Southeastern Indiana Economic Opportunity Corporation CCR&R 110 Importing Street P.O. Box 240 Aurora, Indiana 47001 Let It Go! SAEYC is Proud to Present the 20th Annual Early Childhood Conference In Collaboration with SIEOC Child Care Resource and Referral Return Service Requested Presort Standard Postage Paid Permit No. 21 Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 Saturday, November 1, 2014 8:00 am-1:30 pm ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS 5719 Saint Marys Rd, Floyds Knobs, IN 47119 Conference Agenda ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS 5719 Saint Marys Rd, Floyds Knobs, IN 47119 8:00-8:25 Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:25-8:30 Welcome on behalf of SAEYC 8:30-10:00 Jenny Spencer “Let It Go” 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:15 Break Out Sessions Special Lunch Session 11:15-11:45 Lunch 11:15-12:45 11:45-12:45 Break Out Sessions 12:45-1:30 Wrap Up with SAEYC and Metro United Way Discovery Time Evaluations and Certificates Rainbow’s End As of September 2014 A Special Thanks to the following for helping make this conference possible. A New Dawn Daycare, Inc Miracle Zone Dairy Queen St. Mary of the Knobs Jenny Spencer Let Go of the Need to be “Right” and choose to see the best in others and experience the power positive intent has to turn the most challenging child around. The overriding principle from which Conscious Discipline is founded is, “What you offer to others, you strengthen in yourself.” Positive intent has the power to turn children around, changing aggressive children into cooperative members of your classroom and helping bullies learn other ways of feeling in control and safe. This skill will encourage children and send you home feeling better about yourself. Join Jenny Spencer, Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor, for this interactive hands-on workshop based on the work of Dr. Becky Bailey. Department of Education Indiana Association for Child Care Resource & Referral IAEYC Purdue Extension of Clark County Indiana University Bloomington Subway Preparing Children for Kindergarten: ISTAR-KR ISTAR-KR is an online early childhood assessment instrument derived from the Foundations to the Indiana Academic Standards, is free, and is easy to use. Join us to learn how ISTAR KR guides teacher lesson planning, provides reports to demonstrate skills a child has mastered and what skills are to be learned next. We will go on a virtual tour of the ISTAR KR online application, outline what teachers need to accurately complete child assessments, and review how to open an ISTAR account. Dana Jones, Early Learning Specialist, Indiana Department of Education. Typical Development of School-Agers We talk constantly about the ages & stages of infants and toddlers – now, let’s talk about school age children!! How do young people change as they grow? This class will give insight into the needs and interests of school age children. The class discusses the characteristics that are common to children at each age level. We will talk specifically about elementary school children from ages 6 to 11 years analyzing growth physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally. We will also look at planning specific activities for this age group and techniques for keeping this age group engaged. Nancy Hudson, MS Purdue Extension/Clark County Extension Educator for Health & Human Sciences. Challenging Interactions with Staff: From Negativity to Optimism Whatever you call employees you find difficult to supervise, you still need to develop effective ways to work with them. This workshop will help you do that by providing you with insight into what makes employees difficult and helping you develop strategies for coping with them while keeping yourself sane! Anita Allison, Head Start/Child Care Liaison Project Manager, IACCRR. More Alike than Different Children are always much more ALIKE then they’ll ever be different! All children have unique and wonderful traits that are more significant than the labels or details regarding their specific disability. This training will help participants to increase their knowledge of best practices to include all children in child care including Person First Language and the American with Disabilities Act. Heidi Stewart, SIEOC CCR&R Inclusion Specialist. Observation and Documentation of Infants and Toddlers Strategies and examples for observing and documenting the infants and toddlers in early childhood settings will be shared. The material will come from real life examples. This session will build upon the morning workshop, A Day in the Life of Infants and Toddlers. The two trainings may be taken individually or as a pair. Miranda Todd, Adjunct Faculty in Early Elementary Education, Ivy Tech Sellersburg. 20th Annual Early Childhood Conference ♦ 2014 Early Bird Registration Due By October 17th Printed Name: ___________________________________________ Home Address: __________________________________________ City: ______________________ State: _____ Zip Code: _________ Home Phone: _______________Date of Birth: ________________ County of Residence: ___________Email: _______________________ How did you hear about the conference? ________________________ For Child Care Providers ONLY Name of Employer: ______________________________________ Work Address: __________________________________________ Work Phone: ___________________________________________ Start Date with Current Employer: Month: ____Date:____ Year:____ Paths to QUALITY Provider: Yes or No Facility Type: Home Ministry Center Age of Children You Care For: Infant/Toddler Preschool Employment Type: Full Time School Age Part Time Seasonal Staff Current Position: (circle one) Indiana AEYC: Supporting Early Childhood Professionals & Programs Family Child Care Family Care Provider Assistant This workshop provides deep understanding of ways you can obtain professional development credits that will lead to credential and degree in early childhood/child development. The workshop will provide information on different routes to obtain CDA training, articulating the credential into an associate degree in early childhood education at Ivy Tech Community College. In addition, the workshop provides information on T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood (R) INDIANA and financial support opportunities provided to obtain early childhood/child development degrees and credential. Assistant Teacher Co-Teacher Lead Teacher Director Assistant Director Administrator Cook Driver Non Administrator Owner 10:15-11:15 Session 1 ___ Schools and Communities Working to Ensure School Readiness for All Children ___ Expectations of School Age Children ___ Giving Our Best: You and the Profession of Early Childhood Education ___ A Day in the Life of Infants and Toddlers ___ Don’t Worry Be Happy!!! Sensory Fun for All Ages! _____ Research shows that early learning is beneficial to children's readiness for kindergarten! Increased focus on providing high quality early learning experiences has raised many questions as to how it can be funded. Join the discussion on how to make preschool available through Title I federal funds and community support in order to help ALL children be ready for kindergarten and what “readiness” means for your program. Dana Jones Early Learning Specialist, Indiana Department of Education. 11:15-12:45 Lunch & Speaker 90 minute presentation will run through lunch and final break out of the day. Space is limited. All participants will receive a training voucher and Emergency Response Planning Guide! Preventing Panic when the Unthinkable Happens Join in the discussion about the important emergency plans to have to help keep children, you, and any staff safe in the event of a weather emergency, injury of you or a child, or threat of violence. Learn critical components of any policy or plan you develop. Pat Cole, Early Childhood Health and Safety Consultant. 11:45-12:45 Session 2 ___ Preparing Children for Kindergarten ISTAR- KR ___ Typical Development of School-Agers ___ Challenging Interactions with Staff: From Negativity to Optimism ___ More Alike than Different ___ Observation and Documentation of Infants and Toddlers ___ Indiana AEYC: Supporting Early Childhood Professionals & Programs Mail registration with payment to: SIEOC CCR&R SAEYC Schools and Communities Working to Ensure School Readiness for All Children Attn: Amy Matzet P.O. Box 240 Aurora, IN 47001 Conference Fees: ____$20 registration fee postmarked before October 17th ____$25 registration fee postmarked after October 17th ____ $5 Lunch additional from Subway (includes drink, chips & dessert) __ Cold Cut Trio __ Turkey __ Ham (On-site registration November 1st will be $30. Please note that session choices will be limited on that day due to pre-registration choices. And lunch is not guaranteed.) Expectations of School Age Children As every year passes, we expect more and more from our growing children in our care. Are the expectations that we hold realistic? Or do we set such high expectations that our school age children may never meet them? We will discuss the developing school child, behavior expectations, strategies to support those children, and parent expectations. Nancy Hudson, MS HHS Extension Educator Purdue Extension – Clark County. Giving Our Best: You and the Profession of Early Childhood Education Defined by doing our best for the children in our care, professionalism in early childhood should guide our work at all times. This workshop will explore the importance of remembering the theorists and experts who inform our practice; the need to engage in professional behavior; and the personal qualities that characterize effective early childhood educators. We will also examine how to support professionalism by embedding it throughout program policies and practices. Anita Allison, Head Start/Child Care Liaison Project Manager, IACCRR. A Day in the Life of Infants and Toddlers Join Miranda in a presentation of real life experiences in infant and toddler settings. Discussion of curriculum activities and strategies for supporting the children's social and emotional development and behaviors. This session will be followed up by Observation and Documentation of Infants and Toddlers. Both sessions may be taken individually, or as a pair. The morning session will lend itself to the material in the afternoon. Miranda Todd, Adjunct Faculty in Early Elementary Education, Ivy Tech Sellersburg. Don’t Worry Be Happy!!! Sensory Fun For All Ages! Let go of the worry and let your kids touch, smell, feel, hear and taste DAILY! This presentation will provide you with many ideas on how to incorporate sensory opportunities every day in your program. It will excite you as it has me, on how easy it is to create an environment that your kids will love to explore and create in. Be ready to get messy and have a ball. Dawn Justice, Owner/Director of A New Dawn Daycare, Inc.