Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference

**Early Learning Session are an additional cost.**

**Early Learning Session are an additional cost.** Highlighting the Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center Indicators of Inclusion Early Childhood Education Environment (ECEE) Indicators, this session will build on common play and early learning routines and support participants to use strategies to implement inclusion of young children with disabilities in diverse early care and learning settings.

*Included in the price of the conference*

This workshop has three strands with each designed for individuals in different professional roles: (a) strand 1 – institute of higher education (IHE) faculty, (b) strand 2 – professional development providers, and (c) strand 3 – Parts C and B619 coordinators and other state level administrators.

This strand is intended for individuals who are in state-level administrative roles in EI/ECSE and/or early childhood education (ECE). The focus will be on the role of the EI/ECSE Standards in a state early childhood system and how to align the EI/ECSE Standards with systems-level work. Strategies and resources from DEC and ECPC for embedding the EI/ECSE Standards into state CSPD systems using the EI/ECSE Standards will be shared. Next steps in revising current and future resources to better reflect equity by the OSEP-funded Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Center for Equity will be highlighted. Application of these strategies and resources to participants ‘respective state CSPD /programs will occur in small groups. Strategies and resources for aligning components of the state system (e.g., preservice, in-service, evaluation) with the EI/ECSE Standards will be shared. Application of these strategies and resources to participants’ respective state systems will occur in small groups. The workshop will culminate with a panel discussing how their states have applied the Standards in their comprehensive system of personnel development.