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

Professional Development Should Be Practical

Bridging the Gap Between Theory & Practical Skills

Any professional development, in my opinion, ought to give individuals real-world experience. All too frequently, employees and managers invest time and energy in trainings that provide excellent information but fail to close the knowledge gap between theory and real-world implementation. As our courses have been designed, I have made an effort to make sure that each one equips students with practical skills, methods, and practices in addition to theoretical knowledge to support the fantastic job that early care and education programs around the country perform on a daily basis.
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What Are People Saying?

“For the past years, Dana has worked with our team supporting our leadership skills (EHS management). She worked with our EHS managers refining our reflective supervision skills and being open to different strategies to support our staff. Dana gave extra support to our EHS/CORE Coach. As this position is new to our EHS program, Dana worked with our Coach to put systems in place to help her ramp up the coaching component. Lastly, Dana has provided support to our program’s self-assessment project annually. She has worked designing the virtual process and leading the activity for our staff, parents, LAEP-Board members and Policy Council members. ”

Los Angeles Education Partnership: Early Childhood & Family Engagement/EHS Director

Nancy Villarreal

““Dana has a wealth of experience and is incredibly knowledgeable about Head Start practices, procedures, and the challenges faced by Head Start programs. She was direct with questions and an excellent facilitator. Her intelligence and humor reassured all staff who worked with her.””

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program: Data Manager

Scott Pasco

““It is always a pleasure to work with Dana Staser. She is very knowledgeable about Head Start. Her training on leadership development just elevates my team to another level. ””

Los Angeles Education Partnership: Asst. Director

Meyli Martinez

“Dana was a joy to work with. We had a big project that needed to be completed within a specific timeframe. Dana accepted the challenge and worked diligently to deliver a high-quality product while at the same time working within our timeframe. She worked well with a variety of team members within the organization both in individual and group settings. She was professional and personable. Our team loves the final product and uses it every day. We absolutely recommend Dana and will work with her again in the future. ”

MentorKids, USA Executive Director

Aaron Parrott

“"Very knowledgeable, organized, inspiring. She made the content understandable. I was comfortable with the review when Dana finished."”

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program: Nutrition Manager

David Poulin

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Dana Staser

Email: [email protected]

Office Phone: 480-678-9465

Consulting Website: www.danastaserconsulting.com