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Stronger Together: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children Stronger Together: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children March 24-25 2014 SHERATON GRAND SACRAMENTO HOTEL • SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA The Water Cooler Early Learning Conference welcome y uniting and working together, we can ensure that California’s Bchildren ages 0 to 5 benefit from access to quality early learning opportunities. These early years are crucial to every child’s overall development and well-being. Throughout the conference, national, state and local experts will share their experiences and insights on a variety of early education topics and the impact that they have on our children. Panels will address the following issues: n The importance of early education in the lives of the more than 1.2 million low income children in California and its key role in helping to close the opportunity gap. n The concept of “parents as first teachers” and the programs and policies that support parents. n Working together to ensure a child’s success by creating a seamless transition from early education to the k-12 system, and n The current political landscape, priorities and opportunities for early childhood reinvestment. We are excited for keynotes by: n Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist, New York Times n Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Speakers will offer perspectives on the current early learning policy environment and how California can most effectively contribute to policy change. The conference is designed as an opportunity for policy leaders, experts, First 5 county commissions, and other early learning supporters to highlight successes, strategies, and promising practices that meaningfully improve the lives of young children and their families. Again, we look forward to the opportunity to engage, inform, and inspire you at the Water Cooler. California Association for Family Child Care 2 STRONGER TOGETHER: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children agenda Day One Monday, March 24, 2014 Magnolia Room Opening Plenary Panel 3:00PM – 3:30PM REGISTRATION 3:30PM – 4:45PM Early Childhood Opportunity: A Civil Right and Personal Passion Moderator - Molly Munger, Founding Co-Director, Advancement Project Susie Buffett, Founder, Buffett Early Childhood Fund John Jackson, President & CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education Kris Perry, Executive Director, First Five Years Fund Jim Steyer, CEO, Common Sense Media; Co-Founder, Next Generation he opportunity gap for California’s children starts early. There are about 1.2 million Tlow-income children under 5 in California—nearly 50% of the state’s young children. With their parents more likely to be working several jobs and distracted by the pressures that come with life in and on the edge of poverty, these children start life at a severe disadvantage. While over 90% of upper income children benefit from early care and education programs that strengthen school readiness, less than half of lower income children do. Panelists will discuss the impact that a lack of crucial early support is having on millions of children’s life chances and will describe how they have come to see early care and education as a game-changing strategy to reduce inequities. Panelists will also draw on their personal journeys in civil and human rights struggles to underscore the importance of the early years in an effort to create a more just society. Gardenia Room Hosted Reception 5:00PM – 6:00PM Lifting Up New Voices & Opportunities For Young Children WELCOME Debra McMannis, Director – Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education REMARKS Parker Blackman, Executive Director, LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment The Honorable Carol Liu, Senator, California State Senate 3 STRONGER TOGETHER: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children agenda Day Two Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Sheraton Grand Nave Ballroom 8:00AM – 8:30AM REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST 8:30AM – 8:40AM WELCOME Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California 8:40AM – 9:00AM REMARKS from The Honorable Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction 9:00AM – 10:00AM MORNING KEYNOTE: The Economic Case for Investing in Young Children Rob Grunewald, Economist, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 10:00AM – 10:15AM BREAK 10:15AM – 11:30AM Parents as First Teachers: A National Public Agenda for Families Moderator - Tahra Goraya, Director – Western Office, ZERO TO THREE Sylvia Acevedo, Chair, Early Childhood Subcommittee, White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics Meera Mani, Ed. D., Director – Children, Families, and Communities Program, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation Donna Norton, Deputy Director, MomsRising Jessie Rasmussen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund hildren grow and learn in the context of responsive, nurturing, and stable relationships Cwith parents and caregivers. Parenting is difficult even in the best of circumstances, let alone when it is coupled with stressful life events, linguistic and cultural barriers, and the complex effects of poverty. Panelists will discuss the concept of “Parents as First Teachers” and ways that national, state, and local policy can support best practices in empowering parents, communities, and young children to grow and learn to their maximum potential. Panelists will highlight how these programs have the potential to improve not only the developmental success of children, but also their overall health and well-being and trajectory for life success. 11:30AM – 12:00PM LUNCH 12:00PM – 1:00PM LUNCH KEYNOTE: Half the Sky: Opportunities for Young Children Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist, New York Times 4 STRONGER TOGETHER: New Champions, Growing Opportunities for Young Children agenda Day Two (continued) Tuesday, March 25, 2014 1:00PM – 2:15PM Moving Past “Either... Or…”: Forging Common Ground Between Early Learning and K-12 Moderator - Ted Lempert, President, Children Now Lori Easterling, Manager of Legislative Relations, California Teachers Association Deborah Kong, President, Early Edge California Kendra Rogers, Executive Director, First 5 Fresno County Jon Youngdahl, Executive Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California State Council n order to develop a truly child-focused, comprehensive education system, early learning Ileaders must continue to think beyond the age and grade silos. Panelists will discuss the innovative policies and practices they have developed and supported to promote children’s development and achievement as they progress through their education. The conversation will also explore strategies for building support among teachers, parents, administrators, and political champions to create seamless transitions at each step in a child’s progress through the education system. Panelists will address how early learning leaders can develop strategies for investing as soon as learning begins (at birth) and making those investments count by building on children’s successes in the early years by integrating early learning and K12 systems. 2:15PM – 2:30PM REMARKS from The Honorable Kevin De Leon, Senator, California State Senate 2:30PM – 2:45PM BREAK 2:45PM – 3:00PM Special Address from The Honorable Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State (video) 3:00PM – 4:15PM Building Political Will for Early Childhood Investment Moderator - Kim Pattillo Brownson, Director of Educational Equity, Advancement Project The Honorable Jimmy Gomez, Assemblymember, California State Assembly George Halvorson, Former Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Permanente; Chair, First 5 California Commission Ann O’Leary, Vice President, Next Generation; Director, Too Small to Fail Initiative The Honorable Shirley Weber, Assemblymember, California State Assembly ince 2008, early care and education programs have lost a staggering $1.2 billion. California’s Sunderfunded public early care and education programs leave nearly 1.12 million low- income children underserved. Many of the state’s prominent business leaders consider investing in early education a priority. The Senate and the Assembly leadership have proposed to make Transitional Kindergarten universal for all four-year-olds. Still, there is much work to be done to ensure meaningful investments in early childhood. Panelists discuss the current political landscape, including challenges and opportunities, while discussing their priorities for early childhood reinvestments that will have the most impact on California’s most vulnerable young children. 4:15PM Conference Adjourns 5 keynote speakers ob Grunewald conducts regional economic research and co-authors Rob Grunewald Rthe Minneapolis Fed’s “Beige Book” report on current economic conditions. He also writes articles on the regional economy and other economics and banking issues for the fedgazette and The Region, two periodicals published by the Minneapolis Fed. Grunewald regularly speaks to business, community and school groups about the Federal Reserve and the regional economy. He co-authored “Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return” (January 2003), an economic policy paper, which has been featured in the media, legislative hearings, and seminars throughout the United States. Grunewald serves on the board of directors for the Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency, Think Small: Leaders in Early Learning, the advisory board for First Children’s Finance Growth Fund and is a past president for the Minnesota Economic Association. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Grunewald holds a bachelor’s degree in economics
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