ERSEA Specialist Credential

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Course Name: ERSEA Specialist Credential Course

Course Length: 34 hours (4 1/2 days)

Course Cost: $1495.00* members

$1995.00* non-members

Course Number: PM1057

Course Description: The ERSEA Specialist credential is an "educational process" of establishing the qualifications of professionals in Head Start, Early Head Start, Migrant Head Start, American Indian/Alaska Native and Early Childhood employees. The process consists of the attainment of a specific skill level and knowledge of regulations and the assessing of the candidate's educational background and experience. A license is then awarded to the professional who meets the standards set for the credential. It signifies that a student has enrolled, attended and successfully completed the requirements of a specific content area within the Program Management area. The credential process usually takes about 3 to 6 months to complete and requires 15 credit units.

It is designed to address challenges programs face in meeting and maintaining enrollment levels. The course is structured to delivers proven ERSEA implementation strategies and related support activities to participants. Each participant will improve their methods in implementing ERSEA compliance, particularly on how to achieve and maintain full funded enrollment. Participants will learn procedures and processes, including forms and tracking tools (ERSEA Toolkit: a CD with all the forms and software needed to manage enrollment as well as information and forms for recruitment) to implement ERSEA at their program. Each area of requirement will be examined in detail to help students determine strategies for implementation. It will help staff understand the eligibility requirement as well as enrollment of children and families in the program.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to:

1.	Conduct outreach, recruitment and enrollment
2.	Provide orientation on philosophy of program and services provided and how ERSEA affects management systems
3.	Communicate effectively using appropriate verbal and non-verbal messages and reflective listening skills.
4.	Determine eligibility ensuring that children with greatest need for services enter the program first.
5.	Develop and design recruitment activities that offer every parent with eligible children in the community opportunities to participate in Head Start.
6.	Develop a formal process for establishing selection criteria and for selecting children and families with the greatest need for Head Start services
7.	Ensure that 10% of total actual enrollment are children with disabilities.
8.	Design strategies to meet funded enrollment and maintain it throughout the year.
9.	Develop ongoing monitoring system to ensure average daily attendance requirements are met
10.	Create a system that monitors and ensures no more than 10% of over-income families enter the program.
11.	Manage and design policies that ensures no more than 35% of 101-130% of poverty guideline families enter the program and maintain annual reporting systems for these families.

Target Audience: This course is designed for family workers, intake management and those staff responsible for maintaining eligibility requirements.

Current Locations

Did you know? Programs with enrollment levels of 97% or below... may be designated as chronically under-enrolled and have funds recapture, withheld or reduced by percentage under-enrolled!

641(h)(5)(A)...2007 HS Act

The ERSEA Specialist Credential will be held in the following cities listed below. Click on Enroll button to register for the date listed!