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Leadership Connections™ NATIONAL CONFERENCE A Framework for Success May 9-11, 2019 Thursday Welcome to Leadership Connections 2019! In Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, she recommends that you “find people who will make you better.” This is the very best of advice and this week, we have all surrounded ourselves with people who will make us better in some way. You join over 700 early childhood professionals from over 37 states, the District of Columbia, and four countries, including Canada, Israel, the Faroe Islands, and the United States. In addition to the registrants, there are over 50 presenters and more than 30 marketplace exhibitors. With hundreds of professionals dedicated to early childhood leadership, we trust that you will gain a great deal, whether you are joining us for the first time, or you are a Leadership Connections regular. I am particularly excited to learn from our keynote speaker, Myra Jones-Taylor of ZERO TO THREE; be inspired by our 2019 Visionary Leadership Award honoree, Libby Doggett, at the Leadership Colloquium; and attend the Public Policy Forum where we will discuss the critical topic of racial equity. In addition to the formal opportunities provided by the presenters and exhibitors sharing their expertise and ideas, we hope you find time to connect with each other informally during a morning walk, a night in Chicago, the networking reception, and any other occasion you create or discover. By reaching out to each other, you are growing your networks and making life-long connections with other leaders who understand your struggles and successes. In this Program Book, we offer “a framework for success” by organizing sessions by the three domains of the McCormick Center’s Whole Leadership Framework: Pedagogical Leadership, Administrative Leadership, and Leadership Essentials, which provides clarity for understanding the leadership competencies necessary for effective leadership of early childhood programs. We are so excited to have you join us for Leadership Connections, the premier national conference for early childhood leaders. Please know that the McCormick Center team is here to make your conference experience a memorable one. If there is anything you need, please connect with one of us. Have a great week and I look forward to learning from you! Warm regards, DONNA JACOBSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Page 2 #LCNC19 AT NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY McCormick Center Advisory Board Kay Albrecht Tom Layman President, QRIS (ExceleRate) Policy Director, Innovations in Early Childhood Education Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development Jerry Cutts Executive Director, M.-A. Lucas First Children’s Finance Principal, Lucas and Associates Eva Daniels Family Child Care Consultant Karen Ponder Distinguished Fellow, Geania Dickey The BUILD Initiative Consultant, Arkansas State University Childhood Cindy Rojas-Rodriguez Services Executive Director, Together4Children Chip Donohue Principal, Kathleen Villano Donohue & Associates Project Director, The Center: Resources for Teaching and Stacie Goffin Learning Principal, Goffin Strategy Group, LLC Margie Wallen Vice President, National Policy, Ed Greene Ounce of Prevention Fund VP, Children, Youth and Digital Media Literacy, Lana Weiner HITN Early Childhood Consultant Luis Hernandez Cass Wolfe ECE Specialist, T/TAS, Senior Vice President, Western Kentucky University Early Learning Quality Advancement/ Childcare Resources, Inc. Kristie Kauerz Director, National P-3 Center, School of Education and Human Development, University of Colorado Denver Conference Schedule Wednesday (pre-conference) | May 8 Pre-registration is required for all pre-conference sessions 8:45 am - 4:15 pm Susan MacDonald: Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership: Strategies to Ignite Passion and Possibility 8:45 am - 4:15 pm Walter Gilliam: Implicit Biases in Early Childhood Settings 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch for all pre-conference attendees 4:45 pm - 11:30 pm Guided tour of Chicago (additional fee) Thursday | May 9 6:00 am - 6:30 am Morning Walk 7:00 am - 7:45 am Continental Breakfast sponsored by FunShine Express 8:00 am - 10:00 am Workshop Session 1 10:15 am - 12:30 pm Opening Luncheon 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm Workshop Session 2 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Special Interest Sessions 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Networking Reception sponsored by Kaplan 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Professional Headshots sponsored by Funshine Express 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Marketplace (exhibit hall) opens 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Leadership Colloquium Friday | May 10 6:00 am - 6:30 pm Morning Walk 7:00 am - 7:45 am Continental Breakfast sponsored by Branagh Group 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Marketplace (exhibit hall) open 8:00 am - 10:00 am Public Policy Forum 10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break 10:30 am - 11:30 am Marketplace Product Demonstration by Funshine Express 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Workshop Session 3 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Marketplace Product Demonstration by Branagh Group 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Buffet | Professional Headshotssponsored by Funshine Express 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Marketplace Product Demonstration by Kaplan 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Workshop Session 4 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Ice Cream Break sponsored by Smartcare 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Workshop Session 5 4:30 pm - 11:30 pm Guided tour of Chicago (additional fee) Saturday | May 11 7:00 am - 7:45 am Continental Breakfast 8:00 am - 10:00 am Workshop Session 6 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Workshop Session 7 McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Page 4 #LCNC19 AT NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY Sessions Overview Thursday Friday Saturday Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Track 8:00 am - 10:00 am 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 8:00 am - 10:00 am 10:30 am - 12:30 pm How Early Childhood Creating and Creating Empowered & Partners in Education: Evaluating Technology Use Helping Teachers Feel “The Gangsters”: Leaders Can Create & Supporting Early Engaged Employees Engaging Families in Early for Early Childhood Excited About Teaching Supporting Young Children Support Trauma... 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