• 2023 National Head Start Conference

    The largest national conference devoted to all things Head Start, NHSA’s annual conference brings our community together for a week of sharing, networking, learning, and celebrating. The 2023 Annual Conference will take place in May 8-11 in Phoenix, AZ.

  • The Future of ERSEA in Head Start

    With our partners at Wipfli, NHSA is hosting online, two-day training series on current best practices with your professional peers and exploring challenges and solutions regarding the future of ERSEA in Head Start.Learning Objectives:      Review regulation requirements from the HS Act and for 45 CFR Part 1302, Subpart A (ERSEA). Share best practices in […]

  • 2023 Early Childhood Innovation Summit

    The Early Childhood Innovation Summit, the forum for early learning thinkers and activists to network and explore, will take place June 27-30.

  • EHS Advocacy: Including Services to Pregnant People

    Early Head Start has a profound impact on healthy pregnancies for families through access to ongoing health care, comprehensive series, and education to support a healthy pregnancy. Yet, less than 13,000 pregnant women are served nationwide. Join us to hear from programs on how they expanded services to pregnant women in their Early Head Start program and the impact on the families they serve.

  • EHS Best Practice: Post-partum

    This workshop will engage participants in deepening relationship-based, developmentally-informed practice that improves professionals’ and parents’ ability to be successful in understanding and applying child developmental constructs to their daily practice. 

  • EHS Best Practice: Educación Musical (Spanish)

    Esta sesión destacará actividades que ejemplifiquen las mejores prácticas respaldadas por la investigación y validadas en el campo educativo. Padres, coordinadores y directores tendrán la
    oportunidad de adquirir conocimientos sobre actividades musicales adecuadas para cada etapa de desarrollo, desde la infancia temprana hasta la etapa preescolar. Además, se proporcionarán
    recursos prácticos que podrán utilizar tanto en el hogar como en los centros educativos, ilustrando cómo se relacionan con los momentos clave en el desarrollo infantil.