Data Analyst Certificate for Head Start Professionals

Turn Your Data Into Insights. No Jargon. Just Practical Skills You’ll Actually Use.
For anyone ready to stop feeling stuck and start making data work for your program.

The Problem: Your Database Isn’t Enough
If you’re using ChildPlus, COPA, or GoEngage, you already know:
The reports don’t tell the full story. The dashboards are clunky. The data feels locked away.
As a result, you’re left scrambling to:

• Make sense of trends across PIR, attendance, health, and services
• Create charts that actually help in staff meetings and board reports
• Respond to leadership or reviewer questions with clarity and confidence

And worst of all – you’re doing it all manually, over and over again, with spreadsheets that never seem to work the way you want.

The Solution: Build Your Own Data Tools – Easily with software you already have

This course gives you exactly what the built-in dashboards don’t:

• Refreshable Excel dashboards that update with a click
• Custom reports you can use to monitor the outcomes that matter most to you
• Confidence using Excel as a powerful, visual data tool – no matter your starting skill level

We designed this course for Head Start and Early Head Start teams who are:

• Tired of copy-pasting reports into PowerPoint
• Ready to feel in control of their data
• New to Excel or nervous about spreadsheets (we’ve got you!)

What You’ll Get

5 Friendly, Self-Paced Modules
You’ll go from “Where do I even start?” to building real dashboards step-by-step. No coding. No formulas you have to memorize. Just clean, clear walkthroughs with video and pdf documentation.

 Live Office Hours with a Real Data Coach
You’ll never get stuck. Come to our drop-in Zoom hours and get one-on-one help.

 Fully Supported Practice Exercises
Fully documented sample datasets to practice with that you can recreate in your own system and easy-to-follow guides make it simple to apply what you learn right away.  Build it with the practice data following step-by-step guidance and then reload the same file with your own data.

 Digital Credential (with Certificate) with IACET CEU’s
Show your team – and your funders – that you’ve leveled up your data game.

Why This Course Works

Built for Head Start Programs
Every example, file, and walkthrough is designed for the exact data you manage: attendance, health event data, child outcomes.

No Tech Background Needed
You don’t need to be a “data person.” We’ll teach you the how, the why, and the shortcuts, all in Excel.

We’re Here for You
You’ll get personal support. Live one-on-one office hours to ask questions. We know how overwhelming this can feel – and we’ll walk with you through it.