BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID://OHSA//204345 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260525T173237 VTIMEZONE:America/New_York DTSTART:20260211T140000Z DTEND:20260212T193000Z UID:204345 SUMMARY:February Meeting 2026 LOCATION:Marriott Columbus Northwest, 5605 Blazer Pkwy, Columbus, OH, 43017 DESCRIPTION:February Meeting 2026\n\n02/11/26 09:00 AM EST\n - 02/12/26 02:30 PM EST\Description:\n\n\nFebruary 11-12, 2026\nMarriott Northwest Columbus 5605 Blazer Parkway, Columbus, OH  43017\n\nREGISTRATION FEES:     Subscribing Member: $250       Member: $300\nHOTEL RATE: $131 per night; includes breakfast and Wi-Fi *available through 1/20/26\nOnline reservation link\n\nClick here to view tentative agenda\n\n\nTuesday, February 10\n4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.         OHSAI Board Meeting\n\nWednesday, February 11\n8:00 a.m.                                   Registration \n\n9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.            Community of Learners\nThe Community of Learners model is intended to facilitate meaningful and intentional networking, sharing and learning among and between peers working in a common field.\n\nData                                                                                                 \nCindy Fetters, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO; Ellen Walker, CDC of Franklin County\n\n\n Chapter 1 “Storytelling with Data: Let’s Practice”\n\nDirectors                                                                           \nKristen Kerr, Community Action of Wayne/Medina; Amy Esser, Mercer County Head Start\n\n\n Scott Sigfried – shares the first draft of HSCO Needs Assessment\n Small group discussions by Program Specialist\n Current Events & Monitoring Updates\n Self-Assessment - bring resources to share\n\nEarly Head Start                                                                               \nJeanine Bensman, Council on Rural Services; Angie Kisor-Bridges, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO; Cristi Jackson, Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action\n\n\n Love Yourself: Wellness & self-care for caregivers & home visitors\n Burnout Prevention\n Compassion Fatigue\n FORT Presentation: Understanding Local Drug Trends and Supporting Families with Young Children\n\nEducation                                                             \nMichele Delph, CAC of Erie, Huron & Richland Counties; Christine Balusik, Ross County CAC; Kelly Irwin & Marie Vermeulen, LEADS Head Start\n\n\n Music and Movement in the classroom\n\n \n KinderMusik will provide a presentation that allows the participants to experience what a classroom music session looks and feels like\n Heather Nusbaum will join the COL to share music and movement techniques for the classroom\n \n \n\nFamily & Community Partnerships                                                  \nNicole Shetterly, Toledo Public Schools; Amy Hawley, Council on Rural Services; Pam Shuck, Akron Summit CAA; Katie Peters, Child Focus\n\n\n Recruitment & Full Enrollment\n Marketing “sales” pitch\n Modeling what to do and what not to do\n\nFiscal                                                   \nStephanie Ristau, Centers for Families & Children\n\n\n Fiscal topic discussion pertaining to the new year & submitted questions from COL members\n\nHealth/ Mental Health/ Nutrition                                                   \nAlice Marie Ohlin and Linda Fox, Akron Summit CAA; Brenda Bissett, Coshocton County Head Start; Angie Stephenson, Mercer County Head Start\n\n\n Program updates, Updates on FA 1/FA 2, Follow-Ups on medicals, dentals & vision\n Culture of Safety presented by Heather Nusbaum\n\nHuman Resources                                                                           \nCarla Rodriguez, Lorain County CAA; Julie Mickley, Knox County Head Start \n\n\n Recognizing Red-Zone Stress: An HR Framework for Preventing Burnout and Safety Risks\n Explore how chronic stress and burnout show up in early childhood and classroom settings, sometimes reaching a point where safety or decision-making may be compromised\n Decision-Making in Gray Areas: When Policies Don’t Give Clear Answers\n Explore common gray-area HR decisions programs are facing right now, where there is no clear policy violation but real operational, equity, or safety concerns\n\nParents                                                                       \nTheresa Wynn, West Ohio CAP; Holly Unger, OPAN Alumni\n\n\n Round Table Discussion\n\n\n\n12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.              Networking Luncheon in the Atrium\n\n1:00pm to 1:15pm                       Affiliate Elections\n                                                           Director                     Parent            \n                                                           Staff                          Friend            \n \n1:15pm to 1:30pm                      District Elections\n                                                           Northwest                  Southwest    \n                                                           Southeast                  Northeast\n\n\n1:30pm to 4:30pm                Breakout Sessions/Community of Learners\n\nDisabilities Community of Learners                                     \nAlice Marie Ohlin, Community Action Akron-Summit; Cristina Evans, Butler County ESC\n\n\n FA1 and FA 2 updates \n Program Updates\n Waivers\n Lynnette Klejka, Assistant Director - Community Supports and Development at Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities: \n Talking with Parents and Helping them Advocate\n\nCoaching/Professional Development Community of Learners                                    \nMarie Vermeulen, LEADS Head Start; Becky Evemy, Miami Valley Child Development Centers; Juanita Henly, Lucas Co. Family Council\n\n\n Coaching with CLASS\n\nChildPlus Users Group                                                                                            \nCindy Fetters, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO; Ellen Walker, CDC of Franklin County\n\n\n Online pre-application & rollover requesting documents\n 3rd year apps\n\nStrengthening Bonds and Creating Connections – Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Parental Incarceration\n0.3 CEUs\nKim Kehl and Kelly Paull, Ohio Department of Children and Youth; \nDarryl Graves, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Melissa Shaw, LEADS Head Start              \nAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic experiences during childhood, that are known to negatively impact the health and well-being of children into adulthood. Parental incarceration is considered an ACE and puts the child and youth at risk for social, emotional, and psychological challenges.  This session will focus on responding to children of incarcerated parents and will highlight a newly developed resources guide to support parents, caregivers and professionals working with and advocating for children of incarcerated parents.\nLearning Outcomes\n\n\n Increase their understanding of ACEs and their impact on children and families\n Identify ways to support children of incarcerated parents or caregivers \n Become familiar with the Strengthening Bonds and Creating Connections, a resource guide to provide support to children and youth navigating the effects of having an incarcerated parent or caregiver\n\n\n\nThursday, February 12\n8:00 a.m.                                Registration \n \n9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.          Breakout Sessions\nSteady in the Storm: Mindful Leadership Through Change\n0.3 CEUs\nKaty Oberle\nThis interactive 3-hour workshop supports Head Start leaders navigating uncertainty, instability, and systemic change by strengthening inner leadership, equanimity, and values-aligned action. Through mindfulness practices, reflection, experiential activities, and small-group dialogue, participants will explore how regulating their own nervous systems helps them lead more wisely under pressure. Leaders will identify their core values and engage in a hands-on 'EnVisioning My Values' collage to translate insight into practical leadership behaviors. The session supports leaders in feeling grounded, resourced, and equipped with sustainable mindfulness-based practices they can carry back into their work and communities.\nLearning Outcomes:\n\n\n Apply mindfulness-based self-regulation strategies to manage stress responses and maintain clarity during periods of sustained uncertainty\n Describe how leaders can positively influence team culture and emotional climate\n Identify and articulate 2–3 core leadership values and explain how these values can guide decision-making and communication when external conditions are unpredictable\n\n​Prescriptions for Preventing Power Struggles\n0.3 CEUs/APPROVED for 2.5 OA hours\nColleen Wallace and Katy Carpenter, Nationwide Children’s Hospital\nIn this training, participants will learn the definition of power struggles and the many practices that they can utilize to prevent power struggles.  They will examine their own backgrounds so that they can understand how their own thinking might make them more susceptible to being in a power struggle.  Participants will understand that power struggles are an attempt by a child to meet a need and that all behavior is a form of communication.   Participants are introduced to two methods for dealing with power struggles.  We also talk about the importance of forgiving yourself when you make mistakes or if you happen to get pulled into a power struggle.\nLearning Outcomes:\n\n\n Recognize thinking that might lead to power struggles & understand that it is an attempt for a child to meet a need\n Recognize classroom practices that are likely to reduce power struggles and identify at least two methods for dealing with power struggles\n Recognize that healing is important in the resolution of power struggles\n\nPractice Based Coaching – RePATHing\n0.3 CEUs/SUBMITTED for 3.0 OA hours\nHeather Nusbaum\nDoes your Practice Based Coaching model support the preparation, personnel, and processes to provide effective implementation? In this session participants will refocus on determining effective programmatic supports for coaching implementation as it is integrated into the PD plan and how it will support achievement of school readiness goals. Participants will also connect with National Center on Early Childhood Development Teaching and Learning resources to support continuous improvement and evaluation of model implementation. If you are supervising or supporting the continuous improvement of systemic professional development inclusive of coaching implementation this session is for you.\nLearning Outcomes:\n\n\n Recognize HSPPS specific to coaching and review programmatic supports and tools for effective practices \n Analyze and evaluate PBC component implementation (RePATH) and plan next steps\n\n​Supporting Healthy Nutrition in Head Start\n0.3 CEUs\nMarge Robison, MPH, RD, LD and Maureen Pisanick, RD, LD, Pisanick Partners\nHead Start programs prioritize child nutrition by providing healthy meals, promoting good eating \nhabits and supporting families in establishing nutritious diets for their children. This session is designed to support each of those areas.\nSetting the Table for Success - Tips for Positive Mealtimes and Encouraging New Foods in Head Start Classrooms\nLearn how you can foster and support healthy and responsive eating habits.\nCACFP Jeopardy and Q&A\nTest your knowledge of CACFP, and get your program questions answered, while having fun with a game of Jeopardy.\nOut of the Box\nLearn about Lorain County Head Start's fun and effective parent engagement activity that combines cooking and nutrition education. Learn how to implement such an activity into your program and participate in a mini, hands-on example. \nLearning Outcomes: \n\n\n Identify strategies to support positive mealtimes\n Increase understanding of CACFP guidelines\n Identify strategies to engage parents in supporting healthy nutrition\n\n\n\n12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.          Lunch and General Session\n\n \nKaty Oberle, MS, IMFT, is a marriage and family therapist turned mindfulness coach and facilitator. She helps individuals and organizations cultivate resilience, connection, and joy, and supports the growth of mindful cultures—where presence, empathy, and creativity help people thrive. She is Co-Founder of The Be Sanctuary, a wellbeing and healing arts collective in central Ohio.\n\nPresence and Purpose in Uncertain Times\nIn this time of uncertainty, learning how to mindfully navigate change is essential. Through practical mindfulness tools and foundational leadership mindsets, we’ll explore how to respond to disruption with clarity, steadiness, and intention—rather than reactivity. Attendees will leave with actionable practices to support resilience, connection, and a renewed sense of agency for themselves, their colleagues, and the families they serve.\n\n\n  OHSAI Updates and Induction of 2026 OHSAI Board\n  Julie Stone, Executive Director for OHSAI\n\n                \n\n\nOHSAI Professional Development\n\n \nFor more information about CEUs and OHSAI’s Professional Development policies and practices, visit www.ohsai.org/professional-development-information/\n\n\n     These sessions are approved for IACET CEUs.IACET CEUs may count toward Ohio Approved credit.\n\n\n     Sessions submitted or approved for Ohio Approved hours will require participants OPIN # to be requested and your participation will be recorded in         the Ohio Professional Registry after the session is completed.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel reservation information -  Online reservation link      Call reservation hotline @ 614-791-1000  \nCutoff date for these rates is Tuesday January 20, 2026\n\Location:\nMarriott Columbus Northwest\n5605 Blazer Pkwy\nColumbus, OH 43017 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:February Meeting 2026

02/11/26 09:00 AM EST - 02/12/26 02:30 PM EST
Description:

February 11-12, 2026
Marriott Northwest Columbus 5605 Blazer Parkway, Columbus, OH  43017

REGISTRATION FEES:     Subscribing Member: $250       Member: $300
HOTEL RATE: $131 per night; includes breakfast and Wi-Fi *available through 1/20/26
Online reservation link

Click here to view tentative agenda

Tuesday, February 10
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.         OHSAI Board Meeting

Wednesday, February 11
8:00 a.m.                                   Registration 

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.            Community of Learners
The Community of Learners model is intended to facilitate meaningful and intentional networking, sharing and learning among and between peers working in a common field.

Data                                                                                                 
Cindy Fetters, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO; Ellen Walker, CDC of Franklin County

Directors                                                                           
Kristen Kerr, Community Action of Wayne/Medina; Amy Esser, Mercer County Head Start Early Head Start                                                                               
Jeanine Bensman, Council on Rural Services; Angie Kisor-Bridges, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO; Cristi Jackson, Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Education                                                             
Michele Delph, CAC of Erie, Huron & Richland Counties; Christine Balusik, Ross County CAC; Kelly Irwin & Marie Vermeulen, LEADS Head Start Family & Community Partnerships                                                  
Nicole Shetterly, Toledo Public Schools; Amy Hawley, Council on Rural Services; Pam Shuck, Akron Summit CAA; Katie Peters, Child Focus Fiscal                                                   
Stephanie Ristau, Centers for Families & Children Health/ Mental Health/ Nutrition                                                   
Alice Marie Ohlin and Linda Fox, Akron Summit CAA; Brenda Bissett, Coshocton County Head Start; Angie Stephenson, Mercer County Head Start Human Resources                                                                           
Carla Rodriguez, Lorain County CAA; Julie Mickley, Knox County Head Start Parents                                                                       
Theresa Wynn, West Ohio CAP; Holly Unger, OPAN Alumni

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.              Networking Luncheon in the Atrium

1:00pm to 1:15pm                       Affiliate Elections
                                                           Director                     Parent            
                                                           Staff                          Friend            
 
1:15pm to 1:30pm                      District Elections
                                                           Northwest                  Southwest    
                                                           Southeast                  Northeast


1:30pm to 4:30pm                Breakout Sessions/Community of Learners

Disabilities Community of Learners                                     
Alice Marie Ohlin, Community Action Akron-Summit; Cristina Evans, Butler County ESC

Coaching/Professional Development Community of Learners                                    
Marie Vermeulen, LEADS Head Start; Becky Evemy, Miami Valley Child Development Centers; Juanita Henly, Lucas Co. Family Council ChildPlus Users Group                                                                                            
Cindy Fetters, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO; Ellen Walker, CDC of Franklin County Strengthening Bonds and Creating Connections – Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Parental Incarceration
0.3 CEUs
Kim Kehl and Kelly Paull, Ohio Department of Children and Youth;
Darryl Graves, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Melissa Shaw, LEADS Head Start              
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic experiences during childhood, that are known to negatively impact the health and well-being of children into adulthood. Parental incarceration is considered an ACE and puts the child and youth at risk for social, emotional, and psychological challenges.  This session will focus on responding to children of incarcerated parents and will highlight a newly developed resources guide to support parents, caregivers and professionals working with and advocating for children of incarcerated parents.
Learning Outcomes
  1. Increase their understanding of ACEs and their impact on children and families
  2. Identify ways to support children of incarcerated parents or caregivers
  3. Become familiar with the Strengthening Bonds and Creating Connections, a resource guide to provide support to children and youth navigating the effects of having an incarcerated parent or caregiver

Thursday, February 12
8:00 a.m.                                Registration
 
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.          Breakout Sessions

Steady in the Storm: Mindful Leadership Through Change
0.3 CEUs
Katy Oberle
This interactive 3-hour workshop supports Head Start leaders navigating uncertainty, instability, and systemic change by strengthening inner leadership, equanimity, and values-aligned action. Through mindfulness practices, reflection, experiential activities, and small-group dialogue, participants will explore how regulating their own nervous systems helps them lead more wisely under pressure. Leaders will identify their core values and engage in a hands-on 'EnVisioning My Values' collage to translate insight into practical leadership behaviors. The session supports leaders in feeling grounded, resourced, and equipped with sustainable mindfulness-based practices they can carry back into their work and communities.
Learning Outcomes:
  1. Apply mindfulness-based self-regulation strategies to manage stress responses and maintain clarity during periods of sustained uncertainty
  2. Describe how leaders can positively influence team culture and emotional climate
  3. Identify and articulate 2–3 core leadership values and explain how these values can guide decision-making and communication when external conditions are unpredictable
​Prescriptions for Preventing Power Struggles
0.3 CEUs/APPROVED for 2.5 OA hours
Colleen Wallace and Katy Carpenter, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
In this training, participants will learn the definition of power struggles and the many practices that they can utilize to prevent power struggles.  They will examine their own backgrounds so that they can understand how their own thinking might make them more susceptible to being in a power struggle.  Participants will understand that power struggles are an attempt by a child to meet a need and that all behavior is a form of communication.   Participants are introduced to two methods for dealing with power struggles.  We also talk about the importance of forgiving yourself when you make mistakes or if you happen to get pulled into a power struggle.
Learning Outcomes:
  1. Recognize thinking that might lead to power struggles & understand that it is an attempt for a child to meet a need
  2. Recognize classroom practices that are likely to reduce power struggles and identify at least two methods for dealing with power struggles
  3. Recognize that healing is important in the resolution of power struggles
Practice Based Coaching – RePATHing
0.3 CEUs/SUBMITTED for 3.0 OA hours
Heather Nusbaum
Does your Practice Based Coaching model support the preparation, personnel, and processes to provide effective implementation? In this session participants will refocus on determining effective programmatic supports for coaching implementation as it is integrated into the PD plan and how it will support achievement of school readiness goals. Participants will also connect with National Center on Early Childhood Development Teaching and Learning resources to support continuous improvement and evaluation of model implementation. If you are supervising or supporting the continuous improvement of systemic professional development inclusive of coaching implementation this session is for you.
Learning Outcomes:
  1. Recognize HSPPS specific to coaching and review programmatic supports and tools for effective practices
  2. Analyze and evaluate PBC component implementation (RePATH) and plan next steps
​Supporting Healthy Nutrition in Head Start
0.3 CEUs
Marge Robison, MPH, RD, LD and Maureen Pisanick, RD, LD, Pisanick Partners
Head Start programs prioritize child nutrition by providing healthy meals, promoting good eating 
habits and supporting families in establishing nutritious diets for their children. This session is designed to support each of those areas.
Setting the Table for Success - Tips for Positive Mealtimes and Encouraging New Foods in Head Start Classrooms
Learn how you can foster and support healthy and responsive eating habits.
CACFP Jeopardy and Q&A
Test your knowledge of CACFP, and get your program questions answered, while having fun with a game of Jeopardy.
Out of the Box
Learn about Lorain County Head Start's fun and effective parent engagement activity that combines cooking and nutrition education. Learn how to implement such an activity into your program and participate in a mini, hands-on example. 
Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify strategies to support positive mealtimes
  2. Increase understanding of CACFP guidelines
  3. Identify strategies to engage parents in supporting healthy nutrition


12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.          Lunch and General Session


 
Katy Oberle, MS, IMFT, is a marriage and family therapist turned mindfulness coach and facilitator. She helps individuals and organizations cultivate resilience, connection, and joy, and supports the growth of mindful cultures—where presence, empathy, and creativity help people thrive. She is Co-Founder of The Be Sanctuary, a wellbeing and healing arts collective in central Ohio.

Presence and Purpose in Uncertain Times
In this time of uncertainty, learning how to mindfully navigate change is essential. Through practical mindfulness tools and foundational leadership mindsets, we’ll explore how to respond to disruption with clarity, steadiness, and intention—rather than reactivity. Attendees will leave with actionable practices to support resilience, connection, and a renewed sense of agency for themselves, their colleagues, and the families they serve.


  OHSAI Updates and Induction of 2026 OHSAI Board
  Julie Stone, Executive Director for OHSAI

                

OHSAI Professional Development

 
For more information about CEUs and OHSAI’s Professional Development policies and practices, visit www.ohsai.org/professional-development-information/


     These sessions are approved for IACET CEUs.IACET CEUs may count toward Ohio Approved credit.


     Sessions submitted or approved for Ohio Approved hours will require participants OPIN # to be requested and your participation will be recorded in         the Ohio Professional Registry after the session is completed.
 






Hotel reservation information -  Online reservation link      Call reservation hotline @ 614-791-1000  
Cutoff date for these rates is Tuesday January 20, 2026


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Marriott Columbus Northwest
5605 Blazer Pkwy
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