Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

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9:00am CDT

Develop, Nurture, and Coach: Deconstructing Key Skills in a Leader

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

This session will highlight how leadership can be developed, nurtured, and coached in all ECSE practitioners. Leadership must also be viewed as an ongoing process to positive outcomes for young children (0-8) and their families and building capacity in practitioners. These efforts can also contribute to fostering equity and inclusive practices in the field.

Speakers

Deborah Bruns

Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Annie George-Puskar

Assistant Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Education

Elizabeth Beavers

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Professional Development

Age 0-5
Audience 1 Practitioners
Audience 2 Administrators
Content Level Introductory

10:15am CDT

Online Preservice Training: Strategies for Family-Professional Partnerships

Friday September 20, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT

GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Attendees will learn about designing online preservice training for early intervention students, focusing on enhancing engagement, using technology, and integrating authentic experiences with families. They'll explore strategies to boost students' confidence and competence in collaborating with families, discuss benefits, and learn strategies to overcome barriers.

Speakers

Chelsea Barone

Assistant Teaching Professor, Mississippi State University

Annie George-Puskar

Assistant Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Education

Friday September 20, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Family

Age 0-5
Audience 1 Faculty
Content Level Introductory

12:00pm CDT

Relationship-Based Partnerships: Pathways to Enhance Educator Well-Being

Friday September 20, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT

GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Educators’ well-being impacts how they respond to challenging behaviors and build relationships with children. Well-being improves when educators are in partnerships that center their voices and help mitigate burnout and compassion fatigue. Partnerships are vital for rural educators who have limited workplace resources and experience high rates of poverty and stress.

Speakers

Lori Caudle

Cathy Grist

Professor, Western Carolina University

Cathy L. Grist, Ph.D. is a professor in the Birth-Kindergarten Program at Western Carolina University. Her teaching and work focus on preschool personality, assessment, infant, toddler, and preschool assessment, social-emotional issues, and self-regulation in young children

Hannah Thompson

Doctoral Student, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Friday September 20, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Professional Development

Age 3-5
Audience 1 Administrators
Audience 2 Practitioners
Content Level Intermediate

1:15pm CDT

Strategic Alchemy: Forging a Powerful Stakeholder Engagement Blueprint

Friday September 20, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT

GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Join us in the dynamic process of transforming stakeholder engagement into an ongoing and impactful experience. Through strategic and energizing activities, this session provides tools to reshape the engagement process to authentically involve stakeholders in informing your program’s policies and structures and promoting improved outcomes for children and families.

Speakers

Greta Stanfield

TA Specialist, IDEA Data Center/University of Kentucky

Greta Stanfield currently serves as a Technical Assistant specialist for the IDEA Data Center (IDC). Through her role at IDC, she fosters relationships with colleagues and state leadership teams to build systemic processes, based on quality data, which will improve outcomes for children... Read More →

Christina MacDonald

TA Specialist, IDEA Data Center (IDC) and Data Center for Addressing Significant Disproportionality (DCASD)

Christina MacDonald is a TA Provider for the IDEA Data Center (IDC) and the Data Center for Addressing Significant Disproportionality (DCASD) at Westat. A passionate early childhood educator, Ms. MacDonald utilizes her extensive experience engaging diverse stakeholders and sparking... Read More →

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Friday September 20, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
GrandSalon 10 - 1st fl

Policy

Age 3-5
Audience 1 Practitioners
Audience 2 Administrators
Content Level Intermediate