2020 Early Childhood Education Conference

Northeastern Junior College, along with the Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick Counties, is excited to host the annual Early Childhood Conference on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 7 a.m. to 5:35 p.m. The conference is for child care professionals working with young children from birth to eight years old.

Presenters from the 2019 Early Childhood Conference, Rebekah Gentz, Allie S. and Andrea Abarca

The theme of this year's conference is Nature and Nurture, and features a full slate compelling speakers with many practical, hands-on sessions!

Vendors will be on site during the conference.

There will be door prize giveaways, so attendees are encouraged to enter to win! (Entries must be present to win.)

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Agenda

7 a.m.	Registration
	Light breakfast items will be provided.
8 a.m.	Keynote: Think "OUTSIDE", No Box	Renee McLaughlin
	We will be taking a deeper dive into the importance of outside play. What does licensing and quality improvement say about outside play? How does outside time effect children's growth and development? We will talk about the barriers we face in taking children outside. What is the Role of the teacher when playing outside?
	Morning Break-Out Sessions
9:45-10:45 a.m.	Fun Activities to do Outside with Children	Renee McLaughlin
	This workshop will be full of hands-on activities. Practitioners will go home with lots of ideas ready to roll out on Monday morning.
9:45-10:45 a.m.	Moving Past Paper	Michael Taylor
	Technology is often either broached in the ECE field as totally revolutionary or as another hurdle to jump through. In this presentation, Michael Taylor of Early Learning Ventures uses the accumulated knowledge of 500 providers to share a more realistic viewpoint of technology in the ECE field.
9:45-10:45 a.m.	Growing the Brain	Amy Nation, Erin Pounds and Cheryl Bills
	We will be discussing brain development and the areas of the brain. We will look at factors to improve and enhance development and adverse effects of media on brain development.
9:45-10:45 a.m.	Autism	Michelle Kaiser
	Session information and presenter biography coming soon.
12-1 p.m.	Lunch
	Afternoon Break-Out Session
1:15-3:15 p.m.	Developmentally Appropriate Practice	Shelli Krager and Emma Mackay
	This is a hands-on session with activities for a variety of areas of study and covering all developmental domains.
2:15-3:15 p.m.	You Owe it to Yourself to Nurture YOU Like You Nurture Your LITTLES: Getting Off the Provider Burnout Superhighway!	Chris Swenson
	You are giving so much of your time and energy nurturing all those little ones around you. Perhaps you are very passionate about playing a role in their development and lives. However, don't forget about taking car of YOU. This will be a fun and entertaining session helping you regain your passion and energy for nurturing all those LITTLES and to feel better, too!
3:15-4:15 p.m.	Drug-Addicted Families	Jessica Harder
	Session information and presenter biography coming soon!
3:15-4:15 p.m.	Really Seeing Children	Ellen Coker
	The focus of this session will be to discuss and reflect on stories from early childhood settings. This interactive session will support participants in the exploration of ways to develop and deepen relationships with children through observation and interactions that nurture relationships. Strategies will be discussed for creating environments and experiences to reinforce best social and emotional development will be included as participants are actively engaged in this session.
4:15-5:15 p.m.	Those Difficult Discussions with Families	Terry Curtis
	Join in on the discussion of when and how to talk with families on those difficult topics. How do you tell a parent you think their child needs services? Behavior issues? Social emotional issues? This session will be highly interactive.
4:15-5:15 p.m.	No Small Matter: Advocacy	Michelle Sharp
	Session information and presenter biography coming soon!
5:15-5:35 p.m.	Closing Remarks, door prizes awarded (must be present to win)

Pre-Registration must be received BEFORE Jan. 18, 2020

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All Commencement Details can be found here

2020 Early Childhood Education Conference

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