Advisory Board (Special Registration Form attached) 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Executive Board Meeting (if needed – members will be notified) 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. OHSAI Luncheon and Board Meeting Friday, October 2 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions The Latest and Greatest - A Session for Leaders Barbara Haxton, OHSAI As always, there is a lot going on in Head Start. Participants will dissect the latest federal and state initiatives and events and what they mean for local program leaders, with input from Ohio’s Futures Group. Topics addressed will include: Reply to Notice of Proposed Rule Making – Revised Head Start Performance Standards Federal Budget Update Political Outlook for Head Start – What the Candidates are Saying Reauthorization Schedule State Slots/Expansion and Head Start Data Update - SSID Ohio Program Updates Professionalizing Your Business – A Session for Child Care Partners Ohio Small Business Development Centers Child Care businesses are complex operations and when they partner with Head Start, there is an even greater need to formalize business practices. This session will provide an overview of critical areas of business including legal issues structures, and financial issues such as bookkeeping and taxes. Participants will consider current business conditions and practices, identifying opportunities for growth and local and regional individualized resources to support that process. Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1. Identify keys to successful business practices 2. Identify opportunities for growth in their business 3. Identify local and regional resources to support positive growth.
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OCTOBER MEETING TENTATIVE AGENDA
October 1-2, 2015 Doubletree Worthington, Columbus, Ohio
Thursday, October 1
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Health/ Disabilities Advisory Board (Special Registration Form attached)
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Social Services Advisory Board (Special Registration Form attached)
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. NEW! Education/Data Advisory Board (Special Registration Form attached)
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Executive Board Meeting (if needed – members will be notified)
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. OHSAI Luncheon and Board Meeting
Friday, October 2
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
The Latest and Greatest - A Session for Leaders Barbara Haxton, OHSAI As always, there is a lot going on in Head Start. Participants will dissect the latest federal and state initiatives and events and what they mean for local program leaders, with input from Ohio’s Futures Group. Topics addressed will include:
Reply to Notice of Proposed Rule Making – Revised Head Start Performance Standards Federal Budget Update Political Outlook for Head Start – What the Candidates are Saying Reauthorization Schedule State Slots/Expansion and Head Start Data Update - SSID Ohio Program Updates
Professionalizing Your Business – A Session for Child Care Partners Ohio Small Business Development Centers Child Care businesses are complex operations and when they partner with Head Start, there is an even greater need to formalize business practices. This session will provide an overview of critical areas of business including legal issues structures, and financial issues such as bookkeeping and taxes. Participants will consider current business conditions and practices, identifying opportunities for growth and local and regional individualized resources to support that process. Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify keys to successful business practices 2. Identify opportunities for growth in their business 3. Identify local and regional resources to support positive growth.
Friday, October 1, 9:00am to 12:00pm, continued
Case Management: Sharpening Your Skills * Teri Kinsway, LISW-S This session is geared toward Head Start staff who are looking to improve their case management skills. Participants will be presented with national case management models, philosophies, and principles. Case management practices and challenges will be discussed. Participants will reflect on their own case management values, knowledge and skills, and will plan for future growth and development. Learning Outcomes By the end of the session participants will be able to:
1. Describe models and philosophies of case management. 2. Discuss current challenges and possible solutions in case management practice. 3. Develop plan to enhance one’s own case management values, knowledge, and skills.
This session has been accepted for Ohio Approved Professional Development/SUTQ credit.
Maintaining Children‘s Self-Regulation & Cooperation * Barbara Oehlberg Children who have not experienced a solid attachment have also missed out on come critical early brain development. Some long-term effects of this can be limited self-regulation skills and empathy. Early child educators have the opportunity to assure children’s emotional security which can support essential brain development. This session, geared toward Parents and Staff, will help participants understand the importance of attachment and will provide the opportunity to practice skills to nurture attachment. Learning Outcomes By the end of the session participants will be able to:
1. Identify and respond to anxious children who require emotional security. 2. Be able to distinguish between stress behaviors and willful misbehaviors. 3. Assure classroom climates that support self-regulation and grow children’s brains.
This session has been accepted for Ohio Approved Professional Development/SUTQ credit.
Healthy Programs – Session 1: Healthy Habits, Part 1: Healthy Activity Natalie Mamlin, Health Promotion Consultant The importance of providing physical activity opportunities in child care settings will be stressed. Participants will demonstrate how to utilize the materials from the Healthy Children, Healthy Weights Toolbox to create a healthy environment. This session provides participants with structured and unstructured physical activity ideas. Participants will walk away with ideas on how to link to child standards to classroom activities while providing opportunities for physical activity. Learning Outcomes By the end of the session participants will be able to:
1. Define structured and unstructured physical activity and where the fit in early childhood programs 2. Identify links between child standards and classroom activities that provide opportunities for physical activity
This session is part of the Ohio Healthy Programs project. These two sessions are part of a four part series that will continue at the OHSAI December meeting. See attached flyer for more information about the project and additional registration instructions and requirements.
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon and General Session State and National Updates
1:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Affiliate Sessions
Directors
Leftover Items from Morning Discussion TEACH Scholarship Program, OCCRRA Representative ELA and Assessments Update - Lauren Monowar-Jones, PhD
Assistant Director, Curriculum and Assessment Office of Early Learning and School Readiness
Staff
Building a Positive Workplace—It Starts with You * Brian Moore MSW LISW-S Attendees will explore their own resilience core and become aware of ways to reduce negative emotions. In addition, Emotional Intelligence will be presented as a tool in managing stress and recognizing your own emotional state. The session will help in recognizing the emotional states of others and how to engage with people in a way that draws them to you. Learning Outcomes By the end of the session participants will be able to:
1. Identify 5 personal Resilience Core characteristics 2. Understand five key skills to raise emotional intelligence 3. Identify self-imposed rules when it comes to perfectionism and stress
Parent For the Love of It Becky Glasure, HARCATUS Head Start In this multimedia session, parents will participate in a discussion about how we all have the ability to love what we do through honoring our passion, making a contribution to those around us, and expressing gratitude.
Special Session Healthy Programs – Session 2: Healthy Habits, Part 2: Healthy Eating and Feeding Natalie Mamlin, Health Promotion Consultant The role of how adults support children in feeding and eating will be discussed. Participants will learn basic nutrition and tips on how to encourage new foods in a healthy manner. This session provides participants with ideas on positive drink choices and how to support water first for thirst. Participants will walk away with ideas on how to link child standards to classroom activities while providing nutrition education to children.
SESSION OBJECTIVES: 1. Define structured and unstructured physical activity and where the fit in early
childhood programs 2. Identify links between child standards and classroom activities that provide
opportunities for physical activity This session is part of the Ohio Healthy Programs project. These two sessions are part of a four part series that will continue at the OHSAI December meeting. See attached flyer for more information about the project and additional registration instructions and requirements.
*IACET CEUs will be available for these sessions.
THE OHIO HEAD START ASSOCIATION
Registration for: OHSAI Regular October Training
October 2nd, 2015
Agency/Organization Address City State Zip Code Phone Fax Email
Please list participant names below (duplicate form if necessary) Name Role Email
Registration Rates: Member Member On-site Non-Member Non-Member On-Site $120.00 one day $145.00 one day $165.00 one day $190.00 one day
Deadline for Registration: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 OHSAI strives to have as many attendees as possible pre-registered and paid. If payment cannot be made by the
deadline, please forward a purchase order. If a registration must be cancelled, please do so seven (7) working days prior
to the training. OHSAI does not refund registration fees but alternate participants may attend.
Late Fees: $25.00 Registrations received after the deadline listed above will be assessed a late fee of $25.00 per person.
Check enclosed made payable to the Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. (OHSAI)
PO enclosed PO#
Received in OHSAI Office Check# Check Date Amount Received
The Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. 144 Westpark Road, Dayton, OH 45459
Registration for: Health/Disabilities, Education/Data & Social
Services
Thursday, October 1st, 2015 Registration for the Wednesday Advisory Committees requires a fee of $25.00 for lunch
Agency/Organization Address City/State/Zip Contact Phone ____________ Please list participant names below (duplicate form if necessary) and indicate which session (Health/Disabilites – HD, Education/Data – ED, Social Services –SS) you will attend
Name Role Email HD, ED or SS
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Deadline for Registration: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
Check enclosed made payable to the Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. (OHSAI)
PO enclosed PO#
Received in OHSAI Office Check# Check Date Amount Received
The Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. 144 Westpark Road, Dayton, OH 45459 937/435-1113 Fax: 937/435-5411 www.ohsai.org
The Ohio Head Start Association is partnering with the Ohio Department of
Health and the Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association to bring the
Ohio Healthy Programs project to the Head Start community.
The project offers child care programs the opportunity to earn recognition as an
Ohio Healthy Program. Steps toward this distinction include: attending training,
implementing a wellness policy, improving menus and engaging parents.
The distinction occurs by license and there are very specific requirements about
which staff must attend each training.
We will begin at the OHSAI October meeting with the sessions “Healthy Habits Part 1 – Healthy Activity” and “Healthy
Habits Part 2 – Healthy Eating and Feeding” on Friday, October 2nd. To meet the Ohio Healthy Programs requirement,
these sessions must be attended by one staff person from each age level represented in the licensed facility that will
apply. Though not required, we are encouraging Health and Nutrition Managers to attend these valuable sessions as
well to learn new ideas and to help support the Ohio Healthy Programs process within their facilities. Participants must
register for the OHSAI October Meeting, sign up on the attached form, and complete registration on OPIN. See below
for detailed instructions.
Application Steps Designation Requirements 1. Attend the Ohio-approved training. Training is offered statewide by the Health Promotion Consultant Network, Child Care Resource and Referral system as well as community partners. Find trainings via the Ohio Professional Registry.
Session 1: Healthy Habits, Parts 1-4. (10 hrs)
One staff person from each age level represented in the program must attend
Session 2: Healthy Menus (2.5 hrs)
The staff cook should attend Session 3: Healthy Policy (2.5 hrs)
The administrator must attend OHSAI will be hosting Healthy Children, Healthy Weights training during the 2015-2016 program year at
the Regular OHSAI meetings as follows:
Session 1: Healthy Habits Target Audience: Classroom Teachers. One staff person from each age level represented must attend.
All four sessions must be completed to receive SUTQ credit.
Part 1: Healthy Activity, October OHSAI Meeting
Part 2: Healthy Eating and Feeding, October OHSAI Meeting
Part 3: Healthy Growing: Body, Mind and in the Classroom, December OHSAI Meeting
Part 4: Healthy Families: Parent Engagement, December OHSAI Meeting
Session 3: Healthy Policies OHSAI February Meeting Target Audience: Program Administrator
2. Implement at least one policy to ensure healthy practices are maintained in the program. Upload policy via the Registry’s Director Information Portal.
Program policy is submitted with The program’s application via the Registry Director’s Portal. Attendance at the Healthy Policies session will assist administrators with creation of a program policy.
3. Demonstrate improvement in children’s menu. After School programs may demonstrate improvement in snack menu. Programs that require children to bring their meals may show improvement in alternate offerings.
Menus demonstrate improvement by:
Offering a different non-fried vegetable per day in a 5-day period
Offering a different fruit per day in a 5-day period (not counting juice)
OCCRRA reviews submitted applications for OHP status. OCCRRA recognizes programs that meet the OHP
requirements. Each program receives an award letter and certificate. As funding allows, programs may receive
additional recognition items.
Maintain OHP Designation
Programs remain designated as OHP for one calendar year. To maintain OHP status, simply ensure that all four
steps are met:
Ensure staff are trained in the curriculum
Submit current menu that demonstrates adherence to OHP standards
Submit at least one new healthy policy
Submit at least one new healthy family engagement activity
Ohio Healthy Programs is managed by OCCRRA through funding provided by the Ohio Department of Health. *The
Healthy Children, Healthy Weights curriculum is provided through a cooperative agreement with Columbus Public
Health.
Upload materials via the Registry’s Director Information Portal.
Offering fried foods no more than twice a week
Offering 100% juice no more than once a day and limiting portion to 4-6 oz
Providing lower fat milk (1% or skim) for classrooms with children 2 years of age and older
4. Achieve at least one healthy family engagement activity providing bulletin boards, healthy articles in newsletters, cooking activities, meetings on the topic, etc. Upload pictures of materials or activities via the Registry’s Director Information Portal.
Programs may demonstrate healthy family engagement activity in a variety of ways, not limited to:
Providing bulletin boards or articles in newsletters on healthy habit topics
Participants are signing up for all FOUR parts of Session 1: Healthy Habits
Part 1: Healthy Activity and Part 2: Healthy Eating and Feeding, October OHSAI Meeting – Friday, October 2, 9:00am to 12:00pm and 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Part 3: Healthy Growing: Body, Mind and in the Classroom, December OHSAI Meeting - Thursday, December 3, 9:00am to 12:00pm
Part 4: Healthy Families: Parent Engagement, December OHSAI Meeting - Thursday, December 3, 1:30pm to 4:00pm
All participants must register for the 2015 October and December meetings and must be listed on this Sign-Up form.
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS - Participants MUST also register for this session (ST10040859) on PD Track. To Register, log into your account
at OPDN.org – Click on Training Search and click next to “If you’re registering by PDTrack ID number”, then enter ST10040859 and “Register Now”.
o Your name must appear on the roster generated by the Registry on October 1st to be able to attend the October 2nd session. If you do not register on PDTrack you will not be able to attend the session and you will be directed to other October meeting sessions.
- If you need more detailed instructions on the PD Track registration process, contact the OHSAI office.
