Free Head Start Webinar | October 28, 2026 | 1pm ET
Can Your Team Show the Story Behind the Data?
5 Questions to Connect Your Data, Documentation, and Decisions
Can your team trace a number on a report back to its source,
and show what happened after leadership reviewed it?
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Five Questions to Help Your Team
Look Beyond the Report.
Data → Documentation → Workflow → Leadership Decisions → Follow-Up
Where did this number come from?
Trace the information back to its source.
What supports it?
Connect what appears in the system to the documentation behind it.
Does everyone follow the same process?
Identify where staff workflows may be inconsistent.
What did leadership do with the information?
Connect reporting to questions, decisions, and action.
What happened next?
Make ownership and follow-up easier to see.
This Webinar Is for You If You...
- Review Head Start reports and need confidence in the numbers
- Oversee compliance, operations, or program performance
- Manage ChildPlus or another Head Start data system
- Need staff to follow the same documentation and data-entry process
- Want a clearer connection between reports, leadership decisions, and follow-up
About Ken Baker
Ken Baker has more than 22 years of experience working with Head Start programs and the data systems they rely on. Through Next Leap Head Start Advisors, he helps programs strengthen data practices, reporting confidence, workflows, and system use. His approach is grounded in how Head Start systems actually work day to day.