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IHSA 2025 Conference, Membership Meeting, & Awards Banquet
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Wednesday, March 12
 

11:00am MDT

Networking Lunches on the Town
Wednesday March 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT
Select one of the many food options in the downtown Boise vicinity to network with your Head Start colleagues and parents. We are working to secure a partnership with a restaurant in the Grove to provide lunch gift cards to parent attendees. Details on this potential partnership will be updated here and shared at the conference.
Wednesday March 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT

11:30am MDT

Program Directors' Meeting
Wednesday March 12, 2025 11:30am - 2:30pm MDT
Head Start Program Directors' Quarterly Meeting with IHSA and guest speakers. We will head next door to Trillium Restaurant for a working lunch.
Wednesday March 12, 2025 11:30am - 2:30pm MDT
Trillium Restaurant in The Grove Hotel 245 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702

12:30pm MDT

Parents: Self-Regulation, Social-Emotional Development, & Individualizing Interactions with your Children
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm MDT
Self-regulation is foundational to early learning. In this session participants/parents will learn strength-based approaches to empower self-regulated early learners. Foundational to this session are strategies and supports that parents and families can use to help their child become 1) connected, 2) self-aware, 3) self-determined, 4) strategic and 5) resilient at home and in the classroom.
 
Learning Outcomes: After participating in this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Engage in practices guided by knowledge of social-emotional development.
  2. Empower children as they improve their self-regulation skills (as defined by Lee Pesky Learning Center’s research-based self-regulated learner framework).
  3. Explore Lee Pesky Learning Center’s research-based self-regulated learner framework and it’s five components.
  4. Employ the specific tools, strategies, and resources learned during the session to help children ages 0-5 self-regulate thoughts, emotions, and feelings.
  5. Individualize interactions with your children to meet their individual needs.
Speakers
avatar for Courtney Painton

Courtney Painton

Director of Professional Development, Lee Pesky Learning Center
Courtney Painton is the Director of Professional Development at Lee Pesky Learning Center in Boise, Idaho. She is responsible for developing and overseeing a comprehensive model of professional development for educators, care providers, and parents across Idaho and beyond. Courtney... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Education & Disabilities: Inclusion: How Can We Do This Differently
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
This session will provide strategies for Education Leaders to better support teaching staff for successful implementation of goals and individualized support, leading to better outcomes for these children.
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Education & Disabilities: Rev it Up, Calm it Down
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
This interactive session will show how dysregulation might show up in behaviors. Explore the ways energy can be matched with specific tasks and activities, link "regulation stations" with trauma-informed practices to be used in a variety of settings, and provide participants with sensory-based strategies to support regulation in children and adults.
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Family Services: Building on Family Strengths Using Motivational Interviewing (MI Intro)
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Explore using CaringConversations to engage in supporting conversations with families about their living situations
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Health Services: The Role of Health & Mental Health Leaders in Preventing Child Incidents in Head Start Programs
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Explore how Health and Mental Health leaders play key roles in preventing child incidents in the context of Head Start programming.
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Program Management/Fiscal/Systems: Ensuring the Safety & Well-Being of Children by Strengthening Supervisory Systems
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Wednesday March 12, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

1:45pm MDT

Open Session & Parents: The Missing Ingredient in Your Head Start Recipe: Fathers
Wednesday March 12, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MDT
Speakers
avatar for Matt Weise

Matt Weise

VP Partner Engagement, National Fatherhood Initiative
Matt is the Vice President of Partner Engagement for National Fatherhood Initiative® (NFI). Matt leads NFI's outbound engagement strategy to advance the awareness, adoption, and usage of NFI's father-inclusive programs and resources by human service organizations across the nation.Becoming... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MDT

3:00pm MDT

Parents: Advocacy 101 & Parent Statehouse Visit Prep
Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Legislative advocacy 101 with IAEYC and Parent Statehouse Visit prep with IHSA
Speakers
avatar for Jonny Carkin

Jonny Carkin

Director of Operations, ELCs, IAEYC
Jonny Carkin serves as the Director of Operations for the Early Learning Collaboratives at Idaho AEYC, where he provides technical assistance, training, and strategic planning support for early learning collaboratives. Jonny has worked in public affairs in Idaho for over 15 years... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

Open Session: How to Utilize Social Media for Staff & Family Recruitment
Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm MDT
No matter the status of your program's social media presence, this session will show you how to amplify an existing presence or start from scratch to reach your intended audience and achieve results.
Speakers
avatar for Caitlin Montoya

Caitlin Montoya

Owner & CEO, Get Social With Cait
"Meet Caitlin Montoya, better known as Cait, a local influencer and the ultimate people-person based in Boise, Idaho. With an impressive track record of over 15 years in the social media field, Cait has established herself as a trusted expert throughout the expansive Pacific Northwest. Her dynamic experience as an educator and engaging keynot... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm MDT

9:30pm MDT

Welcome & Keynote
Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:30pm - 11:00pm MDT
Speakers
avatar for Mills Rodgers

Mills Rodgers

Keynote Speaker
The late Rita Pierson said that every kid needs a champion. But how do we as educators and caregivers be champions? How do we create inclusive environments for students of all backgrounds and ability levels?  In this keynote, we will learn the 3 questions educators must reflect upon... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:30pm - 11:00pm MDT
Boise Centre East 850 W Front St Boise, ID 83702
 
Thursday, March 13
 

9:00am MDT

Welcome and General Session with the Office of Head Start R10
Thursday March 13, 2025 9:00am - 10:45am MDT
Thursday March 13, 2025 9:00am - 10:45am MDT

11:00am MDT

IHSA Membership Meeting & Board Elections Working Lunch & Raffle
Thursday March 13, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
All attendees are encouraged to attend the membership meeting working lunch. Voting members are required to attend to vote on member business and nominate and elect new members to the IHSA Board of Directors. Raffle prizes will be given. 
Thursday March 13, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Family Services: Family Engagement in the EHS Home-Based Model
Thursday March 13, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Understand what is unique about the home-based model and how to build strategies for increased family engagement. Explore the skills and spirit of Motivational Interviewing to support positive goal-oriented relationships with families.
Thursday March 13, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Health Services: Engaging & Sustaining a Robust Health Services Advisory Committee
Thursday March 13, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Understand the importance and value of engaging and sustaining a robust HSAC. Explore current practice and identify areas and ways your HSAC can support your program.
Thursday March 13, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

12:30pm MDT

Program Management/Fiscal/Systems: Mini Mid Managers Institute
Thursday March 13, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Lift the messages and work of mid managers:
  1. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: provide focus 
  2. Culture of Communication: examine the communication systems and strategies--the communication flow, that each mid manager uses to build support and relationships. Share strategies in response to the "I'm caught in the middle" phenomenon
  3. Employee Experience Journey: build a responsive team who feels valued, respected, and heard
Thursday March 13, 2025 12:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

1:00pm MDT

Parent Statehouse Visit & Head Start's 60th Birthday Party
Thursday March 13, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Let us know if you are unable to walk to the Capitol--we will arrange accommodations. Email mwoller@idahohsa.org.
For parents bringing little ones, we will provide collapsible wagons for them to ride in to the Capitol.

After the Membership Meeting, parents can walk to the Capitol for their scheduled visits with their legislators to discuss their experience with Head Start. The purpose is to gain leadership and civic engagement skills while educating your lawmakers about Head Start and its impact in Idaho. We will prep for these visits and learn about legislative advocacy the day before.

We will also be celebrating Head Start's 60th Birthday in the 4th Floor Rotunda at the same time. Between visits, hang out with IHSA in the Rotunda to give cupcakes to legislators and promote Head Start.

Visits will ideally be scheduled between 1:30 and 5 pm, but should you end early, you are free to tour the Capitol, sit in the House or Senate gallery to watch lawmaking in action, spend time at the 60th Birthday Party, or head back to the Boise Centre.
Thursday March 13, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Idaho State Capitol 700 W Jefferson St, Boise, ID 83702

3:45pm MDT

IHSA Board Orientation & Meeting
Thursday March 13, 2025 3:45pm - 5:30pm MDT
Refreshments will be provided. Newly elected IHSA Board members and existing Board members will convene to learn about their role as a Board, IHSA's strategic plan, policies, and mission, and vote on Board business. Meet your fellow Board members and take home some IHSA swag.
Thursday March 13, 2025 3:45pm - 5:30pm MDT
 
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