Course Length: 40 hour/s (5 days)

Course Cost: $1950.00 members

                     $2095.00 non-members

(Above price includes 5 days of training ($1095), course manual and workbook ($145), candidate application ($485), 2 exams - given on last day ($370) and STAR Membership). Learn more about credentialing!

Course Outline

Course Description: This course focuses on management and administrative function of family services.  It will help develop you develop strong and effective spoken and written communication skills. It will increase your ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced work environment, develop and maintain effective working relationships with children and their family members, as well as co-workers and other staff working with your agencies and the general public. Participants learn to coach and supervise Family Service Specialist, provide written and verbal evaluations for Family Services staff, coordinate and monitor the quality development and implementation of the program’s family services, including parent involvement, to manage community outreach polices and procedures, including forming partnerships, and resource identification and development, providing guidance and technical support to Family Workers in a Head Start program, and track and monitor and generate reports.  Strategies and best practices will be given for developing collaborative relationships with community early childhood and family service programs/organizations.  You will also learn to develop, implement and integrate program plans and priorities and develop and apply effective strategies to achieve program outcomes.  The goal of the course is to manage and monitor family goal setting through the family partnership process, develop method of monitoring the program ability for a family’s access community services and resources, how to monitor services to pregnant women, and how to develop policies and procedures to ensure parent involvement across all areas of Head Start, including child development and education, health, nutrition, mental health education, community advocacy, transition practices and home visits.

Prerequisites: None

Learning Objectives:  Upon completion of this course, you will:

• Coach and supervise Family Development Specialist

• Provide written and verbal evaluations for supervised staff

• Coordinate and monitor the quality development and implementation of the program’s family services, including parent involvement, ERSEA for family workers, and transportation eligibility

• Responsible for community outreach, including forming partnerships, and resource identification and development

• Assist the Regional Service Managers in providing guidance and technical support to Family

• Advocates

• Manage case tracking, monitoring, and report generating

• Assist in the coordination of training for staff, parents and volunteers

• Develop collaborative relationships with community early childhood and family service

• programs/organizations

• Develop, implement and integrate program plans and priorities

• Develop and apply effective strategies to achieve program outcomes

Target Audience: This course is designed for Family Workers, Health Workers, Education Workers, Parent Involvement Workers, Administrative Staff, Manager, Program Area Managers, Directors, Coordinators or anyone wanting management experiences or those Head Start staff who are responsible for managing a supportive parent environment. 

Location

Dates/Time

Enroll

December 5-9, 2011 

8:00 - 4:00

June 4-8, 2012 

8:00 - 4:00

August 13-17, 2012 

8:00 - 4:00

October 8-12, 2012

8:00 - 4:00