Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

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9:00am CDT

Impact of Pyramid Model Behavior Incident Reports in Early Childhood

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

Research highlights the need for improved social-emotional learning (SEL) in preschool, necessitating professional development (PD) for effective SEL practices (Buettner et al., 2016). This quality PD study included coaching and BIR training to empower educators with effective SEL strategies, enhancing academic success and mitigating challenging behaviors.

Speakers

Stephanie Farris

Audra Classen

Associate Professor, University of Southern Mississippi

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
GrandSalon 16 - 1st fl

Research

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

12:00pm CDT

Partnering with Newcomer Families, Community Navigators, and Schools

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

GrandSalon 16 - 1st fl

Educators frequently struggle to build collaborative relationships with newcomer families. The Leading in Newcomer Communities and Schools program was designed to address this need through a ten-session, virtually delivered CoP conducted with community leaders. Resources, lessons learned, and recommendations from the project’s implementation will be shared.

Speakers

Rashida Banerjee

Professor, University of Denver

Gloria Miller

Grace ILORI

Doctoral Student, University of Denver

Grace C. Ilori, Ph.D. is a doctoral student in the Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Denver. Before arriving in the US, she received her B.Ed, M.Ed, and Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and worked as a special education teacher for three years. She is a... Read More →

Savannah Hobbs

Friday September 20, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
GrandSalon 16 - 1st fl

Professional Development

Age 5-8
Audience 1 Families
Audience 2 Administrators
Content Level Intermediate

1:15pm CDT

Infusing the Pyramid Model into a Teacher Preparation Program

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

GrandSalon 16 - 1st fl

The Pyramid Model (PM) has a strong base of research with in-service teachers. However, an entire population of the future workforce has been excluded from the research – pre-service teachers. We will share our process for embedding the PM into teacher preparation programs. Attendees will be able to revise their own syllabus to include key features of the PM.

Speakers

Kate Ascetta

Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina

Heather Googe

Research Associate Professor, University of South Carolina

DEC Infusing the PM Ascetta & Googe 2024 pdf

Friday September 20, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
GrandSalon 16 - 1st fl

Research

Age 0-5
Audience 1 Faculty
Audience 2 Researchers
Content Level Intermediate