2024 New Jersey Head Start Professional Development Conference is being held at Harrah’s Casino, MAY 20-23, 2024 download the Whova app for the most recent information HERE

Conference Trainings

Tuesday | Trainings (9:00AM-5:00 PM)

• Institutional Abuse Presentation
• De-escalating Challenging Behaviors with SEL Skillsets
• Boosting In-kind Collection Using Continuous Quality Improvement Methodology
• Infectious Disease Management
• The Employee Experience Journey -Empowering Health Equity: A focus for Wellness being and Inclusivity
• Coaching to Support Equity, Inclusion and Belonging”
• Change in Scope: Enrollment Reduction/Conversion
• The ABCs of Inclusive Practices in Early Childhood Education: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Classroom strategies
• Monitoring Reviews Made Easy
• Building Equitable Learning Communities for all Children
• Every Interaction Counts: Improving Language Environments Equitably
• From Chaos to Calm: Practical Strategies for Building a Peaceful and Productive Early Childhood Workplace
• Providing Emotional Support to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
• Using Efforts and Effect Data to inform Practice Based Coaching (PBC) Supports Practices: Engaging – Framework for Effective Parents and Families
• Framework for effective Practice: The House Through and Equity Lens
• Crafting a Compensation Data Strategy A Recipe For Inclusion: Culturally Sensitive Meals, Snacks, & Celebrations

Wednesday | Trainings (8:30AM-4:30 PM)

• Level Up Your Full Enrollment Strategy
• Family Fusion: Empowering Engagement and Embracing Diversity
• The ABCs of Addressing Persistent Challenging Behavior –
• Put the Mask on Yourself First!
• Institutional Abuse Presentation
• Ensuring Child Safety: A Multidisciplinary Systems Approach to Quality Child and Family Outcomes
• The ABCs of Addressing Persistent Challenging Behavior
• From Supervisor to SuperVIBER: The Supervision Boot Camp
• Fatherhood & Its Effects on Child Development
• SMART-Family Goal planning for You!
• Providing Emotional Support to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
• The Multicultural Principles: Helping Programs Put the MCP’s into Practice
• Self-Regulated Leadership with Emotional Intelligence
• Creating a Culture of Safety and Security in Early Childhood Education Programs
• Prioritizing Equity with Staff and Families
• CFO Communities of Practice: Required Reports
• CFO Communities of Practice: Insurance and Wellness
• Promoting a Positive Empowering Work Environment
• Supporting Programs to Talk with Expectant Families about Substance Use
• Support Social and Emotional Skills

Events

Monday

ServSafe Certification (8:30-4:30PM)

Welcome Reception (5.30PM)

Tuesday

Luncheon (12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

Wednesday

Director’s Breakfast (8:30 AM-11:00 AM)

Social (7:00pm-10:00pm)

Thursday

Closing Session/Breakfast (9:00 am-11:00 am)

Special Tracks

• Family Engagement
• Health
• Disabilities
• Education
• Director’s Head Start Panel