T/TAS Staff Directory and Bios

- Special Projects Consultant, WKU Campus Child Care Director
- melody.hedden@wku.edu
- Specialty Fields: ERSEA, Family Partnerships, and Family Development
Melody Hedden, MHS is a Special Project Consultant with a Master of Science in Human Services from Walden University where she also completed her Bachelor of Science in Human Services. She has over 25 years of experience in Head Start. Melody received ERSEA certification through HG Jones Associates and the Family Service Credential Trainer from Portage Project.
Melody Hedden is the Head Start/Early Head Start Director for Western Kentucky University’s Campus Child Care overseen by T/TAS. Before accepting the WKUCCC Head Start Director position, she was the Assistant Director of Program Services at Tri-Valley Opportunity Council in Crookston MN (2019-2023). Melody has extensive experience in ERSEA (Eligibility Recruitment Selection Enrollment Attendance) as well as PFCE (Parent Family Community Engagement). Her Head Start Career includes being a Family & Community Services Manager at Tri-Valley (2014-2019), ERSEA Specialist at Macon Program for Progress in Franklin North Carolina (2010-2014), and Family Advocate at Macon Program for Progress (1999-2010
Melody was a Head Start child herself (1979-1981) and later enrolled her own children into Head Start. She is passionate about facilitating life-changing events in the lives of children and families while ensuring program implementation of the Head Start philosophy.
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