2021 Annual Conference Held Virtually This Year
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NYAEYC thanks you for your essential service. 2021 Virtual ANNUAL CONFERENCE APRIL 15 - 18 Same great quality from the comfort of home. 1 Table of Contents A Letter from the NYAEYC President ....................................... 3 Conference Need to Know ........................................................ 4 Kick-Off Event and Keynotes .................................................... 5 Workshop Listing .................................................................. 6-20 Presenters ............................................................................... 21 NYAEYC Members .................................................................. 22 Become a Member of NYAEYC .............................................. 23 New York State Credentials and CTLEs ................................. 24 NYAEYC Governing Board and Staff ...................................... 25 Save the Dates for 2022, 2023, and 2024 ............................... 28 Thank you to our 2021 sponsors! CLOSING REMARKS Deacon Frank Secretary, Board of Trustees Thank you to our 2021 partner! 2 A Letter from the President Welcome Conference Attendees, On behalf of the NYAEYC Governing Board and staff, it is our honor to welcome you to the 2021 Annual Conference held virtually this year. We are so thrilled you have taken the time out of your schedule to spend time with us for your personal professional development and growth. Be sure to find a location in your program or home with minimal distractions to maximize your conference experience. If you have been attending our conferences for a long time, we are thrilled to have you back. If this is your first time attending, we are so happy to meet you! Heather Sweet This year's keynote presentations will be embracing diversity, equity, and President, NYAEYC inclusion - pointed, relevant, and crucial topics that are essential to an early Governing Board childhood educator's professional development journey. We are happy to say that the keynote speakers who were scheduled to come in 2020 agreed to join us virtually this year. Walter Gilliam, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of Tale’s Edward Zigler Center and Social Policy, will join us Friday, April 16 at 11:00am. We will then welcome Rosemarie Allen, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver, on Saturday at 11:0am. Finally, Megan Madison, doctoral student at Brandeis University, will close out the conference on Sunday, April 18. We would also like to highlight our exciting kick-off event, scheduled for Thursday, April 15 at 7:00pm. Coy Bowles, children's book author, early childhood advocate, and singer/songwriter for the Zac Brown Band. Coy and Kristen Kerr, the NYAEYC Executive Director, will facilitate an exciting discussion about advocacy, storytelling, and the inherent power found within in all early childhood professionals. Be sure to look over the Final Program, build your conference schedule around the workshops that will best fit your professional development needs, visit with our sponsors and exhibitors, collect points for the virtual scavenger hunt, and utilize the various networking opportunities throughout the event. Enjoy your time, and we hope to see you in person in 2022! Sincerely, Heather Sweet President, New York Association for the Education of Young Children 3 Conference Need to Know Virtual Scavenger Hunt and Raffle Collect points throughout the four days of the conference! You will want to look for codes within workshop descriptions, within exhibitor and sponsor descriptions, as pop-ups, receive points for attending workshops and keynotes, and more! The more points you receive, the more raffle tickets you can submit for your chance to win some great prizes! Head over to the Gamification tab in PheedLoop to see our list of prizes! OCFS Training Hours OCFS training hours will be awarded for workshops that are attended in-full and during the four live days of the conference. OCFS credits will not be awarded for on-demand workshops that are viewed following the event. In order to receive appropriate training hours documented on your Training Certificate, you must complete a pop-up survey that will appear toward the end of the workshops you are attending. The submission of this short survey is your proof of attendance and how the hours will be applied to your certificate. Certificates NYAEYC Certificates will be awarded at the end of the conference. Annual They will be sent via email and can also be downloaded from the Account section in PheedLoop. Should you have Conference any difficulty retrieving the certificate or information is missing, please email Aimee Pryba at [email protected]. 4 Kick-OffKick-Off Event Event and and Keynotes Keynotes DAY 1 Thursday, April 15, 7:00-8:00pm COY BOWLES Children's Book Author, Early Childhood Advocate, and Singer/songwriter for the Zac Brown Band The Power of Early Childhood Educators, The Power of Storytelling Friday, April 16, 11:00am-12:00pm DAY 2 Friday, April 16, 2:00-3:00pm WALTER GILLIAM, PH.D. Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of Tale’s Edward Zigler Center and Social Policy Keynote How Implicit Biases Shape the Way We View Our Children Featured Session - Friday, April 16, 2:00-3:00pm Connecting What We Know About Preschool Expulsion To What We Do DAY 3 Saturday, April 17, 11:00am-12:00pm ROSEMARIE ALLEN, PH.D. Associate Professor in the School of Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver If Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Are the Goals, the Objective Must Include Positively Connecting With and Relating to ALL Children DAY 4 Sunday, April 18, 11:00am-12:00pm MEGAN MADISON Doctoral Candidate in Social Policy at Brandeis University, Early Childhood Trainer, Scholar, Advocate, Organizer How Do We Get There? The Journey Toward Racial Justice 5 Workshop Listing Thursday, April 15, 2021 Session 1 1:00pm-2:00pm Why All These Assessment Tools? CBK: 6; OCFS: 3; Level: 2, 3; TA: 1, 2, 3, 6; DF: 5 Deborah Collette-Cromp, Trainer/Coach, Teaching Improves Performance, Malone, NY, T-TAP Professional Development Specialist How the Pyramid Model, Environmental Rating Scales, and Quality Stars work together. Engage in self- reflection activities using the ERS and Inventory of Practices. The Importance of Early Experiences: How Playing IS Kindergarten Readiness! CBK: 1, 4; OCFS: 1, 3; Level: 1, 2, 3; TA: 1, 2, 3, 6; DF: 1, 2, 3, 4 Lisa Murphy, Early Childhood Specialist, Founder and CEO of Ooey Gooey, Inc., Kissimmee, FL During this session Lisa will identify the seven things we need to do with children each day. These seven things make up the foundation that supports the house of higher learning. There is nothing wrong with the "academic" expectations within this house: reading, writing, math... the trouble is that many early childhood educators are being pressured to build a house where there is no foundation. And you do not need to be an architect to know that if you build where there is no foundation, the house will come crashing down. Playing is "getting them ready" and through an investigation of each of the seven things, Lisa shows you how. By making time to create, move, sing, discuss, observe, read, and play we are getting children ready not just for kindergarten but for life. The Transition Into Kindergarten: One of Life's Biggest Transitions CBK: 2, 7; OCFS: 1, 3; Level: 1, 2, 3; TA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; DF: 3, 4, 5 Patricia Persell, NYS Head Start Collaboration Director, NYS Council on Children and Families, Rensselaer, NY The transition into kindergarten is one of life's biggest transitions and a little preparation can go a long way. When children and parents know what to expect, and when schools know who is coming into their kindergarten classrooms in the fall, all do better. A warm transition can have a lasting impact all the way through 12th grade and beyond. Learn some new steps to strengthen your school/program's transition practices. Both sides of the transition can work to strengthen the system, and this can lead to better outcomes for children and more satisfied staff and teachers. All levels are welcome, parents too! Technology: A Business Outreach Tool CBK: 7; OCFS: 5; Level: 1; TA: 2, 3; DF: 5 Brooke Ricci, Training Coordinator, Early Care & Learning Council, Albany, NY, T-TAP Professional Development Specialist Discover ways to communicate with parents, employees, and the general public by using online tools such as social media, SMS/text alerts, and website optimization. Brainstorm additional ways to recruit new staff, connect with families, and advertise your business. 6 Workshop Listing Thursday, April 15, 2021 Session 2 2:30pm-3:30pm Death by PowerPoint CBK: 6,7; OCFS: 3; Level: 1, 2, 3; TA: 6; DF: 5 Marilyn Ballard, President, ECE Solutions,Inc., Buffalo, NY, T-TAP Professional Development Specialist There are two important components of a quality presentation--mastery of content and mastery of presentation skills. Two very different skill sets. When we ignore one, the training experience for the participants will be affected. Whether training at a monthly staff meeting or at a national conference, participants will gain concrete strategies that will improve the training experience immediately for both presenter and attendees. Early Intervention-Special Education Preschool Transitions: Making it Easy for Parents, Children and Teachers CBK: 2; OCFS: 1; Level: 1, 2, 3; TA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; DF: 2, 3, 4 Nancy Hampton, Transition Coordinator, NYS Council on Children and Families, Rensselaer, NY Tracy Lyman, Lecturer & Early Intervention Specialist, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY Learn how to support a successful transition from Early Intervention services to Special Education Preschool for children, parents, and teachers. Both Early Intervention services to Special Education Preschool have numerous rules and regulations and knowing these requirements provide a solid foundation for teachers to help support parents in the transition.