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Advocacy and Policy News
Help Secure a Stronger Start, Brighter Future for Our ChildrenYour help is needed to ensure that California invests the resources required to strengthen Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Together, we can improve the entire early childhood education and care system.
Please contact your legislators today to tell them to fund Head Start and Early Head Start programs – and invest in California’s most vulnerable children and families. Sending this pre-drafted message will only take one minute of your time. -
Head Start California Updates
Introducing: Head Start CaliforniaAllow me to introduce you to the new ‘us.’ We are now: Head Start California! After a year-long process of exploring and clarifying our purpose, core values and key services, the board of directors has adopted a new brand image for your state Head Start association. View a PowerPoint here that visually shows the transition of California Head Start Association to Head Start California.
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Director's Bookshelf
The Bookshelf: Clear LeadershipFull Title: Clear Leadership: Sustaining Real Collaboration and Partnership at Work
Year: 2010
Author: Gervase Bushe
Category: Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
Quick summary: This book is about clarity, and how to get closer to it. How do we share our experience in ways that strengthen our daily work with others? Gervase Bush provides a model for getting past the organizational mush that’s created when we make up stories about other people’s behavior instead of simply asking them. -
Director's Bookshelf
The Bookshelf: The Spirit of KaizenFull Title: The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time
Year: 2013
Author: Robert Maurer, Ph.D.
Category: Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
About the author: Robert Maurer is Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Family Practice Residency Program at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and a faculty member with the UCLA School of Medicine. He also wrote One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way and Mastering Fear: Harnessing Emotion to Achieve Excellence in Work, -
Director's Bookshelf
Member Education: DPR’s Integrated Germ Management Training Course Is Now Available!By: Christina Vredevoe, Senior Environmental Scientist, CDPR
Cold and flu season is here! Do you use antimicrobial products, like bleach and disinfecting wipes, to keep those germs out of your center? Did you know that you must complete annual Healthy Schools Act training when using antimicrobial products in child care centers? Your facility’s designated IPM Coordinator is also required to take the annual training. The training requirement applies to all child care centers except family day care homes. -
Head Start California Updates
MEDIA RELEASE: JAN. 11, 2019
Advocates Praise Governor Newsom’s Commitment to Early Childhood Education Programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 11, 2019
BY: CHRISTOPHER MARICLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA HEAD START ASSOCIATION
OFFICE: 916-444-7760 ext. 105
Advocates Praise Governor Newsom’s Commitment to Early Childhood Education Programs
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (January 11, 2019) – Early childhood advocates praise Governor Newsom’s commitment to providing funding and resources to programs aimed at children aged 0-3. In his first proposed budget, Governor Newsom included hundreds of millions of dollars for early childhood care and education. -
Director's Bookshelf
The Bookshelf: A New Member ResourceThe Bookshelf is Head Start California’s member community book review center. We all learn by reading. Here, you can share the books that teach and inspire you. What have you read that broadened your thinking, shifted your perspective, or changed your practice? Let your Head Start colleagues know: what’s worth reading? Submit your review here.
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Head Start California Updates
Head Start In the News: December 2018What’s New in the Head Start and Early Childhood education arena? Here is a timely update to keep you in the loop!
What California can learn from universal preschool in other states
As momentum builds in California to expand early childhood education programs, the state has the opportunity to look outside its borders and learn from other states and cities that have moved in the direction of offering universal preschool. During his campaign, Governor-elect Gavin Newsom said he was “committed to universal preschool,
