As a Head Start agency’s Human Resources manager or professional, you are responsible for navigating specific Head Start employment requirements and a host of general federal and state employment laws. Your unique job responsibilities require unique training. 

Feldesman’s Head Start Leadership Workshop: Human Resources Requirements is the ideal training opportunity for Head Start Human Resources professionals and managers. The workshop will focus on specific Head Start Program Performance Standards requirements at the core of effective Human Resources practices. We encourage robust discussion with your colleagues – other human resources managers at Head Start programs – so that you can learn from peers how other agencies address day to day challenges and manage the unique Human Resources demands in Head Start.

Among other key topics, this intensive training will focus on:

• Four Habits of Highly Effective Agencies: Learn the four steps to ensuring that your program maintains a culture of compliance and continuous improvement. 
• The intersection of Head Start Governance and Human Resources: A report to Congress noted that failing to report to the governing body and policy council was the number one noncompliance finding, showing up on monitoring reviews for nearly a quarter of grantees nationwide. Learn the distinct Human Resources responsibilities of the governing board and policy council and management’s related reporting duties.
• Drafting effective personnel policies: The HSPPS require agencies to have written personnel policies that are approved by the governing body and policy council. Well-written personnel policies are crucial to an effective human resources program.
• Background Checks: Background checks play a crucial role in staffing your agency consistent with Head Start program requirements. Learn the ins and outs of background checks: what you have to do, when, and for whom.
• Staff Qualifications and Competencies: The HSPPS increased the qualifications for certain positions and defined qualifications for others. Learn what qualifications are required, what qualifications allow for grantee flexibility, and options to maximize your agency’s operational flexibility while complying with program rules.
• Drafting a coordinated approach for professional development: The HSPPS require you to develop a coordinated approach for addressing the professional development of Head Start employees. Learn what this requirement means and how to satisfy it.
• Internal investigations: Head Start agencies can minimize risk of liability – in Human Resources and other operational areas – by making sure staff understands the purpose, objectives and best practices in internal investigations. Learn the key elements of effective internal investigations to address operational challenges, protect your program, implement corrective action and enhance compliance.

This training will help you hone the skills you need to successfully manage your Head Start program’s most important resource – your team members!