NAEYC's 2022 Professional Learning Institute Program

Cleveland, OH June 12–15

2022

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Empowering early childhood professionals with fresh ideas and insights to participate in and facilitate the highest quality professional development

Schedule of Events Saturday, June 11

Monday, June 13

Tuesday, June 14

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Institute Registration

7:00 am – 3:00 pm Institute Registration

7:00 am – 12 noon Institute Registration

8:00 – 10:00 am Sessions

8:00 – 10:00 am Sessions

Sunday, June 12

10:00 am – 4:30 pm NAEYC Exhibit Hall & NAEYC Shop

10:00 am – 2:00 pm NAEYC Exhibit Hall & NAEYC Shop

7:00 am – 6:00 pm Institute Registration

10:30 am–12:30 pm Sessions

8:30 – 10:00 am Opening Plenary Session

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break / Concessions in Exhibit Hall

10:00 am – 12:30 pm Dedicated time in the Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 4:30 pm Pre-Institute Workshops (Preregistration required)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm Sessions 12 noon – 3:00 pm NAEYC Exhibit Hall & NAEYC Shop 12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break in the Exhibit Hall ($) 2:00 – 4:00 pm Sessions

2:00 – 4:00 pm Sessions

1:30 – 2:00 pm Exhibit Hall Prize Drawing; Exhibit Hall Ends

4:30 – 5:30 pm Sessions 7:30 - 9:30 PM Rockin’ Around Cleveland 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd.

Main Terminal.

EXHIBIT HALL

5:30 – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Networking Reception

Visit to discover new ideas and solutions with the industry’s leading companies. Come for the demonstrations, conversations, and daily prize drawings!

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2:00 – 4:00 pm Sessions 4:30 – 5:30 pm Sessions

Wednesday, June 15

4:30 – 5:30 pm Sessions

5:45 – 7:00 pm Research Poster Session

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break in the Exhibit Hall ($)

8:00 – 9:00 am Sessions 9:15 – 10:15 am Sessions 10:30 am – 12 noon Closing Plenary Session

NAEYC is a high-performing, inclusive organization, and we encourage the exchange of diverse opinions. It is important for attendees to recognize that the ideas presented at the Institute donotnecessarilyreflectNAEYC’sodcialpositionandNAEYC assumes no responsibility for any statement of fact or opinion presented at the Institute. NAEYC does not endorse the products or services of any Institute advertiser, exhibitor, or sponsor.

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Welcome Letter

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Opening Plenary Session 8:30 – 10:00 am Grand Ballroom

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Sessions 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

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Discover Cleveland

Affiliate Day 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Pre-Institute Workshops 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Featured Session

Guiding Equity-Focused Educators in an Anti-Equity Climate

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Become a NAEYC Leader

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Exhibit Hall

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Index of Exhibitors

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Index of Advertisers

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Certificate of Attendance

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Overcoming Challenges and Achieving New Goals: Shifting from Ideas to Impact with Developmentally Appropriate Practice for Infant and Toddler Teaching room

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Sessions 4:30 – 5:30 pm

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Networking Reception 5:30 – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall C

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Research Poster Session 5:45 – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall C

Institute Evaluation Please remember to complete the 2022 Institute evaluation survey, which will be sent to you electronically immediately following the Institute. NAEYC sincerely values your feedback, which is used to evaluate the Institute and to plan future professional development activities.

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Sessions 8:00 – 10:00 am

Featured Session

I didn’t mean to ruin your day! The importance of Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively to Challenging Behavior room

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Dedicated Exhibit Hours 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Sessions 8:00 – 9:00 am

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Closing Plenary Session 10:30 am – 12 noon grand ballroom

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You Belong Here: Nurturing Anti-Bias Education in Classrooms and Beyond room

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Bopping to the Beat of Their Brilliance: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning in Culturally Sustaining Teaching room

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Wednesday, June 15

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Sessions 2:00 – 4:00 pm

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Creating, Collaborating, and Communicating: Using Technologies to Actively Engage Young Children and Their Families room

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Rockin’ Around Cleveland 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Complimentary Attendee Wi-Fi Free Wi-Fi is available in the lobby areas of the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland.

Network: HCCC-GCHI-GUEST Password: No password is needed.

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Welcome Early Childhood Professionals & Leaders!

Dear Attendees, Welcome to Cleveland and the 2022 Professional Learning Institute!

We are thrilled to come together in-person for this special event.

Get ready for an exciting four days of workshops and activities to motivate, educate, and inspire.

We challenge you to make the most of your experience by connecting with peers and selecting the sessions that speak to your expertise as an early learning professional. Download the Institute Mobile App to create your personal agenda, chat with other attendees, and plan your Exhibit Hall visits. Throughout your journey, we hope you will also share photos and updates about the experience with your social media communities.

NatalieVegaO’Neil , Michelle Kang, Governing Board Chief Executive President Officer

NAEYC Thisyear’speer-reviewedsessionstacklethetopicsthatconfront early Governing Board childhoodeducatorsinclassrooms,administrativeodces,statesystems, NatalieVegaO’Neil, President and statehouses across the country. The Closing Session features a Ann McClain Terrell, dynamic panel moderated by former NAEYC Governing Board President Immediate Past President Ann McClain Terrell. Ann and the panelists are discussing lessons Kelly Ramsey, Vice President learned from the Tennessee Pre-K Study in the context of the NAEYC Brian Johnson, Secretary DAPPositionStatementandbook.We’veworkedhardtoensureyou receive current information of the highest quality. Our goal is for you to Michelle Wlazlo, Treasurer return home from the Institute a stronger and wiser professional.

Joseph Alviani Barbara Cooper On behalf of the leadership of NAEYC, we want to express our gratitude for the incredible contributions you make each and every day to children Uhriel Bedoya andfamilies,tothefield,andtoyourprofessionalassociation.Havea Anthony Broughton great time, learn a lot and enjoy Cleveland!

Shayna Cook Sincerely, Stacey French-Lee Nadia Jones Charu Manocha NatalieVegaO’Neil , NAEYC Governing Board President

Michelle Kang, NAEYC Chief Executive Officer

Nicol Russell Toni Sturdivant Traki Taylor Reginald Williams Ian Schiefelbein Nicole Lazarte Michelle Kang (Ex Officio)

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Announcements Session Location

NAEYC Exhibit Hall

Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland (300 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, OH 44113)

Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland Exhibit Hall C

Institute Registration – Badge and Final Program Pick-Up Attendees, presenters, and exhibitors should bring their registration receipt to Institute Registration, Exhibit level, located in front of Exhibit Hall C of the Huntington Convention Center, to pick up their name badge and Institute Final Program. On-site registration will be available to those who did not preregister. See Schedule of Events for hours.

Discover tools, services, and demonstrations for implementing new solutions that build on what you learn at Institute. Visit the NAEYC Homeroom to receive a special gift (while supplies last). See Schedule of Events for hours.

The Professional Learning Institute is about children, not for children. For safety reasons, we cannot allow children or strollers in the exhibit hall or in session areas. If you have children accompanying you to Cleveland, we ask that you make alternative arrangements for child care.

You may visit the NAEYC website for a list of accredited Don’tforgettodownloadtheInstituteApp!ForApp child care centers near the Huntington Convention Center support, stop by the NAEYC Institute Registration desk. which might offer drop-in services. We appreciate your understanding as we work hard to keep everyone safe.

NAEYC Headquarters

NAEYC Headquarters will be in the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland in Room 18.

NAEYC Shop Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland Exhibit Hall C Visit the Shop to browse newly released titles and all-time favorites. Take advantage of free shipping and member pricing on all books! Credit card purchases only, we are unable to handle cash or check transactions. See Schedule of Event for hours.

NAEYC Membership Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland Institute Registration, Exhibit level, located in front of Exhibit Hall C

Research Posters Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland Exhibit Hall C Stop by the Research Posters to network and exchange ideas with individuals and organizations showcasing ecectiveapproachestoprofessionaldevelopment,highquality programs, and new research. See Schedule of Events for hours.

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NAEYC’sInstituteencouragestheexchangeofdiverseopinio It is important for attendees to recognize that the ideas presenteddonotnecessarilyreflectNAEYC’sodcialposition statements. Moreover, NAEYC assumes no responsibility for any statement of fact or opinion presented at the Institute, nor does acceptance of advertising or exhibits imply endorsement by the Association of any products or services.

• St. Clair Entrance: Close to the Marriott, Drury Inn, and Westin • Lakeside Entrance: Close to Huntington Park Garage and Willard Parking Garage • Hilton Connector: Located near the connector door from the Hilton and the Huntington Park Garage

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Please visit the NAEYC Headquarters, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Room 18, if you have lost an item while attending sessions.

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Addressing Challenging Behavior in Young Children: The Leader’s Role

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Early Learning Program Accreditation Preparation Bootcamp!

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8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Alissa Mwenelupembe, NAEYC

Preparing for and Maintaining NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation Part #1: New Higher Education Accreditation Standards

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Mary Harrill, NAEYC; Elisa Huss-Hage, HOPE Toledo; Tywanda Jiles, Chicago State University

Preparing for and Maintaining NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation Part #2: Creating Quality Key Assessments and Candidate Performance Data Collection Systems

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Sunday

Opening Plenary Session

Early Childhood Mental Health: The Impact on the Educator and in the Classroom Presented by Dr. Valerie Alloy, Chief of Bureau of Grants with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Introduction presented by NAEYC Governing Board President Natalie Vega O’Neil andChiefExecutiveOdcer Michelle Kang

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NAEYC is pleased for Dr. Valerie Alloy, from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to appear asthisyear’sInstituteKeynoteSpeaker.Priortoservinginher current role as the Chief of the Bureau of Grants Administration, Dr.AlloyledOhioMHAS’InfantandEarlyChildhoodMental Health Initiative “The Whole Child Matters.”

A subject matter expert (SME) on national and regional Dr. Alloy will share the current research and thought leadership platforms, she lectures on array of topics including infant and to help us pivot from these trying times to our new normal. early childhood mental health, emotional wellness, the social She will address how greater attention needs to be paid to the determinants of health, race, equity and inclusion. Her advanced mental health of our youngest children, and how this presents degrees include: The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Clinical dicerentlydependingontheindividualchild,theirfamily and Psychology - Child and Adolescent Specialty; the Master of Arts their community or culture. Through it all, Dr. Alloy will remind (M.A.) in Clinical Psychology in Child Psychology both from us to embrace healing and grace opportunities. the University of Toledo; and the Master of Education (M.Ed.) Dr. Alloy is a behavioral health program administrator, educator, in Guidance & Community Counseling from Ohio University. researcher, and practitioner with over 30 years of clinical Dr. Alloy is a licensed supervising clinician, passionate agent of practice and senior management experience. As the Chief of the change, and a champion for youth, families, and the importance BureauofGrants,sheoverseestheDepartment’sfederal and learning. of lifelong discretionarygrantportfolioofapproximately$vvqM. Ohio’s IECMH program is the nation’s largest investment in Infant Early Childhood Mental Health garnering over $14M Sponsored by per biennium. Ohio’s Infant Early Childhood Mental Health initiative has received national recognition from Georgetown University, Yale University, and from the US Department of Health and Human Services ‘Administration for Children and Families’ in their sqrw report highlighting “State and Local Action to Prevent Preschool Expulsion and Suspension in Early Learning Settings.” Ohio was acknowledged in the President’s “White House sqrw Progress Report - My Brother’s Keeper.”

Prior to joining OhioMHAS, Dr. Alloy served with the Ohio Department of Youth Services as a member of the psychology departmentworkingwithOhio’smostviolentanddangerous adjudicatedyouthocenders.Sheservedasprogramdirector and senior manager of programs with the Lucas County Mental Health Board under the Robert Wood Johnson National DemonstrationProgram,andisconsideredoneofthenation’s leading behavioral health program architects.

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Designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership & management practices of center-based programs, this new third edition embraces a whole leadership approach and places a greater emphasis on supporting inclusion, equity, and cultural and linguistic diversity.

Provides a framework for thinking about how early childhood care and education learning environments fit into the larger picture of influences on children’s development. Will help administrators, principals, coaches and teachers guide pre-K/K program improvement initiatives with insight into what is needed for children’s development and learning.

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Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K–3 Classrooms The Children Come Full

Kindel Turner Nash, Alicia Arce-Boardman, Roderick D. Peele, and Kerry Elson Foreword by Gloria Boutte

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A practical introduction to culturally sustaining early literacy practices and processes for pre-K–3 teachers and teacher candidates. Focuses on the capabilities of young children and their families, rather than perceived deficits.

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Cooperative Games in Education

Building Community Without Competition, Pre-K–12 Suzanne Lyons Foreword by Alfie Kohn

Explains the value of cooperative play and games for Pre-K–12 learning plus guidance for teachers to incorporate them into the curricula for maximum socialemotional and academic benefit.

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Child Care Justice

Families With Power

Edited by Maurice Sykes and Kyra Ostendorf Foreword by Barbara T. Bowman

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Transforming the System of Care for Young Children

Join the authors in starting a movement of hope and possibility for an antiracist child care and early childhood education system. Experts examine issues related to equity and social justice in child care and early childhood education.

Centering Students by Engaging With Families and Community

Insight into multiple racial and ethnic perspectives as seen through a myriad of family engagement programs.

2022/240 pp./PB, $32.95, 978-0-80776638-5/HC, $99, 978-0-8077-6639-2/ Ebook, $32.95, 978-0-80778074-9 Visions of Practice Series

2022/Approx. 208 pp./PB, $34.95, 978-0-8077-6758-0/HC, $105, 9780-8077-6759-7/Ebook, $34.95, 978-08077-8134-0 The Teaching for Social Justice Series

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Investigating STEM With Infants and Toddlers (Birth–3)

Edited by Beth Dykstra Van Meeteren and Sherri Peterson, with Rosemary Geiken, Jill Uhlenberg, and Sonia Yoshizawa 2022/Approx. 160 pp./PB, $34.95, 978-0-8077-6694-1/HC, $105, 978-0-8077-6695-8/Ebook, $34.95, 978-0-8077-8102-9 STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series

Visit our website for all titles in our new STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series.

Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment

Theory, Research, and Practice Catherine S. Taylor with Susan Bobbitt Nolen

Research-based recommendations for improving K-12 assessment fairness, validity, and cultural/social relevance.

Offers guidance for culturally relevant assessment tasks in language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science classrooms.

2022/288 pp./PB, $36.95, 978-0-80776688-0/HC, $111, 978-0-8077-6689-7/ Ebook, $36.95, 978-0-8077-8099-2 Multicultural Education Series

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Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby Cryer

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Sunday 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Featured Session Guiding Equity-Focused Educators in an Anti-Equity Climate room

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Do you design and deliver professional learning experiences? Are you ready to embrace new techniques and strategies for actively engaging participants in their growth and development? This session provides fresh ideas for building learning communities where adults are engaged, inspired, and motivated to be lifelong learners. Participants will receive a wide variety of resources to expand their repertoire of activities and practices to create and support a vibrant and diverse learning community.

Collaboratively analyze new anti-equity education law language and discuss opportunities to support educators that remain committed to equitable work.

Susan MacDonald, Inspiring New Perspectives Reviewidentity-adrminglessonplanningprinciples.

Learn new strategies for supporting teachers and Training & Professional Development Programs advocating for equitable practices.

Toni Sturdivant, Texas A&M University-Commerce

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A Practical Framework for the Cultivation of Social and Emotional Skills in the Early Childhood Classroom and Beyond room

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Inlightofthesignificantincreaseinrecognizedimporta of social emotional skills, attendees will be given an Delegation: Exploring Ways to enhanced understanding of the context in which SEL and Stress Less and Produce More other so-called “soft, non- cognitive, and other” skills have room 05 risen to prominence. With a basis in early brain and child 10:30 am – 12:30 pm development, attendees will also be presented an entirely In this interactive and humorous session, participants will new,simplifiedframeworkdesignedtofacilitateeaseof discuss the stresses involved in our current climate. Group understanding, applying, and the day-to-day cultivation of discussions and some friendly debate will investigate both these 21st C Skills for success. thebenefits&disadvantagestodelegating.Attendees Laura Jana, Penn State University; Aquanita will create a list of overwhelming tasks that must be McClaney, University of Alabama – Birmingham completed during the day-to-day running a successful child care center. Come laugh, take an honest look at your Social/Emotional Development A-type personality of doing everything “right” and start to breakdown your barriers to delegation!

Jennifer Romanoff, Lightbridge Franchise Company Leadership

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Sunday Playful Explorations: Guiding Spatial Development to Support STEM Learning room

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Can Educators Thrive? The Impact of Personal Development Programming on Teacher Well- Being and Burnout room

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm Having strong spatial skills is key to success in many STEMsubjectsandfields,accordingtonewresearch. For the past four years, Educators Thriving has helped This presentation will enable participants to identify teachers across the country practice research-based spatial skills, understand the importance of developing strategies to improve their well-being. Come to our session this overlooked skill, develop new skills and strategies tolearnaboutthefivemostcommonpitfallsleadingto inguidingchildren’sspatiallearningandconnect teacher spatial burnout. Practice with two empirically based skills to self-regulation development through intentionally strategies to increase well-being. And see why 84 percent designed playful explorations and everyday activities while of our participants have reported that the program made engaging with new and traditional materials. teaching feel more sustainable.

Rosanne Hansel, 3D Childhood; Jessica Peters, Lakeshore Learning

Tyler Hester, Educators Thriving; Hallie Fox, Educators Thriving

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Let’s Get Science-y! Developing Scientific Thinking in the Early Years room

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Learnnewstrategiesfordevelopingscientificthinkingin the early years. Evaluate current science curriculum.

Creatingmomentumforchangerequiresself-reflection on Tamara Hannibal, Tamara Hannibal ourownidentityandculturalinfluences,acknowledging Educational Resources, LLC the life experiences that we each bring to each conversation, Science/Environment/Nature Education understanding our personal triggers and discomfort, remaining open to other perspectives, and being willing to commit to the journey.

How to Create Inclusive Environments for All room

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Deborah Fitzgerald, New York Association for the Education of Young Children; Sheridan Povemba, New York Association for the Education of Young Children; Avril Mills, New York Association for the Education of Young Children Leadership

Students: Teaching Self-Regulation Strategies and Using Effective Communication Strategies to Reduce Power Struggles in the Classroom room

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Participants will be able to identify how our brains perform when stressed or dysregulated due to trauma or sensory processing needs. Participants will then apply that information to their classrooms to reduce power struggles, help all students reach their potential and empower students and adults.

Shannon Fisher, Wadsworth City Schools Learning Environment

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Engage in an interactive dialogue with Council members as they share their ongoing journey of transformational change in composition, purpose, and culture. The session isdesignedtoassistNAEYCAdliatesoranyorganization as they implement equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging policies, actions and decision making strategies for governance, membership and leadership opportunities.

Raquel Munnariz Diaz, Lastinger Center for Learning Center for Learning, University of Florida; Melanie Felton, College of Saint Mary; Ashley Simpson, Community College of Aurora in Colorado; Becca Lamar, The Pennsylvania Key; Victoria Roanhorse, Youth Development Inc.; Lara Kyriakou, The Education Trust – New York Diversity & Equity

When Teachers Face Themselves: Learning What Makes Us Tick Emotionally When Young Children Need Our Attention room

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Earlychildhoodteachersaretaughtstrategiesasaq tocontrolchildren’sbehaviors.Self-reflectionaboutw makes adults tick emotionally is critical in helping children Applying Behavior Science Concepts to manage their own feelings. This presentation challenges Coaching Early Childhood Practitioners earlychildhoodeducatorstoreflectonhowweperceive room 16 children’sneedforattentioninconnectionwithhow 10:30 am – 12:30 pm remember being treated as young children. Find strategies Connect research-based concepts of applied behavior for responding to them in ways that support emotional analysistocoachingstrategiesinordertoinfluence health and development. teachers’instructionalgrowthandedcacy.Applythese Tamar Jacobson, Early Childhood Consultant strategies rooted in behavior science by responding to teacher/coachscenarios.Exchangesuccessfulstrategies Educator/Teacher Preparation and troubleshoot barriers with presenters and participants through the lens of behavior science.

Nicole Petronglo, Gloucester Township Public Schools Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation)

Increasing Access to Nutritious Local Foods in Early Care and Education through Community Partnerships room

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Learn how community partners support early learning centers to purchase, serve, and teach about local foods and implement garden-based education. Identify stateandnational-levelecortstoaddressinequitiesace early childhood food service and local producers. Explore how the Early Ages Healthy Stages coalition in Cleveland, Ohio used health outcome data to leverage farm to school resources to serve new populations, and steps to connect centers, children, and families with local foods.

Alison Patrick, Cuyahoga County Board of Health; Carol Smathers, Ohio State University Extension Community Partnerships

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Sunday Bridging Collaborative Practices Among Early Childhood and Special Education: Can It Be Done? room

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The Role of University-Based Child Development Laboratories During a Global Pandemic: Lessons Learned for Early Childhood Professional Development room

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm Collaboration is the foundation for innovative discoveries asindividualswithdicerentbackgroundscombine This their session will provide an overview of insights gained unique expertise. The evolving and continuing emergence from a survey of laboratory schools that explores the impact of early childhood and special education practices has of COVID-19 on the ability to support teaching, research, advanced educational outcomes for children. In the and outreach activities on their campuses. A goal will be current proposal, a special education professor and two for teachers, faculty members, and administrators to use early childhood professors relate their experiences in lessons learned from the survey to implement changes that establishingasuccessfulcollaborativeecort. will better position their programs to respond to future challenges and remain integrated within the academic Kourtland Koch, Ball State University; Brandy James, mission of their host institutions.

Ball State University; Linda Taylor, Ball State University Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

What Do Leaders Need to Know About the Science of Reading in the Early Years room

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Brent McBride,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana/Champaign; Meghan Fisher,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana/Champaign; Robyn Brookshire, University of Tennessee – Knoxville; Elizabeth Schlesinger-Devlin, Purdue University Professional Development Systems

Embracing a Home-to-School Approach

Attendees will review the latest peer-reviewed research on through Early Science: Creating a Space how to teach bedrock skills of early literacy. Learners will that is Culturally and Contextually Relevant participate in dynamic discussions on research-supported for the Children and Families You Serve teaching methods that school leaders should be expecting room 24 fromtheirfaculty.Learnecectivepractices,andleave the 10:30 am – 12:30 pm session armed with the knowledge to guide your teachers onhowtodevelopstudents’strongliteracyskills To recognize thatwill that culture is what we do every day and allow them to become independent, motivated readers. is unique for each child in our classroom. Learn new strategies for gathering information from families, Turkesshia Moore, Wilson Language Training recognize its value, and embed it into classroom science Language & Literacy experiences in a meaningful and relevant way.

Cynthia Parker, University of Miami; Daryl Greenfield, University of Miami Family Engagement & Support

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Sunday Using Proactive and Intervention Guidance to Teach for Five Democratic Life Skills in Encouraging Early Learning Communities room

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The Momentum is Real: Implementation Progress on the Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession room

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IntroducevDemocraticLifeSkills: Join this session for a review and update on how Power to 1. Finding acceptance as a member of the group and as a the Profession and the Unifying Framework are providing worthy individual aroadmapforourfield’srebuilding,aswellasanin-depth 2. Expressing strong emotions in non-hurting ways conversation with your peers about what you and your 3. Solving problems creatively alone and with others states, institutions of higher education, advocates, and 4. Accepting unique qualities in others educators can do now, even (and especially!) in the context v.ThinkingIntelligentlyandethically. of the pandemic. We hope you will join us as we continue Review guidance practices: communication techniques, movingandpushingtowardsaunified,equitable,diverse largegroupmeetings,guidancetalks,conflictmediation, well-prepared, & and well-compensated early childhood comprehensive guidance. education profession.

Apply select guidance practices to teaching for each DLS. Lauren Hogan, NAEYC; Janet McLaughlin, Daniel Gartrell, Bemidji State University

Vermont AEYC; and members of the Commission on Professional Excellence in Early Childhood Education

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New Resources for Incorporating DAP in Early Childhood Higher Education Programs room

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The consistent emphasis on diversity, individuality, and context, attention to joyful, play-based learning and development, and connections to related frameworks (Professional Standards and Competencies for ECE, equity position statement) are a few of the qualities that make the fourtheditionoftheDAPbooksignificant.Forexample, the 4theditionincludesanappendixspecificallyabout higher education applications. This session will provide an overview of the useful features of the 4th edition as well as an introduction to a suite of companion materials designed specificallyforhighereducationfaculty.

Camille Catlett, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

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Sunday 2:00 – 4:00 pm Featured Session Overcoming Challenges and Achieving New Goals: Shifting from Ideas to Impact with Developmentally Appropriate Practice for Infant and Toddler Teaching room

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“Won’t You Be Our Neighbor?”: Communities of Practice Grounded in the Teachings of Fred Rogers room

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Participants will engage in a discussion about communities of practice, based on the philosophy and values of Fred Rogers and focused on supporting educators as they contribute to the healthy development of children. Through this session, participants will have the opportunity to participate in a video analysis exercise to demonstrate the engagement process. They will learn strategies for creating and sustaining communities of practice for educators and educator leaders.

Bring NAEYC DAP guidelines into focus with strategies, tips, and ideas to create cultural safety; Dana Winters, Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and uncoverhiddennormsandbiases;identifyecective Children’sMedia; Melissa Butler, Fred Rogers Center for Early teaching strategies to enhance development and LearningandChildren’sMedia; Shellie Grooms, Fred Rogers learning; and reorient behavior guidance to foster CenterforEarlyLearningandChildren’s Emily Media; Uhrin, security,reducestress,andstrengthenchildren’s FredRogersCenterforEarlyLearningandChildren’sMedia; skills. Apply solutions to real-life challenges, and Sarah O’Callaghan, Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and create action steps to support teachers in achieving Children’sMedia; Renata Capozzoli, Pittsburgh Public Schools new levels of impact as they address the unique Professional Development Systems contexts and needs of infants and toddlers.

Marie Masterson, National Louis University

Inclusion and Equity Teaching: Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education room

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Expanding Pathways to Build a Diverse and Qualified Field: Learning from One State’s Journey room

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Participants will explore their current educator preparation pathways and how they may be expanded to meet the need This session will provide an opportunity for the participating foradiverse,well-qualifiedworkforceinearlyeducation educatorstocometogethertolearnandreflectto andout-of-schooltimeprograms.Reviewonestate’s understand more about inclusive teaching practices. approach to develop multiple educational pathways and extractlessonslearnedforapplicationwithinparticip Jennie Chien, Abilitypath communities and states. Collaborate with presenters and Children with Disabilities/Early Intervention other participants to develop new pathways and develop concrete plans for building or expanding them.

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Robin Zeiter,OdceofGreatStart,MichiganDepartment of Education; Kathy Thornburg, Region 8 Comprehensive Center; Kyle Snow, Region 8 Comprehensive Center Educator/Teacher Preparation

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Sunday How to Talk to Young Children About Race: Learnings After the Murder of George Floyd room

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Integrating Culture into Adult Learning room

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Including data and information from guests on the MPR podcast Early Risers, this workshop will allow participants to learn how children develop their racial bias from birth.

Learn strategies and language for teachers and caregivers to analyze their own implicit bias. Participate in analyzing how you would respond to real-world scenarios of young children and issues of racial bias.

Analyze how bias impedes student learning when culturerelated aspects (students of color, males in female-dominant professions, English Language learners, and LGBTQ+ students) are absent from classroom discourse. Discuss strategiesforintegratingthestudents’cultureint learning environment. Assess how educators can support learning through the implementation of activities that promote awareness and inclusivity of culture in academics.

Dianne Haulcy, Little Moments Count

Ashley Reid, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Voices of Practitioners: Equity and Increasing Opportunities for Children to Play: Supporting Young Children’s Agency and Creativity through Play room

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Participate in a discussion with teachers and teacher educators about how teacher research supports practitioners in providing joyful play spaces for children, particularly for those who may be marginalized by race, class, language, immigration status, disability, or other identity factors. Explore documentation and stories that demonstrate contexts where young children learn powerfully through play, especially play that provides choice, promotes wonder, and creates joy.

Debra Murphy, Cape Cod Community College; Isauro Escamilla,SanFranciscoUnifiedSchoolDistrict Educator/Teacher Preparation

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Overcoming Unfinished Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom room

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Becauseofinterruptedlearning,childrenhaven’tbe to get to all the learning opportunities they have needed.

Inotherwords,theirlearninghasgone“unfinished.”

Overcoming this will take time, intention, and patience.

Wecanallbenefitbyknowinghowtoidentifyunfinished learning and intentionally creating a plan to overcome it.

Let’scometogethertodiscussstrategiesandideast back to our programs so we can meet the developmental needs of all learners.

Patti Jo Wilson, Lakeshore Learning Cognitive Development

Beyond Reflection: Advancing Reflective Supervision/Consultation for All Early Childhood Professionals room

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Explorethebenefitsandimportantcomponentsofreflectiv supervision/consultationRS/ ( C)throughpresentationa group discussion. Play with the key skills associated with RS/Cinsmallgroupactivities.Reviewhighlightsfrom,and gainyourcopyof,anewRS/CProfessionalInnovations discussion paper. Consider and evaluate opportunities to integrateRS/Cintoyourscopeofworkthroughindividual reflectiononmaterialssharedandpeerdialogue.

Sarah LeMoine, Zero To Three Professionalism & Ethics

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Sunday Early Learning Program Accreditation 101 room

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Take the next step! Learn about the four-step process for achieving NAEYC Early Learning Program Accreditation.

Alissa Mwenelupembe, NAEYC NAEYC Early Learning Program Accreditation

A Walk Through the New Higher Education Accreditation Standards and Self-Study Process room

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Establishing a Coaching Partnership with Teachers through a Strength-Based Conversational Feedback Approach room

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Ongoing coaching and supporting teachers in implementing changes in their interactions with children, actively engaging them in routines, managing the learning environments,andplanningforchildren’sgrowthrequires a strength-based partnership with teachers. In this session, participants will identify key factors in creating dialog with teachers based on their strengths through conversational feedbackandsetgoalsforecectivechangeintheir practices and implementation of the curriculum.

The Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Shannon Lockhart, HighScope Education Profession centers early childhood higher Educational Research Foundation education programs as the primary pipeline for the early childhood education workforce. As such, it recognizes Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation) key infrastructure that these programs need in order toecectivelypreparetheircandidates,anditsetsan The Art of Talking with Children: Language expectation for programs to hold themselves accountable Strategies that Support Children’s Engagement, and to be recognized for quality, as other professions Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Development, do, through professional accreditation. In October 2021, and Connection with Caregivers the NAEYC Commission on the Accreditation of Early room 19 Childhood Higher Education Programs released updated 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm standards to align to the Professional Standards and Competencies and to the higher education infrastructure Review strategies for supporting language development in recommendations in the Unifying Framework. In this young children. Participate in role plays to practice making session, Commissioners will walk through the new conversations richer through expanding, exploring, and accreditation standards, the self-study process, as well evaluatingchildren’scomments.Developatoolboxof as the templates and tools that are available to support strategies to deepen and enhance conversations, including programs. This session is designed for ECE degree programs a recognition of the role of child and adult temperament. considering beginning the accreditation journey as well as Rebecca Rolland, Harvard forprogramsthatareinfirst-timeorrenewalself-study.

Mary Harrill, NAEYC; Elisa Huss-Hage, HOPE Toledo; Tiffany Hunter, Clark State Community College

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Sunday Early Childhood Education Apprenticeships: The Promise and Potential of the Early Care & Education Pathways to Success (ECEPTS) Model room

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Explore required components of Registered Apprenticeship, key program design elements, and essential partners.

Understand the 4-pronged approach to equity at the heart of the ECEPTS model and how it contributes to achieving consistently strong outcomes. Take home concrete, practical,fieldtested informationaboutdesigningECE Apprenticeships, building cross-sector apprenticeship partnerships, and anticipating barriers to funding and resources necessary to sustain ECE apprenticeship programs.

Randi Wolfe, ECEPTS

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An Affiliate’s Story: Five Years after Reaffiliation

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Whetheryouareagencystacoradliate-elected/appointe odcials,thissessionwillprovidemethodsofgettingt work done, and done well. From seeking funding to hiring stacandtheannualcalendarofeventsforthegoverni boardtoafive-yearstrategicplan,wewillprovideanswe tothequestionsyouhave.Inaddition,we’llocera Q&A that is participant-driven so we are sure to answer questionsyouhavethatarespecifictoyouradliate/age

Learn how to build connections in your community and boost family engagement in your program by meeting families where they are with free, science-based tips and tools through a global initiative called Vroom®.

Brian Kingrey, Iowa AEYC; Miranda Niemi, Collins Explore brain-building tips available in 17 languages Aerospace Day Academy; Brandy Smith, Central Rivers that promote learning and positive interactions through Area Education Agency; Jillian Herink, Iowa AEYC everyday moments. Review promising practices from other Leadership organizations that are easy to integrate into your existing familyengagementecortsthatwillhelpyourprogramthrive.

Kandi Novak, Child Care Aware of America; George Goddard, Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development Family Engagement & Support

The Seven Essential Ingredients of TraumaInformed Early Care: Steps to Create Universal Trauma-Informed Practice in your Early Childhood Education Setting room

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The Seven Essential Ingredients of Trauma-Informed Early Care is a model of practice in which participants understand the prevalence of trauma in the lives of young children and its impact emotionally, socially, and developmentally. Strategies are shared to increase positive relationships and regulation in the classroom to promote a “reason to be” through a sense of hope and belonging.

Strategies to enhance caregiver capacity and combat compassion fatigue and secondary trauma are included.

Sara Daniel, Wellpoint Care Network Social/Emotional Development

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Sunday Doing Science and Learning Language Together: Building Teachers’ Capacity to Facilitate Integrated Science Inquiry that Promotes Inclusion with a Focus on Multilingual Learners

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Bi-cultural leadership development is explored as sustaining the work of a diverse network of ECE mentors, Examine research-based rationale for integrated science coachesandrelatedprofessionals.Reflectionsbased and language teaching and make standards connections onshortpersonalnarrativesareoceredtodiscussand in science and across the domains. Investigate handsexpand our notions of whose knowledge is valued and who on,minds-onPLstrategiesandtoolsthatbuildteachers’ weconsidertobeECEleaders.Thespecificexperiences capacity to facilitate inclusive science experiences with a of African American ECE professionals working to focus on multilingual learners. Participate in collaborative center Black culture in contexts characterized by White analysis of classroom vignettes that illustrate teachers normative interactions and educational standards are putting new learning into action and modeling integrated shared. science and language teaching strategies.

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The “Four Cs” Framework of Emotional Support: Fostering Resilience and SelfRegulation of Children and Adults

Fun with Behaviors: Responsive Interactions and Behavioral Guidance that Children will Love room

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Implement responsive interactions, positive guidance, and safe environments for all children. Foster nurturing For healthy emotional development and well-being, all relationships to understand, assess, and communicate the individuals need support from others, especially in times of needs of each family. Learn strategies for self-regulation, distress.Inthissession,wewillexploreecectivestrategies music and movement with behaviors, activities for smooth for providing emotional support and skill building. After transitions, and more. Leave with a variety of quality collaboratively applying the framework to your own resources! organization and learning population, you will leave with Ceila Garcia-Szyszka, Texas Early Childhood a framework for building the resilience and self-regulation Professional Development Systems skills of children and adults. You will be ready to help other Guidance/Challenging Behaviors adults do so as well. room

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Diane Goyette, Early Childhood Specialties LLC; Cynthia DiCarlo, Louisiana State University Social/Emotional Development

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This presentation will share information about a unique sequence of professional development for early childhood faculty that utilized virtual sessions and individual technical assistance to support increased emphasis on quality (e.g., NAEYC frameworks and diversity, equity, and inclusion) in early childhood courses. Participate to learn about the processes, resources, and results as viewed by the consultants, state colleagues, and individual faculty participants.

Camille Catlett, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute; Toni Miguel, Early Intervention Technical Assistance; Jennifer Pyles, self-employed; Michele Napierkowski, Community College of Alleghany County Professional Development Systems

Trauma and Social and Emotional Distress: How Do We Support Our Children and Teachers? room

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Making the Most of Learning Through Guided Play room

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Guided play capitalizes on learning opportunities during free play and unites child-initiated play with subtle adult instruction. In this session, educators will examine the research-basedbenefitsofguidedplayandexplorethero of the teacher and environment in guided play experiences.

This session will explore ways to use guided play to deepen the learning occurring in the classroom and incorporate content knowledge into play.

Sarah Ozuna, UT Austin – Priscilla Pond Flawn Child and Family Laboratory Play

Working and Engaging with Fathers: Resources and Tips from the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse room

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Join us to discuss lessons learned from fatherhood work in community-based settings; learn about tips and resources tobetterengageandservefathers;andfindoutmore about the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse, including the fatherhood.gov website, social media platforms, and products written to advance the fatherhood field.

In an emotionally supportive classroom, children learn to respect themselves and others, express their thoughts and feelings, and be actively involved in complex human James Worthy, National Responsible Fatherhood relationships. Alternatively, trauma and acute stress can Clearinghouse; Eugene Schneeberg, National upend healthy social and emotional development in young Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse learners.Inthissession,participantslearnhowtoscacold Family Engagement & Support theirstudents’social,emotional,andmentallearning, andtakeawaystrategiestocounterthenegativeecectsof children’straumaandstress.

DEIB Support for Affiliates: A Dialogue Kenneth Sherman, HighScope Guidance/Challenging Behaviors

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Howdoyoucreatechangeasaboardandasanadliate working towards diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice?LearntheCouncil’sfive-stepapproachandhea MaineAEYC’ssuccessstory.

Kelly Ramsey, Developing People, Inc.; Helene Harte, University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash College; Gina Forbes, Reweave Education; Margarita Marichal, Interamerican University School of Education, San Juan Puerto Rico; Zaina Cahill, The School District of Philadelphia Diversity & Equity 2022 NAEYC Professional Learning Institute

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Sunday Combating the Recruitment and Retention Crisis: Building New Workforce Pathways in Early Childhood Education room

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The Power of Registries: A Tool to Support Critical Workforce Efforts room

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Workforce registries have been evolving at an exponential Thefinancialmodelonwhichthechildcareindustryrests rate, and you might be surprised by the many ways registries posesasignificantchallengetoattractingandretaining can now intersect a with and transform the positive impact highlyqualifiedworkforce.Cost-ecectiveprogramsthat ofothermeaningfulecorts,likepowertotheprofession. target the needs of early educators are recognized within Discussion will be focused on ways registries can help our statewide systems, and aligning with credentialing pathways collectiveworkforceecortsbecomemoreecective,edcient, are of critical importance. This session explores a new and equitable. This session is geared for those interested in competency-based, job-embedded workforce training moving past initial awareness to delve deeper. program that is innovating the way we attract, recruit, and Jill Soto, New World Now; Rozalyn Zuest, New World Now; retain early educators.

Alec Johnson, Pennsylvania Key; Nicole LopezBeth Riedeman, Early Learning Indiana; Erin Kissling, Early Learning Indiana

Purkapile, The Registry, Inc; Danielle Early, The Registry, Inc.; Amanda Janehefskie, Pennsylvania Key

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Substitute Teacher Pool as a Workforce Pathway room

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Explore how a Head Start program operates a substitute teacher pool by partnering with local child care providers in urban settings. The substitute pool infrastructure not only supports daily operations for all participating agencies but also creates a pathway to recruit, train, and retain teachers.

Jerry Yang, Kai Ming Head Start; Sabrina Dong, Kai Ming Head Start; Jabbar Luo, Kai Ming Head Start Professional Development Systems

Leading with Equity: A Racial Equity Impact Analysis of Recommendations Promoting a Unified Professional Framework for Early Childhood Program Leaders Working Across Sectors in Centers, Homes, and Schools room

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Learn about the Leading with Equity--Building Leaders project, which examined the racial equity impact of recommendationsforaunifiedprofessionalframeworkfor ECEC program leaders. Review and provide feedback on the Five Consensus Recommendations developed in the firstyearoftheBuildingLeadersproject.Hearfromthe xvECECprogramleadersofcolorwhoparticipatedinthe study about their leadership journeys and how to support a more diverse program leadership workforce in the future.

Teri Talan, National Louis University; Melissa Casteel, National Louis University Diversity & Equity

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Customizing a New Teacher Induction Course for Providers: Matching On-Site Coaching with University Expertise room

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4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Whenfamiliesandschoolspartnertosupportchildren’s literacy achievement, children have more opportunities to Have you ever wondered what retains an educator? This learn and practice essential literacy skills and grow as readers presentation provides an overview of a professional and writers. This session is intended to support teachers in development opportunity for new teachers that is building family partnerships to enhance literacy development customizable for each organization while simultaneously at school and at home. The goal is to assist teachers with their highlighting 10 topics ranging from moving toward cultural workinbuildingfamilies’capacitytoengageecectively competence in to the NAEYC Code of Ethics. We will present literacy-based activities with their children. how the online course was created to train and retain new ECE teachers in partnership with their early childhood Sheila Brookes, AEM Corporation; center, combining on-site coaching with distance learning.

Melissa Manko, Michigan Department of Education; Shanon Everett, Michigan Department of Education; Amy Colton, Region 8 Comprehensive Center

Jennifer Furness, Drexel University Educator/Teacher Preparation

Family Engagement & Support

Innovating for Change: Using Data to Support Policy and Advocacy in Early Childhood room

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Lessons Learned on Advising and Transfer: The Student Perspective on Maryland’s Associate of Arts in Teaching Degree room

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From developing policy ideas to educating legislators, using data is an important part of the story; however, it is not always easy or straightforward. Join us to learn about the role of evaluating data in the policy and advocacy process and how the results were used to inform and educate legislators to pass key early childhood legislation.

Participants will learn how to use data from their own states, market the results for advocacy work, and engage coalitions.

Mandi Kimball, Children at Risk; Sara Moran, Children at Risk; Kim Kofron, Children at Risk Advocacy/Public Policy

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This analysis of the student perspective provides a clearer picture of the obstacles and advancements experienced by preservice teachers pursuing an associate of arts in teachinginEarlyChildhoodEducation/SpecialEducatio Severallessonsforthefieldemerged,andthesewillbe shared out as well as collaboratively investigated.

Anita Weisburger, SUNY Potsdam Educator/Teacher Preparation

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Many hours of training and workshops learning how to handle challenging behaviors frequently “disappear” whenfacingissuesatthemoment.Don’tbedisheartened this training session will bring it all together, validating educators’concernsandmergingecectivesocial-emoti skills into schedules and routines. It makes the most of resources and prior knowledge in teaching how to skillfully de-escalatethebehaviorandecectivelykeepthetea and learning going.

Sandra Ampudia, The Discovery Source Social/Emotional Development

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Sunday What Lies Ahead: CDA Process Updates and New Initiatives room

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Nurturing Creativity in Young Children: Five Secrets from Neuroscience room

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This session is intended to deepen CDA candidates Creativity research has exploded four-fold over the past andotherstakeholders’knowledgeoftheCDAprocess, two decades, helping us know a lot more about something including a discussion on getting a CDA in high school. so mysterious that the ancient Greeks invented the Muses The presentation will also discuss updated training videos to explain this uncontrollable phenomenon. What we now andnewcouncilinitiativesavailableonthecouncil’s know about creativity helps us see it as a building block of website.Topicsincludethecouncil’s“Reimaginingthe earlyCDA” childhood development. Participants will learn about initiative—what it is, why it is being done, and anticipated fivesecretswegleanfromtheresearchthatchangehow timeline. Participants will receive information on other we think about creativity and how to apply them to the new initiatives such as CounciLive! education of young children.

Christopher Barnes, The Council of Professional Recognition Educator/Teacher Preparation

Thomas Rendon, Self Employed; Zachary Stier, Ericson Public Library Cognitive Development

Early Childhood Health Outdoors: Co-Creating Natural Outdoor Learning Environments room

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Radically Equal Spaces: Decentering Teacher Voice for Inclusivity and Belonging room

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Early Childhood Health Outdoors (ECHO) facilitates the creation of nature-based outdoor play settings. ECHO provides support and resources for educators, caregivers, and families to activate these spaces and advocates for policies to transform outdoor play and learning best practice into common practice.

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Katie Krause, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jeremiah Howe, Francis W. Parker School

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Lead, Listen to, and Love Your People: Three Guiding Principles for Great Leadership in Early Childhood room

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Join this session to discover what it truly means to lead your people well with practical applications you can implement every day. Learn how to Lead, Listen to and Love your people to build high- performing teams, create happier workforces, and become a better leader yourself.

Go beyond compliance, and learn how to be the leader your team needs in this time of great change so that they can focus on their most important job–helping young children thrive.

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Explore the concept of “equality of intelligences” as developed by Jacques Rancière and its application in an early childhood setting to promote child agency and equality. Develop approaches to teacher-child interaction which support a radically child-centered approach.

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STEM competencies upon kindergarten entry predict later academic success, even college entry. Intentional, playful activities based on development can propel young children’slearning,includingsocialandexecutivefunct skills.DiscussthenewcontentchapterinNAEYC’sDAP 4th edition, which focuses on STEM development, teaching practices, and resources. See and take away tools that help buildourunderstandingofchildren’sthinkingandhowto support it equitably.

Douglas H. Clements, University of Denver; Julie Sarama, University of Denver Mathematics

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Join early childhood colleagues, exhibitors, and NAEYCstacfornetworking,fun,complimentary bites, and a cash bar at the Networking Reception.

Family Engagement and Support: Critical Components of Kindergarten Readiness Eileen Manoukian, Gem Educare; Mary Barbara Trube, Walden University

ChangesinPreschoolTeachers’Early Science Attitudes, Beliefs, and Instruction through Professional Learning Supports David Banzer, University of Illinois Chicago; Kathleen Sheridan, University of Illinois Chicago

Parental Involvement in Emotional Regulation of Children with Autism Toi Witcher,PrinceGeorge’sCountySchools

5:45 – 7:00 pm Research Poster Session

Learning to Love Data: Building Intention with Preservice Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Allison Wilson, University of Montana

Exhibit Hall C

“INeverThoughtI’dActuallyEnjoyOnlineLearning”: EarlyChildhoodProfessionals’Perceptionsof ImpactofCodingonPreschoolers’MathAbilities Synchronous Online Professional Development Classes Julia DeLapp, Eastern Connecticut State University; Sudha Swaminathan, Eastern Connecticut State University

Katie Krause, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jaci Foged, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Parent Perceptions of Support and the ParentPractitioner Relationship from a Telehealth Parent-Mediated Intervention for a Child with Autism: Findings of a Pilot Case Study

UnderstandingEducators’PerspectivesonEarly Childhood Education Principles and Practices: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion

Kwangwon Lee, Eastern Connecticut State University

Furwa Rizvi, San Jose State University

STEM Activity: Floating a Galvanized Wire on the Water Mi-Hwa Park, Murray State University

Collaborating with Community Partners and Future Teachers to Remap the Cradle-toPrison to a Cradle-to-College Pipeline Michelle Fazio-Brunson, Northwestern State University; Debra Jo Hailey, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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Monday 8:00 – 10:00 am

Featured Session

ACCESS Session

I didn’t mean to ruin your day!

The importance of Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively to Challenging Behavior

ACCESS to Shared Knowledge in Practice, Part I: Learning Stories—Bringing Learning Stories to your Associate Degree Early Childhood Education Courses

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Whenyourecognizethatachild’schallenging How can teacher educators implement the use of behavior is rooted in biological and environmental Learning Stories in their courses? Isauro M. Escamilla, factors rather than a desire to ruin your day, it Ed.D., a preschool teacher in a dual language program, becomespossibleforyoutofigureoutwhatthechildand coauthor of Learning Stories & Teacher Inquiry needs to learn in order to succeed. Using proven Groups: Reimagining Teaching and Assessment in ecective,evidence-basedstrategies,thissession Early will Childhood Education will share how Learning help you to understand both the child and yourself Stories have improved assessment and strengthened andenableyoutofindwaystobuildrelationships instructional practices. Time will be spent andpreventandecectivelymanageinappropriate brainstorming ways learning stories can be utilized in behavior. your teacher education program.

Barbara Kaiser, Independent

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Debra Murphy, Cape Cod Community College; Isauro Escamilla,SanFranciscoUnifiedSchoolDistrict; Sharon Carter, Davidson-Davie Community College; Nancy Gabriel, Onondaga Community College; R Taylor, Chemeketa Community College Educator/Teacher Preparation

Unexpected Gifts from the Pandemic: How Living Through Pandemic Trauma Helps You and Our Profession Grow room

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How are you a better person because of the pandemic? Did anything magical happen at work despite it—or perhaps because we faced the impossible together? With courage ofconnection,wecanhelpeachothertranslatetrauma harshlegacyintohealing.Together,let’sidentifyand honor our hard-learned lessons in the promising context of trauma and recovery research.

Holly Elissa Bruno, Holly Elissa Bruno Keynotes & Team Building Professionalism & Ethics

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Monday Going Forward as an Inspired Leader: The Top 10 List of Things To Do room

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A Learning Community Approach to Supporting Early Childhood Educators in Building Equity and Inclusivity in the Classroom room

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8:00 am – 10:00 am Be inspired and rejuvenated through stories, photos, and tools based on choices everyone can make to brighten Presenters share experiences facilitating learning up their life and brighten up the world. Explore ways to communities focused on promoting equity in early prioritize vision and well- being even during a pandemic. childhood educational settings. Participants will learn about Enjoy humor and realistic and relevant tools for our work strategies for creating high-impact learning communities; andourlives.Thetoprqlistwillocerideas,tools,andclarity receive links to freely available, sequenced resources that on how to make the next leg of the journey better than ever! canbeusedtosupportreflectionandactionplanning;and begin to craft a plan for supporting educators in ensuring Erin Ramsey, Living Inspired, LLC that their classrooms are equitable, inclusive, and support Leadership the development of each and every child.

It’s Like Learning to Ride a Bike: ScienceInformed Adult Learning and Instructional Design room

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Megan Stuhlman, University of Virginia; Ashley Reid, University of Virginia Diversity & Equity

Holding onto Joy: Cultures of Connection

Intrinsic motivation, training wheels, willingness to take room 11 a risk, learning from mistakes, and a mentor to give you 8:00 am – 10:00 am a boost or be there if you fall: These are the essential components of learning to ride a bike and of adult learning Experience how a culture of connection can reinvigorate experiences, not long, wordy Power Points, lectures, or seat your work with children and colleagues through active time.Asafield,we’repassionateaboutdevelopmentally reflectionanddialogue.UsingOhioVoicesforLearning: appropriate, research-based learner-centered, playful AReggio-InspiredForum’shistoryandexampleofa learningforchildren.Let’sdothesameforprofessional statewide network of study groups, we will explore how educators and leaders. connection can strengthen a community of teachers to create meaningful, authentic professional development.

Rachel Robertson, Bright Horizons Training & Professional Development Programs

Ready, Set, Grow! How Executive Function Development Can Change Your Classroom room

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Rachel Konerman, University of Cincinnati; Jackie Saggio, Parma Preschool, Cuyahoga Community College; Lowellette Lauderdale, Friendship Preschool; Kristin Barron, Ohio University Professional Development Systems

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Executive function skills such as impulse control, attention, and working memory do not happen automatically.

Interventionsaimedatimprovingtheseskillsecectively cansupportyoungchildren’sdevelopmentandbenefit early academic skills. The purpose of this presentation is to familiarize participants with the importance of executive functions, learn about a classroom-based intervention that supports executive functions, and participate in hands-on executive function-building activities.

Amber Brown, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Anil Karim, Fueling Brains; Dana Biddy, Fueling Brains Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

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Monday A System Without a System: The Journey of the Wyoming Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative room

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Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Coaching to Support Teachers of Dual/Multi-Language Learners room

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Learn lessons from the Wyoming Early Childhood In this session, you will learn culturally and linguistically Professional Learning Collaborative that can inspire responsive coaching strategies to help teachers have the individuals working in states with and without professional toolsnecessarytosupportdual/multi-languagelearn learning systems. Explore a professional learning vision You will learn evidence- based strategies that support the that elevates educator voices and celebrates agency while emergingmultilingualchildfrombirthtoagev.Wewill embracing a high standard of quality. Hear stories from the explore a coaching approach as well as practical strategies, fieldthatdemonstratethepowerfulimpactofindividual which help create sustainable and lasting change in connection and professional collaboration in a state with teachers’practice. minimal requirements for professional learning.

Erika Flores, ChildrenFlow Nikki Baldwin, University of Wyoming Early Childhood Outreach Network; Lauren Carlisle, University of Wyoming Early Childhood Outreach Network Professional Development Systems

Envisioning the Future of Elementary Education: Integrating 21st Century Learning with Academic Standards room

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Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation)

Teacher + Child + Parent = A Positive Sum for Impactful Engagement room

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Review strategies for identifying opportunities for engaging parentsintheirchild’sdevelopment.Describeways engagementimpactsthechild’slearninganddevelopme Create one strategy that will impact engagement in the classroom.

Take a journey with our district through the challenges and excitement of incorporating 21st century learning Tanya Bartee, Wisdom First Consulting intoourstudents’educationalexperiences.Joinusto Family Engagement & Support hear how our vision to integrate 21st century learning and academic standards evolved into practice. Examine examples of how teachers in elementary settings are We Are All in This Together: embracing this approach to maximize learning. Evaluate Diversity and Equity yourbuildingcapacityforthiswork.Together,let’sexplore room 20 the possibilities of the future of elementary education.

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Sarah Jackson, Medina City; Katie Bober, Medina City Schools; Julia Goll, Medina City Schools; Traci Swantek, Medina City Schools Standards-Early Learning/Content Standards, Common Core Standards

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This presentation will give ideas and information on how to be inclusive in working with all children regardless of their background. We will show how diversity can bring about excitement, joy, and creative learning within a classroom while equity is being given to every student. We will also show how to advocate to assist in closing the myths and gapsofourchildrenbeingdicerentanddisadvantaged.I other words, “We Are All In This Together.”

Arthur Holmes, Charleston Development Academy CANCELLED

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Monday The Power of Collective Efficacy: Building Culture and Climate to Accelerate Student Achievement room

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Nature-Based Learning: Developing Skills Across Competencies room

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There is no bad weather, only bad clothing! We know Collectiveedcacycreatesanenvironmentthatencourages that children thrive outdoors for so many reasons, but teachers to push their students to succeed. Building leaders how do we use outdoor experiences to drive growth and that provide opportunities for teachers to build capacity development for preschool children across multiple drives student success. This session will provide strategies domains of development? This training session will explore forprogramdirectors/schooladministrators/teacher how nature, or nature-based experiences, can be used as educators to encourage an atmosphere that builds capacity a springboard to development. Case studies and examples inteachersbyprovidingecectiveprofessionaldevelopment fromthetrainer’sownnature-basedpreschoolprogram and opportunities for creating an environment that will be shared. encouragesteacheredcacy.

Elizabeth Rodano, German International School New York Desiree Hickman, Sam Houston State University; Wykeshia Glass, North Carolina Central University Leadership

What’s New with the PAS? Embedding Changes into Projects and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

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Identify why physical classroom environments (built environments ) matter and are indicators of high quality 8:00 am – 10:00 am early childhood education programs. Participate in The 2022 release of the third edition of the Program examining the qualitative data presented exploring Administration Scale: Measuring Whole Leadership in children’sperceptionsofphysicalclassroomenvironment EarlyChildhoodCenters(PAS)includesrefinementsto Learnstrategiestoovercomespecificbarriersearly supportthereliableuseoftheinstrumentandto childhood reflect educators face in creating optimal classroom ecectiveadministrationpractices.Thissessionenvironments. willprovide Examine how approaches and curriculums an overview of the third edition updates and include as well as community impact physical classroom discussion and strategies for embedding these updates in environments. current technical assistance and research projects, as well Zlata Stanković-Ramirez, Coastal Carolina University as Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). room

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Jill Bella, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, NLU; Teri Talan, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at NLU

Learning Environment

Program Administration & Financial Management

Institute Evaluation

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Monday 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Featured Session

ACCESS Session

Bopping to the Beat of Their Brilliance: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning in Culturally Sustaining Teaching

ACCESS to Shared Knowledge in Practice, Part II: The Changing Landscape of Early Childhood Teacher Education–A Series of Roundtable Discussions

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– 12:30 pm Explore approaches for intentionally integrating social and emotional learning in culturally During this session, there will be roundtable sustaining teaching practices. Participate in discussionsofcurrentissuesinthefieldofearly interactive activities to learn new strategies for childhood teacher education. Topics will include: fosteringchildren’ssocial-emotionallearning,while strengthening and supporting the early childhood teachingtheminculturallyadrmingways. workforce; exploring the new Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Fourth edition; diversity, Anthony Broughton,ClaflinUniversity equity, and inclusion; NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation Standards; college classroom teaching Sponsored by strategies in multiple modalities; and involving college students in advocacy. am

Danielle Savory, Lansing Community College; Jennifer Koel, Waukesha County Technical College; Debra Murphy, Cape Cod Community College; Cindy Stephens, College of the Canyons; Holly Lanoue, Olympic College; D’Lee Babb, Western Kentucky University Educator/Teacher Preparation

Giving Kids What They Need: Fostering the Development and Success of Young African American Boys room

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This session will review strategies that address the needs of underservedyouth.Strategiesfortheecectivedevel of young men and boys from historically marginalized groups will be shared.

Cheryl Caesar, Waukegan Public Schools; Sheryl Gray, Adjunct Professor Trinity International University Social/Emotional Development

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A Key to Staff Retention: Intentional Onboarding with the Essential Practices of Educare room

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Understand why using high-quality music learning Onboardingisacriticalcomponentofintroducingnewstac experiencesinyourclassroomsupportsyourstudents’ to the policies, systems, and culture of an early childhood brain development and their social-emotional skill program.Duetostadngandworkcapacitychallenges,itis development like nothing else can. Learn simple ways often overlooked or provided haphazardly. This session will to integrate music into your morning routine with your provideanopportunityforleadersandtrainerstoreflect students to maximize their learning and be set up for a ontheirprogram’scurrentonboardingprocess,andto successful day together. Leave with a personalized circle learn how one early education program restructured their timeplanandatoolboxfullofsongs,poems,fingerplays,onboarding process with a more intentional focus. andmovementactivitiestouseonthefirstdayofschool.

Jessica Haremza Diop, Start Early; Mary Anderson, My Music Starts Here

Kiyana Morgan, Educare DC

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Training & Professional Development Programs

Character Building: Ten Crucial Concepts Regarding Character Education for the Early Childhood Classroom

Promoting Screen Awareness in a Screen-Based World

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The early childhood years provide a solid foundation for what a child learns regarding social, moral, and intellectual development. In this workshop, participants will learn how to develop the type of environment and daily learning opportunities that teach children character values such as respect, responsibility, and courtesy. Participants will share their own ideas for promoting character building, and they will learn new strategies along the way to take back to their classrooms.

Tracy Cheney, Three Cheers Consulting Guidance/Challenging Behaviors

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Theglobalpandemichasamplifiedboththebenefitsand challenges of screen-based media and technologies. How do we prioritize and protect child developmental needs within screen-saturated and screen-dependent ecosystems?

This session introduces research-based strategies and resources for screen-aware practices, policies, and partnerships. Participants will leave with an individualized framework and action plan for cultivating and promoting screen awareness across early childhood settings.

Patricia Cantor, Plymouth State University; Melinda Holohan, Western Michigan University; Jean Rogers, Fairplay Screen Time Action Network Technology & Digital Media

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An introduction to ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and the ACEs study. Participate in the analysis of video vignettes to understand the consequences of unresolved trauma and how it may impact parenting skills and perpetuate the cycle of trauma. Using an arts education framework, learn strategies to help parents address their unresolved trauma and enhance parenting skills.

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Monday The Power of Intentional Reflection: A Pathway to Deepen Transformational Coaching and Leadership room

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GROWing Early Childhood Education Teachers: A Coaching Strategy Used by CDA Professional Development Specialists room

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Examinethepurposeandbenefitsofregularandroutine Quality coaching helps teachers make better decisions, reflectivehabitstodeepencoachingandleadership problem skills. solve, learn new skills, and transform their Learn practical strategies for how coaches and leaders careers. This session provides learners with an overview candevelop,practice,andmodelroutinereflectivehabits of the G.R.O.W. model as a coaching strategy, how to to increase intentional positive and proactive decisions structurecoachingsessions,andhowthecouncil’s andbehaviors.Explorehowreflectivepracticesexpand professional development specialists use this model to self-awarenessandresponsibilitiesforone’sownsupport frame CDA candidates. of reference, cultural values, social identity, and bias that Chonda Walden, Council for Professional Recognition; influenceperspectivesandbehaviors.

Larissa Norris, Council for Professional Recognition Constant Hine, Horizons In Learning LLC

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Happily Ever After: Connecting Multicultural Fairy Tales to STEM Experiences for Active, Engaged Learning room

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Strengthening Your School’s Family Relationship through Engagement, Investment, and Advocacy room

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In order to impact attendance and student performance, Want to engage your students in creative problem solving, itisaprioritythatschools-stacseefamilyengagement collaboration, critical thinking, and communication as a discipline to study and include in their school while harnessing the power of multicultural fairy tales? culture and professional development. Audience will Through this workshop, we examine ways to seamlessly participate in interactive conversation that will provoke incorporate science, storytelling, and multicultural fairy their thinking around engagement at their schools. They tale connections into your classroom learning experiences. will be challenged to create a logic model that will help TheSTEM/STEamchallengesandideasincludedhereare themcreateastrategicplantomovetheirschoolcult just the beginning. Use them to create your own happily community to one that is unconventional thinking. ever afters with engaged, excited learners.

Juanita White, AppleTree ELPCS; Diane Jackson Schnoor,Dr.Diane’sAdventuresinLearning Science/Environment/Nature Education

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Teria Powell, AppleTree ELPCS Family Engagement & Support

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Monday Promoting Reading Success from the Start with Sounder & Friends™ room

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“Learn the Signs. Act Early.” A Public Health Initiative to Improve the Early Identification of Young Children with Developmental Delays or Disabilities

room 23 Sounder & Friends™, a free digital resource, takes an 10:30 am – 12:30 pm innovative approach to helping young children develop the phonemic awareness skills that are essential to reading ThissessionwilldescribeanexpansionoftheCDC’s“Learn success. Created by literacy experts, the program draws the Signs. Act Early” program; the Act Early Response children’sattentiontothemagicofspokenlanguage. to COVID-19 In project. This project provides funding to this highly interactive session, the creators of the series states and territories to develop, implement, and evaluate will demonstrate how Sounder & Friends™ can be used workplanstoensureearlyidentificationofyoungchildren as a springboard for learning activities in the real world, with developmental delays or disabilities during the empowering children to learn through play. pandemic. Additionally, the project aims to foster resiliency in children, families, providers, and communities.

Heather Kenny, Sounder & FriendsTM;

Laura Robbins, Sounder & FriendsTM

Elizabeth Howe, Association of University Centers on Disability

Language & Literacy

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Creating Wisdom Seekers: An Inquiry Approach for Educators of Young Children room

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Contributing to NAEYC Publications: Share Your Voice and Perspective room

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm Learn about inquiry-based and culturally responsive professional development practices that foster positive The NAEYC publications team will present a broad learning experiences for early childhood teachers in overview of the opportunities to contribute content the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and and photos or videos to NAEYC periodicals, books, and Mathematics (STEM). Participate in inquiry-based learning blogs. The session will begin with an overview of the tounderstand,reflect,andupdatecurrentpractices. broad goals of NAEYC publications. Editors will give an overview of the submission guidelines and process for the Cora Causey, University of Alabama at Birmingham; periodicals Young Children, Teaching Young Children; for Ann Dominick, Birmingham Southern College; Delyne Hicks, writing and submitting a book proposal and other ways James Rushton Early Learning and Family Success Center to contrite such as being a consulting editor who provides Educator/Teacher Preparation feedback on submissions and contributing the NAEYC blog orphoto/videolibrary.Thesecondhalfofthesessionwill ocerparticipantsanopportunitytomeetwiththeedito ofNAEYC’spublicationsaswellasmembersofthecreative services team and recent NAEYC authors and consulting editors to hear more detail about the process for each publication and to ask questions.

Susan Friedman, NAEYC; Annie Moses, NAEYC; Dana Battaglia, NAEYC NAEYC Activities

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Discuss strategies to build retention through engagement

programs, succession plans, and sponsorship. Engage in

Creating, Collaborating, and Communicating: Using Technologies to Actively Engage Young Children and Their Families

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Why and How to Center the Voices of Families and Educators in Policymaking ROOM

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ACCESS to Shared n K owledge in Practice, Part III: Early Childhood Education Teacher Educators Supporting Each Other During Dynamic Times ROOM

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Monday Expanding the Neighborhood: Mister Rogers and Diversifying Music Making through Play room

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Sleep: Incorporating Research- Supported Programs on Healthy Sleep Habits for Preschool Students and Parents with Impactful Family Engagement

room 09 LearnmoreaboutFredRogers’srelationshipwithmusic 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm and how to employ many of the same practices in early childhood settings while also incorporating diverse sounds Sleep is now part of the National CFOC Health Guidelines andcultures.FromutilizingFredRogers’ssongstocreating for Early Education. Learn about the need for sleep music together, this presentation focuses on how music education, the importance of sleep, and a healthy, fosters healthful development in young children. Come actionable bedtime routine. Participate in a discussion prepared to sing, play, and share musical experiences. on challenges to getting children to sleep well. Explore innovative and engaging approaches for reaching Katherine Palmer, Musical Instrument Museum educators, preschoolers, and parents with the critical Arts (Performing & Visual Arts) message of sleep, including tools to bring the message home for lasting change.

Keys to Equity and Inclusion: Invisible Disabilities as a Barrier to Learning room

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Explore background information, identifying behaviors, practical tools, and classroom strategies to facilitate integrating the multitude of invisible barriers to learning, such as autism, sensory processing disorder (SPD), adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), etc., into classrooms. Additionally, participate in songs, stories, and conversation as repertoire to build compassionate, inclusive classroom communities.

Joanie Calem, Joanie Calem – Sing Along Guidance/Challenging Behaviors

Collaborating to Enhance Classroom Language Environments room

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Ann Raftery, Pajama Program Family Engagement & Support

Increasing Cultural Competence in Early Childhood room

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Cultural competency is key to building inclusive environments where all individuals can thrive. We will discuss the impacts of inequality in education. We will learn what it means to be culturally competent and ways we can commit ourselves to creating thriving learning environments in early childhood education for all children.

Mary Regan, Las Vegas Urban League – Early Childhood Connection; Mirna Mejia, Las Vegas Urban League – Early Childhood Connection Diversity & Equity

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This session will introduce an approach to enhancing the language environments in classrooms through collaboration with a language specialist. We will introduce research-based principles that describe highqualityteacher-childconversationsandecectivewaysof fostering language in group activities. Working in groups, participantswillbeguidedinreflectiononvariedaspects of their programs using these principles and will set improvement goals and strategies to track implementation.

David Dickinson, Vanderbilt University; Stacey Wallen, Atlanta Speech School Language & Literacy

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Monday Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship Programs: Creating a Defined Pathway for Emerging Professionals room

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Relationship-Based Professional Development to Support Trauma-Informed Care room

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Discover the new, free, and culturally responsive modules Apprenticeships are a promising strategy for ECE and course content that promote trauma-informed professionals and build career pathways. Program teachingpracticesthroughEarlyEdu’scompetency-based development is a complex process. In this session approach. Explore and practice how materials that focus on panelists from Pennsylvania and Vermont will share regulationandreflectionwithotherscanbeusedinper their insights for developing and implementing ECE online,orwithahybridapproachtosupportprogramsta apprenticeships, exploring critical questions such as: What who may struggle in their delivery of responsive, sensitive, arethefirststeps?Whatsystempartnersareneeded? andHow flexibleteachingandlearningopportunitiesforth can organizations cultivate new relationships or strengthen children and families in their care. collaborative partnerships with existing systems and Katie Emerson-Hoss, EarlyEdU Alliance programs? at University of Washington Megan Burk,T.E.A.C.H.EarlyChildhoodNationalCenter/ Child Care Service Association; Brenda Schramm, VTAEYC; Laurie Litz, Pennsylvania Child Care Association

Educator/Teacher Preparation

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Maintaining Early Learning Program Accreditation Standards

Developing People: Creating a Culture of Excellence in Early Childhood Organizations

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Congratulations on achieving accreditation! Now learn how to maintain the standards to support continuous quality improvement in your program.

Learn new and innovative techniques to select, diversify, Alissa Mwenelupembe, NAEYC and build a winning team. This presentation will teach NAEYC Activities strategies for hiring retaining, appraising, monitoring andmentoringstactocreateateamofexemplaryearly childhood educators.

Putting on Our Own Oxygen Mask First: Aarie Wade, Baxter Community Center Leadership

Building a Toolkit to Help Process Secondary Trauma and Prevent Compassion Fatigue room

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Review the literature and view video vignettes for both secondary trauma and compassion fatigue and its impact on early childhood educators. There will be a discussion of the ProQOL tool and results; strategies to combat existing compassion fatigue; and ways to advocate for better mental health resources for educators. Resources will be available.

Materials will be provided to early childhood faculty, trainers, and coaches to bring back to their students.

Holly Hickson,BucettEarlyChildhood Institute@theUniversityofNebraska Social/Emotional Development

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Monday Early Childhood Delays, Disabilities, and Possibilities: Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder room

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Equity Starts Early: Addressing Racial and Regional Inequities in Texas’ Early Childhood Education Workforce and QRIS room

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Participants will gain an understanding of autism spectrum disorder and sensory processing disorder and the challenges that these disorders can often present. Participants will learn the importance of social and emotional education for children, strategies for teaching self-regulation, and the function of behavior and strategies and interventions for the various functions of behavior.

Join us as we explore the opportunities and challenges that exist to address racial disparities in the early childhood education workforce and QRIS. Participants will identify structural barriers, examine statewide QRIS participation, analyze workforce survey results, and discuss research-based practices to inform policy and advocacy recommendations.

Shanon Gibson, SGC Consulting

Kim Kofron, Children at Risk; Britine Perkins, Prairie View A&M University; Katina Thomas, Prairie View A&M University; Kaeleigh Hernandez, Children at Risk; Makia Thomas, Children at Risk

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Student Success? It’s as Easy as T.L.C! room

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Session is designed to give solutions to educators as they try to reach students and families who may be apathetic in their outlook toward education, struggle with discipline issues, or lack motivation. It features research-based strategies that will improve student behavior and results on standardized assessments later in life.

Sean Buchanan, Geary Public Schools Family Engagement & Support

Hearing All Voices! Fostering Equity and Culturally Responsive Strategies through Coaching room

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Building Communities and Confidence through Cardboard Construction: A Hands-on Workshop that Will Inspire the Changemaker in Every Child room

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In this hands-on workshop, participants will experience how a fun and engaging project-based learning program blends art, creativity and design with STEM fundamentals: 1. Introduction to community-centered learning. 2.

Presentation of design challenge; teams participate in a rapid prototyping project using a range of low-tech materials which will be available. 3. Teams will collaborate, integrating individual projects into an ever-growing city. 4.

Presentation and discussion.

Marci Klein, 3duxdesign

ThesessionbuildsonNAEYC’sPositionStatement, Social/Emotional Development “Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education,” and strategies presented in the book Hearing All Voices: Culturally Responsive Coaching in Early Childhood.

Participants will engage in small-group discussions to deepen their understanding and commitment to culturally responsive coaching that starts with understanding ourselves, our clients, and the early childhood settings.

Erika Flores, ChildrenFlow Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation)

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Monday Early Childhood is Where it’s A.T.: Using Assistive Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom room

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Preparing an ECE Profession in the Midst of a Pandemic room

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With the release of the Unifying Framework in March This session will explore a multidisciplinary approach sqsq,theECEfieldacknowledgedhighereducationasthe to assistive technology practices used in a play-based primary pipeline for our current and future ECE workforce. early childhood special education classroom. Supports Three days after the March release, the pandemic began specificallyfocusingoncommunication,environmental and immediately stressed an already undervalued and adaptations,andvisual/tactilesupportswillbe underfunded examined. ECE system, including ECE higher education Participants will focus on creating action plans to support programs. Over the last two years, states and ECE higher assistive technology in their classroom. education programs have threaded a needle of stabilizing their programs and supporting their students while also Kelsey Brewer, Gratiot-Isabella RESD; finding waystousethe Unifying Framework as a north Carolyn Parker, Gratiot-Isabella RESD star in working toward building a more cohesive, better Children with Disabilities/Early Intervention supported ECE professional preparation system. This sessionwillweavenationalfindingsfromNAEYC’srecent ECE higher education reports as well as state and faculty Making Early Education Happen: From Who experiences toreflectonthecurrentstateofECEhigher Must Be Served to Who Should Be Served education and identify paths for moving forward. room

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Participants will explore ways to increase students served through our practices. Participate in discussion of the details that make it happen. Develop a plan for implementation so that more early education can be provided to more stakeholders. Templates and a slew of resources will be made available with the mission in mind of making early education happen!

Faith Jackson, Johnston County Public Schools, NC; Ahkeesha Capers, Johnston County Public Schools Program Administration & Financial Management

Mary Harrill, NAEYC; Ana DeHoyos O’Connor, San Antonio College; Sharon Little, South Piedmont Community College Educator/Teacher Preparation

Play It Forward: Understanding the Value of and Advocating for Play In Early Learning room

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It is widely accepted that play is critical for healthy development. Children learn best through play, yet many programs struggle with defending this practice.

Understanding current research, having skills for communicating its importance, and the conviction to implement are key. Participants can move from defending a play-based program to promoting the value of play.

Kim Adams, Today We Play, Barron Park Preschool Play

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Monday 4:30–5:30 pm Professional Development and Staff Retention Using Skills-Based Compensation and Bonuses room

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Heart-Centered Leadership: Creating a Balanced and Inspired Work Environment through a PeopleCentered, Nature-Based Approach room

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Working with children is joyful and rewarding, but it also Review the bases for traditional teacher compensation takes great reserves of strength and energy. Discover ways systemsandthestadngchallengesthatneedtobeto use heart-centered leadership techniques to support addressedtoincreasestacretention.Discussanteachers while creating a foundation for a mutually alternative compensation system that rewards professional supportive, nature-rich work environment. development and a bonus policy that encourages teacher Heather Fox, Dimensions Foundation loyalty. Present a case history and results.

Clark Harrison, The Village of FPC Training & Professional Development Programs

The Importance of Intentionality in the Preschool Classroom room

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Leadership

“It’s Them or Me”: Supporting Teachers Struggling with Challenging Behavior room

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Review strategies to support children experiencing challenging behavior by empowering their teachers through the development of classroom-based skills, program policy, and administrative support. Develop an action plan to address meaningful change and encourage teacher retention and inclusionary practices for children.

Children grow and thrive when provided opportunities to initiate activities and follow their interests, but they also need active teachers to guide their learning through intentional and meaningful classroom experiences.

Teaching with intentionality applies best practices while Alison Mellott, Shippensburg University oceringabalanceofchild-guidedandadult-guided Guidance/Challenging Behaviors experiences. Join Frog Street for this important session asweocerguidanceandbestpracticesfocusedonthe importance of intentionality in the preschool classroom.

NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation Tracey Roden, Frog Street Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

Peer Reviewer Meeting room

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Current NAEYC higher education accreditation peer reviewers are invited to attend this session. This will be an opportunity for you to share your experiences serving on virtual site visits over these last two years and to provide feedback to NAEYC about ways we can better support yourserviceasapeerreviewer.Inaddition,NAEYCstac and Commissioners will provide updates about the new accreditation standards and plans for providing training on them for peer reviewers.

Mary Harrill, NAEYC; Bridget Murray, Henderson Community College NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation

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Monday Refocused: High-Quality Learning During Uncertain Times room

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We All Are Not Friends: Re-examining the Concept of Friendship in Early Childhood Environments room

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4:30 pm – 5:30 pm This session will share a process for evaluating program data and creating an actionable plan to focus classroom Analyze the concept of friendship in early childhood ecortsonqualitylearningpractices.Participants programs. willlearn Reflectontheword“friend,”howfrequently targeted strategies that support educators to reform and early childhood professionals refer to children as “friends,” refocus their classroom practices so that every child thrives. and how it is assumed the entire class are “friends.”

Erin Kissling, Early Learning Indiana; Adrienne Bennett, Early Learning Indiana

Garnett Booker, DC Public Schools Social/Emotional Development

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Monday NAEYC Affiliate Capacity to Advance Equity room

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“What’s DAP?” Cultivating Quality Practices with Early Childhood Pre- and In-Service Teachers

room 16 WhatdoesittakeforNAEYCAdliatestoadvanceequity 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm throughouttheirorganizations?Innovativeideas, financial andhumanresources,flexibility,andadeepcommitment Early childhood teacher educators, as learning gatekeepers tocreatelastingchange.Learnhowadliateleaders fortoday’spreserviceandin-serviceteachers,mustteach developed and implemented action plans to sustain and and mentor adult learners to deeply understand and advanceequity,andincreasediversitywithintheimplement Adliate developmentally appropriate assessment, Network. curriculum, and instructional practice. Faculty from a clinical preparation program share early childhood teacher Hadiyah Miller,MultnomahCountyChildcareResource/ education curriculum and methods for equipping future Referral; Cody Summerville, Texas Association for and current educators to apply DAP concretely when the Education of Young Children; Eric Bucher, Arizona learning about play- and project-based approaches.

Association for the Education of Young Children;

Carmen Leonor Maldonado, PRAEYC Diversity & Equity

Karrie Snider, University of Central Missouri; Natalie Tye, University of Central Missouri Educator/Teacher Preparation

Child care as a Workforce Support: A Case Study of the Military Child Development Program as a Model for the Nation room

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The Perceived Experience of FirstYear Teachers During a Pandemic room

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Child care in the US is a fragmented system of programs Presenterswillshareresultsofastudyoffirst-year with varying levels of quality needing to be integrated teacher experiences during the pandemic. Together with intoaunifiedsystemtosupportchildrenandfamilies, participants, we will explore their challenges and supports, theUSeconomy,andournation’sfuture.Wewillshare with recommendations for developing anti-fragile teachers. lessons learned from our case study of the Military Child Marlene Correia, Bridgewater State University; Development Program and how that program supports Gia Renaud, Bridgewater State University their workforce so states, territories, municipalities, and Educator/Teacher Preparation tribes can learn how to address the necessary changes needed to improve child care in the US. Kathy Thornburg, AEM Corporation; Sheila Brookes, AEM Corporation; M.-A. Lucas, Lucas & Associates Program Quality, Evaluation, & Accountability

Nested Pathway Programs to Support Workforce and Degree Attainment room

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Delve into the development of nested early childhood pathway programs with multiple entry points designed to support workforce and traditional students in degree attainment. This session will demonstrate how a program with nested levels can meet the needs of workforce and traditional students through seamless transitions from high school or workforce to an associate degree and bachelor’sdegree.Articulationwithhighschoolprograms and use of apprenticeship programs will be highlighted.

Robin Eckert, Reading Area Community College; Nancy Jackson, Reading Area Community College Educator/Teacher Preparation

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This presentation explores language and communication development in diverse populations of young children. The purpose is to acquaint childhood educators with speech and language variations that are related to regional dialects and cultural-linguistic diversity and describe speech and language development in diverse populations. The social and cultural conditions that contribute to speech and language variations are addressed. Implications for the education of diverse populations are discussed.

Monica Gordon-Pershey, Cleveland State University CANCELLED

Leveraging University Resources to Support the Early Childhood Workforce room

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The creation of the Kansas Institute for Early Childhood Education and Research at Kansas State University has provided new opportunities to engage partners to support the early childhood workforce. Join us to hear about initial opportunities that have been created for early childhood professionals at the K-State Center for Child Development and opportunities that we have to enhance the quality of care through data, research, and utilization of university resources.

Bernadine Howe, Kansas State University; Jennifer Francois, Kansas State University Community Partnerships

With Thoughtfulness, Diligence, and Caring room

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Building High Quality and Equitable Pre-K Systems: Lessons, Tools, and Resources from Partnership for Pre-K Improvement room

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ThePartnershipforPre-KImprovement(PPI)wasafiveyear collaboration between advocacy, research, and state agency leads, coming together to identify the best practices, and policies necessary to develop and sustain high-quality, equitable pre-K systems. This work, which included extensiveresearchandexperiencefromthefield,resul in a set of practical tools and resources. We will unpack the PPItoolkit,sharelessonsfromthefield,andapplication the toolkit in your work.

Beza Semu, Cultivate Learning, University of Washington; Albert Wat, Alliance for Early Success; Rebecca Klein, Start Early Advocacy/Public Policy

Growing Teachers: Empowering GardenBased Learning in Any Location Throughout the School Year room

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Reviewthemanybenefitsofgardeneducation.Discover ways to overcome common barriers to sustaining school gardens, including seasonality and time. Identify basics of September through May garden cycles and experience simple steps for setting up and maintaining the three schoolyear gardening stations. Learn to support and encourage teachers to garden applying research-based leadership concepts, and explore age-appropriate garden activities teachers can use to bring life into their classrooms!

Carol Smathers, Ohio State University; Timothy McDermott, Ohio State University Extension – Franklin County Science/Environment/Nature Education

Knowing and understanding who each child is and the potential for each child is becoming more and more important. Individualization when planning is not an option—it is an imperative. Informed, intentional, purposeful, and mindful practice is critical. This session willexaminetheimpactofalloftheaboveonachild’s development, learning, socialization, and behavior, anditwillocernumeroussuggestionsandpractical implementation pointers.

Keith Pentz, Early Years Consulting Services, LLC Learning Environment

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Monday Positive Relationships for Empowered Learning: Breaking the Cycle of Dysregulation and Mitigating the Negative Impact of Trauma room

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Children exposed to trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are more likely to exhibit behaviors that challenge their teachers. Historically, educators have received gravely inadequate training for supporting thesechildrenecectively.Sessionparticipantswilllearn research-validated teaching practices that break the cycle of dysregulated behavior for trauma-impacted children by prioritizing positive relationships, self-care, and traumainformed instruction and assessment of learning.

Breeyn Mack, Teaching Strategies, LLC; James Venza, The Lourie Center; Marianela Rodousakis, The Lourie Center; Anna Curtin, The Lourie Center Guidance/Challenging Behaviors

Rockin' Around Cleveland

1100 Rock and Roll Blvd.

Main Terminal.

7:30 - 9:30 PM

Welcome to a night of fun at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland is rolling out the red carpet for NAEYC on Monday, June 13, with private evening access to the Hall of Fame. Enjoy a $10 savings on admission. Tickets areavailableatthedoorwithacreditcardfor$svper person. Please wear your registration badge as this event is exclusive to Institute attendees.

Watch the Institute App earlier that evening as NAEYC CEO Michelle Kang and Governing Board President Natalie Vega O'Neil share updates while dining along the picturesque East 4th Street. The pedestrian-only dining rowocersavarietyoflocalfavoritesandpatioseating.

Restaurants that are open on Monday evening include Indie, Blue Agave Street Tacos, Saigon Restaurant, Citizen PieRomanCafe,andHarryBucalo.

TheRockandRollHallofFameisav-rqminutecarride from the East 4th Street restaurants.

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Tuesday 8:00 – 10:00 am Featured Session

Intentional Coaching Communities: Adventures in Relationship-Based Professional Development room

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Review evidence related to the value of relationship-based professional development in improving practice in early Creating a Culture of Inquiry care and education. Participate in sharing and comparing with Young Children models of relationship- based professional development room 25-ABC and identify essential characteristics common among 8:00 am – 10:00 am models. Consider how to evaluate the sustained impact of Acultureofinquirysupportschildren’splayandrelationship-based professional development on improving learning. This engaging presentation will deepen practice in program administration and pedagogy. participants’knowledgeandunderstandingof Laura Murphy, Heart of a Child Early Care & howplay-richecosystemssupportchildren’s Learning Consultation; Reeva Murphy, Heart of inquiry, creativity, and innovation. We interactively a Child Early Care and Learning Consultation exploreandcompleteasimpleplanto:definethe Training & Professional Development Programs dicerentwayschildrenenterintoinquiry;discover educationalpracticesthatsupportchildren’s inquiry; and design ecosystems that support Working Toward Inclusion for ALL Children children’sinnatecuriosityandinquiry.

When Teachers are Stressed to the Max

Miriam Beloglovsky, Playful Transformation

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Let’sfaceit,thepasttwoyearshavebeenstressful, especially for early childhood educators. How can we promote inclusion in these stressful times? Join us to learn about the current research on inclusion, intersectionality considerations, and quality indicators. Discuss the challenges, opportunities, and promising models of support for educators along with strategies for building secure relationships that can reduce stress and build trust.

Together we can foster inclusion in healing ways.

Jani Kozlowski, University of North Carolina Children with Disabilities/Early Intervention

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Tuesday Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce During a Pandemic: How Education Supports Served as a Lifeline room

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Like most aspects of our life, the COVD-19 pandemic has impactedeveryaspectoftheearlychildhoodfield.Asthe fieldadjustedtotheimmediateandlong-termimpacts ofthispandemic,weasafieldhavefoundstrategiesthat supported the workforce during this time, serving as a lifelineformanyinthefield.Inthissession,theaudience will explore how the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Program and higher education adjusted to support the early childhood workforce.

Edith Locke,T.E.A.C.H.EarlyChildhoodNationalCenter/ Child Care Service Association; Ana De Hoyos O’Connor, San Antonio College; Laurie Litz, Pennsylvania Child Care Association; Megan Burk, T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood NationalCenter/ChildCareServiceAssociation Educator/Teacher Preparation

The Ultimate Goal: Making Parents Partners to Support Student Learning room

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Explore strategies already in place that acknowledge the role families play in the care and education of their students.Investigateandreflectuponpracticesthatwil strengthenschool/programcollaborationanddefineactio stepstowardsecectivefamilyengagement,especiallyfor marginalized students.

Bev Schumacher, Formerly Learning Props L.L.C. Family Engagement & Support

Leadership and Psychosocial Safety Climate in Early Childhood Programs: The Role of Leader Behavior on Teacher Well-Being and Child Outcomes room

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Teacher well-being is correlated to positive child outcomes.

This session will focus on a recent study on the role of leaders on psychosocial safety climate (PSC) in early learning programs. PSC is the organizational climate thatacectsstacpsychologicalhealthandwell-being.

Participants will learn about their role in the promotion ofpositivePSCanditsecectsonteachers,andtherefore on children. Leaders will learn strategies to improve PSC within their early childhood education site.

Jennifer Smallwood-Holmes, Monroe County Public Schools, Indiana Leadership

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Tuesday The Amazing World of Birds: Using Thinking Maps with Preschoolers Promotes STEM Content Learning and Development room

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NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation: Meeting Quality Key Assessment and Data Collection Expectations room

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Thinking Maps® help teachers & children visualize ideas This session is designed to support faculty in creating & the 8 fundamental thinking processes. Thinking Map® quality key (or signature) assessments that are aligned help children visually & graphically organize their own to the competencies of the ECE profession and that scientificthinking,reasoning,&understanding&overall meaningfully measure candidate performance on the cognitionThinkingMapsandproductivequestionscompetencies. scacold Presenters will also address strategies for children’sSTEMlearningbyidentifyingthechild’sZPD creating reliable data collection systems that facilitate when combined with culturally responsive practices. Maps analysis and use of the candidate performance data help contextualize STEM investigations within real-life, generated by the key assessments. While this session will meaningful, & culturally relevant experiences. useNAEYC’shighereducationaccreditationexpectati as a framework, the content can be applied across all ECE Shelly Counsell, University of Memphis; professional preparation programs.

David Hyerle, Thinking Schools, Inc. Science/Environment/Nature Education

Mary Harrill, NAEYC; Bridget Murray, Henderson Community College; Nancy Beaver,EastfieldCollege NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation

STEam into Preschool the Reggio Way: Use a Hands-on STEam Guide to Contextualize Early Science Development room

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Use a simple STEam guide with four levels for instantiating three-dimensional teaching in early education. Examine a project on the physics of speed in a Reggio-inspired preschoolclassroominaresearch/labcenterona university campus, explore how to use the guide to conceptualize STEam curriculum. Teach young children to develop science habits of mind and design methods, providing opportunities to apply crosscutting concepts, and deepen their understanding of core ideas across disciplines.

Sharon Arias, Joyce M. Huggins EEC, California State University, Fresno; Jacqueline Hernandez, California State University Fresno Educator/Teacher Preparation

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Tuesday Leadership Style: The Effects of Leadership Style on You and Your Team room

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Creative Start: Exploring Your Inner Artist through Early Childhood Visual Arts Learning room

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This training will explore the variety of leadership styles ParticipantswilllearnaboutStudioInstitute’sappro and their traits. Knowing yourself as a leader is key to making art with practicing artists through experiencing a knowingyou’reprovidingthebestleadershippossible. hands-on art-making workshop. Participants will learn how Eachpersoninateamisacectedbyleadership.Learning this can support their professional learning as educators in leadership is a continuous exploration of oneself. The andhowthissupportschildren’sgrowthinallareasof abilitytolearn,reflect,andcreatemeaningfromthose learning and development. Participants will learn how to reflectionsisamajorcomponentofbecomingthemostbegin to implement this exploratory, play- and materialsecectiveleader. based way of art making in their classrooms and schools and how it promotes visual literacy.

Denise Sidney, College of Southern Nevada; Mary Regan, Las Vegas Urban League Leadership

Judith Foster, Studio Institute; Jamie Mayer, Studio Institute; Jo Beth Ravitz, Studio Institute Arts (Performing & Visual Arts)

NVAEYC Professional Development Survey: Opportunities and Challenges to Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators room

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Preparing and Supporting Teachers and Caregivers to Understand and Nurture Early Math Content and Process in Very Young Children

room Thisinteractivesessionwillpresentthefindings ofa 24 8:00 am – 10:00 am professional development (PD) survey conducted in northern Virginia. Eighty early childhood (EC) directors Develop strategies for supporting educators of all and administrators responded to questions regarding backgrounds in nurturing mathematical discovery in very current PD opportunities and challenges. Discussion will young children. Explore ways to utilize videos to engage include current research on PD as well as evaluation of the adultsinreflectionofteachingpracticesrelatedtoearl current survey and proposed changes to future surveys. math. Discuss characteristics of early math content and Participants will discuss and craft EC PD surveys that could processandhowtofacilitatechildren’smathematical benefitresearchintheirownuniquelocales. engagement during natural instances of problem solving and exploring. Develop a plan for implementing new Stephanie Calabrese, George Mason University; Bweikia strategies in your work with adults.

Steen, George Mason University; Rosemary Kendall, Northern

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Julia DeLapp, Eastern Connecticut State University; Sudha Swaminathan, Eastern Connecticut State University; Teresa Surprenant, EASTCONN Regional Educational Service Center Mathematics

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Tuesday Read Aloud Wow! The Best New Children’s Books of the Year room

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What is Happening Now and Next in Federal and State Early Childhood Policy room

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The relationship between an adult, a child and a good book creates a safe space and a bond. It fuels a passion for learning and literacy. This session will cover read-aloud techniques and strategies, and it will review the best new picture books of the year (stories, STEam, social emotional, inclusion, diversity). Attendees will engage in facilitated breakout conversations applying the concepts and will get hands-on experience learning and performing three extension activities for the classroom.

Amy Vandament, Book Vine for Children; Isabel Baker, Book Vine for Children

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Get updates and insights on the latest early childhood education policy news out of Capitol Hill and your state capitals, with a focus on our PLI host state of Ohio. Catch upandconnectonwhat’shappenedandwhat’scoming, and learn more about how you can get involved as an advocateforincreasingequity,quality,acordability,an compensation in Washington, DC and around the nation.

Lauren Hogan, NAEYC; Lynanne Gutierrez, Groundwork Ohio Advocacy/Public Policy

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Tuesday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Featured Session

Supporting Young Children, Their Families, and Early Childhood Education Professionals During Times of Grief and Loss room

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Examine the need for increased understanding of the griefprocessandhowitacectschildren,families,andthe professionals who work with them during the COVID-19 You Belong Here: Nurturing Anti-Bias pandemic. Engage in a collaborative discussion and active Education in Classrooms and Beyond exploration of strategies and resources that professionals room 25-ABC can use to provide support for those in grief. Develop an 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm actionable plan to enhance the support of the grief process Inthissession,wewilldiscusstheecectsofimplicit in your early childhood setting. biasonchildren’soutcomesandtheeducator’sduty Trisha Pickett, University of Michigan in countering this bias. We will discover ways to Health SystemChildren’sCenter recognize and minimize bias in the classroom, and explore strategies to help close the opportunity gap Family Engagement & Support for children from undervalued, underestimated, and oppressed communities. The strategies will Joyfully Training Adult Learners: Nine Ways be linked to the four goals of anti- bias education to Lose the Lecture and Engage Learners (identity, diversity, justice, and activism).

Nicol Russell, Teaching Strategies; Tina Sykes, Teaching Strategies

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Happily Ever Resilient: Using Fairytales to Explore and Nurture the “Ordinary Magic” of Resilience in Early Childhood and Teacher Preparation Classrooms room

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Learn nine ways to be a joyful trainer as you lose the lecture and engage adult learners. Explore a variety of strategies for guiding adult learners to make both cognitive and social-emotional connections. Participate in over 10 dicerentintentionalengagementstrategiesincluding beginnings, brain breaks, mindful moments, attentiongetters, and interactive learning experiences. Leave the session energized and ready to use the strategies at your next training session.

Teresa Byington, University of Nevada Reno Extension; Kelly May, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Training & Professional Development Programs

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Examine evidence-based factors that support resilience and how to nurture them in a play-focused classroom, using multicultural fairytales. With a strengths-based resilience framework, explore how fairytales can be integrated into a literacy-rich curriculum that supports all children, especially those facing adversity. Fairytale-inspired learning opportunities for children and teachers will be developed as participants deepen their understanding of this critical aspect of development Stephanie Goloway, Community College of Allegheny County Social/Emotional Development

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Tuesday Early Childhood Education Is a Business Affair room

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Cocreating a Framework for Developmentally Appropriate Environments room

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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Families, government, and businesses have a shared stake in—and a shared responsibility for— expanding access DAP, as a framework, consciously leaves room for toacordable,vibrant,high-qualityECEbusinesses.This individual and cultural expression and nuance, and it interactive session will include rethinking and reimagining invites participants in the project of creating high-quality three strategies to begin to develop a relationship with childdevelopmentopportunitiesto“fillintheblank business leaders to become more responsible for providing appropriate and creative ways. National experts in the funding to the ECE business. The three strategies will designofchildren’senvironmentswillleadinteract include the steps to take to develop a relationship with 3 discussions and work sessions to understand the business leaders. characteristics, goals, and features of environments that support developmentally appropriate practice.

Robert Gundling, Better Futures, LLC; Jahi Davis, Better Futures, LLC Program Administration & Financial Management

Michael Lindstrom, studioMLA Architects; Joanne Hiromura, studioMLA Architects Learning Environment

Ideation to Implementation: Designing and Developing Programs room

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Vision + action = Innovation! This session will help participants understand how to plan, design, plan, and implement a successful program using concepts not traditionally used in early learning. Learn about the power of project management, partnership development, program evaluation, and patience to guide program development.

Participants will learn about programs that started as dreams and became dreams come true.

Aaron Dobbins, Independent Consultant; Alexandra Himmel, Alex Himmel Consulting Leadership

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Tuesday Meeting Diverse Needs by Combining the Multiple Intelligence Theory and Universal Design for Learning room

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Social and Emotional Learning Through Intentional Teaching room

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This session will share strategies to balance the four Utilizing what we already know about the multiple developmentalstagesofachild’sgrowthandtoreinforce intelligence theory, we can create equity in their classroom both the social and emotional development of young using a Universal Design for Learning. In this session children. Examples of positive interaction strategies will be participants will explore this framework and revisit the presented and demonstrated throughout the session. These multiple intelligence theory. Through activities, video include topics such as: how to be present communicating vignettes,andactivereflection,participantswill with explore young children; how to make a connection to the how combining Universal Design for Learning and the child’sbackgroundexperiences;andhowtoextendtheir multiple intelligence theory can make teaching and learning through these interactions. learningmoreecectiveandenjoyable.

Eloise Sanchez, PREL Jackie Saggio, Parma Preschool, Cuyahoga Community College; Julie Evangelista, Parma Preschool; Kim Surniak, Parma Preschool Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

What Does Equity in Literacy Look Like? room

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Empathic Problem Solving: Integrating Empathy with Engineering Experiences in Early Childhood room

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Participants will practice blending explicit social and In this session, participants will explore awareness emotional learning of empathy with developmentally of biases and ways to improve literacy opportunities appropriate engineering practices through engagement for all. Educators must examine how bias may lead to in a hands-on design challenge set in the context of a disproportionately negative impacts on students of color. familiar story. They will compare this experience to their School systems, policies, and structures can be shaped by own perceptions of empathy and engineering and learn implicitbias,resultinginadverseecectsonstudents about preliminary of results of testing this integration in early color, ranging from lowered academic expectations to lesschildhood settings. trusting relationships with teachers.

Elissa Jordan,BostonChildren’sMuseum Amber Hill, Epiphany- Hill Enterprises LLC; Larry Carey, Columbus City Schools

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Tuesday Red Flags and Warning Signs of Grooming in Adults and Children room

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Using NAEYC’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Resources to Integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Content in Higher Education Programs

room 26-B Learnhowtoidentifyconcerningand“redflag”behaviors 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm that may indicate grooming when adults and children interact with children. Review case studies with other Truly inclusive education creates opportunities to advance attendees to determine whether behaviors are considered solutions for equity with particular attention to the safe or concerning. Role-play talking with coworkers who interplay of multiple and intersecting social identities exhibitconcerning(notredflag)behaviorsaboutthein diverse learning contexts (e.g., home, school, and organization’srulesaboutinteractingwithchildren. community). The consistent emphasis on recognizing and valuingallchilddicerencesinlearningactivities,ma Amy Lang, Birds & Bees & Kids and interactions is strongly integrated in all aspects of the Health & Safety 4th edition of DAP. This session will highlight ways faculty canusethecontent,charts,vignettes,reflectionquest and examples in the DAP book and online resources as Higher Education Accreditationpart of readings, activities, discussions, assignments, We are all in this together! fieldexperiences,andmore.ConnectionstootherNAEYC room 24 frameworks (e.g., equity position) will also be included.

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Feeling alone in your accreditation process? Have you started the self-study process and feel overwhelmed?

Wondering if your key assessments are doing what you intended them to do? Not sure about the best way to collect data and use it to make meaningful changes to your program? You are not alone. Come participate in a dialogue with other higher education colleagues to share your ideas, ask questions, and celebrate the process with others who are making the accreditation journey.

Dawn Wilkinson, Enhancing Early Childhood, LLC.; Melissa Busby, Enhancing Early Childhood, LLC. NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation

Camille Catlett, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute; Florianna Thompson, Wake Technical Community College Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

Nurturing Mathematical Wonder-Standing from Birth Counts for All Children: Exploring the Whys and Hows room

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This highly interactive session explores the development of mathematical thinking and problem solving in children birthtoagev.Humansareborninstinctivelywondering aboutmathematicalpropertiessuchasquantity/magni and spatial-temporal relationships. In the earliest years, their thinking is concrete (i.e., in the precursor stage). We owe it to all children to nurture and guide their wonder into conceptualunderstandingbyfindingthemathineveryda routines, interactions, and play.

Mary Hynes-Berry, Erikson Institute; Jie-Qi Chen, Erikson Institute Mathematics

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Tuesday 4:30 – 5:30 pm Social Justice Leadership: Creating Space for Teacher and Family Voices in Early Childhood Policies and Practices

Exploring the Changes of Developmentally Appropriate Practice Over Four Decades and Four Iterations in Teacher Preparation room

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In this session, participants will explore changes in the four versions of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP).

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Presenterswillsharefindingsfromasurveyofpreservice Leadership in EC and relevant literature sets up three teachers’baselineknowledgeofDAPfromtheirpublished panelists to share brief scenarios (one on a lab school, one work on the topic. In conclusion, presenters will provide on the Saudi Arabian teacher gender for male pupils in suggestions and recommendations for teaching the newly r-tgrade,andoneonBlackAfricanmaleteacher/leader/ revised DAP to teacher educators and practitioners. scholar) and how dominant stances were interrogated to Zlata Stanković-Ramirez, Coastal Carolina; Josh include teacher and family perspectives to reach more just Thompson, Texas A&M University-Commerce policies and practices. Time will be allowed for Q & A. room

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Martha Lash, Kent State University; Monica Miller Marsh, Kent State University; Nawal Alnomasy, Kent State University; Peter Oyewole, Kent State University; Rachel Turner, Kent State University Leadership

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Exploring the Journey: Early Childhood Educator Transitions from CDA to Higher Education room

Implementing Andragogical Principles to Develop Effective Professional Development in an Online Format

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Explore how early childhood educators successfully transition from CDA to higher education despite barriers and challenges. Review the situations, strategies, support room 06 systems, and personal characteristics participants 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm identifiedasecectiveintheireducationaljourney.Gain Reviewthedefinitionofandragogy(“theartand new insight for supporting the educational advancement of scienceofadultlearning”).Reviewexamplesofecective the workforce. implementation of andragogical principles in an online Danette Bosh Alexander, Stark State College format.Discussthedicerencesbetweenadultlearning Research and child learning. Develop strategies for implementing andragogical principles in online professional development that participants can immediately implement. Share Ask Us Anything: NAEYC Affiliate Q&A strategies and ideas for improving professional room 10 development sessions in an online format for adults.

Kelly Hantak, University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development; Nili Luo, Southwestern College; Judy Simpson, TodayCare Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation)

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AreyouanewAEYCboardmemberorstac?JoinNAEYC’s AdliateRelationsteamforanintroductiontothe relationshipbetweenNAEYCanditsAdliatesfollowedby an inform Q&A session.

Gwen Simmons, NAEYC; Jordan Christian, NAEYC Leadership

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Tuesday Supporting the Learning, Development, and Well-Being of Infants, Toddlers, and Twos Through Play room

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Considering the Seen and Unseen: Examining the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social and Emotional Development of Preschoolers

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4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Key concepts will be presented about how play supports development, learning, and well-being in the birth-toDiscussthedicerencesexistingbetweenthemeasured age three period (young infants, mobile infants, toddlers, and observed social and emotional skills of children who and twos). Emphasis is on teachers as observers and how attended preschool pre-pandemic and those who attend torespondecectivelytoachild’scommunicatedneeds, now.Learnaboutteachers’adaptationofpracticesto motivations, and preferences. Participants will engage supportchildren’ssocialandemotionalgrowthandme actively in considering culturally appropriate toys, play well-being in response to the pandemic. materials, and books that support the domains of cognitive, Rachel Konerman, Arlitt Center, University of Cincinnati; social and emotional, and physical development.

Jennifer Horwitz, Arlitt Child Development Center; Mary McMullen, Indiana University

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Tuesday Respecting All Families: Welcoming All Diverse Families into My Classroom room

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Sustaining Early Childhood Governance room

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Establishingecectivegovernanceandstrategic Educatorswiselyreflectonmessagesconveyedaboutpartnerships is key to strengthening early childhood family diversity in the resources and curriculum materials systems. The Hunt Institute will share the rationale behind theyuse.Children’sliteraturedepictingalldiversity, states’recentgovernancereforms,andthegoals,lessons including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender learned, and innovative solutions early childhood leaders families, and also inclusive families, can contribute to a and policymakers have realized by examining the oversight child’sdevelopment.Thisworkshopwillexaminechildren’s of their programs for young children and families. literature for welcoming all families. The importance Participants will gain an understanding of how governance of culturally responsive practices will be discussed for strategies support current legislative actions. creating an inclusive environment for LGBT families.

Lauren Zbyszinski, The Hunt Institute; Kathleen Harris, Seton Hill University Diversity & Equity

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You have seen how much your work matters. You have been called essential - but it hasn’t been enough. That’s why it’s time to translate your commitment to children into advocacy on their behalf.

Every day, in every corner of America, you rise to the task of helping our youngest learners reach their potential.

Join NAEYC and become part of a movement, powered by a diverse community of educators and advocates working together to increase equitable access to high-quality, affordable early childhood education provided by well-prepared and well-compensated early childhood educators. Together, we can #SolveChildCare for our nation’s children, families, educators, and economy.

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Tuesday Youth Development Credentials: Addressing the Need for a Growing Pool of Out-of-School Time Professionals to Tackle Learning Recovery room

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Addressing the Needs of Exceptional Children: the Connection Between Early Brain Development, Genetics, and Autism Spectrum Disorders room

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4:30 pm – 5:30 pm The Michigan Department of Education is employing newstrategiestoaddressagrowingshortageofqualified The session will review information related to the need educators and youth development professionals. This forearlyidentificationofchildrenwithautismspectr interactivesessionhighlightsthestate’sCareer disorders and(ASD), share current ASD statistics, and discuss TechnicalEducationprogram,whichocershighschoolthe role of early brain development and genetics in the students the opportunity to earn a youth development development of autism. Participants will analyze video credentialasanentrypointtoeducationcareers clips and/ to identify signs of autism in children prior to the age or further education. Engage in dialogue to discover how of three. They will become knowledgeable of appropriate credentials can be part of “growing your own” educator assessment and strategies to use with children with autism workforce. in the classroom and home.

Cathy Hengesbaugh, Michigan Department of Education; Terry Lashley, ICF; Lorraine Thoreson, Michigan Department of Education; Sheila Brookes, Region 8 Comprehensive Center Educator/Teacher Preparation

Anxiety According to Forrest Gump

Linda Crane Mitchell, East Carolina University Children with Disabilities/Early Intervention

Early Language Shapes Later Social, Emotional, and Academic Development room

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Thissessionwilldescribethefar-reachingecectsofea language development on later language, reading, selfThe presentation will give an entertaining but educational regulation, and social development. It will emphasize the approach to understanding exactly what anxiety does to a importance of conversations and will describe features child’sbrainandhowitimpactstheirlivesintoadulthood. of interaction that foster growth. It also will describe This is an award-winning presentation that has been seen programs that help parents foster language. Participants around the United States in over 200 workshops, trainings, willsharetheirprograms’ecortstoencourageparent and keynotes. use of language as well as approaches employed by other agencies in their community.

Gregory Williams, Baylor College of room

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Medicine/TexasChildren’sHospital Guidance/Challenging Behaviors

David Dickinson, Vanderbilt University Language & Literacy

Understanding Educators’ Perspectives on Early Childhood Education Principles and Practices: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion room

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This session will identify the needs and barriers teachers and administrators face in expanding transitional kindergarten in public schools. It will conduct an analysis of teacher and administrator feedback and explore supportive professional learning opportunities for administrators and teachers.

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Tuesday Centering Educators and Practice in Standards Development: An Introduction to Wyoming’s New Early Learning Standards room

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Helping Students Develop Thinking Habits to Improve Reading Comprehension room

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Explore the collaborative process centering educators and practice used in Wyoming to develop the new early learning standards. Examine the standards document, and explore key elements linking standards to practice.

Consider elements of the process and standards tools that can inspire your work with early childhood educators and caregivers.

Nikki Baldwin, University of Wyoming Early Childhood Outreach Network; Lauren Carlisle, University of Wyoming Early Childhood Outreach Network; Tyler Gonzalez, Wyoming Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative; Nicole Philbin,Children’sLearningCenter; Char Norris, Wyoming Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative; Jaclyn Klinginsmith, Wyoming Kids First Standards-Early Learning/Content Standards, Common Core Standards

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The goal of comprehension instruction is to help students make sense of what they read. Yet many studentshavedidcultydoingjustthat.Thesestudents have not developed the “thinking habits” that underlie comprehension. In this session, presenters will share a multisensory instructional routine that guides students throughaseriesofecectiveandinteractivestrategies Repeated use of the routine encourages independence and develops thinking habits that improve comprehension.

Carolyn Taylor, Unleashed Innovation; Heather Kenny, Unleashed Innovation CANCELLED

Comprehensive Workforce Initiative: Strategies to Recruit, Retain, and Upskill the Early Childhood Workforce room

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High turnover and workforce shortages continue to plague the early learning industry. The Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas has developed a framework that leverages existing quality programming with new supports to create a system that assists providers to recruit, upskill, and retainqualifiedECEinstructors.Inthispresentation, attendeeswilllearnabouttheframework’sprogramming, documentedimpact,andfive-yearplan.

Camille Mendez, Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas Quality Initiatives-QRIS, Compensation & Licensing

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Executive functioning is central to the development of young children, especially in the preschool years when the development of executive function skills is most rapid.

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a neuroscience-focused early childhood education program on executive functions and student achievement of an individually matched sample of Kindergarten students from two high-minority, economically disadvantaged school districts in the Southwestern United States.

Amber Brown, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Anil Karim, Fueling Brains; Dana Biddy, Fueling Brains Research

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Wednesday 8:00 – 9:00 am What We Can Learn from Fred Rogers’ Blueprints room

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Fred Rogers was more than a nice guy in a sweater—he was also a learning scientist who was decades ahead of his time.Inthistalk,we’llexplorehowFredengineeredMister Rogers’Neighborhoodtodevelopthe“toolsforlearning” that boost academics and well-being among kids and adults alike.We’llalsodiscusshoweducatorsandotherscan useFred’sblueprintstonurturethosetoolstoday.With examplesfromRemakeLearning,we’llshareinspiring, Workforce 2022: Exploring Recruitment and actionablewaystofollowinFred’sfootsteps.

Compensation in Early Childhood Education Ryan Rydzewski, The Grable Foundation Social/Emotional Development

Early Connections: Supporting Family Growth and Learning through a Family Café Approach room

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The pandemic and workforce disruption spotlighted a wellknown issue: workforce challenges in early childhood create ongoing obstacles to sustaining high-quality services for themostvulnerablechildren.Learnmoreabouttheecort to address systemic compensation issues—from policy recommendations to available resources that improve pay.

Early Connections, a parent café-style family engagement Karen McKnight, The Hunt Institute; curriculum, provides parents with the tools to build Winn Decker, The Hunt Institute strong relationships with their children. Learn more about CANCELLED implementingaparentcaféapproach—whichcentersparents’ voices and lived experience—in your program, and practice reflectiveandmindfulnessstrategiesdesignedtopromote Cultivating an Equity-Focused Culture through adult-childco-regulation.Together,we’llfocusonhowthese Mindfulness: Working from the Inside Out approaches can be used in an early education setting. room

Kathy Kinsner, Zero to Three Family Engagement & Support

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Mindfulness is a pathway to explore deeply embedded structural racism in our schools. This journey can only begin when we explore and understand our own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Identifying and dismantling racism is a process that requires deliberate strategies and actions.

Mindfulness allows awareness of our thoughts and ideas without judgment. Self-awareness raises the potential to courageously and purposely begin the journey toward understanding, kindness, and racial justice.

Timoty Steinhauer, Mt. Lebanon School District Diversity & Equity

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Wednesday Building bright futures one room at a time: How Cleveland Early Learning Spaces is addressing facility quality room

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Who Will Teach Our Youngest Children?

Creating a Highly Qualified Early Childhood Education Workforce room

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PRE4CLE, in partnership with Starting Point and IFF, has Participants will learn how to attract and retain teachers created a new program to support facility improvements in and administrators who are racially and ethnically diverse highly rated early learning centers in Cleveland. Through with the skills and attributes to succeed with infants, grant funding, professional development, and technical toddlers, and preschoolers. They will be provided with support for child care providers, plus a lot of advice from tools and strategies to ensure that teachers of children communitypartners,we’reworkingtoensurethatfacility frombirthtoagevcanearncredentialsanddegreesdebtqualitymatchesprogramquality.We’llsharetheprogram free. Finally, they will understand the steps to build and model, lessons learned, and ideas for how to get a program implementcareerpathwaysforthoseinthefieldandthose like this started in your community. enteringthefield.

Michelle Connavino, PRE4CLE; Michelle Bledsoe, Starting Point; Katie Kelly, PRE4CLE Program Quality, Evaluation, & Accountability

Understanding Communication Styles to Create a Lasting Impact room

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Debra Brathwaite, Preschool Promise, Dayton, OH; James Cosby, Preschool Promise Educator/Teacher Preparation

Implementation of Systematic Literacy Instruction (P-3) room

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Communication barriers and misunderstandings can Research demonstrates that a structured system of literacy impact the quality and success of an organization, causing instruction leads to increased student achievement. This mistrust and damage relationships. This interactive presentation highlights implementation across a school session will show participants how to identify their own district,focusingonphonics,vocabulary,students’conten communication style as well as the communication styles knowledge, and active reading of knowledge-rich texts. The of the people with whom they interact. Attendees will presentationhighlightsecortsandachievementsbythe learnhowtoovercomebarriersandadapttodicerent district over several years with respect to the $1.1 million communication styles to connect in a meaningful way with in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education their audience. for innovative literacy practices.

Laura Delgado, Learning Beyond Paper, Inc.

Ed Klein, Chardon Local Schools CANCELLED

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Serving the Early Childhood Education Workforce with Equity One CDA at a Time room

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8:00 am – 9:00 am The main goal of this session is to create the mathematical sparks in young children through Project MIND (Math The Council for Professional Recognition, home of the IsNotDidcult)methodologies.Thissessionwillengagerenowned National Child Development Associate (CDA) preschool teachers and administrators in developing Credential, is strengthening its work to advance equity mathematical contents in teaching strategies through the use and inclusion in the early childhood workforce by taking a of games and hands-on activities. It will provide invaluable proactive approach in supporting special accommodations resources for attendees to walk away with and immediately and multilingual early educators to take their CDA® implementintheiryounglearners’environment. assessments.

Ruth Jacoby, Somerset Academy Charter Schools; Hui Fang Su, Nova Southeastern University Mathematics

Katorra Enoch-Longshore, Council for Professional Recognition; Vilma Williams, Council for Professional Recognition Emerging Bilingual/Multilingual

NAEYC’s Beginning Steps: Developing and Sustaining a Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Leadership Pathway throughout the Association room

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Systems Thinking: Cultivating Deep Thinking in Early Childhood Programs room

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What does Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Explore systems thinking as a valuable practice for look like inside NAEYC? How do leaders implement deep thinking in classrooms with students, as well as changes to broaden leadership pathways? Learn how the within processes related to program development and results from a recent NAEYC survey, Diversity, Equity management. Practice using systems thinking tools. and Inclusion: Early Childhood Educators of Color Assess Supports practitioners in looking at the whole of systems, Our Performance and Share their NAEYC Membership while also analyzing ideas from the perspective of four Experiences, funded by the Dodge Family Foundation, is specificandimportantsystems:nature,economy,society informingtheworkoftheAdliateAdvisoryCouncil,the and well-being.

AdliateNetwork,andInterestForums.

Karen Virta, American School of Puerto Vallarta Tara Hurdle, Tennessee State University; Social Studies Hadiyah Miller,MultnomahCountyChildcareResource/ Referral; Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Center for Racial Justice in Education, New York Early Childhood ProfessionalDevelopmentInstitute,andBankStreet’s Center on Culture, Race & Equity; Margarita Marichal, Interamerican University School of Education Leadership

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Wednesday Equitable Holistic School Readiness Plan Development: Four Investment Areas to Support Children, Families, Teachers, and the Community room

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This session will demonstrate a new method for creating an equitable holistic school readiness plan being tested in Pueblo County, Colorado. Learn innovative approaches to community-driven and family-centered investments aimed at improving school readiness and community well-being, bolstered by the latest early childhood national research and alignment with state level initiatives.

Angela Shehorn,ChildrenFirst/PuebloEarly Childhood Council; Matt Guy, Common Thread Group; Jen Lewis-Walden, Common Thread Group

The Photographic Essay: Documenting Small Moments Deeply room

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In this session attendees will explore how photography— particularly brief photosets (“photographic essays”)— constitutesanedcienttoolforrichdocumentation, assessment, and advocacy. Attendees will identify their current assessment practices and goals with the aim of understanding how to enrich these with intentional photography within the extant structure of their days. The session will include takeaways for administrators, teachers, and professional development coordinators.

Ron Grady, NOLA Nature School Assessment of Young Children (developmental screening, diagnostic evaluation, classroom-based assessment)

Community Partnerships

Join the Club: An Action Research Study About a Virtual Professional Development Book Club room

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Nicole Willard, Windmill School Laurel Education Center Training & Professional Development Programs

Bearing Fruit: The Results of Implementing the TREE Video Coaching Framework with Tools of the Mind Classroom Teachers at Roanoke City Public Schools 8:00

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Review the implementation of a professional development book with a child care center in Ontario, Canada. Identify potential areas of focus for a book club within a personal setting. Create a draft of an action plan for implementation.

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DAP and Digital Diets: Making Healthy Technology Choices for Young Children

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Wondering how to craft a healthy digital diet for young children? Learn to make informed, research -based decisions when selecting digital media, apps, and websites foruseatschoolandhome.We’llexaminerubrics, questions, and recommendations to empower teachers and families to guide children to learn safely, construct knowledge, communicate, and solve problems in an interconnected world.

Amy Berens, Bright Horizons Technology & Digital Media

Literacy Instruction for Students with Autism: Supports for a Shifting Environment room

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Inthiscasestudysession,findouthowToolsofthe 8:00 am – 9:00 am Mind and Roanoke City Public Schools Early Childhood Review evidence-based materials and strategies for literacy Division revitalized coaching and professional development instruction before the pandemic. Participate in a discussion centralizedaroundavideooftheteacher’sownpractice analyzingdataofteachers’perceptionsofthebestlitera inaction.We’llexplorehowwecreatedaprocessthat instructional materials and strategies used during the maximizesteacherreflectionandback-and-forthdialogue pandemic. Plan for future experiences utilizing the new groundedinpedagogy,theory,andpractice.Finally,we’ll strategies and recommendations to best support students look at the impact of this in-depth and personalized virtual with ASD; develop literacy skills. and video coaching on teachers and students.

Heather Marzenski, Baldwin Wallace University; Angela Alvis, Tools of the Mind; Ann Kreft, Roanoke City Public Schools

Brandi Seither, Baldwin Wallace University Language & Literacy

Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation)

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Wednesday 9:15 – 10:15 am Building Teacher Resilience in a Stress-Filled World

Understanding and Supporting Dual Language Learners in the Early Childhood Classroom room

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Ateacher’sintentiontoserveduallanguagelearner (DLLs) informs an inclusive climate. This session breaks 9:15 am – 10:15 am down the lingo and provides practical DLL teaching Inaprofessionwhereuptovqpercentofprofessionals strategies useful for all. As teachers embrace the culture of leavethefieldinthefirstfiveyears,describingteaching the DLLas in tangible ways that are relevant to all children, stressful seems to be a major understatement. Teaching the diverse classroom becomes a place of equity and during a pandemic raises that to Olympian proportions. In inclusion. this session, we will explore what contributes to burnout, Jessica Farmer, QuaverEd what a resilient teacher looks like, and what steps we can Language & Literacy take to build our protective factors of resilience. room

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Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to Prepare the Early Learning Workforce

Aligning Education Pathways to the Unifying Framework: One State’s Journey room

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ReviewMissouri’scurrentworkforcedevelopment goals and adaptation to the NAEYC Standards and 9:15 am – 10:15 am Competencies. Attendees will discuss recruitment and Review promising and successful equity-focused initiatives retention strategies and how higher education programs supporting the diverse early learning workforce at North can align with the developing educational pathways.

SeattleCollege.NSC’sco-createdlanguageimmersion Michael Abel, University of Missouri-Kansas City programmingforAASclassesinteachers’homelanguages Educator/Teacher Preparation are designed to meet industry educational requirements.

TheBASprogramdesignedapre-postsurveyoffirst-year students assessing their anti-bias skills, knowledge, and How to Secure the Future of Early Childhood edcacy.Learnkeystrategiestoimplementinteacher Educators, Support Families, and Reinvigorate preparation programs to meet the workforce needs. the Workforce: Policy Perspectives from room

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Anna Saradeth, North Seattle College; Ninder Gill, North Seattle College Educator/Teacher Preparation

the Council for Professional Recognition room

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In order to secure the future of early childhood educators, there must be a multi-pronged approach that supports families and reinvigorates the workforce. The Council for Professional Recognition will share the policy interventions and strategies we are engaging in while discussing the past, present, and future of early childhood education.

This session will also explore an intersectional analysis of pay disparity, health equity, and gender to identify current challenges in the workforce.

Brionnea Williams, Council for Professional Recognition Advocacy/Public Policy

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Wednesday Marvelous Makerspaces: Creating Inquiry-Based Teacher Education Training for Inclusive Classrooms room

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Participants will be exposed to the philosophy of STEMbased teacher education through inquiry- based practice.

We will explore how to nurture an inclusive approach to education through culturally relevant pedagogy coupled with STEM. The foundational lens of STEM education will provide a curricular lens to develop future classroom activities.

Tonia Breech, Lehigh Carbon Community College CANCELLED

Culturally Responsive Instruction: Extending Oral Language with Young Children and Families through Play, Active Engagement, and Inquiry in an Urban Setting room

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Nature as Your Teaching Partner: A Guide to Seasonal, Outdoor Experiences in Early Childhood Education

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This presentation takes a detailed, year-round look at practical and engaging outdoor experiences for children ages 3 to 6. Special attention is given to seasonal activities that can be taught in a range of environments, easily obtainable materials, and meeting the developmental needsofchildren—allwhileusingnatureasone’steachin partner. It includes eye-catching photographs and videos featuring children at Schlitz Audubon Nature Preschool, taken during the past two years of the pandemic.

Catherine Koons-Hubbard, Schlitz Audubon Nature Preschool; Patti Bailie, University of Maine at Farmington Curriculum-Theories & Approaches

Boosting Retirement Savings and Minimizing Taxes Now room

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9:15 am – 10:15 am Participants will be able to evaluate the strategies used to leverage the expertise from community partner(s) to honor Saving for retirement can also be a great way to lower taxes andextendyoungchildren’sorallanguageasweshare now,especiallyifyouareovervq.Fromretirementsavings engaging tasks. Analyze our method for collecting student to healthcare, there are programs that can give you the and family dialogue to determine the Tier 2 words that boost you need. were used during the explicit vocabulary lessons. Explore Buddy Farmer, Teacher Advisors LLC specifictasksandcorrespondenceforgainingcommunity Program Administration & Financial Management support and recruitment tools for families.

Taajah Witherspoon, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Cora Causey, University of Alabama at Birmingham Community Partnerships

A Shared Resources Road Map: How to Navigate Your Way Through Shared Services to Increase Quality and Sustainability room

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Join me for an in-depth analysis of shared services as a toolbox of resources that providers can use to save time and money within their early childhood programs. I will lead a discussion that is focused on how engaging in shared services allows providers to reinvest the time and money saved into areas of their program to increase program quality and sustainability.

Amanda Krause DiScala, ALD Educational Consulting Leadership

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Wednesday Using Innovative Methods to Analyze CLASS Data for Targeted Coaching Interventions room

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Exploring Polaroid Photography Through Play in an Early Childhood Classroom room

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Typical results from CLASS observations provide average scores for domains and dimensions. Looking at each round of data in a detailed way using indicators, format, and content gives programs a more accurate and detailed picture of strengths and areas for improvement in their program. This session will explore how to conduct a detailed analysis of data and how to use the results to create targeted coaching plans and professional development planning.

Theprimaryaudiencewillbenefitfromunderstandingho toenhancepreschoolchildren’sactivitiesandcreat learning experiences in the early childhood classroom. The benefitsfortheprimaryaudiencewillbeclearexampleso creative, relevant, and individually appropriate educational activities to support learning for all young children.

Benefitsforcooperatingteachersalsoincludeexamini innovative learning pedagogical tools on various art mediums that are meaningful.

Melissa Newkirk, University of Missouri – Kansas City

Brandon Gilbert, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consultation)

The Relationship of Coaching on Quality Ratings in Early Childhood Care room

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Into the Wild: Teaching Math, Science, ELA and Social Studies Through an Environmental Lens room

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A quantitative study using archival data of 208 sites was Environmental themes can be used to frame conductedtodeterminethedicerenceinQRISscores interdisciplinary lessons in the K-3 classroom that build between childcare programs that received coaching before students’skillsinnumeracy,literacy,problemsolving QRIS entry and those with no coaching before entry. scientificinquiry,communication,andmore.Inthis Resultsshowedthatprecoachingmadeadicerenceinteractive in session, the presenters will share ways to initial ratings, but not long-term. This session introduces cultivate environmental stewardship–while building participants to current research on coaching, classroom content knowledge in core subject areas. Activity formats outcomes,andQRIS’sinordertobeginconversations include role- playing simulations, mathematical modeling, around possible policy and practice changes within ECE. problem-solving challenges, interactive stories, and games.

Michelle Burkhard, Grow By 1, LLC Program Quality, Evaluation, & Accountability

Nancy Varian, Malone University; Rosie Gregg, Malone University Science/Environment/Nature Education

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Wednesday How 3D-Augmented Reality Gets Children Joyfully Engaged and Ready to Learn room

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Rocking your Role! Building a FamilyOriented School Community Focused on the Social and Emotional Growth of All Students, Staff, and Families

room 26-B Attendees will learn why 3D Augmented Reality is so 9:15 am – 10:15 am ecectiveforjoyful,engagedlearning.Researchwillbe shared revealing the success of teaching with this novel and Dee and Kelly will have the audience rocking and rolling innovative approach. with their “Weekly Top 40” of events! Participants will - The brain science behind AR and how it increases learn how to cultivate a family-oriented culture while engagement and accelerates learning maintaining academic excellence. Participants will leave -TheresearchandcasestudiesvalidatingAR’snovel with trusted activities that can be implemented the next approach day for all stakeholders. We will focus on the social- The equity of AR tech for a variety of learning styles emotional learning of all stakeholders with integrating - Hands-on activities with interactive 3D animals music and art!

- Takeaways and next steps for implementing AR Dee Rosen, Tiller School of Carteret County;

Cynthia Kaye, Alive Studios Technology & Digital Media

Five Teacher Marketing Strategies You Can’t Ignore in 2022 room

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Kelly Riley, Tiller School of Carteret County Learning Environment

Recruit, Train, and Retain: Building a Quality Workforce in a COVID-Fatigued World room

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Finding teachers to apply (and stay) at your preschool has The educator workforce is at a breaking point. Yet demand never been harder. More than ever as an industry we have forqualifiedprofessionalswhosupportchildrenin hadtopivotandlearnnewstrategies.Learnfivesuccessful meaningful and equitable ways is higher than ever. This strategies preschools are implementing nationally to attract session will examine barriers presented by the traditional andretainstac. pathways, and explore a new way of reimagining how to buildaqualifiedworkforce.Learnhowwell-designed, Molly Hichens, HINGE Advisors; Kathe continuous quality improvement systems attract, train, Petchel, HINGE Advisors and retain leaders, coaches, and teachers. And discover Training & Professional Development Programs strategiestobuildyourstacstrongerthanever.

Turning Barriers into Building Blocks for Children with Learning Differences room

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Sara Diamond, Teachstone Inc. Professional Development Systems

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This workshop will equip caregivers, families, and educators with the necessary tools and strategies to supportchildrenstrugglingwithlearningdicerencesand social delays. This session will show ways to turn negative behaviors into normalized behaviors and create routines and structure to support the child and the class. You will also learn strategies to keep children in school and in class byempoweringthechildtoutilizetheirstrengthstofind their version of success.

Nichole Gant, School in the Hills Montessori School Guidance/Challenging Behaviors

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Closing Plenary Session

DAP as a Guide to Effective Learning Environments: Lessons Learned from the Tennessee Pre-K Study, Implications for Policy and Practice

Grand Ballroom 10:30

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What does quality early learning that supports the learning and development of each child look like? A study of pre-K in Tennessee which found that children randomly assigned to attend pre-K had lower state achievement scoresthanchildrenwhodidnotattendocersmuch to think about. What are the lessons learned from this study, and how do we translate those to college courses,

Brian L. Wright, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator

trainings, approaches to teaching, and conversations with

of Early Childhood Education and Coordinator of the Middle

those who fund programs? Descriptions of the Tennessee

School Cohort of the African American Male Academy, The

Voluntary Pre-K program indicate that the program

University of Memphis;

heavily emphasized large-group, teacher-led direct

Douglas H. Clements, Distinguished University Professor,

instruction rather than playful hands-on learning. While

Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning, University

research shows that children learn best when the learning

of Denver;

is engaged, joyful, and playful, research also shows that

Katie Kelly, Executive Director, PRE4CLE;

children’sexperienceswithcontentlikemathinfl Qianna uence Tidmore, UPK Program Manager, Invest in Children their later success in school. While children with families

and President of OAEYC;

whocanacordtosendthemtoprivatepreschoolsoften Ann McClain Terrell, Moderator, experience hands-on, play-based learning environments,

NAEYC Immediate Past President

programs with a focus on raising assessment scores at times mistakenly focus on teacher-directed content instruction.It’stimetoendthe“either/or”dichotomyof play and content and to dig deep into understanding the “both/and”andthatallchildrendeservequalityearly learning. This session explores the lessons learned from the Tennessee pre-K study in the context of the fourth edition of the DAP position statement and book. Panelists will highlight how DAP can serve as a guide to joyful andecectivelearningforeachchildandhowtotranslate the importance of playful learning to those who fund preschool initiatives in states.

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Exhibit Hall Hall C - Exhibit Level

Visit the Exhibit Hall to discover new ideas and solutions in over 40 booths. After two years without most in-person events happening,theconvenienceofhavingnumerousvendorswithinwalkingdistanceisoneofthebenefitsofcomi national show. Enjoy the conversations, innovations, and giveaways!

TheNAEYCShopocersachancetopagethroughournewesttitleswhiletheHomeroomfeaturesourteamofexper Learning Program Accreditation, membership, and advocacy. We are so excited to interact with you in person again that we have a gift waiting for you in the Homeroom!

The daily Exhibit Hall drawings have prizes galore with NAEYC books, Annual Conference registrations, gift cards, an Apple iPad, and nice-to-have lifestyle items. The Exhibit Hall Guide is available at registration or in the Exhibit Hall with information on the many ways to be a winner!

Index of Exhibitors (as of May 6) Sunday - Tuesday 12:30 – 2 pm Lunch Service in the Exhibit Hall ($)

Sunday, June 12

Air Child Care Training Solutions

www.airchildcare.com Booth #317

Bee All You Can Bee and The BEE Institute www.beeallyoucanbee.org Booth #106

12 Noon – 3 pm First Look

Book Vine for Children

5:30 – 7 pm Networking Reception – light appetizers and drink ticket

Branagh Group

5:45 – 7 pm Research Poster Session

www.bookvine.com Booth #207

www.branaghgroup.com Booth #205

Brookes Publishing

www.brookespublishing.com Booth #321

Champlain College

Monday, June 13

www.champlain.edu/MEd Booth #304

10 am – 4:30 pm

Child Care Aware of America

4:15 pm Prize Drawing

www.childcareaware.org Booth #214

Child’s Play

Tuesday, June 14

www.childsplayusa.com Booth #408

10 am – 2 pm Dedicated Hall Hours

Church Mutual Insurance Company

1:30 pm Final Prize Drawing

www.churchmutual.com Booth #101

Connect4Learning

www.connect4learning.com Booth #204

Council for Professional Recognition www.cdacouncil.org/en/ Booth #309

Discount School Supply

www.discountschoolsupply.com Booth #201

Famly, Inc.

www.famly.co/us Booth #105

Gryphon House, Inc.

www.gryphonhouse.com Booth #206

HighScope Educational Research Foundation

www.highscope.org Booth #316

Housman Institute

www.housmaninstitute.com Booth #407

Johnnie Max

by John Jones Media, LLC

www.johnnie-max.com Booth #413

Community Playthings

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Exhibit Hall/Index of Advertisers Kaplan Early Learning Company

www.kaplanco.com Booth #200

Kid City USA Enterprises

Urban Infant

www.urbaninfant.com Booth #302

Index of Advertisers

Walden University

cover

www.kidcityusa.com Booth #104

www.waldenu.edu/NAEYC Booth #203

Lakeshore Learning

Wilson Language Training

www.lakeshorelearning.com Booth #401

Learning Beyond Paper, Inc. www.learningbeyondpaper.com Booth #404

LENA

www.lena.org Booth #115

New World

www.newworldnow.com Booth #121

Procare Solutions

www.procaresoftware.com Booth #400

ProSolutions Training

www.prosolutionstraining.com Booth #306

www.wilsonlanguage.com Booth #103

Zero To Three

www.zerotothree.org Booth #420

Zid Zid

www.zidzid.com Booth #221

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Kaplan Early Learning Company

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Forrest T Jones

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Forrest T Jones

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Bright Horizons®

10 The Early Childhood Policy Network 11

Teaching Strategies, LLC

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The Source for Learning ECE

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The Book Vine For Children

15

Start Early

16 Johnnie Max by John Jones Media, LLC 16

Tools of the Mind

17

Lakeshore Learning

18 HighScope Educational Research Foundation 20

Teachers College Press

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Walden University

Redleaf Press

www.redleafpress.org Booth #313

Stages Learning

www.stageslearning.com Booth #421

Teaching Strategies, LLC www.teachingstrategies.com Booth #301

The Source for Learning, Inc. www.sourceforlearning.org/ecei Booth #109

Tout About Toys

www.toutabouttoys.com Booth #113

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2022 NAEYC Professional Learning Institute

Michelle Kang NAEYC Chief Executive Officer

JUNE 12–JUNE 15, 2022 | CLEVELAND, OHIO

National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAEYC’S 2022 Professional Learning Institute

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