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Anchorage Association for the Education of Young Children
Anchorage AEYC
Early Childhood Conference
January 28-31, 2015
Hilton Anchorage Hotel
Reaching Potential
Together:
Join in the Journey
Promoting and inspiring excellence
in the early care and education
of young children,
birth through age eight.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
An engaging high quality learning experience
with sessions designed for
Professionals
who are
Emerging, Established and Experienced.
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Welcome
FROM 2015 CONFERENCE CHAIRS
On behalf of the Anchorage AEYC Board
of Directors and the Conference Committee we welcome you to the 2015 Anchorage AEYC Early Childhood Conference, Reaching Potential Together: Join
in the Journey.
Over the course of this conference, we
encourage you to enjoy time with your
colleagues, make new connections, become inspired, and come away with rich
ideas and reflections that will positively
impact the work you do.
This year’s conference offers a wide
array of educational sessions with four
dynamic keynote speakers, two national
speakers and over 140 workshops presented by local speakers.
Please make sure you take time to
check out the wonderful vendors in our
Exhibit Hall as well who have brought
their state-of-the-art wares for you to
enjoy.
Your feed back is important to us so we
can continue to improve the conference
whether you are with
us one or all four days.
Please watch your
e-mail for your
conference evaluation form, fill it out
and return to the committee.
We are already planning for next
year’s conference, so save the dates of
January 27-30, 2016.
Enjoy the 2015 conference!
Neva Lancaster & Bonny Monson
2015 Conference Co-Chairs
2014-15 Anchorage AEYC Board of Directors
President
Kyle Gardner
President-Elect
Secretary/Historian
Tracy Breimo
Treasurer
Christina Eubanks
Membership
Professional Development
Jessica Gardner
Public Policy
Stephanie O’Brien
Program Quality: Outreach,
Support & Accreditation
Scholarships
Angie Lantz
Liaisons:
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Amy Bradford
Anchorage AEYC
is looking for our next wave of leaders
to serve on the
Anchorage AEYC Board of Directors
& 2016 Conference Planning Committee.
This is a wonderful opportunity to get involved in
the largest organization of early care and education
professionals in Alaska.
Volunteer Conference Committee Members
Conference Chairs:
Neva Lancaster & Bonny Monson
Committee Members:
Tracy Breimo, Anna Castillo, Jessica Gardner, Cassie Hulse,
Monica Luther, Mandy Mundell, Melissa Pickle, Jane Parkhurst
Rachel Shanks and Mark Wasierski.
Conference Coordinators:
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C&C Services
Cecilia Harmon & Christie Holshouser
Stop by the
Anchorage AEYC Exhibit Booth
or the conference registration desk
to speak to a
current board or conference committee member
to find out how you can volunteer today!
Or email us at: [email protected]
Thanks to our
SPONSORS
Anchorage AEYC Board of Directors and Conference Committee
members thank the conference sponsors in recognition of their
generous financial support and other donations which contribute
greatly to the success of this event. Please let them know how
much their support means to Alaska’s children, families,
communities and you as an educator.
www.mhtrust.org
Contents
Exhibitors
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General Information
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Keynote & Guest Speakers
Map of Hotel
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NAEYC Membership
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Presenter Contact
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Scholarship Recipient 2014
www.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/infantlearning/
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Silent Auction
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Special Events
25-26
Tribute to Cindy Harrington
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Week of the Young Child
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Workshop Descriptions
www.education.alaska.gov/
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Wednesday in Detail
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Thursday in Detail
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Friday in Detail
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Saturday in Detail
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Conference Bags
provided
by:
www.akheadstart.org
www.citci.org
Thanks!
www.threadalaska.org
www.alaskaaeyc.org
Anchorage AEYC
strives to meet it’s mission of:
“ Leading families,
www.kaplanco.com
www.bestbeginningsalaska.org
professionals, policy makers,
and members of our communities
to promote a vision of all young children
living and learning in a diverse
and supportive world.“
www.lakeshorelearning.com
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Anchorage AEYC Early Childhood Education Scholarship
The Anchorage AEYC Scholarships are
offered quarterly to assist early childhood educators and providers who are
pursuing a degree or certificate in Early
Childhood in the state of Alaska as well
as to providers who wish to attend any
early childhood conference either in
Alaska or out of state.
Congratulations
2014
Scholarship Recipient:
Applications for the Anchorage AEYC
Early Childhood Education Scholarship
are available now on the Anchorage AEYC
website: www.anchorageaeyc.org
Funds from the Silent Auction support
this scholarship. There will be items in
the Silent Auction for you to bid on each
day of the conference as well as items
that are bid on until Saturday.
Jane Parkhurst
\The Early Childhood
Education Scholarship
began in honor of the
late Ms. Lare’, a long time
public policy advocate on
behalf of young children,
their families and the
individuals who worked
with them on a daily
basis. She was a past
Ms. Lare’
Anchorage AEYC board
president & member of the board of
directors, member on many NAEYC
committees, chair of the Anchorage
AEYC conference committee, a mover
and shaker for KidPack, sat on the Child
Care Alliance committee and a strong
supporter of Head Start.
How to Make the Most of Your Conference Experience ……..
Food
Anchorage AEYC plans our Annual Conference with great
care. It is our goal to provide you with workshops, events,
entertainment and exhibits that will enrich your professional
life in many different ways. To assist you in maximizing your
conference experience, we would like to offer the following
suggestions:
This year lunch is provided (included in your registration
fee) if you are attending on Thursday and Saturday. On
Wednesday and Friday lunch is on your own.
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Allow appropriate time to get to workshops so you can
arrive in plenty of time to avoid a closed workshop.
Conference volunteers must close a workshop when all
chairs are occupied (full capacity) to conform to fire
code regulations.
If a workshop is not what you need or expect, then
please leave quietly. A more suitable workshop may be
available nearby.
As an alternative to traditional learning experiences,
consider visiting the Exhibit Hall.
Please allow yourself time to relax and reflect on your
conference experience. Consider: learning to “slow
down” as your personal learning objective.
Badges
Badges must be worn at all times. Entrance to workshops and
for lunch on Thursday and Saturday will not be permitted
without the proper badge.
Network & Nosh
Gather insight, solutions and best practices from peers,
exhibitors and experts throughout the conference in sessions, during breaks and in conversations!
Electronic Devices
Please have electronic devices turned off or in silent mode
during all sessions.
Mingle with Exhibitors
Play, explore and re-discover exciting and valuable
resources to bring back to your programs.
Exhibit Hours:
8:30 am-5:30 pm
Thursday
7:30 am-5:15 pm
Friday
7:30-2:00 pm
Saturday
4:30-5:30 pm
Thursday, Exhibitor’s Gala!
Join us for some fun!
Dress Code
Dress code is casual. Temperatures will vary greatly from
room to room. Please dress in layers and wear comfortable
shoes for walking.
Conference Information
Program Guidelines
Please Be Courteous
It’s wonderful to catch up with colleagues but please not
while speakers are addressing the group. If you need a
place to sit and chat inquire at registration desk as we have
rooms available.
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Dr. Larry Burd
is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University
of North Dakota School of Medicine and Director of the North Dakota Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Center and FAS Clinic. Dr. Burd has been with the Pediatric Therapy Program for 32 years where
he has evaluated over 16,000 children with birth defects, developmental disorders and mental
illness. Dr. Burd has conducted research in 41 countries around the world. He has ongoing longitudinal studies of linked cohorts of subjects with Tourette syndrome, autism, fetal alcohol syndrome
and infant mortality risk that are in their 26th year of data collection. He published over 200
professional papers on topics dealing with development and behavior in children and adolescents.
He is also Director of the North Dakota Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Center and the FAS Clinic.
The North Dakota FAS Center serves the entire state of North Dakota. The center has been in operation for 24 years.
The FAS Clinic sees 150 new patients each year from across North Dakota and surrounding states.
Dr. Burd is currently one of the co-PIs of the PASS Network, a $28 million NIH funded network to examine maternal and
environmental risk factors for stillbirth, infant mortality including SIDS and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Dr. Burd will be presenting:
Thursday, January 29th
Featured Speaker
8:30-9:30
1:15-2:45
3:00-4:30
Keynote: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: What can we do and how can we help?
This keynote will identify children who have FASD especially those who do not meet criteria for
FAS. We will discuss opportunities and strategies for engaging parents of children with FASD
to improve outcomes for both parents and children.
Working with Parents of children with FASD
The emphasis will be on identification of infants who have FASD especially those who do not
meet criteria for FAS. We will discuss opportunities and strategies for engaging parents of
children with FASD to improve outcomes for both parents and children. This will focus on
strategies that can be applied in everyday settings by people with a wide range of professional
training and experiences. This presentation will be divided into four parts: 1. How fetal
alcohol exposure results in changes in brain and behavior of young children; 2. Strategies for
early identification by screening and awareness of population prevalence of FASD; 3. Working
with parents of children with FASD; 4 Strategies for management: What should we do and
when should we do it?
Denali Room
Common Behavior Problems in Young Children
The emphasis of this workshop will be on identification of infants who have FASD especially
those who do not meet criteria for FAS. We will discuss opportunities and strategies for
engaging parents of children with FASD to improve outcomes for both parents and children.
This will focus on strategies that can be applied in everyday settings by people with a wide
range of professional training and experience. This presentation will be divided into four parts:
1. How fetal alcohol exposure results in changes in the brain and behavior of young children;
2. Strategies for early identification by screening and awareness of population prevalence of
FASD; 3 Working with parents of children with FASD; 4. Strategies for management: What
Should we do and when should we do it? Denali Room
Friday, January 30th
10:15-12:15
Challenges of Engaging Families Where the Parent has Been Prenatally Impacted
This workshop will focus on the identification of infants who have FASD especially those who do
not met criteria for FAS. We will discuss opportunities and strategies for engaging parents of
children with FASD to improve outcomes for both parents and children. This will focus on
strategies that can be applied in everyday settings by people with a wide range of professional
training and experience. This session will be divided into four parts: 1. How fetal alcohol
exposure results in changes in brain and behavior of young children; 2. Strategies for early
identification by screening and awareness of population prevalence of FASD; 3. Working with
parents of children with FASD; 4. Strategies for management: What should we do and when
should we do it? Aleutian Room
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Partner Sponsor:
Cathy Cole
is a highly accomplished professional with more than 30 years of
progressively responsible experience in the field of Early Care and Education. Cathy
began her career as a preschool teacher and also had the great opportunity to work
with infants, toddlers and school age children within private programs as well as Head
Start, Migrant Head Start and California State Preschool programs. Following her
experiences within the classroom, Cathy moved on to become a Head Start Delegate
Director, a Head Start Grantee Interim Director, a National Head Start Consultant
and a Head Start Federal Reviewer. She served as the Professional Growth Project
Manager for the California Child Development Training Consortium, managing the
statewide Professional Growth Advisor training and support project. Cathy is a certified facilitator/coach for Dr. Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and 4 Roles of Leadership and has also
taught the Early Childhood Administration of Preschool Programs, Supervising Adults and Mentoring, and Curriculum for
Preschool courses at the local community college in Modesto, CA.
Cathy has an Associate of Arts degree in Child Development, a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, a
Bachelor’s of Science degree in Education and a Master of Science degree in Education Administration.
Since 2004, as an independent Early Care and Education Consultant, Cathy draws from her classroom and administrative
experiences to assist Early Care and Education staff and administration through her many presentations, consultations
and trainings to develop, enhance and implement effective programs and services nationwide.
Cathy Cole will be presenting:
10:00-12:00
1:15-2:45
3:00-4:30
Observing, Reflecting and Planning - Part I Observing
Observing, Reflecting and Planning - Part II Reflecting
Observing, Reflecting and Planning - Part III Planning
Observing and assessing children play a key role in the teaching and caring for young children.
An effective observation and assessment system helps teachers to learn about each child’s
individual needs and interests and allows them to reflect on how best to plan experiences and
activities to support each child’s development and learning. Through this training participants
will:
* Explore techniques for observing, recording, and evaluating a child’s developmental progress;
* Learn strategies of techniques to effectively develop and enhance child observation skills;
* Learn techniques for using child observation as a tool for collecting assessment information
and for purposeful planning of activities and experiences and development of the learning
environment.
Iliamna Room
Featured Speaker
Thursday, January 29th:
Friday, January 30th:
10:15-12:15
Engaging in Concept Development
1:45-5:00
Observing, Reflecting and Planning
Concept Development is the teacher’s ability to plan for and provide classroom experiences,
discussions, and activities to develop and promote children’s higher level thinking skills. In this
hands-on engaging workshop participants learn how to plan and implement activities that engage
the children in connecting concepts to real life experiences and previous knowledge, problem
solving, experimentation, prediction and classifying and comparison.
Iliamna Room
A condensed version of Thursday’s presentations.
Iliamna Room
Partner Sponsors:
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Featured Speaker
Myra G Crouch
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serves as the Chief Program Officer for the Council for Profes-
sional Recognition, where she is responsible for leading and overseeing the National Child
Development Associate ™ Credentialing Program. She joined the Council as no stranger to
the Head Start and early childhood community, where she leads an effort aimed at improving the professional development experience of the early care workforce. Prior to joining
the Council, Myra served as the Director of Education and Technical Assistance Services
for STG International, Inc. where she provided strategic development in support of the
Office of Head Start’s Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centers in Regions II,
IV, V, VI and IX. She chaired STGi’s Early Childhood Advisory Board and led strategic activities at the national level, including activities involving the business community’s investment in early childhood programs. She brings 20 plus years of experience in managing and directing Head Start, Early Head
Start programs and other early childhood programs. She has extensive expertise and a wealth of knowledge in the field of
early childhood education, as it relates to training and technical assistance, professional development, strategic planning,
public policy and program design and management. Prior to joining STG International, she was the Subject Matter Expert in
Program Design and Management for the Head Start Knowledge and Information Management Services contract (HSKIMS)
for the Office of Head Start, where she was solely responsible for the content development in Program Design and Management and information management services for the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC). In her capacity as Subject Matter Expert for HSKIMS, she provided technical assistance to members of the Office of Head
Start’s Regional T/TA Network and has worked with other federal contractors to execute planning and implementation of
key Office of Head Start initiatives. She has also served in several program capacities, as the Head Start Administrator
for Fairfax County's Office for Children in Virginia and as Project Director for the Ohio Head Start-Public School Transition Project. Ms. Crouch is an accomplished public speaker, Adjunct Professor and has served three years as a Faculty
Member for the National Head Start Association’s (NHSA) Leadership Academy.
Myra will be presenting:
Wednesday, January 28th
Supporting the ECE
Community as a CDA Professional
Development Specialist
9:45-11:45
Join this session to learn more about
the Council for Professional Recognition’s Professional Development Specialist System in CDA 2.0 and how it
supports meeting the professional development opportunities for early childhood professionals. Participants will
engage in discussion around professional
development experiences and how the
new role of PD Specialist aligns with
assessing competency and support of
early care professional’s practices in
working with young children. Participants will also receive an overview of
how to become a Professional Development Specialist and join a broad network of early childhood professionals to
advance the field. Denali Room
Thursday, January 29th
10:00-12:00
Supporting the ECE
Community as a CDA Professional
Development Specialist
Repeat of Wednesday’s 9:45 Session.
Willow
Succeeding in CDA
2.0: Navigating the Process to
Support Professional Development
3:00-4:30
The Child Development Associate
(CDA) National Credentialing Program is the best 1st step in professional development of early care
professionals. The Council has revolutionized the CDA assessment
which is driven by the Candidate and
strengthens the Candidate’s professional development experience. The
enhancements to the system are
aligned to promote the best practices in the ECE field for credentialing and assessment. The assessment process has been streamlined,
making it easier for Candidates and
programs to understand and navigate. The credentialing system utilizes multiple sources of evidence
and is the only comprehensive system of its kind! Join this session to
learn more and take away strategies
to help you succeed. Willow
Friday, January 30th
Finding the Wisdom
Within: Reflections on Leadership
and Professional Development
10:15-12:15
Envision what your professional
practice would look like after finding
the wisdom within as you learn
strategies to further support your
professional development. Join this
session to engage in a discussion on
ideas that support professional
growth at any level and across
different ECE settings. Review
concepts that build on leadership
as a purpose, not from a place of
position. Learn ways to inspire,
educate or be a mentor to others.
King Salmon
1:45-3:15 Succeeding in CDA 2.0:
Navigating the Process to Support
Professional Development
Repeat of Thursday’s 3:00 Session
Portage.
Partner Sponsors:
Rita Emmett
is a professional speaker, President of Emmett Enterprises, Inc.
since 1985, and author.
Rita, who lives in Des Plaines, Illinois, has been honored for her High Content / High Fun
interactive Keynotes and Training presentations by being included in the prestigious
“Who’s Who in American Education” plus “Who’s Who in America” and the “The World
Wide Who’s Who of Women”.
Her customized presentations covering Procrastination, Clutter, Customer Loyalty, Burn
-out, and Communication Skills have helped hundreds of organizations improve their performance, productivity and profitability, and head off burnout before it starts. Some of Rita’s clients include AT&T,
Kraft Food, Mercedes Benz, Met Life, and The National Kidney Foundation.
Rita uses principles of Accelerated Learning; her stories and humor help people absorb more ideas and retain them longer,
and her enthusiasm leaves people feeling energized and invigorated.
Rita's presentations help transform audiences from semi-productive to MEGA-productive, from fatigued to energized and
from scattered to focused
She publishes a free monthly “ANTICRASTINATION Tip Sheet” available at www.RitaEmmett.com with tips and ideas to
help people blast away the procrastination habit.
Wednesday, January 28th
9:45-11:45
Strategies to Prevent Burnout: While You Take Care of Others, Who Takes Care of You?
Most of us are terrific at taking care of our students, our bosses, our families, our co-workers,
our friends, our neighbors, or anyone else who needs nurturing. But when it comes to taking care
of ourselves, we just don’t seem to have any time or energy left, right? And so we burn out.
The result is stress which directly leads to low employee morale, high absenteeism and
tardiness, which in turn, affect productivity and effectiveness. This talk explores how
important it is to “recharge our batteries” before we burnout or become totally drained.
Iliamna
Thursday, January 29th
How to do More in Far Less Time
10:00-12:00
DO you control your time or does your time control you? Each of us receives the same number
of hours every day. Why is it that some people seem to accomplish so much, yet still have time
for family, friends and fun, while others plod along spinning their wheels? This presentation
will cover topics such as procrastination, priorities, goal setting and tips for becoming more
organized. Aspen
Friday, January 30th
10:15-12:15
Blast Away Procrastination
Do you have way too much to do and never enough time to do it? Are you overwhelmed with all
that you’ve been putting off? Is it impossible to get through all the clutter in your office and
in your life? Rita Emmett is a “Recovering Procrastinator” and author of 4 books including The
Procrastinator’s Handbook. In this high content/high fun interactive presentation, she offers
not only techniques & strategies to help you stop procrastinating, she also offers hope. If she
can break the procrastination habit, anyone can. Even YOU. If you can’t find the time for this
session, perhaps THIS is the session you need to attend. Birch
Saturday, January 31st
8:30-9:30
Keynote: Strategies to Prevent Burnout: Are We Having Any Fun Yet?
10:15-12:15
Featured Speaker
Rita will be presenting:
We all know it’s important for our mental and physical health to include fun in our lives, so
what's keeping us from it? Do you say “When this busy time is over, THEN I’ll get together
with friends and kick back.” or “When this stress ends, THEN I’ll relax and enjoy life” but you
know that as soon as one busy time or stressful time ends, another begins. Don’t
wait til a doctor gives you a prescription to enjoy life; NOW is the time to learn
how to include fun in your life.
Follow Up to Keynote
Denali
Sponsored by:
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Keri Krout
travels throughout the country providing keynotes and workshops that
touch the heart and inspire us to give our best selves to children. She is a columnist, a
certified parent coach, and joyful mother of seven children ages 8-28. She is also a
soon to be published author.
She completed her BA in Child Development from Concordia St. Paul as well as her
Coaching Certificate in Parent Coaching. Her vision has broadened and her passion for
children, and adults is stronger than ever. Keri’s mission in life is: “inspiring others to
give their best selves for children.” Learn more about Keri at www.KeriKrout.com
Featured Speaker
Keri will be presenting:
Wednesday, January 28th
8:30-9:30
Keynote: What I Know for Sure: Gifts to Give the Children
Enjoy this touching keynote that shares the six gifts all children deserve from adults who care
for them. Some gifts will make you smile and some might surprise you!
9:45-11:45
Promoting Peace in the Classroom
Inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey, recent brain research and what we know about social emotional
development this workshop will focus on developing empathy. Bring your real life concerns and
together we can develop a plan for peace and acceptance in your classroom. Aleutian
1:45-3:15
Training & Retaining Quality Early Childhood Educators
Whether you are a rookie or a veteran administrator this workshop is for you. Come and learn
how to hire and inspire quality educators. Bring your challenges and we will turn them into
triumphs together. Aleutian
Thursday, January 29th
10:00-12:00
Training & Retaining Quality Early Childhood Educators
Spruce Repeat of Wednesday’s 1:45 Session
1:15-4:30
A Parent’s Perspective… Earning a Parent’s Trust and Cooperation
You have children’s best interests at heart and parents do as well. Sometimes it feels as if
we are on separate sides of a never ending disagreement. How can a bridge be created between
you and parents? Come find out. Spruce
Friday, January 30th
10:15-12:15
Does Father Know Best: Why Children Need Fathers and What We Can Do to Help
Learn why fathers and father figures are vital in the lives of children and how to invite and
involve them in your classroom. This workshop was presented at the NAEYC Conference in
Chicago and received a standing ovation. Aspen
1:45-3:15
Teaching Toddlers & Loving It!
Toddlers are not a tiny version of a four year old. They have specific needs, and temperaments.
Let’s discuss what we can do to give them the right start in life. Aspen
3:30-5:00
Rules & Running Noses: Remind Me Why I’m Still Here!
You are in charge of over 12 children, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. You wipe tears, tables,
noses and bottoms with a smile. Our jobs have the 3rd highest turnover rate in the nation
because we are exhausted at the end of the day, and have nothing left to give. Burn Out
happens to the best of us, and so does depression. Learn how to receive so that we can
continue to give. Learn how to breath again, so that we can give our best selves to the children.
Aspen
This session is repeated on Saturday at 3:30.
Saturday, January 31st
10:15-12:15
Promoting Peace in the Classroom
Spruce Repeat of Wednesday’s 9:45 session
1:45-3:15
What I Know for Sure: Gifts to Give the Children
Spruce Repeat of Wednesday’s keynote
3:30-5:00
Rules & Running Noses: Remind Me Why I’m Still Here!
Spruce Repeat of Friday’s 3:30 Session.
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Partner Sponsors:
Gigi Schweikert
With 18 published books, in three languages, and 25 years of experience,
Gigi Schweikert is a highly demanded, internationally known, subject matter expert and thought
leader in child care and early childhood education. Her best-selling book series Winning Ways for
Early Childhood Professionals has changed the field through innovative ideas about leadership, child
development, and professionalism.
Gigi is a regular contributor to Child Care Information Exchange, the former Director of the
United Nations Child Care Centre in NYC, a consultant to Fortune 100 companies on workplace child
care, and C.O.O. of Lightbridge Academy (formerly Rainbow Academy).
As the working mother of four children, Gigi’s practical ideas and realistic perspective on child care
will have you laughing and learning. Gigi’s an international keynote speaker, recently in Malaysia and
New Zealand, and headed to Uganda. Follow Gigi on Twitter @gigischweikert, or on her website: www.gigischweikert.com.
Gigi will be presenting:
Friday, January 30, 2015
8:30-9:30 Keynote:
The Power of One Positive Person
10:00-12:00 Winning Ways for
Partnering with Families
Why do we do all this for parents? Why
did they have kids anyway? Don’t we
work here to educate and care for children, not their parents? Our lives would
be much easier if children didn’t come
with parents. Sound familiar? Sure, but
in today’s world, we’re realizing that if
we really want to impact children, we
have to have a positive impact on their
families, too. Join us for this humorous
and practical workshop to learn about
creative ways to partner with families.
A can’t miss attend session for anyone
who gets a little crazy sometimes from
demanding and questioning parents.
Denali
Sponsor:
or Using Them
As a new supervisor or even a seasoned
one, you’re likely to hold on tightly to
the reins of control, feeling as if you
tell everyone exactly what to do and
how to do that they will do it just like
you. Voila! But it doesn’t work that way.
Supervision is not getting people to act
like us, but getting them to act and
perform the very best they can. For
people to be motivated to do their
best they need the freedom to take on
new responsibility, use their creativity,
and do things “their way.” You need to
delegate to motivate. Are you utilizing
people or using them? Denali Room
3:00-4:30 Supervise with
Confidence: Using Your
Teacher Skills to Guide
Adults
Would you ever give up on helping a child
succeed? Never. So why, as supervisors,
are we so willing to throw up our hands in
defeat when guiding adults? Use your
teacher skills to guide adults, discover
ways to communicate your expectations
more clearly, and help others overcome
the barriers that keep them from succeeding. A must see workshop for anyone who works with adults and gets a
little impatient sometimes. Denali Room
Saturday, January 31, 2015
10:15-12:15 Supporting Infant &
Toddler Exploration on Play
Infants and toddlers are capable of
doing so many wonderful things. They
need the opportunity to use mastered
skills, practice emerging skills, and try
new skills. Explore ways to maximize
learning experiences for young
children, learn how to encouragement
language development in your daily
interactions, and support their play
in a whole new way. Iliamna/King Salmon Rooms
1:45-3:15 Toddlers in Motion! Put on
Your Comfortable Shoes!
Caring for toddlers can be busy and
exhausting. How do you help every
child reach their fullest potential when
there are so many little ones? How can
you give each child the time and attention he needs while managing the rest
of the group and fishing toys out of
the toilet? In this humorous and practical session, you’ll learn easy ways to
effectively give every toddler individual attention by making care times,
prime times. Are you ready? Put on
your Comfortable Shoes.
Iliamna/King Salmon Rooms
Featured Speaker
Have you ever thought about the
incredible power you have to make a
positive difference in the lives of those
around you? The positive choices you
make each day, the ways in which you
help others, and even your smile can
change the course of a day, and in some
situations, the course of a life. Join us
for this informational and humorous
keynote session that will renew your
spirit and affirm your commitment to
working with young children and their
families. One positive person does make
a difference. Is that positive person
you? It can be.
1:15-2:45 Are You Utilizing People
3:30-5:00 Why Do They Push Chairs?
Understanding the Toddler Mind
Are there some toddlers in your class
who just aren’t listening? Do they keep
pushing the chairs? It’s our job as
educators to help children make
positive choices as often as possible.
With time, patient and consistency, we
can help every toddler succeed. Learn
developmentally appropriate behavior
and steps for redirecting children’s
behavior. You might not get all the
answers, but you’ll definitely receive
some new and innovative ideas plus lots
of laughs. Ready to understand the
toddler mind? Iliamna/King Salmon
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6 Reasons To Join
1. Get great content!
Receive the latest research-based
ideas to inspire and inform your work
with young children. Choose a journal or
magazine full of developmentally appropriate content you can use in your
work. Comprehensive members receive
six books a year as part of their membership. Read your digital version of
Young Children, exclusive articles, and
previews of new books in the Members
Only area.
2. Save 20% off NAEYC books and
resources!
NAEYC is the premier publisher of
research-based books and multimedia
for early childhood educators who work
with children of different ages and in a
variety of settings. All members save
20% on all products in the NAEYC
catalog and online store.
For more information or to join visit:
3. Receive discounts at
5. Change the world!
conferences!
Get reduced rates for conferences and
other professional development opportunities. NAEYC’s Annual Conference is
the world’s largest early childhood education conference and an opportunity
to network with early childhood educators from around the world.
Partner with NAEYC in education, advocacy, and public awareness activities
that help to increase understanding
and support for high-quality early
childhood education among policy makers and the public. NAEYC is a leading
voice for early childhood education to
Congress and other federal entities.
4. Build your network!
6. Become a leader!
When you join NAEYC you will automatically receive all local, state, and
regional member benefits (where available). Attend local and state Affiliate
conferences, professional development
events, and networking opportunities,
or join an NAEYC Interest Forum. Affiliates are leading voices for early
childhood education in their communities or state legislatures.
Take advantage of the many opportunities NAEYC offers for members to get
involved. Consider working as a consulting editor or serving on the Governing
Board. NAEYC’s network of Affiliates
also offers many leadership opportunities—whether you are an occasional
volunteer or board officer and committee chair.
www.naeyc.org/membership
Comprehensive
Benefits of NAEYC/Alaska AEYC/AnchoragePresenters
AEYC Membership
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The benefits of membership are endless, including a discount to this conference.
Increasing our membership numbers magnifies our voice in the community, in the
profession and in Alaska. We hope you will consider joining. www.naeyc.org
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Membership
$110
Regular
Membership
$66
Student
Membership
$55
Six cutting edge books each year- $100 value—mailed to you
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WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD
April 12-18, 2015
EVERY SPRING early childhood
This year’s theme is EARLY YEARS ARE
LEARNING YEARS. You can use this
theme to promote the importance of
early childhood education.
educators and programs use the
WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD
(WOYC) to highlight the importance
of quality care and education for young
children. It’s an annual opportunity to
reach out to families and communities
and to emphasize the crucial role adults
play in giving children the foundation they
need to succeed in school and beyond.
Now is the crucial planning time for
WOYC. Has your program visited
www.naeyc.org/woyc for resources for
organizing a celebration? Have you
picked a format? Do you want to
collaborate on a celebration with other
organizations serving young children?
For help in promoting your event, check
out NAEYC’s WOYC Event Planning
Handbook. It’s free and available for
downloading at www.naeyc.org/woyc. The
handbook includes a sample press release
and a radio public service announcement
script plus a suggested letter to the
editor.
Young Children & Teaching Young Children
Publication Schedule for 2015
As a NAEYC/Alaska/Anchorage AEYC member
you receive five issues of either
Young Children or Teaching Young Children.
The journals will appear in
March, May, July, September & November.
www.naeyc.org
NAEYC
For
Families
Research-based tips
and ideas on children’s
learning & development
families can trust and
much, much more.
The source for your
family engagement
needs.
families.naeyc.org
Families Today
Learning &
Development
The meaning behind
young children’s
behaviors
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General Sessions
Conference Tracks
Parking
All General Sessions will be in the
Aleutian/Alaska Ballrooms.
Conference tracks have been
identified to assist you in identifying
sessions most pertinent to your
professional needs or work. Sessions
are categorized by their most
dominant theme and tracks are
organized around the ten standards
for quality programs as identified by
NAEYC.
Parking is limited
Conference Identification
Please wear your conference name
badge for admission to all workshop
sessions, exhibits and special events.
Meals
A breakfast snack with coffee is
available each morning 7:30-8:00 am.
Lunch on Thursday and Saturday are
included in your conference
registration. Your nametag is your
ticket for the luncheons.
The Anchorage AEYC Early
Childhood Conference strives
to:
□ Provide educational
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opportunities and resources to
those who work with and on
behalf of young children and
families.
Promote inclusive attitudes
and practices and to support
awareness of diversity issues.
Support partnerships,
networking and collaboration
between educators, families,
providers, schools, agencies
and the community.
Provide an engaging high
quality learning experience
with sessions designed for
professionals who are
emerging; established and
experienced.
Program Changes
Workshop changes and cancellations
will be posted at the Registration
Table. Please check this for updates
throughout the conference. While we
make every effort to minimize these
changes, they are unavoidable, and we
ask for your understanding.
Emergency/Safety
Should an emergency arise during the
course of the conference, we will
utilize the approved plan in place at
the Hilton Anchorage for security,
evacuation and medical purposes.
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include:
Relationships
Curriculum
Teaching
Assessment
Nutrition and Health
Teaching Staff
Family Relationships
Community Relationships &
Collaborations
 Physical Environment
 Management
Workshop Titles & Descriptions
Workshop titles & descriptions are
written by the workshop presenters.
Therefore, they should reflect the
content of the session.
While Anchorage AEYC entertains
and accepts differences of opinion,
we do not necessarily endorse the
products or views expressed by
speakers. Anchorage AEYC urges
conferees to contact individual
exhibitors and/or presenters about
any concerns and objections they
may have about products, services,
or practices. The Association also
encourages that conferees extend
their compliments to presenters/and
or exhibitors whom they feel have
provided a product or presentation
of exceptional quality.
No person shall, on the grounds of
race, creed, color, national origin,
sex, sexual orientation, marital
status or the presence of any
sensory, mental or physical handicap,
unlawfully be excluded from
participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be otherwise
subjected to discrimination under
any activities performed pursuant to
the conference or as an Anchorage
AEYC member.
downtown.
Hotel Parking
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Overnight Valet for Hotel
Guests is available for $24.00
per day.
Day only Valet parking for
attendees is available for $16.00
per day.
Parking charges for guests can be
posted to your guest room folio and
paid at the end of your stay.
Overflow Parking
Lot 12 located at the corner of
E St. and 3rd Ave.
Parking is available at Lot 12 (The
Saturday Market Lot) for $1.00 per
hour and can be paid for at the
parking kiosk located in the parking
lot.
All parking for both the Hilton Valet
and Lot 12 are based upon first come
first serve basis and subject to
availability.
Workshop Capacity
Facility Capacity
We offer a large selection of
workshops with plenty of seating
during each time slot. Seating for all
sessions is on a first come, first
serve basis. Seating may be limited
due to the desire of the presenter,
content of the session and size of
the room. Because of this, we
suggest selecting two or three
workshops per session in the event
your first choice is full. Workshop
Volunteers/Host will monitor seating
capacity and deny entrance once a
room reaches maximum capacity.
Please honor the Closed Session
signs. In compliance with fire code
regulations set forth by the
Municipality of Anchorage, overflow
seating on the floor or in the aisles
of meeting rooms or hallways is not
permitted. Remember this is for
your safety as well as everyone else.
We apologize for any lost
opportunity.
Conference Etiquette
With an average of 600 attendees, a
successful Anchorage AEYC Annual
Conference requires that we extend
professionalism and courtesy to one
another. The following tips may make
for a more pleasant learning environment for all:
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Dress Code
Temperatures will vary greatly from
room to room. No matter what, meeting
rooms are always too cold for some and
too warm for others. You are strongly
encouraged to dress comfortably and in
layers to accommodate the sometimes
fluctuating facility temperature and
your personal thermostats.
University of Alaska announces a
Continuing Education Credit class:
AAEYC Conference 2015
Where:
Prince William Board Room
Cost:
$74.00 in addition to
conference registration
Fee
Course Requirements:
1. Attend face to face meeting on
Thursday, January 29th from
5:30 – 7:30 pm
A. Administrative – Register
and pay for course ($74)
B. Introductions
C. Explanation of course
requirements
2. Attend face to face meeting on
Friday, January 30th from
4:45 – 6:15 pm
A. Reflection – Share, show
and tell
3. Documentation of at least 15 contact hours through AAEYC conference – submit copy of conference
certificate (at least two full days
of conference and our two face to
face meetings)
4. Write a brief summary of each session attended, to include key notes
5. Write an in-depth summary of one
session that is at least one page in
length and includes:
A. The key message(s) you
took from the session
B. Relate how the Alaska
Early Learning Guidelines
fits with the content of
the session
(www.eed.state.ak.us/publications/
EarlyLearningGuidelines.pdf)
C. At least one idea that
stood out to you from the
session and how you can
apply it to your program
D. Any additional resources
you may need to learn
more or to assist you to
apply the new idea
$74 Registration fee is paid directly to
UAA either online or at the class on
Thursday, January 29th.
Credit Course Disclaimer
Conference registration does NOT
include credit courses. The credit
course registration fee is $74 and
must be paid on Thursday during the
class or call for student enrollment
assistance (Sally or Katie) at 7861934 or toll-free 1-888-828-8974.
Payments can be made by credit card
or check (payable to UAA).
UAA is an EQ/AA employer and educational institution.
Certificates of Participation
Each conference attendee has a
Certificate of Participation in their
conference folder. A total of 25.75
hour (6.5 per day) can be earned
should you attend all sessions on
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/
Saturday of the conference (including
the keynote addresses). Credit for
attending is granted through the
issuance of session stickers (labels).
At the conclusion of each session you
attend, the presenter (or volunteer)
will give you a label. You will need to
place this label in the corresponding
box on your Certificate of Participation. This certificate becomes your
proof of attendance as no other
documentation will be provided.
CDA Professional Development
Track
Information
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Use this Program to plan your
schedule.
Select an alternate in the event
of session being at capacity or a
cancellation. Conference Volunteers must close a workshop when
all chairs are occupied (full capacity) to conform to fire code regulations.
Arrive early, but do not block
other participants exiting a
meeting room.
Participants are encouraged to
share materials (especially folks
from the same program) and to
refrain from taking more than one
copy of handouts (even of the
best ideas!).
Turn off all cell phones.
If it is necessary to leave a
session early, or arrive late,
make the interruption as non
disruptive as possible.
It’s wonderful to catch up with
our colleagues but please not
while speakers are addressing the
group. Others are trying to hear
what is being said.
We know that infants may need to
stay close to their mothers. If
your baby becomes inconsolable,
we ask you to respect the needs
of others and to go to a quiet area
to relax until your infant is settled.
Extend to others the courtesy
you would like to experience.
Continuing Education Class
ECD A 591 101: AAEYC
Conference 2015 1 CREDIT
thread is providing a training tract
for individuals interested in achieving
formal clock hours towards a Child
Development Associate (CDA) credential. In order to receive CDA credit,
participants must attend the entire
session and complete a retrospective
evaluation. For more information
about the CDA, available training or
advising please call thread's main line
(907) 265-3100 or visit
www.threadalaska.org.
Electronic Devices
In order to provide
a positive learning
environment for
participants and as a courtesy to
speakers, all cellular and paging devices will need to be set on the silent
mode or turned off during the conference.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
AGENDA IN DETAIL
7:30-5:30
REGISTRATION/CHECK IN/INFORMATION DESK OPEN ……………………………….………...……… Promenade
7:30-8:00
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST …………………………………….…………………………………………...…………....…...Promenade
Menu: Fresh muffins, fruit, juice, coffee, tea, hot chocolate
8:00-9:30
OPENING GENERAL SESSION …………………………………………………..……………………..………………… Aleutian/Alaska
KEYNOTE: Keri Krout
What I Know For Sure: Gifts to Give the Children
See Keynote description page 10
8:30-5:00
INFANT LEARNING COORDINATOR’S MEETING …………………………………………………………………. Chart Room
9:00-2:55
SILENT AUCTION………………………………………….…………………..………………..…..… Lobby down from Registration
9:45-11:45
SEMINAR SESSIONS
11:45-1:30
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:45-3:15
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
3:30-5:00
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
6:00-8:30
ALASKA HEAD START AWARDS/RECOGNITION DINNER ……………………...…………...…Aleutian/Alaska
WEDNESDAY: SESSIONS-AT-A-GLANCE
NAEYC
STANDARD
LEVEL
AGE
GROUP
WORKSHOP
PRESENTER(S)
CAPACITY
ROOM
Colleen Carol
Patrick Cockrell
80
King
Salmon
Keri Krout
125
Aleutian
Rita Emmett
80
Iliamna
Hattie Harvey, Ph.D.
Erin Kinavey Wennerstrom
80
Dillingham
Myra G Crouch
125
Denali
Keri Krout
125
Aleutian
Ethan Petticrew
Jenna Lundy
125
Denali
Wednesday, January 28th, 9:45 am -3:15 pm
Teaching
Established
Adults
Using Child Plus
Part I: How to Use Live Reports, Filters & Question Answers
Part II: Combining Data from Child Plus & Teaching
Strategies Gold into Useable Reports
Wednesday, January 28th, 9:45 am -11:45 am
Relationships
All
All
Promoting Peace in the Classroom
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
Strategies to Prevent Burn-out: While You Take Care of
Others, Who Takes Care of You?
Relationships
All
Birth-3
Support Parents Supporting their Infants.
An Overview of the PIWI
Leadership &
Management
Intermediate
Advanced
Adults
Supporting the ECE Community as a CDA Professional
Development Specialist
Wednesday, January 28th, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
Training and Retaining Quality Early Childhood Educators
Community
Relationships
All
Adults
Parent, Family, Community Engagement Alaska Style
Health
All
Birth-5
Obese at Age 3: How Providers Can Help Reduce the Alarming Trend of Childhood Obesity in Alaska
Russ Stevens
80
Iliamna
Families
All
Birth-3
Infant/Toddler - Creating Partnerships with Parents
Melissa Pickle
80
Katmai
Christine Boivin
Rachel Boudreau
125
Denali
Wednesday, January 28th, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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Teaching
Intermediate
Established
3-5
Building Playful, Meaningful Interactions throughout the Day
Leadership
Management
All
Adults
Networking Session for Head Start Education Leaders
Bonnie Powell
80
King
Salmon
Families
All
Adults
Engaging Families in Your Program: We All Have a Role!
Melissa Pickle
80
Iliamna
9:45 am-3:15 pm
Using Child Plus
Room: King Salmon
Presenters: Colleen Carol, RURAL CAP,
Anchorage, AK & Patrick Cockrell, CCS
Early Learning, Palmer, AK
9:45 am-11:45 am
Promoting Peace in the Classroom
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author, Parent,
Columnist, Certified Parent Coach,
Vancouver, WA
Training & Retaining Quality
Early Childhood Educators
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Leadership &
Management
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author,
Columnist, Certified Parent Coach &
Parent, Vancouver, WA
Whether you are a rookie or a veteran
administrator this workshop is for
you. Come and learn how to hire and
inspire quality educators. Bring your
challenges and we will turn them into
triumphs together.
This workshop session is repeated on
Thursday at 10:00, Spruce Room.
Most of us are terrific at taking care
of our students, our bosses, our families, our co-workers, our friends, our
neighbors, or anyone else who needs
nurturing. But when it comes to taking
care of ourselves, we just don’t seem
to have any time or energy left, right?
And so we burn out. The result is
stress which directly leads to low employee morale, high absenteeism and
tardiness, which in turn, affect productivity and effectiveness. This talk
explores how important it is to
“recharge our batteries” before we
burnout or become totally drained.
Supporting the ECE Community
as a CDA Professional Development Specialist
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Myra G Crouch, Chief Program Officer, Council for Professional
Development, Washington DC
Join this session to learn more about
the Council for Professional Recognition’s Professional Development Specialist System in CDA 2.0 and how it
supports meeting the professional
development opportunities for early
childhood professionals. Participants
will engage in discussion around professional development experiences and
how the new role of PD Specialist
aligns with assessing competency and
support of early care professional’s
practices in working with young children. Participants will also receive an
overview of how to become a Professional Development Specialist and join
a broad network of early childhood
professionals to advance the field.
Support Parents Supporting
their Infants. An Overview of
the PIWI
Room: Dillingham
NAEYC Standard: Families
Presenters: Hattie Harvey, Ph.D.
Faculty Early Childhood, UAA,
Anchorage, AK and Erin Kinavey
Wennerstrom, Faculty, Early
Childhood, UAA, Anchorage, Alaska
Engage parents to support their
competence and confidence! Support the parent child relationship!
This workshop will focus introducing
the Parent Interacting with Infants
(PIWI) model. PIWI is an evidence
based practice that supports parent
child interactions as the foundational skills needed to facilitate a
PIWI group.
1:45 pm-3:15 pm
Wednesday
Inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey, recent
brain research and what we know about
social emotional development this workshop will focus on developing empathy.
Bring your real life concerns and together we can develop a plan for peace
and acceptance in your classroom.
This session is repeated on Saturday,
10:15, Spruce Room.
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Rita Emmett, CEO,
Emmett Enterprises, Inc., Author,
Des Plaines, IL
Workshop Sessions
This session is for agencies who are
currently using Child Plus. The first
session (9:45-11:45) will focus on how to
use live reports and filters with a question/answer period. The second session
(1:45-3:15) will focus on combining data
from Child Plus and Teaching Strategies
Gold into Useable Reports.
Strategies to Prevent Burn-Out:
While You Take Care of Others,
Who Takes Care of You?
Parent, Family, Community
Engagement Alaska Style
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard:
Community Relationships
Presenters: Ethan Petticrew,
Executive Director, Cook Inlet
Native Head Start, Anchorage, AK &
Jenna Lundy, Head Start Director,
Chugachmiut, Anchorage, AK
This community café will engage
participants in conversations about
what Parent, Family Community
Engagement looks like in Alaska.
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1:45 pm-3:15 pm (continued)
Obese at Age 3: How Providers
Can Help Reduce the Alarming
Trend of Childhood Obesity in
Alaska
Wednesday
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Russ Stevens, Public Health
Specialist II, State of Alaska, Juneau,
AK
More than 4 of every 10 children in
Alaska are overweight or obese by age
3.We all need to pitch in and help curb
this alarming trend…. Do you want to be
part of the solution? If so, join us in
this interactive session where you will
learn evidence-based strategies to increase physical and improve nutrition as
well as model policies and state standards in this area.
Workshop Sessions
Infant/Toddler - Creating
Partnerships with Parents
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Room: Katmai
NAEYC Standard: Families
Presenter: Melissa Pickle, Alaska
State Manager/Regional ECE
Specialist, Eagle River, AK
Participants will examine their feelings
around working with parents and understand how their actions affect relationships with parents. Participants will
practice the Acknowledge, Ask and
Adapt process to develop their skills in
working with families.
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Building Playful, Meaningful
Interactions Throughout the Day
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Christine Boivin, Center
Director, Kid’s Corps, Inc., Anchorage,
AK & Rachel Boudreau, Child Development Coordinator, Kid’s Corp, Inc.
Head Start, Anchorage, AK
This workshop will cover ways to build
on engaging interactions through the
entire day that children are in your
care; free choice, meal times, tooth
brushing, hand washing, outside time,
etc. We will build on ways that you
can enter a child’s play and build
meaningful relationships as well as
extending their thinking. We will also
discuss ideas for encouraging thicker
conversations for routine parts of the
day. We will also cover ways to have
more engaging circle times and alternative methods, more than just calendar and weather.
This workshop is repeated on
Thursday, 1:15-2:45, Aspen Room.
Engaging Families in Your
Program: We All Have a Role!
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard: Families
Presenter: Melissa Pickle, Alaska
State Manager/Regional ECE
Specialist, Eagle River, AK
Participants in this workshop will
learn about the Office of Head
Start Parent, Family and Community
Engagement Framework which is an
approach designed to assist Head
Start Programs in achieving outcomes that lead to positive and enduring change for children and families. Come learn how all program
staff can contribute to successfully
engaging the families in your program through building strong relationships and partnerships with
families!
Networking Session for Head
Start Education Leaders
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Bonnie Powell, ECE
Specialist, Homer, AK
Across our State, Head Start
Education Leaders are working to
support effective teaching practices.
Join us for this networking session to
meet other Head Start Education
Leaders (managers, coordinators, and
coaches). We will have a facilitated
discussion focused on sharing your
expertise in supporting teachers via
coaching/mentoring (onsite and distance), effective teacher student
interactions (CLASS), support
teacher’s effective use of data, and
teacher retention strategies. We
invite you to bring your expertise
along with examples of tools you
use to share with fellow Education
Leaders.
Conference Evaluation
Questionnaire
PLEASE remember to complete the
2015 Conference Evaluation Questionnaire
which will be sent to you electronically immediately
following the conference.
Anchorage AEYC sincerely values your feedback
which is used to evaluate the conference and to plan
for future conferences.
Thank You!
Don’t leave home
without this program and your
name badge!
Your name badge allows you into
sessions and lunch!
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
AGENDA IN DETAIL
7:30-5:30
REGISTRATION/CHECK IN/INFORMATION DESK OPEN …………………….…………………….……… Promenade
8:30-5:30
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...……Dillingham/Katmai
Connect with community resources and vendors who provide products and services ideally suited to early childhood and
school-age care professionals.
7:30-8:00
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST …………………………………….…………………………………………...…………....…...Promenade
Menu: Fresh pastries, fruit, juice, coffee, tea, hot chocolate
8:00-9:45
OPENING GENERAL SESSION …………………………………………………..………………………..…………… Aleutian/Alaska
KEYNOTE: Dr. Larry Burd Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: What Can We Do and How Can We Help?
See description page 6.
9:00-2:55
SILENT AUCTION………………..………………………………...…..………..…………….... Lobby down from Registration
Participate in the silent auction. Not only will you come away with terrific items, you will be giving someone else the
opportunity to attend the conference in the future. Proceeds support Anchorage AEYC scholarships fund and Head Start.
10:00-12:00 SEMINAR SESSIONS
12:00-1:15
LUNCH ON SITE—Lunch included in Conference Registration Fee ……...……...………..Aleutian/Alaska
1:15-2:45
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
3:00-4:30
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
4:30-5:30
EXHIBITOR’S GALA! ……………………………………………………………..…………………………..…………….Dillingham/Katmai
5:30-7:30
Menu: Cold Lunch Buffet Fresh Green salad, potato salad, vegetable salad & fresh fruit salad. Tomatoes, assorted cheeses,
grilled vegetable wraps, turkey, ham, assorted bread, desserts, coffee/tea
Come play, explore and re-discover exciting and valuable resources to bring back to your program in the
Exhibit Hall! Prizes await you! If luck is on your side, you may be one of the attendees who win a fabulous
prize!
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THURSDAY: SESSIONS-AT-A-GLANCE
NAEYC
STANDARD
LEVEL
AGE
GROUP
WORKSHOP
PRESENTER(S)
CAPACITY
ROOM
Monica Luther & Panel
150
Denali
Myra G Crouch
50
Willow
Jennifer Russell
50
King Salmon
Trevor Storrs
60
Lupine
Raissa D’Antonio
70
Fireweed
Rita Emmett
60
Aspen
Keri Krout
60
Spruce
Bonnie Powell
Jaad McElroy
50
Birch
Cathy Cole
50
Iliamna
Dr. Kathryn Ohle
50
Chart
Keri Krout
60
Spruce
Dr. Larry Burd
200
Denali
Christina Eubanks
60
Willow
Staci Collier,
Lewis Watson
50
King
Salmon
Meghan Johnson
60
Lupine
Jacqueline Tagaban
70
Fireweed
Thursday, January 29th, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Assessment of
Child Progress
ALL
Birth-5
How Using the ASQ Online System Can Help Better Understand
the Children You Work With
Leadership &
Management
Intermediate
Advanced
Adults
Supporting the ECE Community as a CDA Professional
Development Specialist
Curriculum
All
3-8
Math & Science In the Classroom
Health
Intermediate
All
Resiliency Trumps ACES
Teaching
All
All
Getting a HANDLE on Behaviors
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
How To Do More in Far Less Time
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
Training and Retaining Quality Early Childhood Educators
Teachers
All
3-5
Assessment of
Child Progress
All
Birth-5
Teaching
Advanced
3-5
Circle Time for Everyone: Maximizing Effective Teacher Student
Interactions
Observing, Reflecting & Planning for Young Children
Part I Observing
Preventing Struggling Readers: Activities That Help Promote
Early Reading Success
Thursday, January 29th, 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Relationships
All
All
A Parent’s Perspective… Earning a Parent’s Trust & Cooperation
Thursday, January 29th, 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Health
All
All
Working with Parents of Children with FASD
Health
All
Adults
Bed Bugs Aware!
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
State of Alaska Child Care Licensing
Leadership &
Management
All
All
Families
All
Birth-8
Teaching
Intermediate
3-5
Building Playful, Meaningful Interactions Throughout the Day
Christine Boivin
Rachel Boudreau
60
Aspen
Relationships
All
3-5
Unlock the Door to Classroom Communities: Keys to Success
Tabatha Peterson
Michelle Cook
50
Birch
Assessment of
Child Progress
All
Birth-5
Cathy Cole
50
Iliamna
Eddie Wood
75
Aleutian
Dr. Larry Burd
200
Denali
Janice Braden
Christina Hulquist
50
King Salmon
Continuous Quality Improvement: Quality Program Practices &
Next Steps for Alaska’s QIS: Learn & Grow
Culturally Appropriate Family Support
Observing, Reflecting & Planning for Young Children
Part II Reflecting
Thursday, January 29th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Teaching
All
All
All Aboard! Our Journey to Worlds of Music, Dance, Storytelling!
Health
All
All
Common Behavior Problems in Children
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
Roundtable with the Child Care Program Office
Teaching
All
Birth-5
Hands on Literacy
Christy Pratt,
Julie Vang
60
Aspen
Teaching
Intermediate
3-5
Using Environmental Supports in the Classroom
Melissa Pickle
50
Birch
Relationships
All
All
Health Insurance Coverage - What Do I Need to Know to Get Our
Families Covered?
Angelica Gutierrez
50
Lupine
Assessment of
Child Progress
All
Birth-5
Observing, Reflecting & Planning for Young Children
Part III Planning
Cathy Cole
50
Iliamna
Teachers
All
Adults
Succeeding in CDA 2.0: Navigating the Process to Support
Professional Development
Myra G Crouch
50
Willow
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10:00 am-12:00 pm
How Using the ASQ Online
System Can Help Better
Understand the Children You
Work With
Workshop Sessions
Thursday
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Assessment of
Child Progress
Presenter: Monica Luther, ILP Program
Specialist, State of Alaska ILP Office,
Anchorage, AK & Panel (Anna Castillo,
Christina Eubanks, Monica Anderson,
Amy Simpson)
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Hillcrest Children’s Center, CU1’s Learning Center and Providence Center for
Child Development will discuss their
experiences using the Ages & Stages
Questionnaire (ASQ) Developmental &
Social Emotional Online screening
system to help them (and the families
they work with) better understand the
development of children in their programs. Amy Simpson from Program’s for
Infants & Children (PIC) will explain how
the Online System works.
Supporting the ECE Community as
a CDA Professional Development
Specialist
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Myra G Crouch, Chief Program Officer, Council for Professional
Development, Washington DC
Join this session to learn more about
the Council for Professional Recognition’s Professional Development Specialist System in CDA 2.0 and how it supports meeting the professional development opportunities for early childhood
professionals. Participants will engage
in discussion around professional development experiences and how the new
role of PD Specialist aligns with assessing competency and support of early
care professional’s practices in working
with young children. Participants will
also receive an overview of how to become a Professional Development Specialist and join a broad network of early
childhood professionals to advance the
field.
Math & Science in the
Classroom
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Jennifer Russell,
Student Services Professional, UAF,
Fairbanks, AK
This workshop will focus on math and
science in the classroom. We will
discuss key concepts that are
needed in both subject areas, as well
as talk about new activities to take
back to your class. Limited hands-on
work.
Resiliency Trumps ACES
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Trevor Storrs, Exec
Director, Alaska Children’s Trust,
Anchorage, AK
The Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACE) Study is one of the largest
investigations ever conducted to
assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life
health and well-being. The ACEs
study shows that trauma impairs a
child’s physical, social and intellectual development resulting in increased risk of poor performance in
school, mental health problems, substance abuse, problems with the law
and serious long-term health problems. But ACEs is not the end of the
story. Resiliency is the glue that
holds the circle of life together. In
this session, you will learn how the
brain develops, how trauma/ACE’s
impacts this develop and how resilience can help individuals overcome
these impacts. Most importantly,
you will learn how you can help to
reduce trauma and build resiliency in
your life.
This session is repeated on
Saturday, 1:45-5:00, Birch Room.
Getting a HANDLE on Behaviors
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Raissa D’Antonio,
Teacher, St. Mary’s Creative Play
School, Anchorage, AK
HANDLE is a systems approach that
views all behavior as communication,
rather than symptoms that can be
masked or controlled. HANDLE
treats presentations of ADD, Autism, dyslexia, learning differences,
balance and many more issues. This
introduction will give you tools you
can use to help students, parents,
staff and yourself to function more
efficiently, enhance weak systems,
and understand how your brain and
body work together. We’ll do fun
and easy activities you can use with
students of all ages and abilities.
How to Do More in Far Less
Time
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Rita Emmett, CEO,
Emmett Enterprises, Inc., Author,
Des Plaines, IL
DO you control your time or does
your time control you? Each of us
receives the same number of hours
every day. Why is it that some people seem to accomplish so much, yet
still have time for family, friends
and fun, while others plod along spinning their wheels? This presentation
will cover topics such as procrastination, priorities, goal setting and tips
for becoming more organized.
10:00 am-12:00 pm
(continued)
Training & Retaining Quality Early
Childhood Educators
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard:
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author, Parent,
Columnist, Certified Parent Coach,
Vancouver, WA
Circle Time for Everyone:
Maximizing Effective Teacher
Student Interactions
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenters: Bonnie Powell, ECE Specialist, Homer, AK and Jaad McElroy,
Education Coordinator-YK Region,
Anchorage, AK
Observing and assessing children play
a key role in the teaching and caring
for young children. An effective observation and assessment system
helps teachers to learn about each
child’s individual needs and interests
and allows them to reflect on how
best to plan experiences and activities
to support each child’s development
and learning. Through this training
participants will: Explore techniques
for observing, recording, and evaluating a child’s developmental progress;
Learn strategies of techniques to effectively develop and enhance child
observation skills; Learn techniques
for using child observation as a tool
for collecting assessment information
and for purposeful planning of activities and experiences and development
of the learning environment.
Preventing Struggling Readers:
Activities That Help Promote
Early Reading Success
Room: Chart (15th Floor)
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Dr. Kathryn Ohle,
Assistant Professor, Early
Childhood, UAA, Anchorage, AK
This workshop will share several
instructional strategies developed
and evaluated by the Targeted
Reading Intervention, a federally
funded professional development
intervention recommended by the
Rand Corporation & Annie E Casey
Foundation and developed through
the National Research Center on
Rural Education Support at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill through funding by the Institute
of Education Sciences (VernonFeagans, Ginsberg, & Amendum,
2008). These activities were created to help teachers work with children at risk for becoming struggling
readers, matching instruction to
assessment. During the workshop, a
quick overview will be given of the
main components present in quality
reading instruction; the majority of
the time will then be spent learning
several activities, including Segmenting Words, Change One Sound,
and Read, Write & Say, all of which
help foster strong decoding skills.
Skills that target vocabulary development, fluency, and comprehension
will also be shared through the activities Re-Reading for Fluency,
Pocket Phrases, and Guided Oral
Reading. Teachers will be given explicit instruction in how to execute
the activities, as well as scaffolding
as they try them out with their colleagues. Materials will also be provided so they can continue to practice these activities with the children in their classrooms.
Thursday
Are you looking for fun ways to engage
all children during circle time? Join us
as we explore ways to maximize effective teacher student interactions during
both large and small group times. We
will explore instructional approaches
that are effective for engaging a range
of children’s learning styles, needs, capacities, interests and backgrounds.
Our focus will be on strategies that
encourage effective facilitation, incorporate a variety of modalities and materials, engage students with effective
questioning, provide quality feedback,
model language, and build in opportunities for leadership. Come prepared for
a hands-on session and be willing to
share your circle expertise!
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard: Assessment of
Child Progress
Presenter: Cathy Cole, Independent
Early Care and Education Consultant,
Riddle, OR
Workshop Sessions
Whether you are a rookie or a veteran
administrator this workshop is for you.
Come and learn how to hire and inspire
quality educators. Bring your challenges
and we will turn them into triumphs together.
This workshop session is a repeat of
Wednesdays 1:45 session.
Observing, Reflecting and
Planning for Young Children
Part I Observing
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Anchorage Association
for the Education of Young Children
ince 1971, Anchorage AEYC has worked to:
Support Excellent Early Education
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Accreditation
Position Statements
Professional Development
Promote Public
Support & Policies
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Build a Profession
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Advocacy
Outreach
Public Awareness
Inclusive
Leadership Development
Standards
Equitable Compensation
Improve Teaching & Learning
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Professional Preparation
Research
Resources
You may not know it, but if you are a member of Anchorage AEYC you are a member of
NAEYC, Alaska AEYC & Anchorage AEYC
National
State Affiliate
Local Alaskan Affiliates
National Association
for the Education of Young
Children
Alaska AEYC
Anchorage AEYC
PO Box 97156,
Washington, DC 20090
Website: www.naeyc.org
PO Box 22870,
Juneau, Alaska 99802
Mary Gibson, President
Website: www.alaskaaeyc.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.anchorageaeyc.org
AEYC Southeast
Website: www.aeyc-sea.org
Northern Interior Alaska AEYC
NIA-AEYC (formerly Fairbanks AEYC)
Email: [email protected]
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MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE!
Network & Nosh!
Gather insight, solutions and best practices from peers, exhibitors and experts
throughout the conference - in sessions, during breaks and in conversations!
Wednesday,
January 28th
Thursday,
January 29th
Friday,
January 30th
Alaska Head Start
Association Awards
Banquet
Vendor Spotlight
Early Care & Education
Celebration!
4:30 pm-5:30 pm
The Exhibit Room is the place to be!
6:00 pm-8:30 pm
The Alaska Head Start Association
Annual Awards Banquet
for Head Start Attendees.
If you have not paid to attend,
please contact AHSA directly at
[email protected]
If luck is on your side, you may be one of
the attendees who win a fabulous prize!
Come play, explore and re-discover exciting
and valuable resources to bring back to your
programs!
Continuing Education
Credit Class & Registration
4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Prince William Boardroom
5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Alaska Ballroom
Fun Entertainment!
Come celebrate!
Connect with old colleagues, meet new
friends, and relax as we
celebrate being early childhood
professionals!
Silent Auction:
Wednesday-Saturday
9:00 am-2:55 pm
New items each day
Stop by the Anchorage AEYC and
Alaska Head Start Association
silent Auction tables each day. The
Anchorage AEYC annual Silent
Auction is held to raise funds for Anchorage
AEYC Early Childhood Education Scholarships.
100% of funds raised go toward scholarships.
The Alaska Head Start Association Silent
Auction supports AK Head Start Associations
Advocacy & Training.
Last year’s auction was a huge success; we
anticipate that this year’s auction will be even
better! Have something you’d like to donate?
Wonderful! Bring your items to the Conference
Registration Desk.
2015 NAEYC
Public Policy Forum
March 8-10, 2015
Washington DC
NAEYC's 2015 National
Institute for Early Childhood
Professional Development
June 7-10, 2015 | New Orleans, LA
NAEYC's 2015 Annual
Conference & Expo
November 18-21 | Orlando
Visit www.naeyc.org for more information
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Lyrics, Language & Literacy
Anchorage AEYC EC Conference
2015 AEYC-SEA
Conference
Our Children, Our Families, Our
Community:
Building Resiliency
March 6-7, 2015
Juneau, Alaska
January 27-30, 2016
Lyrics, Language & Literacy
Join us for engaging workshops
and inspiring guest speakers! The
conference will focus on effective
strategies for language and literacy that are responsive to the skill
and developmental level of each
child.
Visit: www.aeyc-sea.org
For additional information!
Anchorage AEYC EC 2015 Conference
WRAP UP MEETING
March 18, 2015
BP Energy Center, 1:00-2:00
Join us as we “wrap up” the 2015 Conference and
begin to plan the 2016 conference.
We’d love to have you on this committee,
which meets 5 times a year, so join us!
Help
Anchorage AEYC
Earn Donations
Just By Shopping
with Your
Fred Meyer
rewards Card!
Anchorage AEYC
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92524
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to give. Here’s how the program works:
1. Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to
Anchorage Assn. for the Education of Young Children at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.
You can search for us by our name or by our non-profit number #92524.
2. Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping Anchorage AEYC earn a donation!
3. You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today.
4. If you do not have an Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service Desk at any Fred Meyers Store.
5. For additional information visit: www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards
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Thanks for supporting Anchorage AEYC!
1:15 pm - 4:30 pm
A Parent’s Perspective: Earning a
Parents Trust and Cooperation
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author, Parent,
Columnist, Certified Parent Coach,
Vancouver, WA
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Christina Eubanks,
Director, Hillcrest Children’s Center,
Anchorage, AK
As bed bugs make their way into
more homes they are also finding
their way into schools. A comprehensive plan that addresses early
detention and thorough response is
key to keeping the situation to a
“hitchhiker” rather than an infestation. During this training we will
present a comprehensive plan, costeffective early detection techniques
and how to bring in the professionals.
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Meghan Johnson, Learn &
Grow Director, thread, Anchorage, AK
Working With Parents of
Children with FASD
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Dr. Larry Burd, Professor,
UND School of Medicine, Grand Forks,
ND
Please
Be Courteous
It’s wonderful to catch up
with colleagues but please
not while speakers are
addressing the group.
State of Alaska Child Care
Licensing
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenters: Staci Collier, SOA
Licensing Program Manager,
SOA-Child Care Program Office,
Anchorage, AK & Lewis Watson, Child
Care Licensing Supervisor, SOA-Child
Care Program Office, Anchorage, AK
Child Care Licensing is continuing
to implement the philosophy: child
focused, family friendly and fair to
providers, into the work we do every
day. We invite you to come hear about
licensing updates, new regulation
changes, statewide licensing trends
and statistics, and join a discussion on
the importance of appropriate supervision of children in care.
This workshop will explore statewide
survey results regarding current quality practices programs already implement and how these practices directly
link to Alaska’s Learn & Grow Quality
Improvement System. Your program
may already be engaged in implementing quality standards! This session will
also describe Learn & Grow quality
standard areas, tentative activities
for each level of quality and how your
program can get involved.
Culturally Appropriate Family
Supports
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard: Families
Presenter: Jacqueline Tagaban,
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood, UAF, Juneau, AK
Thursday
The emphasis will be on identification of
infants who have FASD especially those
who do not meet criteria for FAS. We
will discuss opportunities and strategies
for engaging parents of children with
FASD to improve outcomes for both
parents and children. This will focus on
strategies that can be applied in everyday settings by people with a wide range
of professional training and experiences. This presentation will be divided
into four parts: 1. How fetal alcohol
exposure results in changes in brain and
behavior of young children; 2. Strategies for early identification by screening and awareness of population prevalence of FASD; 3. Working with parents of children with FASD; 4 Strategies for management: What should we
do and when should we do it?
Continuous Quality Improvement:
Quality Program Practices &
Next Steps for Alaska’s QIS:
Learn & Grow
Workshop Sessions
You have children’s best interests at
heart and parents do as well. Sometimes it feels as if we are on separate
sides of a never ending disagreement.
How can a bridge be created between
you and parents? Come find out.
Bed Bug Aware!
This workshop will focus on the
importance of culture in children’s
lives and how to appropriately
support and incorporate children’s
culture and family in your classroom.
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1:15 pm - 2:45 pm (continued)
Building Playful, Meaningful
Interactions Throughout the Day
Workshop Sessions
Thursday
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Christine Boivin,
Center Director, Kid’s Corps, Inc., Anchorage, AK & Rachel Boudreau, Child
Development Coordinator, Kid’s Corp,
Inc. Head Start, Anchorage, AK
This workshop will cover ways to build
on engaging interactions through the
entire day that children are in your
care; free choice, meal times, tooth
brushing, hand washing, outside time,
etc. We will build on ways that you
can enter a child’s play and build meaningful relationships as well as extending their thinking. We will also discuss
ideas for encouraging thicker conversations for routine parts of the day.
We will also cover ways to have more
engaging circle times and alternative
methods, more than just calendar and
weather.
This workshop is a repeat of Wednesday’s 3:30-5:00 (Aspen Room) presentation.
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard: Assessment of
Child Progress
Presenter: Cathy Cole, Independent
Early Care and Education Consultant,
Riddle, OR
Observing and assessing children play
a key role in the teaching and caring
for young children. An effective observation and assessment system helps
teachers to learn about each child’s
individual needs and interests and allows them to reflect on how best to
plan experiences and activities to support each child’s development and
learning. Through this training participants will: Explore techniques for
observing, recording, and evaluating a
child’s developmental progress; Learn
strategies of techniques to effectively develop and enhance child observation skills; Learn techniques for
using child observation as a tool for
collecting assessment information and
for purposeful planning of activities
and experiences and development of
the learning environment.
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Roundtable with the Child Care
Program Office
Unlock the Door to Classroom
Communities: Keys to Success
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenters: Tabatha Peterson, Family
Partnership Coordinator, CCS Early
Learning, Wasilla, AK & Michelle Cook,
Family Educator, CCS Early Learning,
Wasilla, AK
This workshop will focus on building
positive and healthy classroom communities. We’ll cover: bringing family into
your class community; benefits of having
a class community; and many hands-on
activities and strategies to promote
community in the class.
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Observing, Reflecting and
Planning for Young Children
Part II Reflecting
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenters: Janice Braden, Program
Coordinator II, Child Care Program
Office, Anchorage, AK & Christina
Hulquist, Program Coordinator II,
Child Care Program Office, Anchorage,
AK
Administrators and staff are invited
to join the State of Alaska, Child Care
Program Office in a roundtable discussion regarding State programs: Child
Care Assistance, Alaska In! and Child
Care Grant. An overview of each of
these State programs and how they
are interconnected will be presented,
along with a roundtable discussion to
gather input and honest feedback
from child care providers about what
is working and where improvements
are needed.
Observing, Reflecting and
Planning for Young Children
Part III Planning
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard: Assessment of
Child Progress
Presenter: Cathy Cole, Independent
Early Care and Education Consultant,
Riddle, OR
Observing and assessing children play
a key role in the teaching and caring
for young children. An effective observation and assessment system helps
teachers to learn about each child’s
individual needs and interests and allows them to reflect on how best to
plan experiences and activities to support each child’s development and
learning. Through this training participants will: Explore techniques for
observing, recording, and evaluating a
child’s developmental progress; Learn
strategies of techniques to effectively develop and enhance child observation skills; Learn techniques for
using child observation as a tool for
collecting assessment information and
for purposeful planning of activities
and experiences and development of
the learning environment.
Using Environmental Supports in
the Classroom
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Melissa Pickle, Alaska
State Manager/Regional ECE
Specialist, Eagle River, AK
As teachers we want all of the children in our classroom to be engaged
in learning and to be successful. We
know that some children need additional assistance in order to do this.
Environmental supports such as visual schedules and supports, physical
adjustments to the environment,
social pairing of children and schedule of adjustments can have a major
impact on children’s level of engagement. Participants will learn practical strategies they can immediately
implement upon returning to their
classroom.
All Aboard! Our Journey to
Worlds of Music, Dance &
Storytelling!
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Eddie Wood, Performing
Artist/Education Consultant, Homer, AK
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenter: Angelica Gutierrez, MSW,
Program Specialist, Admin for Children
& Families, US Dept of Health & Human
Services
Health Insurance coverage is vital to
ensuring family stability and positive
educational outcomes for children.
Early childhood educators are in a prime
position to play a vital role in supporting
the parents they serve apply for and
get health coverage for themselves,
their children and other family members. Angelica will share tangible information, tools, and ideas to support and
build the confidence of educators in
these outreach efforts. She will also
share the “From Coverage to Care”
roadmap aimed at helping people with
new health care coverage understand
and access the benefits they need and
deserve.
The emphasis of this workshop will be
on identification of infants who have
FASD especially those who do not
meet criteria for FAS. We will discuss opportunities and strategies for
engaging parents of children with
FASD to improve outcomes for both
parents and children. This will focus
on strategies that can be applied in
everyday settings by people with a
wide range of professional training
and experience. This presentation will
be divided into four parts: 1. How
fetal alcohol exposure results in
changes in the brain and behavior of
young children; 2. Strategies for
early identification by screening and
awareness of population prevalence of
FASD; 3 Working with parents of children with FASD; 4. Strategies for
management: What Should we do and
when should we do it?
Hands On Literacy
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Christy Pratt, & Julie
Vang, Center Directors, Kids’ Corps,
Inc. Head Start, Anchorage, AK
Welcome to Hands on Literacy!
Please come and explore the wonderful world of literacy and how to
teach your children the very best
that literacy has to offer. In this
presentation we will be discussing
early childhood literacy and oral language development using the 5 best
practices. Teachers will have an opportunity to join us for a shared
book reading, sing songs, and make
their own story re- telling props to
familiar stories. Teachers will have
an opportunity to model some of
these practices using a KWL chart
to scaffold their knowledge of literacy and oral language development.
Our goal is for teachers to walk
away excited about literacy and have
new literacy tools in their toolbox to
teach from.
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: Myra G Crouch, Chief
Program Officer, Council for Professional Recognition, Washington, DC
The Child Development Associate
(CDA) National Credentialing Program is the best 1st step in professional development of early care
professionals. The Council has revolutionized the CDA assessment
which is driven by the Candidate and
strengthens the Candidate’s professional development experience. The
enhancements to the system are
aligned to promote the best practices in the ECE field for credentialing and assessment. The assessment
process has been streamlined, making it easier for Candidates and programs to understand and navigate.
The credentialing system utilizes
multiple sources of evidence and is
the only comprehensive system of
its kind! Join this session to learn
more and take away strategies to
help you succeed.
This session is repeated: Saturday,
1:45-3:15, Portage Room.
CONFERENCE EVALUATION
Thursday
Health Insurance CoverageWhat Do I Need to Know to Get
Our Families Covered?
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Dr. Larry Burd,
Professor, UND School of Medicine,
Grand Forks, ND
Succeeding in CDA 2.0:
Navigating the Process to
Support Professional
Development
Workshop Sessions
Our goals are healthy children in families, schools, communities and cultures.
Our mission is to help young ones use
sound, story and movement to grow
their potential with play to act in our
world. Music, dance and storytelling
help kids see their parents/teachers as
role models with life lessons to share.
Play begins at home and education begins with family activities. We use percussion instruments and performing arts
techniques to engage children in collaborative skits. These have lessons about
taking care of ourselves, friends and
family. Important themes are woven
into a tale that has dancing and music/
sound effects. The story concludes
with a positive outcome to the plot
situation. We spark the hearts and
minds of little ones and they return
that creative energy tenfold! Join us in
hands-on exploring and share common
ground that grows amazing kids!
Common Behavior in Young
Children
Your opinion matters!
The Anchorage AEYC
Conference Evaluation will be
emailed to all attendees
after the conference.
We look forward to receiving
your feedback and comments!
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Friday, January 30, 2015
AGENDA IN DETAIL
7:30-4:30
REGISTRATION/CHECK IN/INFORMATION DESK OPEN …………………………...……...….……… Promenade
7:30-5:15
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN …………………………………………………………………………………………..…....………Dillingham/Katmai
Connect with community resources and vendors who provide products and services ideally suited to early childhood and
school-age care professionals.
7:30-2:55
SILENT AUCTION………………………………….....……………….….……..………....…. Lobby down from Registration
7:30-8:00
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST …………………………………….…………………………………………...…………....…...Promenade
8:00-9:30
OPENING GENERAL SESSION ……………………………………………………………………………… Aleutian/Alaska/Denali
Participate in the silent auction. Not only will you come away with terrific items, you will be giving someone else the
opportunity to attend the conference in the future. Proceeds support Anchorage AEYC scholarships fund & Head Start.
Menu: Muffins, fruit, juice, coffee, tea & hot chocolate
KEYNOTE: Gigi Schweikert Keynote Address: The Power of One Positive Person
See description page 11.
9:45-10:15 VISIT EXHIBITORS/BREAK
10:15-12:15 SEMINAR SESSIONS
12:15-1:45 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:45-3:15
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
3:30-5:00
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
5:00-6:30
EARLY CARE & EDUCATION CELEBRATION ……………………..…………………..……...………………..Alaska Room
6:00-7:45
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT CLASS WRAPUP……………………………...Prince William Board Room
FRIDAY: SESSIONS-AT-A-GLANCE
NAEYC
Standard
LEVEL
AGE
GROUP
WORKSHOP
PRESENTER(S)
CAPACITY
ROOM
Friday, January 30th, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
30
Health
All
All
Challenges of Engaging Families Where the Parent Has Been
Prenatally Impacted
Dr. Larry Burd
200
Aleutian
Relationships
Beginning
All
Winning Ways for Partnering with Families
Gigi Schweikert
200
Denali
Leadership &
Management
Intermediate
Advanced
Adults
Finding the Wisdom Within: Reflections on Leadership and
Professional Development
Myra G Crouch
60
King
Salmon
Assessment of
Child Progress
All
Birth-5
Engaging in Concept Development
Cathy Cole
60
Iliamna
Teachers
All
3-12
Anji Gallanos
Deb Riddle
60
Lupine
Leadership &
Management
Intermediate
Adults
Joy Lyon
Margaret Bauer
70
Fireweed
Relationships
All
All
Keri Krout
60
Aspen
Teachers
All
Adults
I Wonder: Building Science into Each Day
Bonnie Powell
60
Spruce
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
Blast Away Procrastination: Get it Done NOW
Rita Emmett
60
Birch
Teachers
Intermediate
Birth-8
What’s Beneath the Behavior - Developing Plans of Support
Alicia Deaver
Helen Strothers
50
Willow
Aligning Pre-K Readiness with the Alaska State Standards
Overview
Advocacy from 1 to 5
Does Father Know Best: Why Children Need Fathers and What
We Can Do to Help
FRIDAY: SESSIONS-AT-A-GLANCE
NAEYC
Standard
LEVEL
continued
PRESENTER(S)
CAPACITY
ROOM
Patty Meritt
50
Chart
Cathy Cole
60
Iliamna
The Art Journey
Jessica Gardner
Aubrey Sabin
50
Aleutian
Are You Utilizing People or Using Them?
Gigi Schweikert
200
Denali
Rimala Rein
60
King
Salmon
Myra G Crouch
18
Portage
Deb Riddle
60
Fireweed
Angi Gallanos
60
Lupine
Brian Kenneweg
60
Birch
Keri Krout
60
Aspen
Working with Challenging Behavior: Thinking Outside of the Box
Rachel Shanks
Emily Urlacher
60
Spruce
Mildred Parker
50
Willow
Panu Lucier
Hilary Seitz
50
Top of the
World
AGE
GROUP
WORKSHOP
Friday, January 30th, 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Teaching
All
3Adults
Reaching Potential Through Puppetry
Assessment of
Child Progress
All
Birth-5
Observing, Reflecting & Planning for Young Children
Friday, January 30th, 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Teaching
Intermediate
Birth-5
Leadership
& Management
Beginning
All
Teaching
Intermediate
Birth-3
Vision Impaired Services and Resources for Alaskan ILP Providers
Teachers
All
Adults
Succeeding in CDA 2.0: Navigating the Process to Support
Professional Development
Teachers
All
3-12
Focus on Math: Bridging the State Standards and Preschool
Readiness
Teachers
All
3-12
Focus on Literacy: Bridging the State Standards and Preschool
Readiness
Teaching
All
3-5
Beginning STEM
Relationships
All
Birth-3
Teaching
All
3-8
Teachers
Beginning
Adults
Maintaining a Commitment to Professionalism
Teaching
All
Adults
Introducing Alaska’s Core Knowledge and Competencies for the
Early Care and Learning Workforce
Teaching Toddlers and Loving It!
Friday, January 30th, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Leadership &
Management
Intermediate
Adult
Supervise with Confidence: Using Your Teacher Skills to Guide
Adults
Gigi Schweikert
200
Denali
Physical
Environment
All
Birth-8
Creating Community through Play Environments: Choosing Toys
that Invite Participation from Every Age Group
PJ Hatfield-Bauer
60
King
Salmon
Teachers
All
3-12
Focus on Math: Bridging the State Standards and Preschool
Readiness
(Repeat of 1:45-3:15 session)
Deb Riddle
60
Fireweed
Teachers
All
3-12
Focus on Literacy: Bridging the State Standards and Preschool
Readiness
(Repeat of 1:45-3:15 session)
Angi Gallanos
60
Lupine
Leadership &
Management
All
All
Rules & Running Noses: Remind Me Why I’m Still Here!
Keri Krout
60
Aspen
Teaching
All
3-8
Working with Challenging Behavior: Thinking Outside of the Box
(Repeat of 1:45-3:15 session)
Rachel Shanks
Emily Urlacher
60
Spruce
Teaching
Intermediate
3-5
Using Music in the Preschool Classroom
Toni Rae Osiecki
Robyn Hautala-Pieper
60
Birch
Teaching
All
3-5
Up, Up, and Away with Parachute Play
Paige Chase &
Bridget Kelly
50
Aleutian
Teaching
All
Birth-5
Adults
Lisa McCuthcheon
50
Willow
Won’t You Be My Neighbor: How to Include Children with
Special Needs
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Finding The Wisdom Within:
Reflections on Leadership and
Professional Development
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Challenges of Engaging Families
Where the Parent has Been
Prenatally Impacted
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Myra G Crouch, Chief
Program Officer, Council for
Professional Development,
Washington DC
Workshop Sessions
Friday
Room: Aluetian
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Dr. Larry Burd, Professor,
UND School of Medicine,
Grand Forks, ND
This workshop will focus on the identification of infants who have FASD
especially those who do not met criteria for FAS. We will discuss opportunities and strategies for engaging
parents of children with FASD to improve outcomes for both parents and
children. This will focus on strategies
that can be applied in everyday settings by people with a wide range of
professional training and experience.
This session will be divided into four
parts: 1. How fetal alcohol exposure
results in changes in brain and behavior of young children; 2. Strategies
for early identification by screening
and awareness of population prevalence of FASD; 3. Working with parents of children with FASD; 4.
Strategies for management: What
should we do and when should we do
it?
Winning Ways for Partnering
with Families
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenter: Gigi Schweikert, Author,
International Speaker,
High Bridge, NJ
Why do we do all this for parents? Why
did they have kids anyway? Don’t we work
here to educate and care for children, not
their parents? Our lives would be much
easier if children didn’t come with parents. Sound familiar? Sure, but in today’s
world, we’re realizing that if we really
want to impact children, we have to have a
positive impact on their families, too.
Join us for this humorous and practical
workshop to learn about creative ways to
partner with families. A can’t miss attend
session for anyone who gets a little crazy
sometimes from demanding and questioning parents.
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Does Father Know Best:
Why Children Need Fathers and
What We Can Do to Help
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenters: Keri Krout, Author,
Parent, Columnist, Certified Parent
Coach, Vancouver, WA
Learn why fathers and father figures
are vital in the lives of children and
how to invite and involve them in your
classroom. This workshop was presented at the NAEYC Conference in
Chicago and received a standing ovation.
Engaging in Concept Development
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard:
Assessment of Child Progress
Presenter: Cathy Cole, Independent
Early Care and Education Consultant,
Riddle, OR
Concept Development is the teacher’s
ability to plan for and provide classroom experiences, discussions, and
activities to develop and promote children’s higher level thinking skills. In
this hands-on engaging workshop participants learn how to plan and implement activities that engage the children in connecting concepts to real
life experiences and previous knowledge, problem solving, experimentation, prediction and classifying and
comparison.
Envision what your professional
practice would look like after finding
the wisdom within as you learn
strategies to further support your
professional development. Join this
session to engage in a discussion on
ideas that support professional
growth at any level and across
different ECE settings. Review
concepts that build on leadership
as a purpose, not from a place of
position. Learn ways to inspire,
educate or be a mentor to others.
King Salmon
Aligning Pre-K Readiness with
the Alaska State Standards
Overview
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Anji Gallanos, Literacy
Content Specialist, Department of
Education and Early Development,
Juneau, AK; & Deb Riddle, Math
Content Specialist, Department of
Education & Early Development,
Juneau, Alaska
The Alaska Standards (adopted
2012), continue to be a focus for
educators in Alaska. The standards
are designed to ensure students
progressing through K-12 are ready
to graduate from high school, college and career ready. Early childhood educators must take action to
know and understand what these
new Alaska standards mean and
what schools will expect of children
who are entering kindergarten. This
workshop will provide an overview of
the expectations of the Alaska
Standards in Language Arts and
math and will give early educators an
opportunity to align curriculum to
the standards in a developmentally
appropriate way.
10:15 am-12:15 pm
(continued)
Advocacy from 1 to 5
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenters: Joy Lyon, Executive
Director AEYC-SEA, Juneau, AK &
Margaret Bauer, Alaska AEYC Public
Policy Chair, Anchorage, AK
I Wonder: Building Science
into Each Day
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Rita Emmett, CEO,
Emmett Enterprises, Inc., Author,
Des Plaines, IL
Do you have way too much to do and
never enough time to do it? Are you
overwhelmed with all that you’ve
been putting off? Is it impossible to
get through all the clutter in your
office and in your life? Rita Emmett
is a “Recovering Procrastinator” and
author of 4 books including The Procrastinator’s Handbook. In this
high content/high fun interactive
presentation, she offers not only
techniques & strategies to help you
stop procrastinating, she also offers
hope. If she can break the procrastination habit, anyone can. Even
YOU. If you can’t find the time for
this session, perhaps THIS is the
session you need to attend.
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: Bonnie Powell, ECE
Specialist, Homer, AK
What’s Beneath the Behavior Developing Plans of Support
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenters: Alicia Deaver, Director
of Outreach & Program Expansion,
thread, Anchorage, AK & Helen
Strothers, Clinician/Consultant,
Anchorage Community Mental Health
Services, Anchorage, AK
Join us for an in-depth discussion
around developing support plans for
children with challenging behaviors.
This session will focus on developing
case studies and implementing
strategies of support based on individual child needs. If you are attending this session, please come
prepared to actively participate in
small groups, develop a case study
for a child with challenging behaviors, to problem solve, and to reflect
on teaching practices.
Reaching Potential through
Puppetry
Room: Chart Room (15th Floor of
West Tower)
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Patty Meritt, Professor
of Early Childhood Development, UAF,
Fairbanks, AK
This workshop explores puppets for all
ages. Facilitator will share a handout
and lead discussion defining puppets
and the value of puppetry as well as
how to guide puppets and avoid discipline problems that sometimes occur
when puppets get aggressive. Participants will watch a few short video
clips of famous and successful puppeteers as well as children using puppets
at the Bunnell House Early Childhood
lab School at the University in Fairbanks. Basic instruction will include
how to develop a plot and resources
for creating performances. Then participants will make basic puppets and
those who are willing will share short
stories/plays with their group. We will
also look at the history of puppets, if
time allows (through a puppet performance of course). After this session you should be ready to “Give Puppets a Place in your Space”!
Friday
I wonder…. How does that work? We
are all scientists! Together we will
explore ways to incorporate science
and encourage curiosity throughout
each day. Building on materials from
the Head Start National Center of
Quality Teaching and Learning, our
focus will be on blending fun science
activities with instructional practices
strategies that encourage effective
facilitation, incorporate a variety of
modalities and materials, engage students with effective questioning, provide quality feedback, model language,
and build in opportunities for leadership. Come prepared for a hands-on
session and be willing to share your
expertise!
This session is repeated on Saturday,
1:45-3:15 in the Aspen.
1:45 pm-5:00 pm
Workshop Sessions
Learn how 1 person can make a difference - you! With an issue you are
passionate about - children! Fast
forward simulation of 2 jobs of a
legislator - passing bills, and a state
budget. Tour 3 great resources to
keep you informed about what is
happening with young children. Discuss the 4 arms of Government, and
how, when, and where you can influence each. Review 5 great ways to
advocate, and hear about 5 hot advocacy topics in Alaska for 2015.
Blast Away Procrastination:
Get it Done NOW
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1:45 pm-5:00 pm
Observing, Reflecting and
Planning for Young Children
Workshop Sessions
Friday
Room: Iliamna
NAEYC Standard:
Assessment of Child Progress
Presenter: Cathy Cole, Independent
Early Care and Education Consultant,
Riddle, OR
Observing and assessing children play a
key role in the teaching and caring for
young children. An effective observation and assessment system helps
teachers to learn about each child’s
individual needs and interests and allows
them to reflect on how best to plan experiences and activities to support each
child’s development and learning.
Through this training participants will:
Explore techniques for observing, recording, and evaluating a child’s developmental progress; Learn strategies of
techniques to effectively develop and
enhance child observation skills; Learn
techniques for using child observation
as a tool for collecting assessment information and for purposeful planning of
activities and experiences and development of the learning environment. This
session is a condensed repeat of
Thursday’s presentations.
1:45 pm-3:15 pm
The Art Journey
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Jessica Gardner, Developmental Specialist, Programs for Infants
& Children, Anchorage, AK & Aubrey
Sabin, Developmental Specialist,
Programs for Infants & Children,
Anchorage, AK
Participate in a session of hands on art
activities that are all about the process,
not the product! These activities will
focus on the creation of art and what
this process does for a child’s development. You will learn ways to support
children’s natural curiosity, exploration
and creativity. You will also learn ways
to discuss the art process with parents.
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Are you Utilizing People or
Using Them?
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Leadership &
Management
Presenters: Gigi Schweikert,
Author, International Speaker,
High Bridge, NJ
As a new supervisor or even a seasoned one, you’re likely to hold on
tightly to the reins of control, feeling
as if you tell everyone exactly what to
do and how to so that they will do it
just like you. Voila! But it doesn’t work
that way. Supervision is not getting
people to act like us, but getting them
to act and perform the very best they
can. For people to be motivated to do
their best they need the freedom to
take on new responsibility, use their
creativity, and do things “their way.”
You need to delegate to motivate. Are
you utilizing people or using them?
Vision Impairment Services
& the Resources for ILP
Providers
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Kimala Rein, MEd, TVI
COMS, Teacher of students with Visual Impairment & Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Anchorage, AK
This workshop will discuss how to incorporate appropriate services and
effective teaching approaches as part
of Individualized Family Service Plan
for a child with a vision impairment
and the child’s family.
1.What qualifies a child as visually
impaired?
2.What are the Service Delivery
Guidelines for Vision Impairment in
Alaska?
3.What resources are available for
the child, family, and Infant Learning
Provider?
This session will help ILP providers
understand Service Delivery Guidelines for Vision Impairment in Alaska
and give them resources to use when
they have a child with vision impairment in their ILP.
Succeeding in CDA 2.0:
Navigating the Process to
Support Professional
Development
Room: Portage
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: Myra G Crouch, Chief Program Officer, Council for Professional
Recognition, Washington, DC
The Child Development Associate
(CDA) National Credentialing Program
is the best 1st step in professional
development of early care professionals. The Council has revolutionized the
CDA assessment which is driven by
the Candidate and strengthens the
Candidate’s professional development
experience. The enhancements to the
system are aligned to promote the
best practices in the ECE field for
credentialing and assessment. The
assessment process has been streamlined, making it easier for Candidates
and programs to understand and navigate. The credentialing system utilizes multiple sources of evidence and
is the only comprehensive system of
its kind! Join this session to learn
more and take away strategies to help
you succeed.
This session is repeated on Saturday,
1:45-3:15, Cook Inlet Room.
Teaching Toddler’s & Loving It!
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author, Parent, Columnist, Certified Parent Coach,
Vancouver, WA
Toddlers are not a tiny version of a
four year old. They have specific
needs, and temperaments. Let’s
discuss what we can do to give them
the right start in life.
Maintaining a Commitment
to Professionalism
1:45 pm-3:15 pm (continued)
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: Mildred Parker,
Professional Development Specialist,
thread, Anchorage, AK
Beginning STEM
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Brian Kenneweg,
Northwest Regional Manager,
Lakeshore Learning Materials,
Carson, CA
lenge.
Focus on Literacy:
Bridging the State Standards
and Preschool Readiness
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Anji Gallanos, Literacy
Content Specialist, Department of
Education and Early Development,
Juneau, AK
This workshop is a continuation of the
morning session and will provide a
deeper understanding of the Alaska
Standards, specifically the expectations in Mathematics. Early educators
will focus on teaching strategies that
will align mathematical content and
the mathematical practices to curriculum in a developmentally appropriate
way.
This session repeated 3:30-5:00 in
the Fireweed Room.
Working with Challenging
Behavior: Thinking Outside
the Box
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Rachel Shanks,
Disabilities Coordinator, Kids’ Corps,
Inc. Head Start, Anchorage, AK &
Emily Urlacher, Center Director,
Kids’ Corps, Inc., Head Start,
Anchorage, AK
Come learn tools, strategies and
ideas on recognizing and meeting the
needs of students with challenging
behavior. We will look at triggering
events, cycles of behavior, teacher
responses, children in crisis, strategies to cope (both teacher & child),
and how to implement these in a busy
class day. We’ll take a look at the
deeper problems and how to avoid
the short term “band-aid” fixes.
This session is repeated 3:30-5:00
in the Spruce.
Introducing Alaska’s Core
Knowledge and Competencies
for the Early Care and
Learning Workforce
Room: Top of the World
(15th floor West Tower)
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Panu Lucier, SEED
Director, thread, Anchorage, AK; &
Hilary Seitz, Professor, Associate
Dean, UAA, Anchorage, AK
Alaska’s Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKCs) are the road map for
defining the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed by professionals
working with children birth through
age 8 to provide high quality care and
education. In this presentation, you
will learn about why the CKCs are important; how the six standard areas of
competency can be used by teachers,
caregivers, family child care providers, directors, program administrators, trainers, higher education, policy
makers, and advocates to improve the
quality of early childhood education.
Friday
This workshop is a continuation of the
morning session and will provide a
deeper understanding of Alaska Standards, specifically the expectations in
Language Arts. Early educators will
focus on teaching strategies that will
align reading readiness, pre-writing
and language, curriculum to the standards in a developmentally appropriate
way.
This session is repeated 3:30-5:00 in
the Lupine.
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Deb Riddle, Math
Content Specialist, Department of
Education & Early Development, Juneau, Alaska
This training will define what a professional is, introduce professional
organizations in early education, review the Code of Ethical Conduct and
Statement of Commitment from The
National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC), and discuss the early educator’s role in advocacy.
Workshop Sessions
During this interactive journey,
we will discuss developmentally
appropriate activities for S.T.E.M.
(Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics), while including
extension ideas to engage families.
We will also look at the learning
environment through the natural
curiosity of a child as we explore. Session will also include a cardboard chal-
Focus on Math: Bridging the
State Standards and Preschool
Readiness
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Up, Up, and Away with
Parachute Play
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Supervise with Confidence:
Using Your Teacher Skills to
Guide Adults
Workshop Sessions
Friday
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard: Leadership &
Management
Presenters: Gigi Schweikert, Author,
International Speaker
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Would you ever give up on helping a child
succeed? Never. So why, as supervisors,
are we so willing to throw up our hands in
defeat when guiding adults? Use your
teacher skills to guide adults, discover
ways to communicate your expectations
more clearly, and help others overcome
the barriers that keep them from succeeding. A must see workshop for anyone
who works with adults and gets a little
impatient sometimes.
Focus on Math: Bridging the
State Standards and Preschool
Readiness
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Deb Riddle, Math
Content Specialist, Department of
Education & Early Development,
Juneau, Alaska
This workshop is a continuation of the
morning session and will provide a
deeper understanding of the Alaska
Standards, specifically the expectations in Mathematics. Early educators
will focus on teaching strategies that
will align mathematical content and
the mathematical practices to curriculum in a developmentally appropriate way.
This workshop is a repeat of the 1:453:15 session in the Fireweed Room.
Focus on Literacy: Bridging
the State Standards and
Preschool Readiness
Creating Community through Play
Environments: Choosing Toys
that Invite Participation from
Every Age Group
Room: King Salmon
NAEYC Standard:
Physical Environment
Presenter: PJ Hatfield-Bauer,
ILP Manager, SeaView Community
Services ILP, Seward, AK
Setting up indoor play spaces are important in Alaska because of our unpredictable weather. The emphasis of this
workshop will be on finding and choosing
toys that invite participation from a
wide range of ages and abilities in order
to build community play spaces where
children who experience special needs
can play with typically developing children.
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Anji Gallanos, Literacy
Content Specialist, DEED, Juneau, AK
This workshop is a continuation of the
morning session and will provide a
deeper understanding of Alaska Standards, specifically the expectations in
Language Arts. Early educators will
focus on teaching strategies that will
align reading readiness, pre-writing
and language, curriculum to the standards in a developmentally appropriate way.
This workshop is a repeat of the 1:45
-3:15 session in the Lupine Room.
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Paige Chase, Associate
Educator, CCS Early Learning,
Chugiak, AK & Bridget Kelly, Family
Educator, CCS Early Learning,
Chugiak, AK
New and seasoned educators will learn
how to incorporate parachute play
into their classrooms daily routine. The parachute is a limitless tool
that can encourage and build a plethora of skills.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor:
How to Include Children with
Special Needs
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Lisa McCuthcheon,
Professional Development Specialist,
thread, Anchorage, AK
In this session, you will learn how to
create an inclusive environment
through environmental supports, basic
adaptations and modifications of curriculum that support all learners. Participants will gain knowledge about the
importance of working with families,
resource agencies and related services to ensure best practices. Participants will also explore how they
can empower all children in their child
care settings.
Using Music in the Preschool
Classroom
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Toni Rea Osiecki,
Developmental Specialist, Programs
for Infants & Children, Anchorage,
AK & Robyn Hautala-Pieper, Developmental Specialist, Programs for
Infants & Children, Anchorage, AK
Be inspired, no musical background
necessary. Learn how to integrate
music into the preschool classroom to
promote structure, enhance early
learning concepts, facilitate transitions, and much more! The presentation will combine lecture with interactive learning opportunities.
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
(continued)
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author,
Parent, Columnist, Certified Parent
Coach, Vancouver, WA
You are in charge of over 12 children,
8 hours a day, 5 days a week. You
wipe tears, tables, noses and bottoms
with a smile. Our jobs have the 3rd
highest turnover rate in the nation
because we are exhausted at the end
of the day, and have nothing left to
give. Burn Out happens to the best of
us, and so does depression. Learn how
to receive so that we can continue to
give. Learn how to breath again, so
that we can give our best selves to
the children.
This session is repeated on Saturday
at 3:30.
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Rachel Shanks,
Disabilities Coordinator, Kids’ Corps,
Inc. Head Start, Anchorage, AK &
Emily Urlacher, Center Director, Kids’
Corps, Inc., Head Start,
Anchorage, AK
Come learn tools, strategies and ideas
on recognizing and meeting the needs
of students with challenging behavior.
We will look at triggering events, cycles of behavior, teacher responses,
children in crisis, strategies to cope
(both teacher & child), and how to
implement these in a busy class day.
We’ll take a look at the deeper problems and how to avoid the short term
“band-aid” fixes.
This session is a repeat of the 1:453:15 session in the Spruce.
Conference Evaluation
Questionnaire
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2015 Conference Evaluation
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following the conference.
Anchorage AEYC sincerely values
your feedback which is used to
evaluate the conference and to plan
for future conferences.
Workshop Sessions Friday
Rules & Running Noses: Remind
Me Why I’m Still Here!
Working with Challenging
Behavior: Thinking Outside
the Box
Thank You!
Early Care & Education Celebration!
5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Alaska Ballroom
Fun Entertainment!
Join us as we connect with colleagues,
meet new friends and relax as we celebrate being early childhood professionals.
Refreshments, door prizes, and tons of fun! Everyone welcome!
Partner Sponsors:
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
AGENDA IN DETAIL
7:30-1:00
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK OPEN ………………..……...……………………….………….……… Promenade
7:30-2:00
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN …………………………………………...……………….………………………………….………Dillingham/Katmai
Connect with community resources and vendors who provide products and services ideally suited to early childhood and
school-age care professionals.
7:30-2:55
SILENT AUCTION………………..…...…………………………………...………...…….……. Lobby down from Registration
7:30-8:00
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST …………………………………….…………………………………………...…………....…...Promenade
8:00-9:30
OPENING GENERAL SESSION ………………………………………………………..…………………..…………… Aleutian/Alaska
KEYNOTE: Rita Emmett Strategies to Prevent Burn-Out: Are We Having any Fun Yet?
Participate in the silent auction. Not only will you come away with terrific items, you will be giving someone else the
opportunity to attend the conference in the future. Proceeds support Anchorage AEYC scholarships fund and Head Start.
Assorted muffins, juice, coffee and teas
See description page 9.
9:45-10:15
VISIT EXHIBIT HALL/BREAK ……………………………..……………….………………………………….………Dillingham/Katmai
10:15-12:15 SEMINAR SESSIONS
9:30-4:30
ALASKA AEYC BOARD MEETING……………………………………………………………………………………... Top of the World
12:15-1:30
LUNCH ON SITE…..…………………………………………………………………..…………………………………….......Aleutian/Alaska
Lunch included in Conference Registration Fee Menu: Beef Taco Bar, chicken fajitas, three cheese quesadilla,
Mexican rice & three bean Cowboy beans, cheeses, desserts, coffee/tea
1:45-3:15
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
2:00
EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES…………………………………...…………………...………………………………….………Dillingham/Katmai
3:30-5:00
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Would you like to help plan the
2016 Anchorage AEYC EC Conference?
The committee meets 5 times a year!
September, October,
November, January & March
Stop by the Registration Desk
or speak to any committee member
to learn more!
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SATURDAY: SESSIONS-AT-A-GLANCE
TRACK
LEVEL
AGE
GROUP
WORKSHOP
PRESENTER(S)
CAPACITY
ROOM
Rita Emmett
200
Denali
Gigi Schweikert
100
Iliamna
King Salmon
AnneMarie Mattacchione
50
Lupine
Katie Olson
50
Fireweed
Melissa Picklet
60
Aspen
Keri Krout
50
Spruce
Alicia Deaver
Sarah Holland
60
Birch
Reanne Honemann
50
Willow
Veronica Pope, Jackie Sparrow,
Tennie Mackie,
Serena Mollenkopf, Stuart
Beard, Raissa D’Antonio
50
Chart
Saturday, January 31st, 10:15 am -12:15 pm
Leadership &
Management
All
Adults
Strategies to Prevent Burn-Out: Are We Having Any Fun
Yet? (Follow-up to Keynote)
Teaching
Intermediate
Birth-3
Supporting Infant & Toddler Exploration on Play
Teachers
All
Curriculum
All
3-12
Creating Little Botanist!
Teaching
Intermediate
3-5
Individualizing Teaching to Meet the Needs of All
Children
Relationships
All
All
Promoting Peace in the Classroom
Relationships
All
Birth-5
Families
All
Birth-12 Building Productive Relationships with Families
Teaching
All
Birth-12 Screen Time: The Good, The Bad and the Reality
3-5
Implementing Classroom Supports for Children with
Challenging Behaviors
The “Arts” of Play
Saturday, January 31st, 1:45 pm -5:00 pm
Health
Intermediate
All
Resiliency Trumps ACES
Trevor Storrs
60
Birch
Families
All
All
Parent Navigation and Programs: An Overview of Stone
Soup Group
Amy Westfall
50
Fireweed
Big Movement Big Learning
Emily Urlacher
50
Aleutian
Saturday, January 31st, 1:45 pm -3:15 pm
Teaching
All
3-8
Teachers
All
Adults
Succeeding in CDA 2.0: Navigating the Process to
Support Professional Development
Myra G Crouch
18
Prince William
Teaching
Beginning
Intermediate
Birth-3
Toddlers in Motion! Put on Your Comfortable Shoes
Gigi Schweikert
100
Iliamna
King Salmon
Relationships
Intermediate
Birth-5
Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad: Why it Matters
Jessica Gardner
Aubrey Sabin
50
Lupine
Teachers
All
Adults
I Wonder: Building Science into Each Day
Bonnie Powell
60
Aspen
Relationships
All
All
Keri Krout
50
Spruce
Curriculum
All
Birth-5
Well Planned Activities Promote Curiosity, Reasoning and
Problem Solving
Donna Wade
50
Willow
Curriculum
All
Birth-5
How To Make Preschool Learning Fun in a Home Child
Care
Brenda Nice
16
Portage
Gigi Schweikert
100
Iliamna
King Salmon
Melissa Pickle
60
Aspen
Keri Krout
50
Spruce
Jessica Gardner & Aubrey Sabin
50
Aleutian
Amy Bradford
Reanne Honemann
50
Willow
What I Know For Sure: Gifts to Give the Children
Saturday, January 31st , 3:30 pm -5:00 pm
Teaching
Beginning
Birth-3
Why Do They Push Chairs? Understanding the Toddler
Mind
Teaching
Beginning
3-5
Successfully Managing Classroom Transitions
Relationships
All
All
Rules & Running Noses: Remind Me Why I’m Still Here!
Health
All
All
Let’s Move
Curriculum
All
Birth-12 Make-It and Take-It: Connecting the Arts with Young
Children
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10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Supporting Infant & Toddler
Exploration on Play
Saturday
Room: Iliamna/King Salmon
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Gigi Schweikert, Author,
International Speaker, High Bridge, NJ
Infants and toddlers are capable of
doing so many wonderful things. They
need the opportunity to use mastered
skills, practice emerging skills, and try
new skills. Explore ways to maximize
learning experiences for young children,
learn how to encouragement language
development in your daily interactions,
and support their play in a whole new
way. Creating Little Botanist!
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard: Curriculum
Presenter: Katie Olson, Faculty
Chair Paraprofessional, Alaska
Christian College/The Learning Tree
Montessori, Soldotna, AK
In this session we look to engage our
students as active learners during
our non-winter months. Join us as
we examine common plants, weeds
and herbs. Learn the anatomical
structures of plants, identify specific species in the wild, as well as
understand how to use plants for
medicinal/edible usages. We will
play games, create mini-field journals and sing songs. During the fun
of our session you will learn how to
stop nose bleeds and calm insect
bites. We will share the top 5
plants for your school garden and
my personal recipe for homemade
spruce gum.
Workshop Sessions
Individualizing Teaching to
Meet the Needs of All
Children
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Screen Time: The Good,
The Bad and the Reality
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: AnnMarie Mattacchione,
Assistant Professor, UAF, Fairbanks,
AK
Are you concerned with the way children behave in the classroom because
of what they see in video games or movies? Are you struggling for a way to
help parents make an appropriate plan
for screen time with children at home?
Screens are not going away! Program
supervisors, teachers and family services staff members should understand
the effects of using screen technologies with children and support families
to provide a balance of activities for
healthy child development. This workshop will provide the latest research on
the effects of screen time on young
children and strategies to help bring a
balanced approach to resolving the
screen time dilemma.
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Melissa Pickle, Alaska
State Manager/Regional ECE
Specialist, Eagle River, AK
Every child is unique with his or her
own strengths as well as areas of
needs. As teachers how can we ensure we are meeting the needs of
the children we are supporting?
This can be particularly challenging
when working with children with
special needs, those exhibiting behavioral challenges, dual language
learners as well as children who just
are not making as much progress as
we would like. This workshop will
focus on ways in which teachers can
embed teaching through out the day
to meet those needs using materials
from the National Center on Quality
Teacher and Learning.
Implementing Classroom
Supports for Children with
Challenging Behaviors
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenters: Alicia Deaver, Director
of Outreach and Program Expansion,
thread, Anchorage, AK &
Sarah Holland, Lead Teacher,
Southcentral Foundation Employee
Family Center, Anchorage, AK
This presentation will provide a
panel discussion around different
strategies to support all children's
social-emotional competence and
specifically provide targeted supports for children with challenging
behaviors. The panel will be made
up of early educators from the
Alaska Pyramid Partnership (APP)
sites in Anchorage. APP is a model
for early care and education programs to implement the pyramid
model based off the research from
the Center for Social-Emotional
Foundations in Early Learning
(CSEFEL) and the Technical Assistance Center for Social Emotional
Interventions (TACSEI). The panel
will discuss the successes and challenges of implementing APP, specific classroom strategies that have
helped promote social emotional
competence and the overall impact
APP has had on their program in
regards to working with children
with challenging behaviors. There
will be a question and answer portion
and time for participants to build
their own plan for increasing supports for young children.
Strategies to Prevent Burn-Out:
Are We Having Any Fun Yet?
Room: Denali
NAEYC Standard:
Leadership & Management
Presenter: Rita Emmett, CEO,
Emmett Enterprises, Inc., Author,
Des Plaines, IL
Follow-up to Keynote.
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
(continued)
Promoting Peace in the Classroom
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard:
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author,
Parent, Columnist, Certified Parent
Coach, Vancouver, WA
Building Productive Relationships
with Families
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Families
Presenter: Reanne Honemann,
Professional Development Specialist,
thread, Anchorage, AK
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Resiliency Trumps ACES
Parent Navigation & Programs:
An Overview of Stone Soup Group
Room: Fireweed
NAEYC Standard: Families
Presenter: Amy Westfall, Program
Manager, Stone Soup Group,
Anchorage, AK
The Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACE) Study is one of the largest
investigations ever conducted to
assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life
health and well-being. The ACEs
study shows that trauma impairs a
child’s physical, social and intellectual development resulting in increased risk of poor performance in
school, mental health problems, substance abuse, problems with the law
and serious long-term health problems. But ACEs is not the end of
the story. Resiliency is the glue
that holds the circle of life together. In this session, you will
learn how the brain develops, how
trauma/ACE’s impacts this develop
and how resilience can help individuals overcome these impacts. Most
importantly, you will learn how you
can help to reduce trauma and build
resiliency in your life.
This session is a repeat of
Thursdays, 10:00-12:00 Session in
the Lupine.
This hands-on workshop will present
activities and resources through the
eyes of play. We’ll explore many
“Arts”: Science in the classroom,
Cooking without a kitchen, using Dry
Trash for projects, exploring Fine
Arts and the masters, Outdoor Play
and activities and Music throughout
the day. Attendees will go home with
ideas and activities they can use in
the classroom right now.
"The
gifts we
treasure most over
the years are often
small and simple.
In easy times and
tough times, what
seems to matter
most is the way we
show those nearest
us that we've been
listening to their
needs, to their joys,
and to their
challenges"
Saturday
Stone Soup Group: programs, populations served, families supported. A
review of what parent navigation is, and
how we support families. An overview
of community resources and how a parent navigator can support your program,
teachers, and families. We will also
review the programs SSG has and how
to refer to and utilize them. Some examples are clinics, MAP Family Program,
support groups, STAR, diagnosis specific support, IEP and school supports
and peer to peer connections.
We look at a day in the life of a parent
of a child with special needs. Practice
in small groups will identify resources
and supports feasible for a family in a
rural community vs. Anchorage.
Room: Birch
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenter: Trevor Storrs, Exec
Director, Alaska Children’s Trust,
Anchorage, AK
Room: Chart
(15th floor West Tower)
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenters: Veronica Pope, Jackie
Sparrow, Tennie Mackie, Serena
Mollenkopf, Stuart Beard, Raissa
D’Antonio: Teachers, St. Mary’s
Creative Playschool, Anchorage, AK
Workshop Sessions
Inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey, recent
brain research and what we know about
social emotional development this workshop will focus on developing empathy.
Bring your real life concerns and together we can develop a plan for peace
and acceptance in your classroom. This
session is a repeat of
Wednesday’s 9:45 session.
Understanding how to create open,
friendly, and cooperative relationships
with each child’s family benefits the
developing child. Forming a partnership that allows for effective communication creates mutual support for
both parents and early educators in
meeting their needs and the needs of
the child. The roots of this conversation lie in the Strengthening Families
Framework.
The “Arts” of Play
Mr. Rogers
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1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Workshop Sessions
Saturday
Succeeding in CDA 2.0:
Navigating the Process to
Support Professional
Development
Room: Prince William
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: Myra G Crouch, Chief
Program Officer, Council for
Professional Recognition,
Washington, DC
The Child Development Associate
(CDA) National Credentialing Program is the best 1st step in professional development of early care
professionals. The Council has revolutionized the CDA assessment
which is driven by the Candidate and
strengthens the Candidate’s professional development experience. The
enhancements to the system are
aligned to promote the best practices in the ECE field for credentialing and assessment. The assessment process has been streamlined,
making it easier for Candidates and
programs to understand and navigate. The credentialing system utilizes multiple sources of evidence
and is the only comprehensive system of its kind! Join this session to
learn more and take away strategies
to help you succeed.
This session is a repeat of the sessions offered on Thursday & Friday.
What I Know for Sure: Gifts
to Give the Children
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author,
Parent, Columnist, Certified Parent
Coach, Vancouver, WA
Repeat of Wednesday’s keynote.
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Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad:
Why it Matters
Room: Lupine
NAEYC Standard: Relationships
Presenters: Jessica Gardner,
Developmental Specialist, Programs
for Infants & Children, Anchorage,
AK & Aubrey Sabin, Developmental
Specialist, Programs for Infants &
Children, Anchorage, AK
Come create some interactive
visuals about feelings to add to your
classroom! These are simple strategies to help young children identify
and regulate their emotions. You will
learn how to use what you make to
help reduce frustration and increase
classroom participation. You will also
learn simple ways to talk to children
about their emotions and why it is
important that you do!
I Wonder: Building Science
into Each Day
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Teachers
Presenter: Bonnie Powell, ECE
Specialist, Homer, AK
I wonder…. How does that work? We
are all scientists! Together we will
explore ways to incorporate science
and encourage curiosity throughout
each day. Building on materials from
the Head Start National Center of
Quality Teaching and Learning, our
focus will be on blending fun science
activities with instructional practices
strategies that encourage effective
facilitation, incorporate a variety of
modalities and materials, engage students with effective questioning, provide quality feedback, model langue,
and build in opportunities for leadership. Come prepared for a hands-on
session and be willing to share your
expertise!
This session is a repeat of Friday’s,
10:15-12:15 session in the Spruce.
Toddlers in Motion! Put on Your
Comfortable Shoes
Room: Iliamna/King Salmon
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Gigi Schweikert,
Author, International Speaker,
High Bridge, NJ
Caring for toddlers can be busy and
exhausting. How do you help every
child reach their fullest potential
when there are so many little ones?
How can you give each child the time
and attention he needs while managing
the rest of the group and fishing toys
out of the toilet? In this humorous
and practical session, you’ll learn easy
ways to effectively give every toddler
individual attention by making care
times, prime times. Are you ready?
Put on your Comfortable Shoes.
Well Planned Activities
Promote: Curiosity, Reasoning
& Problem Solving
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Curriculum
Presenter: Donna Wade,
Professional Development Specialist,
thread, Anchorage, AK
It is a well documented fact that
children learn and develop at their
own pace. Providing developmentally
appropriate learning experiences to
children in your group can be a challenge. With your knowledge of each
child, general child development patterns and some time tested teaching
methods you can encourage all children’s learning, creativity, problemsolving and age appropriate development.
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
(continued)
How to Make Preschool Learning Fun in a Home Child Care
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Why Do They Push Chairs?
Understanding the Toddler Mind
Room: Iliamna/King Salmon
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Gigi Schweikert,
Author, International Speaker,
High Bridge, NJ
In this session we will cover the
following: Incorporating preschool
learning into home child care environment using play, letter & number
identification; Using crafts to recognize name, seasons, days of the
week/month; Special activities for
example using music & musical instruments to learn rhythm and word
memorization; Teaching responsibilities and organization; Working as a
team in cleaning up, and putting toys
in proper place while having fun.
Are there some toddlers in your class
who just aren’t listening? Do they
keep pushing the chairs? It’s our job
as educators to help children make
positive choices as often as possible.
With time, patience and consistency,
we can help every toddler succeed.
Learn developmentally appropriate
behavior and steps for redirecting
children’s behavior. You might not get
all the answers, but you’ll definitely
receive some new and innovative ideas
plus lots of laughs. Ready to understand the toddler mind?
Big Movement Big Learning
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Emily Urlacher, Center
Director, Kids’ Corps Inc., Head
Start, Anchorage, AK
Come learn how to incorporate
large muscle movement into your
daily activities, including ideas for
parachute play and keeping restless
bodies active to increase learning.
Building skills to use physical activity to stimulate learning.
Kids’ Corp, Inc
Head Start
Children
for making the
creative
table decorations.
Room: Spruce
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Keri Krout, Author,
Parent, Columnist, Certified Parent
Coach, Vancouver, WA
You are in charge of over 12 children,
8 hours a day, 5 days a week. You
wipe tears, tables, noses and bottoms
with a smile. Our jobs have the 3rd
highest turnover rate in the nation
because we are exhausted at the end
of the day, and have nothing left to
give. Burn Out happens to the best of
us, and so does depression. Learn how
to receive so that we can continue to
give. Learn how to breath again, so
that we can give our best selves to
the children.
This session is a repeat of Friday’s
3:30 Session.
Children in early childhood classrooms
spend much of their day moving from
one activity to the next. These transition times can be frustrating for
both the children and the adults in
the room. Participants in this workshop will learn ways to make the most
of transitions by ensuring these times
are not only free from chaos but are
also great learning opportunities for
children.
Make-It and Take-It:
Connecting the Arts with
Young Children
Room: Willow
NAEYC Standard: Curriculum
Presenters: Amy Bradford,
Professional Development Specialist,
thread, Anchorage, AK & Reanne
Honemann, Professional Development Specialist, thread, Anchorage,
AK
Come to our interactive workshop to
play and learn the process of connecting the arts with young children!
In this session you will participate in
fun activities and engaging conversations about the importance of
learning through play.
Let’s Move
Room: Aleutian
NAEYC Standard: Health
Presenters: Jessica Gardner,
Developmental Specialist, Programs
for Infants & Children, Anchorage,
AK & Aubrey Sabin, Developmental
Specialist, Programs for Infants &
Children, Anchorage, AK
Saturday
Anchorage AEYC
Thanks
Rules & Running Noses: Remind
Me Why I’m Still Here!
Room: Aspen
NAEYC Standard: Teaching
Presenter: Melissa Pickle, Alaska
State Manager/Regional ECE
Specialist, Eagle River, AK
Workshop Sessions
Room: Portage
NAEYC Standard: Curriculum
Presenter: Brenda Nice, Owner/
Care Provider, Nice Little Daycare,
Wasilla, AK
Successfully Managing
Classroom Transitions
Join us to explore ways to incorporate movement into classrooms or
homes without creating chaos. This
is an active session, come prepared
to move!
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Homer Librarian
Offers Tips on
Sharing Books
with Children
Some parents
aren’t sure how
to share books
with their young
children. To give
these parents a
starting point to
enjoy a book,
Claudia Haines of
the Homer Public
Library has
devised this
poster of tips.
Available on Apple iBooks!
The bestselling authors of NAEYC’s
Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with Children to
Extend Their Learning have released an enhanced,
interactive ebook! Created for coaches and other professionals who support the work of early childhood educators,
this must read guide is filled with video examples and other
digital features. Designed to complement any coaching
model, this guide will help you have Powerful Interactions
with coaches, teachers, and other early childhood
professionals.
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Share your thoughts about the new ebook using the hashtag
#powerfulinteractions
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2015 Presenter Contact
Presenters
Anchorage AEYC thanks all the conference
presenters who volunteered their time and shared
their invaluable knowledge and expertise!
McCuthcheon, Lisa: [email protected]
Anderson, Monica: [email protected]
Mollenkopf, Serena: [email protected]
Bauer, Margaret: [email protected]
Nice, Brenda: [email protected]
Beard, Stuart: [email protected]
Ohle, Kathryn: [email protected]
Boivin, Christine: [email protected]
Olson, Katie: [email protected]
Boudreau, Rachel: [email protected]
Parker, Mildred: [email protected]
Braden, Janice: [email protected]
Peterson, Tabatha: [email protected]
Bradford, Amy: [email protected]
Petticrew, Ethan: [email protected]
Burd, Dr. Larry: [email protected]
Pickle, Melissa: [email protected]
Carroll, Colleen: [email protected]
Pope, Veronica: [email protected]
Castillo, Anna: [email protected]
Powell, Bonnie: [email protected]
Cockrell, Patrick: [email protected]
Pratt, Christy: [email protected]
Cole, Cathy: [email protected]
Rein, Kimala: [email protected]
Collier, Staci: [email protected]
Riddle, Deb: [email protected]
Cook, Michelle: [email protected]
Russell, Jennifer: [email protected]
Crouch, Myra: [email protected]
Sabin, Aubrey: [email protected]
D’Antonio, Raissa: [email protected]
Schweikert, Gigi: [email protected]
Deaver, Alicia: [email protected]
Seitz, Hilary: [email protected]
Emmett, Rita: [email protected]
Shanks, Rachel: [email protected]
Eubanks, Christina: [email protected]
Simpson, Amy: [email protected]
Gallanos, Angi: [email protected]
Sparrow, Jackie: [email protected]
Gardner, Jessica: [email protected]
Stevens, Russ: [email protected]
Harvey, Hattie: [email protected]
Storrs, Trevor: [email protected]
Hatfield-Bauer, PJ: [email protected]
Strothers, Helen: [email protected]
Holland, Sarah: [email protected]
Tagabon, Jacqueline: [email protected]
Honemann, Reanne: [email protected]
Urlacher, Emily: [email protected]
Hulquist, Christina: [email protected]
Vang, Julie: [email protected]
Hulse, Cassie: [email protected]
Wade, Donna: [email protected]
Johnson, Meghan: [email protected]
Watson, Lewis: [email protected]
Kenneweg, Brian: [email protected]
Wennerstrom, Erin Kinavey: [email protected]
Krout, Keri: [email protected]
Westfall, Amy: [email protected]
Lucier, Panu: [email protected]
Wood, Eddie: [email protected]
Lundy, Jenna: [email protected]
Luther, Monica: [email protected]
Lyon, Joy: [email protected]
Mackie, Tennie: [email protected]
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Mattacchione, AnneMarie: [email protected]
McElroy, Jaad: [email protected]
Meritt, Patty: [email protected]
Exhibitors
Exhibit Hours:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
8:30 am-5:30 pm
7:30 am-5:15 pm
7:30 am-2:00 pm
Exhibitor’s Gala - Thursday 4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Alaska Association for Infant &
Early Childhood Mental Health
Kathleen Hansen, OTD, OTR/L President
Phone: (907) 500-8920
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.akaimh.org
Alaska Immunization Program
Lorraine Alfsen
Phone: (907) 869-8066 or 888-430-4321
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.epi.alaska.gov/immunize
Anchorage AEYC
Kyle Gardner, President
Phone: (907) 696-5884
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.anchorageaeyc.org
Arctic Mermaids Studios
Melody Beachem
Phone: (913) 704-9784
Email: [email protected]
Cookies 4 U
Mary Meacham
Phone: (907) 696-1555
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.cookies4U.net
Council for Professional Development
Myra Crouch
Phone: (202) 260-9090
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.cdacouncil.org
Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc.
Bill Barnet
Phone: (425) 334-1395
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web Site: www.deebooks.com
Eddie Wood
Eddie Wood
Phone: (907) 235-6160
E-mail: [email protected]
Emmett Enterprises, Inc.
Rita Emmett
Phone: (847) 699-9950
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.RitaEmmett.com
ExerPlay, Inc.
Karl & Mary Croft
Phone: (907) 887-3444
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.exerplay.com
Kaplan
Pam Tester
Phone: (800) 334-2014, ext 6122
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.kaplanco.com
Keri Krout
Keri Krout
Phone: (360) 607-7145
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.KeriKrout.com
Lakeshore
Brian Kenneweg
Phone: 1-800-421-5354
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.lakeshorelearning.com
Gigi Schweikert
Gigi Schweiker
Phone: (908) 627-2547
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.gigischweikert.com
thread
Stephanie Berglund, CEO
Phone: (907) 265-3100
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.threadalaska.org
University of Alaska Anchorage
Center for Human Development
Christal Smaw
Phone: (907) 264-6223
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/centerforhumandevelopment/
Usborne Books & More
Andrea Blanchette
Phone: (907) 412-2220
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.raisingourbookworms.com
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