Course curriculum

Director Practicum

    1. Budgets

    2. Hiring and Performance Issues

    3. Management Systems

    4. Business Basics: Resources

    5. Management Systems

About this course: The EHSCCP Module Director- Practicum focuses on the business basics that are required for all Head Start programs. Budgeting, Hiring, Performance Issues and the collection and use of data are all critical aspects of a high-quality program.

  • 5 lessons
  • Quizzes
  • Instructor: Dana Staser
  • Business Basics: Resources

Why a Director Practicum?

Leaders matter. The Director Practicum focuses on budgeting with federal funds and cost allocation to leverage the Early Head Start Partnership monies. Human Resources discussions include Head Start Performance Standards compliant hiring practices and addressing performance issues in the workplace. The Director Practicum provides Directors a space to share, learn, and grow.

  • Intentional time to plan and discuss real world situations and innovating problem solve.

  • Sharing expertise with professionals in the same roles and coordinating professional support through the Director Assessment & Planning document.

  • Content specifically focused on leadership issues and management systems.

  • Collaborative learning process with practical applications and opportunities to integrate or leverage systems.

Instructor(s)

Curriculum Director/Senior Instructor

Dana Staser is the Founder/President of Dana Staser Consulting, LLC. She is a workforce and leadership development expert with over 25 years of experience in providing coaching and consultation to early care and education agencies nationally. She has worked with a variety of early care and education agencies across the country to increase high quality service delivery to children and families by increasing staff and leadership skills and capacities. She is an advocate for innovative, intentional, and meaningful professional development for staff and leadership to impact outcomes for the children and families they serve. Most recently, Dana was an Assistant Director-Early Head Start/Head Start Coaching in Phoenix, Arizona. Dana administrated and managed state and national research grants providing leadership and technical assistance to programs involved in the implementation and research of embedded professional development. She worked closely with philanthropic stakeholders both statewide and across the country as well as nationally recognized universities to develop and implement an innovative coaching model for teaching and family service staff. Dana has facilitated workshops, trainings and is a national conference speaker on workforce development and leadership capacity building to increase high quality and sustainability in programs.

Dana Staser

Instructor(s)

Curriculum Director/Senior Instructor

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