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NCaeyc’s Annual Conference In 1953, a dedicated group of early educators came together to form the North Carolina Kindergarten Association (NCKA) to “promote the professional growth of its members, to increase community understanding of the Kindergarten child and to work toward the attainment of standards established by the State Department of Public Instruction.” In 1974, NCKA reorganized to become the state affiliate for the National Association for the Education of Young Children broadening our focus to children birth through age eight.

Through the support, commitment, and engagement of over 2000 members, NCaeyc continues to promote and inspire excellence in care and education in three ways: We EDUCATE. We ADVOCATE. We MOTIVATE. We hope that your professional development experience at NCaeyc’s 62nd Annual Conference increases your skills, knowledge and motivation to ensure that every child in North Carolina receives high quality early care and education. An essential part of high quality early education for young children is the professionalism and well-being of those who work with or on behalf of young children, birth through age eight. This year’s Conference theme, Keynote, sessions and activities all focus on the critical importance of educator professionalism and well-being on children’s learning and developmental outcomes. We hope you will leave with a renewed sense of motivation and a wealth of meaningful resources that will enable you to “take care of yourself, so that you can take care of others.”

Thank you to all of our members, affiliate leaders, volunteers, conference attendees, vendors and sponsors for your shared commitment to excellence and your ongoing support to North Carolina’s oldest and largest early childhood professional association.

PURPOSE + PASSION + POTENTIAL = PROFESSIONALISM. IT ALL ADDS UP TO EXCELLENCE! PROFESSIONALISM IS COMPRISED OF THE skills + knowledge + practice + dispositions + motivation + code of conduct + well-being THAT HELP ENSURE THE VERY BEST FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE FIELD AT LARGE.

Table of Contents Letter from Suzanne Hughes, President.................................ii NCaeyc Thanks You!.................................................................... 1 Conference Schedule................................................................. 2 A Professional Conference Experience................................. 3 Conference Information............................................................. 4 Map of Classrooms...................................................................... 5 Vendor Spotlight; Merchandise; Book Signing.................... 6 In and Around Raleigh................................................................ 7 Local Affiliate Corner..................................................................10 NCaeyc Photobooth....................................................................11 DAP Showcase............................................................................12 Wellness Way...............................................................................13 Table Talks Resource Fair.........................................................14

NC FELD........................................................................................16 Keynote Session and Featured Sessions.............................18 DPI Demo Classrooms............................................................. 20 Conscious Discipline..................................................................21 Scholarships................................................................................22 Session Planning Form.............................................................23 Categorization of Sessions......................................................24 Session Titles and Descriptions.............................................35 Documentation of Credit Hours.............................................49 Certificate of Attendance........................................................ 50 Conference Evaluation Form.................................................. 51 Vendors........................................................................................52 Sponsors and Partners.............................................................54 Ads.................................................................................................56

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Dear Conference Attendees: On behalf of NCaeyc’s Board of Directors and staff, welcome to our 62nd Annual Conference! It is our honor to support our state’s early childhood professionals in their ongoing growth and development.

We strive to be very intentional in designing a conference experience that will promote and inspire excellence in your practice and this year we hope to ignite your passion for your profession! Our 2015 theme is “Purpose + Passion + Potential = Professionalism.” We are committed to ensuring that all individuals working directly with or on behalf of children from birth through age 8 at every level and in every setting are equipped with the skills, knowledge and motivation to be the most outstanding early childhood professional possible. It all adds up to excellence!

You will discover in your Conference Program a substantive offering of Conference Sessions and activities, which are designed to support you as you reflect upon and strengthen your practice, increase your knowledge, and strive to demonstrate standards of excellence. NCaeyc’s Annual Conference is intended to help attendees recognize their full potential in both leadership and practice. When we make the most of every leadership opportunity and collectively advocate for developmentally appropriate practices, effective professional development, and adequate resources and compensation, the strength of our association helps ensure that across our state, more of North Carolina’s children and families are provided the necessary opportunities and supports to promote their success in learning and in life.

Your conference experience will be enriched by the powerful connections that you will make. You will learn from talented and knowledgeable presenters from our great state and from across the nation. You will have opportunities to connect with other early childhood professionals from across North Carolina to expand your network. Also, please take the time to visit with our valued vendors who are offering outstanding products and services. Be sure to be present for the Vendor Spotlight on Friday at 4:30 pm for a chance to win amazing door prizes donated by our vendors.

NCaeyc is strongly committed to supporting our Local Affiliates and Chapters so that members have access to an engaging professional community within their region. We invite each of you to get

NCaeyc Board of Directors President Vice President of Public Policy & Advocacy Vice President of Membership & Local Support Secretary Treasurer

Suzanne Hughes Beth Moore Resha Washington* Consuellis Hawkins-Crudup To be appointed

Regional Representatives West North West South West West Central East Central North East South East Sandhills Local Affiliate Council Student Representative

Dr. Lori Caudle Dr. Lisa Eads Ashley Reid Dr. Steve Jackson Gina Soceanu Sarah Prezioso Deborah Saperstein James Beasley-Mungin* Myra Burrell* Krystal Yow* *indicates newly elected/appointed

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connected at the Corner… L.A. Corner that is! Meet the leaders of your Local Affiliate or Chapter and learn more about leadership and member engagement opportunities in your area.

NCaeyc also values the opportunity to support and encourage our next generation of early educators and the faculty members who train them. We send a very special welcome to all students and faculty who have joined us. We are delighted to be a part of the beginning of your professional journey in early childhood education and we are dedicated to supporting you throughout your career.

A very special thank you is extended to everyone who worked tirelessly organizing this year’s conference, especially our Conference Committee, co-chaired by Board members Consuellis Hawkins-Crudup and Gina Soceanu. We thank our NCaeyc staff: Lorie Barnes, Chris Butler, Jennifer Austin, Paige Moretz and Sarah Ferguson. We also appreciate the very dedicated volunteers and presenters who help each year to make our time together a success.

It is an exciting time for NCaeyc as we continue to build upon our successes. NCaeyc’s Board of Directors and staff are engaging in capacity-building work that is resulting in an innovative strategic framework that will enable our organization to reach its “Purpose, passion and potential!” We are working to strengthen and nimbly respond to “Member Voice” and to attain a new relevance and impact in the lives of our current and future members. We are striving to achieve organizational excellence so that we may support you in your work of promoting and providing excellence in early care and education in North Carolina.

Again, welcome to the Conference and thank you for attending.

We are confident that you will have an engaging and energizing experience. As a result of your conference experiences, we hope that you return home with renewed enthusiasm and passion for your work with or on behalf of children and families.

Sincerely, Suzanne Hughes President NCaeyc Board of Directors

NCaeyc extends sincere appreciation to the following Board Members whose service ended in 2015 Dan Tetreault Amanda Vestal

Joanie Oliphant Linda Novak

Thank you for your leadership, commitment and contributions!

NCaeyc Staff

Lorie Barnes, Executive Director Christine Butler, Coordinator of Operations and Conference Jennifer Austin, Program Support Paige Moretz, Program Support Sarah Ferguson, Program Support

NCaeyc Office 2209 Century Drive, Suite 550 Raleigh, NC 27612 919-510-5034 www.ncaeyc.org

Throughout the Conference, our official photographer will be taking pictures. If you prefer to not be photographed, please stop by the Registration Booth to let us know.

To our attendees, presenters, volunteers, vendors, Local Affiliate/ Chapter leaders, statewide partners, and sponsors, we say:

Thank you for your ongoing support, engagement and commitment to excellence!

Mission NCaeyc is the voice of professionals who work directly with or on behalf of children birth through age eight.

One day all of North Carolina’s children will be valued and offered high quality early childhood experiences.

Goals •• Represent and unify professionals who work directly with, or on behalf of, children birth through age eight.

•• Influence and shape the policies, procedures, practices, and standards that impact children birth through age eight.

•• Promote the use of NAEYC standards and positions.

•• NCaeyc will be a high performing, inclusive organization.

NCAEYC

NCaeyc Vision

Connect with NCaeyc during Conference and beyond!

Follow us on twitter @NCaeyc tweet throughout Conference #ncaeycconference

Post on our facebook page throughout Conference www.facebook.com/ncaeyc

Check out our Pinterest page pinterest.com/ncaeyc

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Conference Schedule Wednesday, September 16

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

On-Site Registration and Check-In

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Thursday, September 17 On-Site Registration and Check-In Pre-Conference Sessions

7:00 am – 6:30 pm 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Extended breaks between sessions for you to visit with our amazing Vendors!

Friday, September 18 On-Site Registration and Check-In

7:00 am – 6:30 pm

SESSION 1:

8:00 am – 9:30 am

KEYNOTE:

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Lunch: SESSION 2: SESSION 3:

11:30 am – 1:00 pm 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Vendors help make our NCaeyc Conference possible! Connect with them throughout the day and be present during the Friday Afternoon Vendor Spotlight to see the latest in early education products and services and to have a chance to win more amazing door prizes!

NCaeyc Photobooth L.A. Corner DAP Showcase: Excellence in Action Wellness Way Table Talks Resource Fair Book Signing with authors

Dr. Scrinzi and Dr. Phillips

8:00 am – 5:30 pm Third Floor/Main Level 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Third Floor/Main Lobby 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Third Floor/North Hallway 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Third Floor/307B Open Air Classrooms 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Third Floor/South Hallway 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Third Floor/Main Lobby

Saturday, September 19 On-site Registration and Check-In

7:00 am – 8:30 am

VISIT WITH VENDORS 8:00 am – 9:00 am Start your Saturday off right by checking out the amazing products, resources and services on display.

Get to know each of our valuable Vendors who help make our Conference possible.

SESSION 4: SESSION 5: SESSION 6: NCaeyc Photobooth L.A. Corner DAP Showcase: Excellence in Action Wellness Way

9:00 am – 10:20 am 10:40 am – 12:00 pm 12:20 pm – 1:40 pm 8:30 am – 11:30 am Third Floor/Main Level 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Third Floor/Main Lobby 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Third Floor/North Hallway 9:00 am – 11:30 pm Third Floor/307B Open Air Classrooms

New this year!—Free WIFI throughout the Convention Center Please be courteous by silencing all cell phones and electronic devices during Conference Sessions and Events.

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It all adds up to excellence!

NCaeyc Merchandise Booth

L.A. Corner

Photobooth

Author Book Signings

Keynote

Wellness Way

DAP Showcase

Table Talks Resource Fair

Vendor Spotlight

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

A Professional Conference Experience

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Name Badge Your name badge is your passport to Conference activities and sessions—be sure to wear it at all times.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Accredited Center or College Name Badge Ribbons If you are employed at an NAEYC Accredited Center or College, we want to recognize you! Come by the Registration Booth for a special name badge ribbon that recognizes your commitment to excellence.

Session Handouts/Gleaning Tables Check with your Presenters to see if their handouts will be posted on the NCaeyc website (www.ncaeyc.org) after the Conference.

Glean Means Green & Clean

glean verb \’glēn\

Special thanks to Mary Jo Deck for sparking this wonderful idea!

1: to pick up after a harvester; to clear a field of the leavings of reapers 2: to gather information bit by bit; to pick over in search of relevant material 3: a Session Handout recycling activity designed for NCaeyc Conference located in the Main Lobby in front of Registration In the spirit of creating additional ways to care for the resources of our world, last year we introduced a new recycling activity.

Each day of the Annual Conference, presenters are invited to leave any leftover session handouts or materials at the Gleaning Tables. Conference attendees are welcome to participate in the gleaning of these surplus handouts and materials. All leftover materials are available on a first-come first-serve basis so check back frequently throughout Conference to glean useful materials to extend your learning when you return home. Invest in a sustainable best practice and access materials and resources for your programs and classrooms.

Come check out available resources at the Glean Means Green table in the main Lobby of the Raleigh Convention Center from 10:30 am – 5:30 pm on Friday and from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm on Saturday.

Evaluations Your feedback is valuable and assists NCaeyc with planning future Conferences and sessions. Please complete the Conference Evaluation Form located on page 51 and place it in one of the boxes at the Registration area.

Contact Hour Credits, Certificate of Attendance The North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education has approved contact hour credits for all Conference Sessions, including the Keynote Address. Use the form “Documentation of Professional Development Credit Hours” on page 53 and the Certificate of Attendance on page 54 to record your attendance at each session. Attendees are responsible for completing the title, presenter name(s), and topic for each session attended and maintaining this record (attendance is required in the entire session to receive credit). Licensed public school teachers should contact their district administrator to arrange for approval of sessions for Continuing Education Units. NCaeyc does not keep records of sessions attended.

Message Center Messages for Conference attendees can be posted at the Registration area (third floor/main level).

City of Raleigh Information Booth The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau Center Information Booth is adjacent to Registration. Helpful volunteers can answer questions and provide maps and brochures to enhance your stay in Raleigh.

Convention Center Information •• The Convention Center is accessible for persons with disabilities. Please inquire at Registration if assistance is needed.

•• Temperatures throughout the Convention Center vary, so please dress in layers. T-shirts and sweatshirts are available for purchase at the NCaeyc Sales Booth near Registration.

•• Lost and Found is located at Registration.

•• The Convention Center and Hotels are smoke-free buildings.

•• For medical assistance, or any emergency, please alert a Convention Center employee, an NCaeyc Board or Staff member or come to Registration.

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Map of Third Floor/Main Level Classrooms

MAP OF CLASSROOMS 200 level rooms are located one floor below the main lobby and the Keynote will be in Ballrooms one floor above the main lobby.

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VENDOR SPOTLIGHT / MERCH / BOOK SIGNING

Vendor Spotlight Friday 4:30–5:30 pm

Throughout the 3rd Floor Main Level Vendors help make our NCaeyc Conference possible! Connect with them throughout the day to see the latest in early education products and services and to enter for a chance to win amazing door prizes during the Vendor Spotlight! Check out the displays of classroom, computer and playground products and imagine the possibilities for your program! Learn about assessments, curricula and educational supports that can enhance your program’s quality. Check out great services that increase positive impact on professionals, children and families. Enjoy shopping for fun and unique early education resources and materials such as CDs, t-shirts, books and classroom materials. Your vendor shopping experience is further enhanced by the availability of additional products such as jewelry, totes, handmade soaps and candles. You can find a full listing of all vendors on pages 52 – 53. Must be present at “Vendor Spotlight” to win door prizes!

(Special time set aside bright and early Saturday morning from 8:00 – 9:00 am for you to “Visit with Vendors” at each of their booths!)

NCaeyc Vendor Spotlight Raffle Instructions •• •• •• ••

Receive raffle tickets directly from Vendors as you visit with them throughout the day.

Enter to win by placing your tickets into the sand pails at the Vendor Booths.

The more Vendors you visit, the more chances you have to win a prize!

The winners will be announced during the Vendor Spotlight times on Friday from 4:30 – 5:30 pm. Must be present to win.

Get Geared Up! Stop by the NCaeyc Merchandise Booth on the Third Floor/Main Level near Registration to get your NCaeyc gear: T-shirts, sweatshirts, beverage cups and more! Stay hydrated throughout Conference with an NCaeyc insulated cup for only $5! Hurry and get yours while supplies last! Keep it filled at the complimentary water coolers located throughout the Convention Center.

A limited number of signed copies of Dr. Honig’s book Little Kids, Big Worries: Stress-busting Tips for Early Childhood Classrooms are available at the NCaeyc Merchandise Booth.

Booksigning There will be a booksigning Friday at 11:30 am in the Third Floor Main Lobby for the NAEYC publication Basics of DAP: An Introduction for Teachers of Kindergartners with Dr. Amy Scrinzi and Dr. Eva Phillips.

Book for sale at the NCaeyc Merchandise Booth.

Dr. Amy Scrinzi

Dr. Eva Phillips

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In and Around Raleigh Transportation When you have finished your last workshop of the day and want to explore downtown Raleigh and the restaurant district, you can hop on one of the eco-friendly transportation systems.

•• CAT buses: Raleigh provides bus service throughout the area, including many shopping malls •• Raleigh Rickshaws: Open air rickshaws pulled by bicyclists. The ride is free, but tips are encouraged.

Enjoy a leisurely ride to a restaurant or cruise around just taking in the sites.

Raleigh Smart Card Attendees receive a Smart Card in their Conference bag. These cards provide discounts as well as “two-for-one” deals offered by many of Raleigh’s merchants, restaurants and service providers. A list of participants will be provided with the card.

SPARKcon is Raleigh’s annual Festival of Creativity that fills the downtown streets with activities, performances and displays of fun, music, imagination and innovation. Check it out Friday 9/18 – Sunday 9/20 throughout downtown Raleigh. Learn more at www.sparkcon.com.

Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau (GRCVB) GRCVB is here to help you experience the wonderful sites and sounds of our Capital City. Look for their information booths in the Raleigh Convention Center and the Marriott Hotel. They can answer questions about food, parking, transportation, shopping, discounts and more!

Food and Beverage There are many great dining options within walking distance or located along the R-Line.

•• For quick snacks and beverages on Friday from 7:00 – 11:00 am, visit Java Sweets on the Main Level (Third Floor) of the Convention Center; on Saturday, Starbucks is open at 7 am across the street from the Convention Center in the Marriott Hotel.

•• Lots of great options abound for lunch!

–– On Fayetteville Street, just steps away from the Convention Center on the other side of the hotels, options include: FireWok, Jimmy John’s Subs, Shish Kabob, Z Pizza, and LaVolta. Jimmy V’s Osteria & Bar is located in the Sheraton Hotel and Posta Tuscan Grille is located in the Marriott Hotel.

–– On Salisbury Street diagonally across from the Convention Center is Sam and Wally’s.

–– Chick-fil-A is an easy walk just one block from the Convention Center on the corner of Fayetteville and Davie Streets.

Looking for

coffee & snacks?

Friday: 7 – 11 am Java Sweets on the Main Level (Third Floor) Thursday – Saturday: 7 am – 7 pm Starbucks across the street from the Convention Center in the Marriott Hotel.

IN AND AROUND RALEIGH

•• R-Line: a free circulator bus service in downtown that will drop you off at various stops within downtown Raleigh.

You can visit museums, shops, art galleries and restaurants.

The hardest part about dinner will be deciding which of the fantastic options to select. Be sure to check the listing of local restaurants that provide great discounts when you use your Smart Card.

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IN AND AROUND RALEIGH

Map of Downtown Raleigh Area

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GET CONNECTED AT L.A. CORNER

Get Connected at L.A. Corner Visit L.A. Corner to meet Local Affiliate and Chapter Leaders Meet up with Local Affiliate and Chapter Leaders to discover how you can get engaged in professional development events and activities in your area. Local Affiliates and Chapters are regional groups of NCaeyc members who are committed to bringing high-quality early care and education to all young children. Members join together to network, access resources and improve their practice.

Engagement and leadership opportunities exist across the state. We need YOU to make a difference in your community!

L.A. Corner is located on the 3rd Floor Main Level near Registration.

NCaeyc Local Affiliate Map NCaeyc Board Regions noted w/black Affiliate and Chapter Map outline North West BoD Region Alleghany

Ashe

West Central BoD Region

Mitchell

West BoD Region

Haywood

Swain Graham Cherokee

Madison

Stokes

Yadkin

Forsyth

Jackson Macon

Avery Caldwell

Yancey

Buncombe Henderson

Wilkes

Rockingham Caswell Person

McDowell

Rutherford Polk

Catawba

Davidson Rowan

Alamance

Randolph

Cleveland

Gaston

Montgomery

Clay

Union

AFFILIATE AND CHAPTER COUNTIES

Anson

Richmond

Martin

Johnston

Washington

Tyrrell

Dare

Beaufort Hyde

Greene Wayne Lenoir

Hoke

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Wilson

Harnett

Moore

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Edgecombe

Wake Pitt

Stanly

C Ca m ur Pa de ritu ck n sq u ot Pe an rq ui k m

Ch ow an

Bertie

Mecklenburg

Transylvania

Hertford

Halifax

Nash

Durham

Lee Cabarrus

Warren

Franklin

Orange

Chatham

Lincoln

South West BoD Region 126 154 156-23 670 156-24 156-11 537 156-22 673 156-18 127 671 128 536 186 156-01

Guilford

Davie

Alexander

Iredell Burke

Gates

Northampton

Surry

Granville Vance

Watauga

North East BoD Region

East Central BoD Region

Cumberland

Craven Pamlico

Jones

Sampson Duplin

Onslow

Scotland

Robeson

Sandhills BoD Region

Carteret

Bladen Pender New

Hanover Columbus Cape Fear: Brunswick/Columbus/New Hanover/Pender South East BoD Region CRS: Cabarrus/Rowan/Stanly Brunswick Crystal Coast: Onslow/Jones/Craven/Pamlico/Carteret DOC: Durham/Orange/Chatham JoCo: Johnston Land of Sky: Buncombe/Henderson/Transylvania/Polk/Madison NC2: Rockingham/Guilford/Randolph/Alamance/Caswell/Person North East: Northampton/Hertford/Bertie/Chowan/Perquimans/Pasquotank/Dare/Camden/Currituck/Gates North West Foothills: Iredell/Alexander/Catawba/Surry/Yadkin/Burke/Caldwell North West Mountains: Watauga/Avery/Ashe/Wilkes/Alleghany Piedmont: Forsyth/Stokes/Davie/Davidson Sandhills: Moore/Lee/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Hoke/Harnett/Anson South West: Mecklenburg/Union Southern Piedmont: Gaston/Lincoln/Cleveland Wake: Wake Served locally by NCaeyc

NCaeyc Board of Directors (BoD) Regions are noted with black outline

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March 1, 2015

NCaeyc Photobooth: Professional Pictures with Passion!

A picture is worth a thousand words. So come join the fun at NCaeyc’s Photobooth to have your photo made either individually or with a group. Choose from a wide variety of fun props that convey your sense of style and passion.

With your permission, pictures will be shared on our Facebook page and used in a variety of ways such as on our website, in Milestones and various advocacy activities.

Photobooth is located on the 3rd Floor Main Level.

It will be open for your enjoyment and advocacy on Friday from 8:00 am until 5:30 pm, and Saturday from 8:30 – 11:30 am.

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NCAEYC PHOTOBOOTH

Consider the purpose of a picture! Select from a variety of professional and powerful advocacy messages or write your own to show your commitment to excellence in early care and education.

“Like” NCaeyc on Facebook to view, download, and tag your Photobooth pictures and all of the great pictures from this year’s Conference!

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DAP Showcase: Excellence in Action Friday, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm and Saturday 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Third Floor Main Level, near the 306 Classrooms

DAP SHOWCASE

Learn more about what it means to apply Developmentally Appropriate Practice as you take an up close look at high quality teacher-made materials, documentation panels, displays and portfolios.

Items are on loan from Early Childhood Professionals from across North Carolina. Please feel free to take pictures and notes, but not the items on display!

•• DAP is about being intentional: Thoughtful, considered approaches help you select strategies that best fit the learning situation and purpose of the experience.

•• DAP helps guide decision-making: Decisions should be based upon and responsive to children’s needs, interests, skill levels, and cultural context.

•• DAP supports excellence in care and education of young children: Respectful, responsive care and education provides immediate and long-term positive benefits for children, families, professionals and our society.

DAP Showcase NOTES Cool idea!

I can make that!

Great idea to document children’s learning:

Notes to self:

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Inspired to be Intentional

Wellness Way Friday, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm and Saturday, 9:00 – 11:30 am

Third Floor/307B Open Air Classroom (down the hallway past 305/306 classrooms)

Conference attendees are invited to make a lovely, lavender eye pillow to take home as a reminder of the importance of striving for well-being and as a stress-reliever after a long day. NCaeyc is grateful to the wonderful volunteers who have sewn and prepared over 500 eye pillows that are available on a first-come basis… just ready and waiting for you to fill and finish with a few stitches.

Interested in learning more about supporting your well-being?

Join Brandi in Wellness Way during Session Two on Friday for her presentation entitled: “Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education.” Then attend Dr. Kate Gallagher’s presentation during Session Three in Room 402 entitled: “Be Well: Elevating Well-being For Ourselves, Our Relationships, Our Workplaces.”

WELLNESS WAY

Join Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Wellness Educator, Brandi Miss as she shares resources, insights and techniques to help you “take care of yourself so you can take care of others.”

Immerse yourself in this relaxing space. Spend time reflecting upon your own well-being and leave with a new set of supports to help you reduce stress and maintain balance in your life. Try out stretches and yoga poses that give your body what it needs to be its best. Develop a plan for personal and professional well-being that will help you achieve your goals and deepen the positive impact of your work.

Take care of yourself so you can take care of others.

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Table Talks Resource Fair

TABLE TALKS RESOURCE FAIR

Friday, September 18, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Third Floor/Main Level near the 301 Classrooms Table Talks Resource Fair is designed to connect attendees with resources and representatives from NCaeyc’s partner agencies across the state. We hope this opportunity will increase understanding of and access to resources and services that will help promote excellence in early care and education.

Partner Agencies for Table Talks Resource Fair at NCaeyc’s 62nd Conference: Agency/Project

Website or contact

ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project)

www.ncchw.unca.edu

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) strives to help local farms thrive, links farmers to markets and supporters, and builds healthy communities through connections to local food. One way this nonprofit accomplishes their mission is through their Growing Minds Farm to School program, focusing on reconnecting children with where their food comes from—local farms.

Be Active Kids

www.beactivekids.org

Be Active Kids is an award winning, signature program of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. This innovative, interactive health program for children ages birth to five is available to adults working in child care centers, child care homes, and schools across North Carolina.

Child Care Services Association

www.childcareservices.org

Child Care Services Association (CCSA) is a non-profit agency located in Chapel Hill, NC dedicated to ensuring affordable, accessible, high quality child care for all young children and families. CCSA is the home of the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship project and the Child Care WAGE$® project.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Alliance at Child Care Services Association

www.childcareservices.org

The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Alliance is a non-profit membership association for current or past T.E.A.C.H. scholarship recipients, and supporters of the T.E.A.C.H. Initiative. The Alliance supports early childhood teachers, directors, and family child care providers in the areas of professional and career development, advocacy, personal development, and leadership development.

Child Care Services Association T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project

www.childcareservices.org

In 1990, Child Care Services Association created the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H.) Early Childhood® Project to address the issues of under-education, poor compensation, and high turnover within the early childhood workforce. The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project gives scholarships to child care workers to complete course work in early childhood education and to increase their compensation.

Go NAP SACC

www.gonapsacc.org

With Go NAP SACC, you can do more to help the children you serve develop a lifelong love for healthy eating and physical activity. Go NAP SACC is a suite of free online tools to help early care and education programs plan and make healthy changes to mealtimes, playtime, and other offerings that impact children’s health.

Healthy Social Behaviors in Child Care Centers

sbrawley@childcareresourcesinc.org

The statewide Healthy Social Behaviors initiative in NC provides specialized consultation, technical assistance, and training focused on identifying, preventing, and addressing challenging behaviors in young children in child care centers. Utilizing CSEFEL’s Pyramid Model and related strategies suggested by Dr. Becky Bailey, HSB Specialists promote social competencies in all children in child care centers, help teachers determine strategies to teach socially appropriate behaviors, work with teachers to enhance classroom management techniques, and promote child-centered learning activities that promote pro-social behaviors, and provide educational resources through articles and professional development events to others interested in promoting the social-emotional health of NC’s young children.

Marbles Kids Museum

www.marbleskidsmuseum.org

Marbles Kids Museum inspires imagination, discovery and learning through extraordinary adventures in play and larger-than-life IMAX experiences.

Mothers and Others For Clean Air

www.mothersandothersforcleanair.org

Mothers and Others for Clean Air is a unique partnership of leading public health and child advocacy organizations working to advance public policy to improve air quality, fight climate change, and reduce the effects of air pollution on public health—especially children’s.

Children are at a higher risk from the ill effects of air pollution because of increased breathing rate and more exposure to the outdoors.

Natural Learning Initiative

www.naturalearning.org

For more than 15 years, NLI has focused at the community level to improve children’s health and development through design education and technical assistance for the implementation of cost-effective, naturalized outdoor learning environments (OLEs) in childcare centers, public schools, public parks, zoos, botanical gardens, and other non-formal education sites in NC and across the country.

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Agency/Project

Website or contact

NC DCDEE Workforce Education and Early Education Units

http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/pdf_forms/ NCPre-K_FAQ_TeacherEducLic.pdf

NC Department of Public Instruction— Office of Early Learning-Demonstration Program

www.ncpublicschools.org/earlylearning

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Early Learning believes a strongly aligned, high-quality early learning experience increases success for all children in school and life. Therefore, this office exists to collaboratively reform and support a more coherent and aligned approach to teaching and learning from early care and education to the primary grades and beyond. At this year’s Table Talks Resource Fair, the Demonstration Program and the K-3 Formative Assessment Process will be highlighted.

NC Early Childhood Association (NCECA)

www.ncearlychildhoodassoc.com

The North Carolina Early Childhood Association has been a voice for children in North Carolina for over 40 years. Our focus is on advocacy efforts and training for state early childhood staff.

NC Infant Toddler Enhancement Project

lanierd@childcareservices.org

11 years ago, the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education established a Statewide Infant and Toddler Enhancement Project, managed by Child Care Services Association, to improve the quality/availability of infant/toddler care in NC. The Infant Toddler Specialists provide services with infant toddler resources, technical assistance for child care programs, and other community consultants and training specific to infant toddler care. Training and assistance includes the Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC), the Pyramid Model for Promoting the Social and Emotional Competence of Infants and Young Children (CSEFEL), the ITERS-R and the NC Infant-Toddler Foundations.

NC Institute for Child Development Professionals—EEC

www.ncicdp.org

The mission of the NC Institute for Child Development Professionals (Institute) is to promote the implementation of a comprehensive professional development and recognition system that links education and compensation for the child care workforce to ensure high quality care and education services for children and families. Early Educator Certification (EEC) is North Carolina’s certification system for the field of Early Childhood. EEC is an acknowledgement of an individual’s verified level of educational achievement, based on a standardized scale.

NC Museum of Natural Sciences

www.naturalsciences.org

The NC Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. Visitors can get up close and personal with science and nature through exhibits, programs, and field experiences. Located in downtown Raleigh with a new satellite museum in Columbus County, the Museum also has outdoor nature play spaces and educator workshops especially for young children, families, and teachers. Bugfest is Saturday, September 19th from 9 am–7 pm—walk over to experience over 100 exhibits, crafts, games and activities.

NC Rated License Assessment Project

www.ncrlap.org

The North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) conducts rating scale assessments for licensed child care centers, family child care homes, and school-age programs as part of the North Carolina Star Rated License.

North Carolina Infant & Young Child Mental Health Association (NCIMHA)

www.ncimha.org

The North Carolina Infant & Young Child Mental Health Association is a statewide interdisciplinary nonprofit organization dedicated to the healthy emotional, cognitive and social development of children prenatal–5 years old. NCIMHA promotes a strong foundation for infants, toddlers, young children, and their caregivers through public awareness, advocacy, and professional development. Our membership includes professionals from all disciplines working with those who value and support the social/emotional health of the very young.

Our Children’s Place

www.ourchildrensplace.org

Our Children’s Place (OCP) is a private nonprofit agency committed to the children of incarcerated parents, advocating and providing educational resources focused on these children’s well-being through need for statewide response. We educate communities about these often-overlooked children and creating a space where they can be be recognized, supported, and encouraged to share their stories.

UNC-TV

www.unctv.org

UNC-TV’s Educational Services provide dynamic digital media, teacher professional development, parent education, and community engagement online, on-air, and face to face. We deliver powerful resources designed to support effective teacher and meaningful learning for North Carolinians from birth to adult. UNC-TV is NC’s public television network and is part of the UNC System.

The Scrap Exchange

www.scrapexchange.org

TABLE TALKS RESOURCE FAIR

Information will be provided pertaining to the education and teacher licensure requirements for lead teachers in nonpublic NC Pre-K classrooms. We will offer lead teachers necessary information and clarification concerning the application process for both units, their child care program’s star license and the process for Pre-K lead teachers to attain and maintain their NC BK teacher licensure.

The Scrap Exchange is a nonprofit creative reuse arts center in Durham. We promote creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse. We collect materials from local businesses and residents and distribute these reclaimed materials through a variety of programming. Our creative reuse arts center includes a retail store, art gallery, Design Center for classes, Make and Take classroom for open studio art-making, and more. We offer low-cost materials and services to educators and caregivers.

Survey on Foundations Professional Development

tcsumral@uncg.edu

Learn more about ways to inform Foundations professional development in NC. Come by our table and share your ideas on how NC can best help teachers use Foundations. Teachers who complete our survey will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 Target gift card!

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NC FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

NC Foundations of Early Learning and Development NCaeyc is committed to supporting standards and practices that promote quality in early care and education. One very important document for all early childhood professionals to incorporate into their practice is the North Carolina Foundations of Early Learning and Development (referred to as “Foundations” or “NC FELD”).

EXCERPTS FROM NC FELD: In 2011, the North Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) launched and funded the important project of revising the Infant-Toddler Foundations and Preschool Foundations to create the North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development—a single document that describes children’s development and learning from birth to age five. Leaders from the Division of Child Development and Early Education as well as the Office of Early Learning in the Department of Public Instruction provided critical advice, oversight, and vision on the Foundations and its implementation. Many individuals from across the state devoted their time and expertise to this task force.

North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development, serves as a shared vision for what we want for our state’s children and answers the question “What should we be helping children learn before kindergarten?” By providing a common set of Goals and Developmental Indicators for children from birth through kindergarten entry, our hope is that parents, educators, administrators, and policy makers can together do the best job possible to provide experiences that help children be well prepared for success in school and life.

Foundations can be used to: •• Improve teachers’ knowledge of child development; •• Guide teachers’ plans for implementing curricula; •• Establish goals for children’s development and learning that are shared across programs and services; and •• Inform parents and other family members on age-appropriate expectations for children’s development and learning.

Foundations is also intended to be a guide for teaching–not a curriculum or checklist that is used to assess children’s development and learning, but a resource to define the skills and abilities we want to support in the learning experiences we provide for children.

The Goals and Developmental Indicators are divided into five domains: •• Approaches to Play and Learning (APL) •• Emotional and Social Development (ESD) •• Health and Physical Development (HPD) •• Language Development and Communication (LDC) •• Cognitive Development (CD)

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Goals and Developmental Indicators Should NOT Be Used To

•• Promote development of the whole child, including physical, emotional-social, language, cognitive development, and learning characteristics.

•• Provide a common set of expectations for children’s development and, at the same time, validate the individual differences that should be expected in children.

•• Promote shared responsibility for children’s early care and education.

•• Emphasize the importance of play as an instructional strategy that promotes learning in early childhood programs.

•• Support safe, clean, caring, and effective learning environments for young children.

•• Support appropriate teaching practices and provide a guide for gauging children’s progress.

•• Encourage and value family and community involvement in promoting children’s success.

•• Reflect and value the diversity that exists among children and families served in early care and education programs across the state.

•• Stand in isolation from what we know and believe about children’s development and about quality early education programs.

•• Serve as an assessment checklist or evaluation tool to make high-stakes decisions about children’s program placement or entry into kindergarten.

•• Limit a child’s experiences or exclude children from learning opportunities for any reason.

•• Set up conflicting expectations and requirements for programs.

•• Decide that any child has “failed” in any way.

•• Emphasize child outcomes over program requirements.

Teachers and caregivers can turn to Foundations to learn about child development because the document provides age-appropriate Goals and Developmental Indicators for each age level—infant, toddler, and preschooler.

The Role of Teachers and Caregivers

The Role of Administrators

Teachers and caregivers are responsible for the day-to-day implementation of Foundations. To use the document effectively, teachers and caregivers may need additional professional development in order to learn about the content of Foundations and improve their teaching skills. Foundations does not tell educators how to teach, but defines what children should know and be able to do. As a result, teachers and caregivers must be able to design appropriate experiences to support children’s learning.

Program directors and principals are the instructional leaders of their early childhood programs. As such, they play a vital role in ensuring the successful implementation and use of Foundations. Administrators influence the resources that are available, as well as the attitudes and practices of the persons working directly with young children. Administrators should use Foundations for staff development and look for opportunities to share the document with families.

Excerpts from North Carolina Foundations Task Force (2013) North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development Access or download the NC FELD document at: http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/PDF_forms/NC_Foundations.pdf

NC FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Goals and Developmental Indicators SHOULD Be Used To

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Keynote Session Friday 10:00 – 11:30 am in Ballroom B on the Fourth Floor

NCaeyc is honored to welcome Dr. Alice Honig as our 2015 Keynote Speaker!

THANKS TO

KEYNOTE SESSION

Wisdom + Wit = Wonderful Keynote

FOR SPONSORING OUR KEYNOTE A limited number of signed copies of Dr. Honig’s book Little Kids, Big Worries: Stress-busting Tips for Early Childhood Classrooms are available at the NCaeyc Merchandise Booth.

Session with Dr. Alice S. Honig

Musical fun + Meaningful teaching tools = Mr. Steve

from PBS KIDS bringing songs and joy to our Keynote Session

Helping Caregivers, Parents, and Teachers Deal With Stress: Two Dozen Suggestions Hear from world-renowned early childhood expert, Dr. Alice Sterling Honig, sponsored by Gryphon House. Alice Sterling Honig, PhD, professor emerita in the Syracuse University Department of Child and Family Studies, has devoted her career to discovering ways to best nurture and support the development of infants and toddlers. Additionally, she has taught courses in parenting, prosocial development, observation and assessment, cross-cultural and language development, and research methods in studying children. As a licensed psychologist in the state of New York, Dr. Honig carries out assessments of infants’, preschoolers’, and school-age children’s cognitive and emotional development as well as helping families with problems. Dr. Honig’s insights, experiences, wit and wisdom will warm your heart, make you laugh and help you learn and grow as a professional.

Featured Sessions Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies

Ron Mohl | Friday, September 18, 8:00-9:30 am in 402

SPONSOR

During this session, we are going to explore instructional support strategies in the early learning environment. We will look at concept development, quality of feedback, and language modeling throughout the day. These whole and small group strategies can be employed in lesson plans or teachable moments to enrich the engagement and learning of teacher-child interactions.

Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles

Richard Rairigh, Keelin Schneider & Evie Houtz Friday, September 18, 8:00–9:30 in 305A

SPONSOR

Come join Be Active Kids® for a fun and active session that makes connections between physical activity, learning, and daily practices. With continual shifts in societal beliefs and behaviors, children and adults are growing and developing in different settings with different experiences. This supercharged session will provide participants with information, strategies, and solutions to staying healthy through whole body opportunities in the classroom, at home, and throughout the community. Come ready to be active, energize your brains, and have some fun!

This is the Music Session for YOU: Unless you don’t like FUN UNC-TV’s Mr. Steve | Friday, September 18, 1:00-2:30 pm in 402

A song can be a world of engagement for a young listener. And within that world, we, as teachers, have the opportunity to introduce and reinforce academic lessons, encourage youngsters to feel more comfortable sharing their own voice, and help them associate learning with satisfaction, fun and chicken. Sorry, not chicken, I didn’t know you were still reading.

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SPONSOR

Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education

SPONSOR

Brandi Miss | Friday, September 18, 1:00 – 2:30 pm in 307B

Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope

DJ and Cindi Svoboda | Friday, September 18, 3:00 – 4:30 pm in 306C Join Artist DJ Svoboda and his mom Cindi as they share the story of their journey together and their message of hope.

Discover the importance of increased awareness of autism and for acceptance and inclusion for individuals with autism. Hear DJ’s powerful message that those with autism have a great and wonderful place in this world and that they too can make the world a better place.

Be Well: Elevating Well-being For Ourselves, Our Relationships, Our Workplaces Dr. Kate Gallagher | Friday, September 18, 3:00-4:30 pm in 402

SPONSORS

Early childhood practitioners need to be well to be effective in their work with young children and families. Our work is rewarding and joyful, but it can also be the source of much stress. In this interactive session, we will learn how our well-being as professionals impacts our relationships and our profession. We will discover and practice ways we can manage stress—including mindfulness and self-compassion—to refine our purpose, passion and potential as professionals. Finally, connecting with our session colleagues, we will vision ways we can transform our workplaces to support well-being for all.

The 3 “P”s of Leadership & Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential

Matt McKeown | McKeown Financial Friday, September 18, 3:00 – 4:30 pm in 304 AND Saturday, September 19, 9:00 – 10:20 am in 304 Being a leader requires self-reflection and the application of tools for professional and personal growth and well-being. It also requires you to inspire, educate and motivate others around you. This workshop is about discovering your own Purpose, Passion, and Potential and helping others discover theirs. You will leave with powerful, practical tools that can change the culture in your classroom, center or school and set yourself and your team up for success. Workplace culture is what drives employee recruiting, retention, atmosphere, funding, and overall business success or failure. People, systems, attitudes and accountability create workplace culture. You will leave with increased knowledge and skills of how to support and lead current team members that are diamonds in the rough, inspire and support stars that are already shining, and discern those that may or may not need be a good fit for their role. You will learn to apply three specific tools: 1) the “Four Quadrants” assessment tool; 2) the “Five Levels of Why?”; and 3) a “Priority Grid.” Together, these tools can help you be more productive, inspirational, and successful as a leader. Changing workplace culture isn’t as hard as you may think, and this is an opportunity to learn how to do it in less than 45 Days! This session is designed for all leaders at all stages from emerging to highly experienced.

FEATURED SESSIONS

Recent research supports the importance of “taking care of yourself, so you can take of others.”

“Mindfulness” techniques can help reduce stress, depression and anxiety. The ability to be mindful and come into contact with others in a mindful way helps ensure that we have a richer and more valuable experience. In this session, you will learn hands-on tools that will assist you on your mindfulness journey. In a comfortable, welcoming, engaging, relaxed setting, you will explore the four steps that lead to making mindful contact with others, which are: presence, ground, center, and unconditional positive regard. You will also learn a somatic (physical) exercise practice that can be done anytime, anywhere, and in a very short amount of time to nurture yourself and tap into your inner and outer resources. These mindfulness practices and techniques will support you before, during, and after a day in the classroom.

Make It Multisensory

Vera Meyerholtz-Vitae | Friday, September 18, 8:00 – 9:30 am in 304 Multisensory instruction, the most effective way to meet the needs of diverse learners, creates a positive and enjoyable learning experience. This interactive session will take a look at the learning preferences of young children and discuss proven techniques that build a foundation for future reading success in preschool.

SPONSOR

The Role of Social and Emotional Development in Learning Keith Pentz | Friday, September 18, 1:00 – 2:30 pm in 304

This informative and practical session will provide a current perspective on teaching and learning as it relates to social and emotional development. Specifically, by examining cognitive processes, exploring the interconnectedness of the physical body with the brain and mind, relating to how play is central to the learning process, suggesting a variety of brain-compatible strategies to implement immediately that prevent behavior issues, demonstrating the use of unique classroom materials, and offering resources for further study, this session is designed to provide attendees with the research, explicit ideas, and knowledge background to support all learners—and especially promote social and emotional development.

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DPI DEMO CLASSROOMS

Office of Early Learning Demonstration Program presents: Demonstration Sites of NC DPI Office of Early Learning, throughout Conference in Room 305B, featuring teachers and leaders from the Office of ELDP in the following sessions: SESSION 1:

Formative Assessment: What does it look like in Preschool and Kindergarten?

Carla Carpenter and Juliana Harris

Special emphasis on content relevant for School Principals and System Administrators!

Join us to discuss and discover Formative Assessment. We will explore the five domains of learning and how to utilize formative assessment to engage your students and inform your teaching. Demonstration Teachers from Preschool and Kindergarten will share strategies to help you think about a framework that works for you and your individual classroom. We will share ways to document growth that occurs naturally throughout your already busy day. A variety of documentation ideas will be addressed that can be utilized in both the Preschool and Kindergarten classrooms. (Including information related to the KEA)

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KEA & Play Based Learning—From an Administrator’s Perspective Norris Parker and Lisa Kittrell In light of North Carolina’s new Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA), this session is designed to help school administrators to support the implementation of these tools. We will discuss the purpose of KEA, and how supporting play-based instruction can aid in the process of implementing this formative assessment.

SESSION 3:

North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment—KEA: Why? How? What?

Lee Messer and Gina Troball In this session, three North Carolina Kindergarten Demonstration classroom teachers who piloted the Kindergarten Entrance Assessment, will share WHY we are passionate about this formative assessment. We will discuss HOW we were able to integrate this process throughout our Kindergarten day and WHAT we learned along the way—and where we are now!

SESSION 4:

The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool Jessica Hendley, Amy Harding, and Shari Funkhouser Want to learn more about collecting data in the preschool setting? During this session, participants will learn what formative assessment is and why it is an essential component of any preschool curriculum. Participants will be guided through a daily schedule and break down the day in order to use naturally occurring events to collect data. Methods and example activities will also be shared on how to intentionally plan formative assessment opportunities throughout the day. Participants will be given strategies in order to collaborate with their teaching team to divide and conquer! This session will review how to analyze and use the data to inform teaching practices, plan, and individualize instruction.

SESSION 5:

Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Renee Johnson, Connie Wells, and Wendy Secrest Participants will gain better understanding of the what, why and how of oral language and vocabulary development in young children. Strategies and resources will be shared to support children as they journey to reach the checkered flag of reading success.

SESSION 6:

The Power of Choice and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment Susan Choplin and Amy Blessing In order for children to learn self-regulation, teachers must provide opportunities for children to make choices every day in their Kindergarten classroom. This session will address why children need to make choices, what opportunities for choice may be available, and how teachers can facilitate choices and reflection on those choices. Participants will also make connections between offering choices and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment, particularly the approaches to learning construct.

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Loving GuidanceTM + CD Instructors = Two days of Conscious Discipline® (12 session options)

NCaeyc thanks these amazing Conscious Disciple instructors for sharing their time, expertise and talents!

SESSION 1

Tune In and Play: Creating Connections with Infants, Toddlers, and Twos Kelli K. Rushing—Connect to Teach, LLC

An Introduction to Conscious Discipline for Preschool Educators Kim Hughes—Conscious Connections SESSION 2

Why Do Children Tattle?

Susan Kirby—State Conscious Discipline® Certified Instructor

Communicating with Co-workers

Mandy Lloyd—National Conscious Discipline® Certified Instructor SESSION 3

Encouraging Words That Build Strong Brains Jessica Shields Flowers—Ripple Effect

Building A School Family! Can We Build It? Yes We Can! Beverly Black—Early Childhood Center SESSION 4

Preventing Power Struggles: The Power of Choice Heidi Condrey—Parent Child Development Corporation

The Truth About Consequences

Mandy Lloyd—National Conscious Discipline® Certified Instructor SESSION 5

Empathy: The Heart of Emotional Intelligence

Heidi Condrey—Parent Child Development Corporation

Was it Something I Said?

Susan Kirby—State Conscious Discipline® Certified Instructor SESSION 6

Reboot the Brain to Reach Higher Levels of Thinking: Utilizing Connections, Energetic Activity, Movement, and Music to Boost Student Learning and Self-Regulation Kim Hughes—Conscious Connections

Visit the Conscious Discipline vendor booth to check out lots of great resources!

CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE

{ All Conscious Discipline sessions are located in Rooms 302C and 303 }

Boosting Children’s Brain Connections That Count Jessica Shields Flowers—Ripple Effect

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Scholarship Recipients

SCHOLARSHIPS

Congratulations to our 2015 scholarship recipients: •• Lucinda Barnes

•• Kristen Glass

•• Kristen Sease

•• Lana Burske

•• Jennifer Gore

•• Mary Helen Shaver

•• Casey Davis

•• Amanda Hamby

•• Laura Snyder

•• Shelby Deel

•• Michael Hughes

•• Maya Tavernier

•• Stacie Douglas

•• Marquita Moore-Raynor

•• Cynthia Delois Walker

•• Agnes Fields

•• Melina Owens

•• Melinda Woodruff

•• Heather Forster

•• Ebony Robinson

•• Brenda Yancey

•• Paula Gales

Legacy Scholarships Legacy Scholarships were awarded this year in loving memory of three dear colleagues that left us way too soon. These painful losses are softened somewhat by recognizing the incredible, lasting impact of these three amazing early childhood professionals. We honor and cherish all that you meant to your family, friends, and colleagues.

In loving memory of Angela Johnson Blalock, Annual Conference Volunteer:

In loving memory of Diana Douglas, founding member of JoCo AEYC:

Anna Blalock

Kelli Hardee

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In loving memory of Bonnie Harris, founding member of Crystal Coast AEYC and with Carolina Portrait Pros: Amber Harris and Roslinn Parker

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Self-assessment and self-reflection are integral parts of professional development. Consider your strengths, interests and needs to help guide your session selections. Since session capacity varies and seats are on a first-come basis, list options just in case your first choice is full. We encourage you to spend time throughout Conference reflecting on your learning experience. Make notes of the skills and knowledge you will commit to immediately putting into action. Share your ideas and inspirations with others and seek ways to apply your learning as you continue on your professional development path.

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CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

Regular Conference Sessions Sessions that address multiple content areas are listed under each relevant topic area with session numbers.

SESSION NUMBERS AND TIMES Friday, September 18 Session 1: 8:00 – 9:30 am Keynote: 10:00 – 11:30 am Lunch: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Saturday, September 19 Session 2: 1:00 – 2:30 pm Session 3: 3:00 – 4:30 pm Vendor Spotlight: 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Visit With Vendors: 8:00 – 9:00 am Session 4: 9:00 – 10:20 am Session 5: 10:40 am – 12:00 pm Session 6: 12:20 – 1:40 pm

To assist you in tracking and documenting your Contact Credit Hours, sessions are shown categorized by both DCDEE Topic Areas and NCDPI Licensure Standards.

Categorization of Sessions according to DCDEE Topic Areas: CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Brain Development 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 6

Brain Potential! Effective Brain-Based Strategies to Ensure Achievement Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time What Every Baby Needs Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art Reboot the Brain to Reach Higher Levels of Thinking Boosting Children’s Brain Connections That Count

Child Development 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning Ideas to Make Learning Concrete & Exciting The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) Learning to Talk and Talking to Learn: Ages, Stages & Red Flags of Speech & Language Development Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Developmentally Appropriate Practice 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4

More Than Just Routine: Turn those Everyday Moments into the Extraordinary!

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Enhancing Readiness, Pre-Writing, and Pre-Keyboarding Skills with Technology GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time What Every Baby Needs Ideas to Make Learning Concrete & Exciting Discovering Math Hidden in Books PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom Planning for the Developmental Needs of Toddlers and Twos What Does Rigor Look Like in Kindergarten?

Optimizing Infant-Toddler Environments and Interactions PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art

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Teacher-Child Interactions Brain Potential! Effective Brain-Based Strategies to Ensure Achievement More Than Just Routine: Turn those Everyday Moments into the Extraordinary!

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies What Language Do You Speak: What Love Language Are You? Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Planning for the Developmental Needs of Toddlers and Twos Optimizing Infant-Toddler Environments and Interactions Learning to Talk and Talking to Learn: Ages, Stages & Red Flags of Speech & Language Development Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL & INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT Cognitive Development 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

What Every Baby Needs Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Loose Parts: Empowering Children’s Creativity Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k Learning to Talk and Talking to Learn: Ages, Stages & Red Flags of Speech & Language Development

Creative Arts 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies KEA & Play Based Learning – From an Administrator’s Perspective Creativity, Community, and Curriculum- Storytelling and Acting with Young Children This is the Music Workshop for YOU: Unless you don’t like FUN PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Loose Parts: Empowering Children’s Creativity PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom

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KEA & Play Based Learning – From an Administrator’s Perspective

English Language Learners 1 5

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children

Language/Communication 1 1 2 5 5 5

Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Learning to Talk and Talking to Learn: Ages, Stages & Red Flags of Speech & Language Development Learning Through Music and Movement

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Make It Multisensory Enhancing Readiness, Pre-Writing, and Pre-Keyboarding Skills with Technology Literacy Building Play Ideas to Make Learning Concrete & Exciting A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Book Orientation & Print Awareness Construct

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2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5

Creativity, Community, and Curriculum- Storytelling and Acting with Young Children The Newly Revised ECERS-3 (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale—3rd Edition) Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Discovering Math in Hidden Books: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Math/Science 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4

Eco-Classroom: Exposing More Natural Elements in the Indoor Learning Environment Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Ideas to Make Learning Concrete & Exciting What Does STEM Look Like in Preschool Discovering Math in Hidden Books: PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden The Newly Revised ECERS-3 (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-3rd Edition) Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art

Music/Movement 1 1 2 2 5 5

1 2 5

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles This is the Music Workshop for YOU: Unless you don’t like FUN GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom Learning Through Music and Movement Physical Development Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles What Every Baby Needs Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away

CHILDREN’S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Promoting Healthy Behavior/Positive Guidance 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6

Tune In and Play: Creating Connections with Infants, Toddlers, and Twos An Introduction to Conscious Discipline for Preschool Educators Why Do Children Tattle?

Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning Encouraging Words That Build Strong Brains Building A School Family! Can We Build It? Yes We Can! Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom Preventing Power Struggles: The Power of Choice The Truth About Consequences The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k Empathy: The Heart of Emotional Intelligence Was it Something I Said?

Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom Reboot the Brain to Reach Higher Levels of Thinking Boosting Children’s Brain Connections That Count

Social/Emotional Development 1 2

Relationship-Based Practices for Infants and Toddlers in North Carolina Naming Those Who Are Invisible: Identifying, Serving, Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents

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PLEASE NOTE: Although we make every effort to ensure that the sessions offered at the NCaeyc Conference are aligned with NCaeyc/NAEYC’s standards of practice, we cannot always guarantee this to be true.

Therefore the views expressed within the Conference sessions do not necessarily represent those of NCaeyc and NAEYC. Likewise, the presence of advertising or exhibits by vendors does not imply an endorsement of these products or services by NCaeyc or NAEYC.

Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom The Power of Choice and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment

Supporting Emotional Intelligence 2 3 6

Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom

Temperament 2

The Role of Social and Emotional Development in Learning

INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Children With a Specific Developmental Delay/Disorder 1 1 2

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Ideas to Make Learning Concrete & Exciting

Inclusion/Therapeutic Supports/Assistive Technology 1

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

Supporting Families of Children With Special Needs 1 2 3

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Foundations of Inclusion Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope

OBSERVING AND RECORDING CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR Authentic Assessment/Observation 1 1 2 3 6

Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success Formative Assessment: What does it look like in Preschool and Kindergarten?

KEA & Play Based Learning – From an Administrator’s Perspective The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool The Power of Choice and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment

Documentation through Portfolios 3

Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective

Monitoring Child Outcomes 1

Brain Potential! Effective Brain-Based Strategies to Ensure Achievement

Promoting Healthy Behavior/Positive Guidance 1 2

Formative Assessment: What does it look like in Preschool and Kindergarten?

5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know

Using Assessment to Drive Practice 1 2 2 2 3 3 5

Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Book Orientation & Print Awareness Construct KEA & Play Based Learning – From an Administrator’s Perspective 5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Object Counting Construct

CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

3 3 4 5 6 6

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PLANNING A SAFE, HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

Appropriate Use of Technology 2 4 4 5

What Does STEM Look Like in Preschool Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Health & Safety 1 1 5 5

Yummy….Healthy Habits Start Early Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles Learning Through Music and Movement Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away

Indoor Learning Environments 1 1 1 3 4 5

Eco-Classroom: Exposing More Natural Elements in the Indoor Learning Environment Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success The Newly Revised ECERS-3 (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-3rd Edition) Loose Parts: Empowering Children’s Creativity Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away

SESSION CANCELLATION: We make every effort to avoid cancellation of sessions, but unexpected issues may arise. For canceled sessions, notices will be posted on the Convention Center reader boards, at the session room door (when possible) and at the Registration area. If a Presenter is not in a session, please check these notice areas.

Nutrition 1 3

Yummy….Healthy Habits Start Early Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden

Outdoor Learning Environments 1 3 4 4 5

Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden Loose Parts: Empowering Children’s Creativity Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES Engaging Diverse Families 1 1 2 2

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Naming Those Who Are Invisible: Identifying, Serving, Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents Foundations of Inclusion

Promoting Family Engagement 1 1 3

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition

Reciprocal, On-Going Communication 3

Maintaining your professionalism and passion for the field when placed in difficult situations.

Relationships With Families 1 2 3 3 3

More Than Just Routine: Turn those Everyday Moments into the Extraordinary!

Naming Those Who Are Invisible: Identifying, Serving, Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents Maintaining your professionalism and passion for the field when placed in difficult situations.

Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope Be Well: Elevating wellbeing for ourselves, our relationships, our workplaces

PROFESSIONALISM Adult Learning 1 2

Professional Development Planning at its Best!

Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education

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Cultural Competencies 6

Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom

1 3 5 6

Brain Potential! Effective Brain-Based Strategies to Ensure Achievement Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom

Implementing Research/Evidence-based practice 1 1 1 1 3 5 5

Relationship-Based Practices for Infants and Toddlers in North Carolina Make It Multisensory Professional Development Planning at its Best!

Brain Potential! Effective Brain-Based Strategies to Ensure Achievement Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Leadership 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4

Communicating with Co-workers Discover the Leader in You! What Language Do You Speak: What Love Language Are You? Updates from the Division of Child Development and Early Education The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential What Does Rigor Look Like in Kindergarten?

Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Moving from the Manager who DOES to the Leader who INSPIRES

NC Early Learning Standards 1 2 3 3 5

Literacy Building Play 5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know Discovering Math in Hidden Books: Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children

Public Policy/Advocacy 2 3

Updates from the Division of Child Development and Early Education Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope

Quality Enhancement 5

Promote Quality and Support Staff Using the Environment Rating Scales

Reflective Practice 2 2 2 3 4 4

Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Discover the Leader in You! Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Moving from the Manager who DOES to the Leader who INSPIRES

Technical Assistance/Coaching/Mentoring 2 5

Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Promote Quality and Support Staff Using the Environment Rating Scales

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

Educational Philosophy/Practice

Effective Finance & Business Practices 2 3 4

Updates from the Division of Child Development and Early Education The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential

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Program Management 2 3 4 5 5

Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Are you a 21st Century Director?

Moving from the Manager who DOES to the Leader who INSPIRES Strategies to Avoid Common Hiring Mistakes Promote Quality and Support Staff Using the Environment Rating Scales

Staff Supervision/Team Building 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5

Professional Development Planning at its Best!

Discover the Leader in You! Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Are you a 21st Century Director?

The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Promote Quality and Support Staff Using the Environment Rating Scales Strategies to Avoid Common Hiring Mistakes

Categorization of sessions according to NCDPI Licensure Standards: STANDARD 1: TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP Advocates For The School And Students 2 5

Updates from the Division of Child Development and Early Education Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away

Leads in the Classroom 3 3 4

Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential

Leads in the School 2 4

Discover the Leader in You! Moving from the Manager who DOES to the Leader who INSPIRES

Leads In The Teaching Profession 2 3 3 4 4

Discover the Leader in You! Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Moving from the Manager who DOES to the Leader who INSPIRES

STANDARD 2: TEACHERS ESTABLISH A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR A DIVERSE POPULATION Adapts Teaching For The Benefit Of Students With Special Needs 1 1 1 2 3 3

Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Creativity, Community, and Curriculum- Storytelling and Acting with Young Children Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition

Embraces Diversity In The School Community And In The World 1 2 2 2 6

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Naming Those Who Are Invisible: Identifying, Serving, Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom

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Provides An Environment That Is Inviting, Respectful, Supportive, Inclusive And Flexible Eco-Classroom: Exposing More Natural Elements in the Indoor Learning Environment Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies 5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning KEA & Play Based Learning – From an Administrator’s Perspective Shedding Light on Elementary Science Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope Planning for the Developmental Needs of Toddlers and Twos The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

Optimizing Infant-Toddler Environments and Interactions Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Learning Through Music and Movement Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom The Power of Choice and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment

Treats Students As Individuals 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5

More Than Just Routine: Turn those Everyday Moments into the Extraordinary!

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies What Language Do You Speak: What Love Language Are You? Naming Those Who Are Invisible: Identifying, Serving, Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition Be Well: Elevating wellbeing for ourselves, our relationships, our workplaces Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Works Collaboratively With Families And Significant Adults In The Lives Of Their Students 1 1 2 3 3

Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning 5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know Are you a 21st Century Director?

Be Well: Elevating wellbeing for ourselves, our relationships, our workplaces

STANDARD 3: TEACHERS KNOW THE CONTENT THEY TEACH Aligns Instruction with the NC Standard Course of Study 1 1 2 2 3 3 4

Literacy Building Play Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles Shedding Light on Elementary Science GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective Discovering Math in Hidden Books: PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art

Knows The Content Appropriate To The Teaching Specialty 1 1 1 2

CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6

Make It Multisensory Hands-on Environmental Education at the Core of Early Learning Literacy Building Play A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Book Orientation & Print Awareness Construct

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CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

3 3 3 4 4 5 5

The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process - A Teacher’s Perspective Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Object Counting Construct Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children

Makes Instruction Relevant To Students 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Yummy….Healthy Habits Start Early GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Recognizes The Interconnectedness Of Content Areas/Disciplines 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Yummy….Healthy Habits Start Early Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles Hands-on Environmental Education at the Core of Early Learning Be Well: Elevating wellbeing for ourselves, our relationships, our workplaces PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Discovering Math in Hidden Books: Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom

STANDARD 4: TEACHERS FACILITATE LEARNING FOR THE STUDENTS Communicates Effectively 3 4 4

Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom

Helps Students Develop Critical-Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5

Discovering Math Hidden in Books Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-k What Language Do You Speak: What Love Language Are You? Shedding Light on Elementary Science PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom Hands-on Environmental Education at the Core of Early Learning Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Integrates and Utilizes Technology 3 5 5

Are you a 21st Century Director?

What Does STEM Look Like in Preschool Enhancing Readiness, Pre-Writing, and Pre-Keyboarding Skills with Technology

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Knows the Ways in Which Learning Takes Place, and the Appropriate Levels of Intellectual, Physical, Social and Emotional Development of Students The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-K Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles 5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know More Than Just Routine: Turn those Everyday Moments into the Extraordinary!

What Does Rigor Look Like in Kindergarten?

Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Shedding Light on Elementary Science KEA & Play Based Learning—From an Administrator’s Perspective Learning Through Music and Movement Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences.

Plans Instruction Appropriate for Students 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5

Eco-Classroom: Exposing More Natural Elements in the Indoor Learning Environment GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment—KEA: Why? How? What?

5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden This is the Music Workshop for YOU: Unless you don’t like FUN Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success Literacy Building Play Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

Uses a Variety of Instructional Methods 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4

Discovering Math Hidden in Books The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Book Orientation & Print Awareness Construct Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom What Does Rigor Look Like in Kindergarten?

PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children Hands-on Environmental Education at the Core of Early Learning Learning Through Music and Movement Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden This is the Music Workshop for YOU: Unless you don’t like FUN A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Object Counting Construct Formative Assessment: What does it look like in Preschool and Kindergarten?

Literacy Building Play

CATEGORIZATION OF SESSIONS

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Yummy… Healthy Habits Start Early Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Enhancing Readiness, Pre-Writing, and Pre-Keyboarding Skills with Technology Make It Multisensory

Uses a Variety of Methods to Assess What Each Student Has Learned 2 3 4 4 5

North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment—KEA: Why? How? What?

KEA & Play Based Learning—From an Administrator’s Perspective Creativity, Community, and Curriculum- Storytelling and Acting with Young Children Formative Assessment: What does it look like in Preschool and Kindergarten?

The Power of Choice and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment

STANDARD 5: TEACHERS REFLECT ON THEIR OWN PRACTICE Analyzes Student Learning 1 2 4 4 5

Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success What Does STEM Look Like in Preschool Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment – KEA: Why? How? What?

Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Functions Effectively In A Complex, Dynamic Environment 1 2 2 2 3

Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success Discover the Leader in You! Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World

Links Professional Growth To Professional Goals 1 2 2 2 5

Professional Development Planning at its Best!

Foundations of Inclusion Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away

Target Audience: Which Sessions are Right for You? NCaeyc is committed to promoting and inspiring excellence in the early care and education of young children, birth through age eight. This Conference has been designed with intentionality to meet the diverse and growing needs of early childhood professionals in North Carolina.

NCaeyc Conference attendees serve in a wide variety of roles and across a spectrum of experience levels. To meet the diverse needs of NCaeyc Conference Attendees, sessions cover many different aspects of early childhood education for professionals who work with or on behalf of young children. This year, a system for identifying sessions that are targeted specifically to the “developmental levels” of professionals will be implemented. Look for the following codes listed for each session starting on the following pages so that you can self-select sessions tailored to meet your unique needs: •• Emerging: Students and Professionals new to the field whose needs center on building foundations of skills and knowledge of early childhood education •• Established: Professionals who have been in the field for a number of years and would benefit from sessions designed to build upon a strong early childhood education foundation and address a growing need for additional resources that promote the application of evidence-based practices •• Experienced: Professionals with extensive experience in the field will benefit from these sessions designed to challenge, motivate and increase skills and knowledge about research, evidence-based practice and supporting other professionals in learning and applying early childhood education skills and knowledge

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Session One

Friday, September 18, 8:00 – 9:30 am The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Room 201, Capacity: 90 Age Group: Infant/Toddler through Pre-K Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Cindy Webb and Kelly Kirk—Partners in Learning Inclusion is no longer a philosophy or a buzzword, but a classroom reality. This workshop will provide practical suggestions for teachers about how to design and implement strategies in inclusive classrooms, including specific ideas for how to design and implement instructional strategies, and determine their success. We will introduce adaptations to make situations better for particular children, including those with challenging behaviors, disabilities, or other special needs or improve situations for an entire group.

Relationship-Based Practices for Infants and Toddlers in North Carolina Room 203, Capacity: 52 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Cassia Simms-Smith and Britney Martin-Mays— Partners for Children and Families of Moore County Developing a healthy, secure attachment with caregivers is essential for the development of infants and toddlers.

Relationship-based practices are the strategies used in early care settings to promote these strong attachments between children and providers. This workshop will discuss national best practice recommendations, NC-specific research findings, and ways to integrate relationship-based practices into early care and education settings and policy.

Hands-on Environmental Education at the Core of Early Learning Room 204, Capacity: 48 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Dr. Irene Aiken— UNC Pembroke Discover ways to introduce concepts of ecology and environmental stewardship to young learners while also developing skills in math, literacy, science and social studies to meet the Common Core State Standards. The presenter will actively involve participants in activities that illustrate a) the need for living things to have space to grow and thrive; b) interdependency of living things in nature; c) where we get our food from and d) ways people can have a positive impact on the environment. These activities also build skills central to the Common Core and NC Essential Standards including problem solving and critical reasoning.

Enhancing Readiness, Pre-Writing, and Pre-Keyboarding Skills with Technology Room 206, Capacity: 78 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Julie Wells—Handwriting Without Tears Infusing simple technology into the classroom can make learning letters and numbers engaging and fun. This session explores the importance and benefits of foundation writing skills and provides multisensory strategies to help children build readiness and writing skills. In addition, it offers hands-on, developmentally appropriate teaching strategies to enhance instruction with current technology. It provides considerations on how to select a readiness and writing curriculum and how to select technology options to complement a program. It introduces cost-effective strategies using familiar classroom materials to develop readiness skills (pencil grip, drawing), printing strategies (letter/number formations, name writing), and pre-keyboarding strategies.

Eco-Classroom: Exposing More Natural Elements in the Indoor Learning Environment Room 301A Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Ivan Azamar, Millicent Gomez, Amanda Blakley— Childcare Network Children thrive when exposed to the natural elements and objects to experience a more “green” way of thinking and learning. Making your indoor classroom more inviting by having all of the fundamental preschool elements, but adding a more naturalistic approach. When the environment is set up in a way that exposes children to the natural elements, learning takes on new possibilities. Naturalistic learners learn best through hands on experiences. Introducing new science experiments, brainstorming, and cooking activities will keep the children engaged and give them a sense of self and independence.

SESSION ONE

Math Every Day, Everyday Math!

Room 202, Capacity: 40 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Nica Rawley—Telamon Corporation NC Parkway Head Start/Early Head Start Join me for a fun and activity filled session about how much Math children are exposed to during their preschool day.

We will play with toys, share ideas and actively demonstrate how math happens all day, every day! Educators will learn more ways to get children interested in math and how to get parents more involved in their children’s learning.

Yummy… Healthy Habits Start Early Room 205, Capacity: 48 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Lynn Policastro—Wake County SmartStart Want to see children get excited about eating their vegetables and become healthy eaters? Want to be able to purchase and serve more fresh produce? Come join us for some hands-on fun. You will learn how Wake County Farm to Child Care has helped child care programs learn how to create an atmosphere that allows children to understand where their food comes from, to experience new foods and ways to purchase, prepare and serve more fresh produce.

Brain Potential! Effective Brain-Based Strategies to Ensure Achievement Room 301B Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Susan Styons—Vanguard Educational Institute Samantha Chauncey—Pitt Community College Scientists know how the brain learns. Are we teaching that way? Join us for an entertaining, hands-on session that will leave you empowered to use these brain-enriching tactics immediately! Handout provided.

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SESSION ONE

More Than Just Routine: Turn those Everyday Moments into the Extraordinary!

Room 302A Capacity: 126 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Deanna Bledsoe—Child Care Services Association What does the word “curriculum” mean to you? If teaching skills and planning projects are the first ideas that come to mind, then this workshop will open your eyes to a new way of thinking about infant-toddler “curriculum”. Infant and toddler teachers spend a large part of the day engaged in routine caregiving responsibilities. These are key learning times!

Participants will gain an understanding of why routines are essential to “curriculum” for infants and toddlers. Participants will learn how responsive and respectful one-on-one caregiving routines are opportunities for building relationships and learning, and how these routines are connected to culture and family values. This training provides information that supports the ITERS-R subscales: Personal Care Routines, Listening and Talking, Interactions and Program Structure.

(DCDEE 1, 3, 8).

Professional Development Planning at its Best!

Room 302B Capacity: 121 Age Group: Adult Learner Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Susan Butler-Staub—Child Care Resources Inc./NC CCR&R Professional development comes in many different forms.

As such, finding opportunities for professional development and determining what opportunities best fit your needs can be a challenge. One way to clear the path is to have a strong, focused, and realistic professional development plan in place. This session will discuss the importance of having a strong professional development plan, outline the essential pieces of a strong professional development plan, engage participants in discussion around how to determine the strength and usefulness of a completed professional development plan, and guide the development of a personal professional development plan for each participant.

Tune In and Play: Creating Connections with Infants, Toddlers, and Twos Room 302C Capacity: 120 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Kelly K. Rushing—Connect to Teach, LLC For our youngest children, all development occurs within the context of relationships. Come and see how adults create relationships that grow healthy brains and security in young children. Join us as we tune and play. Create attuned connections with children that encourage, comfort, and incite discovery and learning. Strengthen attachment through social play with I Love Rituals and experience an introduction to Baby Doll Circle Time.

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An Introduction to Conscious Discipline for Preschool Educators Room 303 Capacity: 140 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Kim Hughes—Conscious Connections Discover how Conscious Discipline a comprehensive classroom management program and a social and emotional curriculum based on current brain research child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices, empowers teachers to impact children’s behavior. Join Kim for an interactive session filled with great information and tips to empower YOU and the children you teach that will set the stage for a successful NCaeyc Conference and increase your understanding about the basics of Conscious Discipline!

Make It Multisensory Room 304 Capacity: 155 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Vera Meyerholtz-Vitae—Nemours BrightStart!

Multisensory instruction, the most effective way to meet the needs of diverse learners, creates a positive and enjoyable learning experience. This interactive session will take a look at the learning preferences of young children and discuss proven techniques that build a foundation for future reading success in preschool.

Active Bodies, Active Lifestyles Room 305A Capacity: 120 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Richard Rairigh and Keelin Schneider—Be Active Kids Come join Be Active Kids® for a fun and active session that makes connections between physical activity, learning, and daily practices. With continual shifts in societal beliefs and behaviors, children and adults are growing and developing in different settings with different experiences.

This supercharged session will provide participants with information, strategies, and solutions to staying healthy through whole body opportunities in the classroom, at home, and throughout the community. Come ready to be active, energize your brains, and have some fun!

Formative Assessment: What Does It Look Like In Preschool And Kindergarten?

Room 305B Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Karla Carpenter—Catawba County Schools Juliana Harris— Martin County Schools Join us to discuss and discover Formative Assessment. We will explore the five domains of learning and how to utilize formative assessment to engage your students and inform your teaching. Demonstration Teachers from Preschool and Kindergarten will share strategies to help you think about a framework that works for you and your individual classroom.

We will share ways to document growth that occurs naturally throughout your already busy day. A variety of documentation ideas will be addressed that can be utilized in both the Preschool and Kindergarten classrooms. (Including information related to the KEA).

Nursery Rhymes, Movement, Brains Come Alive!

Room 307 Capacity: 80 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jody Cassell—Independent Teresa Milton—Wilson County Schools “Engage, motivate and focus your students to become full learners. Warm them up to a day of learning by moving their bodies, building their brains and teaching them language! Become an active participant observer in learning BrainDance©, an eight step sequence that is performed in conjunction with nursery rhymes.

Discover how BrainDance© aligns with the North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards. Learn first- hand how a Pre-K and a K teacher use BrainDance© in their classrooms.

In small groups, you will have the opportunity to develop one movement experience that you can use in your classroom tomorrow.

Lesson Planning through Observation: A Key to Classroom Success Room 306B Capacity: 128 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Shawna Daniels—Bright Horizons Family Solutions By observing children throughout the day, we can ascertain their ability and interests, which helps in creating lesson plans that are engaging and provoke learning. Through videos, images, and group discussions, session participants will have an opportunity to explore and practice making observations that can be translated into meaningful, planned learning experiences in the classroom.

Hands-on Instructional Support Strategies Room 402 Capacity: 232 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Ron Mohl—Lakeshore Learning Materials During this session, we are going to explore instructional support strategies in the early learning environment. We will look at concept development, quality of feedback, and language modeling throughout the day. These whole and small group strategies can be employed in lesson plans or teachable moments to enrich the engagement and learning of teacher-child interactions.

Literacy Building Play Room 306C Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Lorrie Looper— UNC Charlotte Martha Berry—Independent This session focuses on the use of literacy kits and prop boxes to boost emergent reading and writing skills through dramatic play. Participants will learn how to provide children with engaging, rich dramatic play experiences designed to meet curricular goals and build children’s developing literacy skills. Aligned with NC’s Foundations for Early Learning and Development, session materials will assist teachers in supporting children’s early literacy development with meaningful learning experiences that introduce early literacy concepts.

SESSION ONE

Engaging Spanish-Speaking Families in Enhancing Children’s Math Learning Room 306A Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Vee Bland and Madeline Lynch—Elon University The NAEYC position statement on mathematics affirms the importance of family involvement in early childhood education. This session will increase participants’ awareness of why family facilitation of early math concept development is important to math achievement in children, and will demonstrate evidence-based practices for teachers to engage Spanish-speaking parents. Demonstrations of strategies teachers may use will highlight both (a) math concepts appropriate for young children, and (b) specific considerations for diverse cultural and linguistic needs of Spanish-speaking families. Participants will be actively involved in discussions with each other and with the presenters about the application of learning experiences to their settings.

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SESSION TWO

Friday, September 18, 1:00 – 2:30 pm Naming Those Who Are Invisible: Identifying, Serving, Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents Room 201, Capacity: 90 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Melissa W. Radcliff—Our Children’s Place Cymie L. Terry-Rawlins—Halifax Warren SmartStart PFC/CCR&R On any given day, there are an estimated 2.7 million children in America with at least one incarcerated parent. The presenters will share what we know and do not know about these children (often an invisible group dealing with shame, stigma, and a sense of isolation) and the impact of parental incarceration, what our responsibility is as early education educators to identify and meet the needs of these children in our preschool classrooms, and what resources exist in our communities. Participants will be encouraged to take what they learn back to their own professional settings to continue the conversation there.

What Language Do You Speak: What Love Language Are You? Room 202, Capacity: 40 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Alicia Fink and Julie Moye—Kids R Kids Learning Academy Come to this session if you want to learn what ‘Appreciation Language’ you speak. Based off of the Love Languages Theories, this session will be interactive, informative and inspiring. This is a wonderful session to help you learn about yourself and others at the same time. Come learn your Appreciation Language you speak and learn how to apply that information to your center or classroom.

What Does STEM Look Like in Preschool Room 203, Capacity: 52 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Lori Wong and Ashlee Hawkins—Partners in Learning There are no greater natural scientists and engineers then young children. Young children are naturally inquisitive learners who learn STEM concepts through play. This session will teach you the why and how of STEM. Creativity, Community, and Curriculum— Storytelling and Acting with Young Children Room 204, Capacity: 48 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Mistie Cogbill—BMPC Weekday School Pat Tuttle—Retired Professor Warren Wilson College Promoting language and literacy, exploring gender roles, developing social and emotional skills, creating authentic assessment opportunities, empowering each child...all of these objectives and many more can be completed through storytelling and acting in the classroom. Using Vivian Paley’s remarkable storytelling curriculum as a model, we will explore ways for teachers to implement storytelling, acting circles, assessments, and projects for children ages two to kindergarten.

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What Every Baby Needs Room 205, Capacity: 48 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Kristina Ketcham—Child Care Services Association Everything in a baby’s world happens in steps and stages. It is important to appreciate each stage as it occurs and provide the support and guidance needed to allow a successful journey through each one. This training will offer suggestions of what types of materials support learning at different stages.

You will gain insight on the benefits of providing babies with ample time and space to master a skill and will explore some of the drawbacks of intervening unnecessarily. These skills are the foundations that they will carry with them throughout their life and across all domains of learning.

Building Healthy Social and Emotional Development from the Very Beginning Room 206, Capacity: 78 Age Group: Infant/Toddler through Pre-K Target Audience: Established Katherine Generaux and Jennifer Misenhiemer— Partners In Learning The first year of social and emotional development set the foundation for all the development that follows. If a weak foundation is established, we lose our full human potential for a healthy and happy life. What are the skills we need to acquire during these early months of development? How does prenatal environment impact our ability to achieve healthy patterns of behavior? What can we do as educators to maximize a child’s ability to grow strong and appropriate social skills, even when the early stages of development have been compromised? These are important questions that will be addressed during this workshop session.

Workshop participants will also receive a packet of resources and strategies to take with them.

Foundations of Inclusion Room 301A, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Emerging Target Audience: Emerging Cassia Simms-Smith—Partners for Children and Families of Moore County Ashley Reid—Child Care Resources Inc. Including ALL children, with or without special needs, is required by law. This training is designed for learners to take away a better understanding of the laws and gain knowledge about what inclusion means. Learners will also learn research-based practices and identify actions to use in order to build a high quality inclusive child care center.

Updates from the Division of Child Development and Early Education Room 301B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging Jennifer Johnson and Bryce McClamroch—DCDEE Please join us to learn about the many changes to the early care & education landscape in North Carolina! The Division of Child Development & Early Education has moved and that is just the tip of the iceberg! Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about changes and initiatives related to the Division, and share ideas about how our early childhood system can continue to strengthen and grow.

Ideas to Make Learning Concrete & Exciting Room 302B, Capacity: 121 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Joyce Kohfeldt—I.E.S.S., Inc. See how to use dynamic music & movement with lots of opportunities to develop essential math skills. Puppets & story time offer a magic that will enthrall young students as you lengthen attention spans and teach science. Link a theme like the farm or zoo with student manipulatives.

Use short tales to build vocabulary, develop listening skills, and make the story come to life with patterns that can tell the story on the magnet board or as puppets. Watch the excitement grow as you read a book and suddenly a character appears. A handout will be provided.

Why Do Children Tattle?

Room 302C, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Susan Kirby—State Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor How do you handle tattling? Do you ignore it? Hope the children will work things out? In this Conscious Discipline Session you will learn to see tattling as an opportunity to teach. By exploring the three different types of tattling, participants will learn how to recognize, respond and teach new skills to the parties involved. Participants will be equipped with strategies to handle both the victim and the aggressor so they may be more likely to handle the situation differently next time.

Communicating with Co-Workers Room 303, Capacity: 140 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Mandy Lloyd—National Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor Stop gossiping and Start Finding Solutions Learn how to cultivate a caring community among your staff and avoid the pitfalls of gossip. Children learn how to build strong, positive relationships with others by observing the adult relationships around them; however, teachers often feel more comfortable handling conflict with the children than with other adults. Some teachers prefer to ignore conflict with co-workers, which results in a stressful classroom environment. In this workshop teachers will learn specific skills for managing their emotions and communicating with co-workers in such a way that builds positive relationships and solves conflict as it occurs.

The Role of Social and Emotional Development in Learning Room 304, Capacity: 155 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Keith Pentz—Kaplan Early Learning This informative and practical session will provide a current perspective on teaching and learning as it relates to social and emotional development. Specifically, by examining cognitive processes, exploring the interconnectedness of the physical body with the brain and mind, relating to how play is central to the learning process, suggesting a variety of brain-compatible strategies to implement immediately that prevent behavior issues, demonstrating the use of unique classroom materials, and offering resources for further study, this session is designed to provide attendees with research, explicit ideas and background knowledge to support all learners—and especially promote social and emotional development.

A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Book Orientation & Print Awareness Construct Room 305A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Leslie Simmons and Catherine Woodall—RTT-ELC Together, we will unpack the book orientation and print awareness progression to increase our knowledge of the understandings and skills. We’ll also explore different types of evidences and discuss what the evidences tell us about the children’s knowledge of books and print. In addition, we’ll share concrete strategies for using different learning structures (e.g., whole group, centers, stations, small groups) to capture evidence during the instructional routine.

KEA & Play Based Learning— From an Administrator’s Perspective Room 305B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Norris Parker—Martin County Schools Lisa Kittrell—Carteret County Public Schools In light of North Carolina’s new Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA), this session is designed to help school administrators to support the implementation of these tools.

We will discuss the purpose of KEA, and how supporting play-based instruction can aid in the process of implementing this formative assessment.

SESSION TWO

5 Things Every New Teacher Should Know Room 302A, Capacity: 126 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging Lisa Godwin and Carla Brown— Central Piedmont Community College There are so many things a new teacher needs to know in order to be successful. In this session we’ll discuss five of them, including professionalism, creating supportive relationships with families, guiding children, planning appropriate and engaging activities, observing and documenting children’s learning. This session is designed for new teachers, and for administrators who want to support new teachers.

Discover the Leader in You! Room 306A, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jenna Nelson and Marney Donald— WakeAEYC In this engaging session full of interactive activities, participants will explore leadership styles and evaluate their relevance in working with or on behalf of young children.

Through reflection and discussion, participants will identify personal leadership strengths and learn how to apply them to their current position. Early care and education professionals attending this session will develop strategies to share leadership roles with colleagues, co-teachers, parents and even with the young children they serve.

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SESSION TWO

Keep Calm and Expect the Best!

Room 306B, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Experienced Carianne Walker and Kathleen Mason— Marine Corps Community Services This class will explore how our expectations as leaders can influence staff performance, both positively and negatively.

Join us to learn how to set appropriate expectations to effectively help everyone move beyond past challenges to create better tomorrows in the workplace!

Shedding Light on Elementary Science Room 306C, Capacity: 128 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Debra Hall and Donna Kenestrick— NC Department of Public Instruction Feeling in the dark about K-2 science? Let us shed some light on the subject as we focus on research-based strategies that engage students and support effective science teaching and learning. In this session we will examine the phenomena of Light and Shadows using a Claims, Evidence and Reasoning model. This model allows teachers to guide students through investigations as they work to negotiate explanations. We will also focus on how Talk Moves strategies can be used in the classroom to reveal student ideas and make thinking visible.

GIGGLES & WIGGLES! It’s Circle Time Room 307, Capacity: 80 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Sharron Krull—Play Power + Discount School Supply Join in this hands-on, participatory workshop demonstrating a variety of techniques and props for presenting music, movement, rhythm instruments, songs, fingerplays, name games, stories, puppets, and creative activities. Have fun, get inspired, and take home lots of new ideas to make your group time more enjoyable and active for all children.

Making Mindful Contact: The Importance of Adult Well-being in Early Care and Education Room 307B, Capacity: 48 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Brandi Miss—Mother Nurture Massage & Bodywork Recent research supports the importance of “taking care of yourself, so you can take of others.” “Mindfulness” techniques can help reduce stress, depression and anxiety. The ability to be mindful and come into contact with others in a mindful way helps ensure that we have a richer and more valuable experience. In this session, you will learn hands-on tools that will assist you on your mindfulness journey. In a comfortable, welcoming, engaging, relaxed setting, you will explore the four steps that lead to making mindful contact with others, which are: presence, ground, center, and unconditional positive regard. You will also learn a somatic (physical) exercise practice that can be done anytime, anywhere, and in a very short amount of time to nurture yourself and tap into your inner and outer resources. These mindfulness practices and techniques will support you before, during, and after a day in the classroom.

This is the Music Workshop for YOU: Unless you don’t like FUN Room 402, Capacity: 232 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Mr. Steve—PBS KIDS A song can be a world of engagement for a young listener.

And within that world, we, as teachers, have the opportunity to introduce and reinforce academic lessons, encourage youngsters to feel more comfortable sharing their own voice, and help them associate learning with satisfaction, fun and chicken. Sorry, not chicken, I didn’t know you were still reading. I will share with you a number of songs, activities and games (all related to music) that you will be able to take back to your own students. The content will be educational, customizable and chicken (I mean, fun).

This year, NCaeyc is delighted to welcome School Principals, Superintendents and Program Administrators.

Thank you for joining us and for your support of high quality, developmentally appropriate practices in the early grades.

While there are many great session options for you to select from, we have highlighted options in the session listings that were specially designed with your leadership roles in mind. Look for the on these designated sessions.

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Session Three

Friday, September 18, 3:00 – 4:30 pm The Newly Revised ECERS-3 (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale—3rd Edition) Room 201, Capacity: 90 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Cathy Riley—Environment Rating Scales Institute, Inc. Learn about the newly revised ECERS-3. Participants will discover what has stayed the same and what has been changed, including 5 new literacy and language items and 3 new math items. Participants will become familiar with some of these new items by using situations encountered in early childhood classrooms.

Tired of the same old games and activities in your classroom? Wish you could provide materials for parents to use with students at home? No budget for either? Join me for a fast-paced, idea-packed workshop that will give you new ideas that you can take back to your classroom immediately! Learn how to better manage transitions and wait time, make small group activities tailored to your children’s needs, and create your own manipulatives for literacy, math, and fine motor! As an added bonus, you’ll be able to help parents reinforce skills at home with these inexpensive, easy to make activities!

Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care: How Do You Make It Work in the Real World Room 203, Capacity: 52 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Ginger Thomas—Child Care Services Association Jason Carrow— Care-O-World Early Learning Center After a brief introduction of both primary caregiving and continuity of care, participants will learn techniques and strategies that help implement these two philosophies within real world caregiving environments. The techniques and strategies are based on two foundations: the Program for Infant Toddler Care and lessons learned from implementing the NC Babies First program (a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Activity).

Discovering Math Hidden in Books Room 204, Capacity: 48 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging Tomeka Sidberry—Warren County Schools This session is all about numbers and number sense, geometry, measurement, graphing, algebra, and math are everywhere if you know how to find them! Math is even in children’s literature, hidden in the books they love for you to read to them. Take a look at children’s classic and new titles in a different way and uncover the math concepts embedded

Planning for the Developmental Needs of Toddlers and Twos Room 205, Capacity: 48 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging Sandy Newnan and Lisa Godwin— Central Piedmont Community College Research on brain growth and the importance of the early years highlights the need for specialized education and training for those working with toddlers and twos. Toddlers and twos are no longer infants but they are not preschoolers either. Their needs are unique. According to Erik Erikson, these children are striving for independence and require an environment that is both nurturing and challenging for them to feel successful. In this session participants will examine needs and characteristics of toddlers and twos, explore strategies to support their development, and create developmentally appropriate learning activities.

Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development: Going Through the Process—A Teacher’s Perspective Room 206, Capacity: 78 Age Group: Preschool through Grade 3 Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Carla Gregory—Brunswick Community College Crystal McQuage—SPEC Angie Jahr—ECU EESLPD Attendees will learn how to begin and maintain the Beginning Teacher Support Program (BTSP) process. They will see what the process actually looks like from the point of view of teachers who have been through the process for two years, along with support from an EESLPD Mentor/Evaluator.

This training will give information about the evaluation process, collaboration with mentors and evaluators, and the evidences needed to demonstrate the NC Professional Teaching Standards. All teachers who hold or are eligible for a NC Professional Educators License Birth-Kindergarten are required to enroll and participate in Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development (EESPLD).

Attendees will see actual evidences, professional portfolios and photos of classroom activities and displays that would be beneficial as they are beginning or continuing the process.

Attendees will be able to apply these evidences to the NC Professional Teaching Standards. Attendees will increase the knowledge and comprehension of the Early Educator Support, Licensure and Professional Development program.

SESSION THREE

Manipulatives Makeover: DIY Edition Room 202, Capacity: 40 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jaymi Mitchell and Stacy Chamberlain— Greene County Schools Pre-K Center

in the stories. It doesn’t end there... it’s in your art, blocks, manipulative, housekeeping, and science, it’s everywhere in the Early Childhood Classroom! Come out and learn effective ways to incorporate math while building strategies to ensure that developmentally appropriate practices and positive interactions are meeting the needs of the whole child, while actively engaging children through hands on creative activities to help young children discover MATH in a whole new way. During this session there will be hands-on activities and visual aids to help you gain knowledge to take back to your classroom.

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SESSION THREE

Maintaining Your Professionalism And Passion For The Field When Placed In Difficult Situations Room 301A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Danielle Johnson—Durham’s Partnership for Children Have you ever found yourself being faced with the task of sharing challenging information with a parent or colleague?

Or feeling overwhelmed and on the verge of burnout. Well, this session was designed with you in mind. Maintaining your professionalism and passion for the field when placed in difficult situations is an interactive session that examines both the external and internal factors that drain our passion while challenging our professionalism.

Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli: Literature, Science and Math Connections from the Garden Room 301B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool through Grade 3 Target Audience: Established Emily Jackson—ASAP Ariel Ashe—Smart Start of Buncombe County Children love to eat. Children love to explore. An edible garden can be your best instructional tool! Math and science concepts come alive when children are exposed to the wonders of a garden. And there are hundreds of children’s books to connect with the garden to enhance your literacy program. Explore the possibilities of linking local food with literacy, math and science...read “Blueberries for Sale,” plant your own blueberry bushes, and count the blueberries you harvest. Invite a parent or local chef to prepare a recipe with garden (or local!) produce and see math and science in action. In this workshop session, you’ll get to explore math concepts while making your own edible garden plot, participate in a taste test to see how easy (and affordable!) it is, as well as a motivating way to integrate math. At session’s end, you’ll leave with tools sure to engage children (as well as enjoy some tasty treats yourself!).

PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center Website: Promoting the Arts in Preschool Room 302A, Capacity: 126 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Stacey Sangtinette—Temple University Natalia Torres-Disney— North Carolina Museum of Art Participants will interactively explore the PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center website, including theme-based lessons for early childhood teachers. Emphasizing STEAM principles, nationally recognized science and arts organizations were funded to develop a variety of early childhood initiatives. The goal of the Lesson Center is to provide teachers with Science and Arts lessons that encourage children’s inquiry and discovery of their world. The Arts activities provide a breadth of areas including music, theater, learning about artists and their works. Focusing on inquiry-based learning, teachers can expose children to cutting edge STEAM principles in the arts and science.

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Are you a 21st Century Director?

Room 302B Capacity: 121 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Norma Honeycutt and Emilie Scharf—Partners in Learning Communication plays a key role in providing a high quality environment and program. Administrators and leaders need to be current in all areas of Social Media to be on the cutting edge of technology today. Technology can be your friend!

This workshop is designed to share the latest and greatest ways to use technology to improve communication and supervision in your center. You will learn fun ways to use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, email and texting to communicate with your staff and families which will improve your program’s overall quality. Come and hear about how the Partners In Learning staff use all current social media to improve communication all around.

Encouraging Words That Build Strong Brains Room 302C, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jessica Shields—Ripple Effect Conscious Discipline® helps us to see that an encouraging environment builds a child’s self-esteem. Learn the skill of noticing that will strengthen their prefrontal lobes, bring awareness to their actions and facilitate lasting change.

We’ll learn how to offer encouragement through noticing vs judging that primes the brain for academic achievement.

Building A School Family!

Can We Build It? Yes We Can! Room 303, Capacity: 140 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Beverly Black—Early Childhood Center Having trouble dealing with challenging behaviors and don’t know what to do? There really is a better way. Come to this session to find strategies that have been proven to be effective and make a difference in both relationships and academics.

This session is a great way to know how to set-up your classroom or program for success. Let’s build a school family!

The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Room 304, Capacity: 155 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Matt McKeown—McKeown Financial Being a leader requires self-reflection and the application of tools for professional and personal growth and well-being.

It also requires you to inspire, educate and motivate others around you. This workshop is about discovering your own Purpose, Passion, and Potential and helping others discover theirs. You will leave with powerful, practical tools that can change the culture in your classroom, center or school and set yourself and your team up for success. Workplace culture is what drives employee recruiting, retention, atmosphere, funding, and overall business success or failure. People, systems, attitudes and accountability create workplace culture. You will leave with increased knowledge and skills of how to support and lead current team members that are diamonds in the rough, inspire and support stars that are already shining, and discern those that may or may not need be a good fit for their role. You will learn to apply three specific tools: 1) the “Four Quadrants” assessment tool; 2) the “Five Levels of Why?”; and 3) a “Priority Grid.” Together, these tools can help you be more productive, inspirational, and successful as a leader. Changing workplace culture isn’t as hard as you may think, and this is an opportunity to learn how to do it in less than 45 Days! This workshop is designed for all leaders at all stages from emerging to highly experienced.

What Does Rigor Look Like in Kindergarten?

Room 305A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Amy Scrinzi—NCDPI Eva Phillips—W-S Forsyth County Schools Carla Garrett—NCDPI Join us for a look at the research about rigor and our youngest learners. Concrete examples of rigorous practices in kindergarten will be identified and strategies for supporting the use of these practices will be discussed. In addition, the relationship between these rigorous practices and the NC Professional Teacher Standards and the NC Standards for School Executives will be made.

Ready, Set, School! Playing Your Way to School Readiness Room 306A, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Maureen Bowman and Martina Van Gelderen— Marbles Kids Museum What does school readiness mean? How can teachers and parents intentionally foster literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional development through play? Join us to learn more about what kids need to know and be able to do to be successful in Kindergarten and participate in hands-on play that gets them ready. Find out how to coach staff to play in ways that encourage school readiness. Plenty of reading, writing, math, and science fun!

Orientation to the Professional Learning Community (PLC) Concept Room 306B, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Dr. Bobbie Rowland and Dr. Rich Lambert—UNC Charlotte This session is an introduction to the Professional Learning Community concept. The concept refers to an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively to achieve better learning opportunities for the children they teach. In a PLC, both the children and teachers are learners. The PLC concept requires a collective effort, combined resources, and shared expertise. Teachers and administrators plan together, take collective responsibility for the learning of all children, share ideas about what is and is not working, and analyze student data together to adjust instruction. Applications for the early childhood community will be discussed.

Autism: Our Journey Together, A Message of Hope Room 306C, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced DJ Svoboda and Cindy Svoboda—Imagifriends Join artist DJ Svoboda and his mom Cindi as they share the story of their journey together and their message of hope.

Discover the importance of increased awareness of autism and for acceptance and inclusion for individuals with autism.

Hear DJ’s powerful message that those with autism have a great and wonderful place in this world and that they too can make the world a better place.

Cultivating Transitions in the Preschool Classroom Room 307, Capacity: 80 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging Kristen Monteith and Penny Harpootlian— Central Piedmont Community College Troubled and trying or organized and effective? Do you need to cultivate how transitions are conducted in the classroom?

Participants will identify the ingredients for effective transitions, develop strategies to use to cultivate transitions, strengthen their transition crop, and pull the weeds on “bad” transitions eliminating them from the garden.

Be Well: Elevating Well-Being For Ourselves, Our Relationships, Our Workplaces Room 402, Capacity: 232 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Kate Gallagher, Ph.D.—UNC Chapel Hill

SESSION THREE

The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Formative Assessment in Preschool Room 305B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Established Jessica Hendley and Amy Harding—Cabarrus County Schools Shari Funkhouser—Asheboro City Schools Want to learn more about collecting data in the preschool setting? During this session, participants will learn what formative assessment is and why it is an essential component of any preschool curriculum. Participants will be guided through a daily schedule and break down the day in order to use naturally occurring events to collect data. Methods and example activities will also be shared on how to intentionally plan formative assessment opportunities throughout the day.

Participants will be given strategies in order to collaborate with their teaching team to divide and conquer! This session will review how to analyze and use the data to inform teaching practices, plan, and individualize instruction.

There will be a booksigning Friday at 11:30 am in the Third Floor Main Lobby for the NAEYC publication Basics of DAP: An Introduction for Teachers of Kindergartners with Dr. Amy Scrinzi and Dr. Eva Phillips. Book for sale at the NCaeyc Merchandise Booth.

Early childhood practitioners need to be well to be effective in their work with young children and families. Our work is rewarding and joyful, but it can also be the source of much stress. In this interactive session, we will learn how our well-being as professionals impacts our relationships and our profession. We will discover and practice ways we can manage stress—including mindfulness and self-compassion—to refine our purpose, passion and potential as professionals. Finally, connecting with our session colleagues, we will vision ways we can transform our workplaces to support well-being for all.

Have you seen Dr. Gallagher’s talks?

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SESSION FOUR

Saturday, September 19, 9:00 – 10:20 am Moving from the Manager who DOES to the Leader who INSPIRES Room 301A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Gretchen Cawley, Lisa Shporer, Rita Frye, Holly Wells— Child Care Resources Inc. Directors, are your days filled with reacting to the program’s needs? Do you wish you had time to plan for the future success of your program and grow potential leaders? This session will outline the difference between being a manager and a leader. Using the Program Administration Scale as a framework, participants will be provided with tools and techniques to grow future leaders among your team and maximize your leadership impact to ensure a program of high quality.

Optimizing Infant-Toddler Environments and Interactions Room 301B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging Pam McIntyre, Kelli Fitzgibbons, Lisa Godwin— Central Piedmont Community College In 2014 there were more than 83,000 working mothers in NC with children under one year of age (NACCRRA, 2014).

Research on brain growth and the importance of the early years highlights the need for specialized education and training for the growing infant workforce, to prepare them to nurture infant brain growth and support healthy social and emotional development. This workshop will examine appropriate environments and interactions that support healthy growth and development during the infant-toddler period. Through video observation and role play, attendees will examine current research on infant brain development and the importance of the environment and teacher-child interactions. They will learn and have an opportunity to create learning materials, using free or inexpensive materials.

PICASSO MEETS EINSTEIN! Discover Science While Exploring Art Room 302A, Capacity: 126 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Sharron Krull—Play Power + Discount School Supply You don’t have to be Einstein to teach science or Picasso to involve children in art. Young children learn science concepts everyday as they play and explore the world around them.

Find out effective ways to make children’s discoveries come alive through visual, hands-on, sensory art experiences.

Learn about materials and activities that support children’s natural curiosity and sense of wonder!

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Make Learning Vocabulary a Vital Part of Your Classroom!

Room 302B, Capacity: 121 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Joyce Kohfeldt—I.E.S.S., Inc Harvest a classroom where the vocabulary opportunities are everywhere. Listening, speaking, and writing will be included as students demonstrate their knowledge of words and their meanings. Meeting the levels of all students will be a priority by using a variety of techniques. Read to them and help create favorites that they will demand you read again and again. Listening vocabulary will grow and will become words they use in their writing! They will retell these stories in their own words. Techniques will include Donovan’s Word Jar, Alphaboxes, Word Ladders, Vocabulary Calendars, and Big Shape Picture Vocabulary. Handout included.

Preventing Power Struggles: The Power of Choice Room 302C, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Heidi Condrey—Parent Child Development Corporation Classroom teachers of all ages frequently experience power struggles with students. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use the Conscious Discipline® power of free will and the skill of two positive choices to prevent power struggles, foster compliance and empower children!

Participants will also explore classroom tools to support children’s free will while offering positive choices.

The Truth about Consequences Room 303, Capacity: 140 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Mandy Lloyd— National Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor Every moment of conflict offers us a choice: will we teach or will we punish? Often the words “consequence” and “punishment” are used interchangeably when in fact they are fundamentally different when it comes to discipline. In this Conscious Discipline workshop, participants will learn five principles of effective consequences, including the difference between “punishment” and “consequence.” Participants will also learn three types of consequences and when to use them.

The Power of Purposeful Dramatic Play in Pre-K Room 305A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Meredith Gurley and Katie Mills— Lenoir County Public Schools Teaching children to play has to be as intentional as teaching children literacy and math skills. Participants will view examples of children participating in high quality socio-dramatic play in a pre-k classroom. Current NCPK teachers will share strategies for purposeful Dramatic Play opportunities in the classroom and how to support students’ social, mathematic, literacy, and emotional skills in a fun way. Participants will also gain knowledge on how to include preschool students in planning for a child-based center.

Come engage in shared ideas, explore props, and ask questions with teachers just like you!

North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment—KEA: Why? How? What?

Room 305B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Lee Messer and Marylee Sease—Haywood County Schools Gina Troball—Carteret County Schools In this session, three North Carolina Kindergarten Demonstration classroom teachers who piloted the Kindergarten Entrance Assessment, will share WHY we are passionate about this formative assessment. We will discuss HOW we were able to integrate this process throughout our Kindergarten day and WHAT we learned along the way— and where we are now!

Beyond Crafts: Teaching Art (Even if you can’t draw a Stick Figure) Room 306A, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Elspeth McClanahan and Becky Sterling— North Raleigh United Methodist Preschool Roll up your sleeves, prepare to get a little messy and put on that creative hat you didn’t know you had. In this seminar you will learn why we teach art, simple basic techniques to help you start children drawing, and easy fun ways to introduce the Great Masters. All this in a way that is easy for you, the children enjoy, and enhances process art. Easy techniques any teacher can apply to their classrooms. So you can’t draw?

No problem. You don’t know Monet from Picasso? You will.

Loose Parts: Empowering Children’s Creativity Room 306B, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool through Grade 3 Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Terri Walls BSN, RN, CCHC and Letha Ricks QE— Craven SmartStart, Inc. LOOK AT WHAT I MADE… CAN’T I PLAY A LITTLE LONGER? If you value the concept of play-based learning, come join us to learn more about “loose parts.” Participants will identify and explore age- appropriate loose parts to develop infinite play opportunities for children by stimulating their imaginations and creativity.

Engineering Station: Igniting an Interest in STEM Through Hands On Experiences Room 306C, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool through Grade 3 Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Deborah Howell, M.Ed. and Shaina Freeze, BS— Partners in Learning Participants will learn strategies to ignite the interest of older preschoolers and school agers in STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Math) through developing and implementing an Engineering Station for their program. Turn the ordinary into extraordinary learning and discovery opportunities for your most curious and active age groups. Attendees will learn to take “junk” and help students develop critical-thinking and problem solving skills. Additionally by utilizing technology teachers will learn to help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities.

SESSION FOUR

The 3 “P”’s of Leadership and Team Culture: Discovering Your Purpose, Passion and Potential Room 304, Capacity: 155 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Matt McKeown—McKeown Financial Being a leader requires self-reflection and the application of tools for professional and personal growth and well-being.

It also requires you to inspire, educate and motivate others around you. This workshop is about discovering your own Purpose, Passion, and Potential and helping others discover theirs. You will leave with powerful, practical tools that can change the culture in your classroom, center or school and set yourself and your team up for success. Workplace culture is what drives employee recruiting, retention, atmosphere, funding, and overall business success or failure. People, systems, attitudes and accountability create workplace culture. You will leave with increased knowledge and skills of how to support and lead current team members that are diamonds in the rough, inspire and support stars that are already shining, and discern those that may or may not need be a good fit for their role. You will learn to apply three specific tools: 1) the “Four Quadrants” assessment tool; 2) the “Five Levels of Why?”; and 3) a “Priority Grid.” Together, these tools can help you be more productive, inspirational, and successful as a leader. Changing workplace culture isn’t as hard as you may think, and this is an opportunity to learn how to do it in less than 45 Days! This workshop is designed for all leaders at all stages from emerging to highly experienced.

Math: The Effectiveness of Outdoor Intervention in Preschools Room 307, Capacity: 80 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Anne Aurelia Lewis, Scott Morrison, Anne Pickard, Megan Moisand—Elon University This session will increase participants’ awareness of why outdoor math experiences are important, and will demonstrate specific evidence-based early math learning experiences. Demonstrations of math learning experiences for natural environments will highlight both (a) math concepts appropriate for young children, and (b) specific considerations for diverse gender, cultural, linguistic, and ability needs of children, families, and professionals. Participants will be actively involved in discussions with each other and with presenters about the application of specific learning experiences to their own outdoor settings.

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Session Five

Saturday, September 19, 10:40 – 12:00 pm

SESSION FIVE

Strategies to Avoid Common Hiring Mistakes Room 301A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Wanda Fowler—Edenton Street CDC Have you ever had that sinking feeling that you made a wrong hire? Has the person who showed up to work looked or acted quite different than the person you interviewed?

If so, this is the workshop for you. We will review common hiring mistakes and discuss strategies to help avoid them.

Inspiring High-level Literacy through the Marvel and Magic of Science!

Room 301B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Samantha Chauncey—Pitt Community College Susan Styons—Vanguard Educational Institute Can we teach biology, chemistry and physics in elementary school? Of course! And, we must. Join us for a fun filled laboratory that demonstrates the marvel and magic of science. Learn how to use science to motivate and inspire your students to utilize and develop high-level thinking, communication, and comprehension skills. Make potions that miraculously change colors, use water as glue, and more as we show you how to teach fundamentals of biology, chemistry and physical science with research-based, best teaching practices in inquiry instruction.

Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away Room 302A, Capacity: 126 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jaymi Mitchell and Stacy Chamberlain— Greene County Schools Pre-K Center Who says rainy days aren’t fun? Bring the playground into your classroom with these fun, easy, DIY activities that will have your children hoping for rain EVERY day! Learn how to create an indoor gross motor wonderland that will engage your students without destroying your classroom OR your budget! Even when the weather doesn’t allow outside play, you can provide a fun and safe learning environment that develops most of the necessary gross motor skills your students need.

Promote Quality and Support Staff Using the Environment Rating Scales Room 302B, Capacity: 121 Age Group: Adult Learners Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Brittney Watts and Allison Hall—NCRLAP In this session we will explore how the Environment Rating Scales can help programs promote quality every day and identify resources and strategies to support programs and staff that are new to the assessment process. We will examine how the ERS can serve as a foundation of quality that programs can build upon.

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Empathy: The Heart of Emotional Intelligence Room 302C, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Heidi Condrey—Parent Child Development Corporation Teachers are faced daily with students experiencing strong emotions. Learning how to effectively respond to children’s feelings empowers children to begin to develop healthy responses to their feelings. As children hone these skills, they are on their way towards self-regulation. In this Conscious Discipline workshop, participants will discover the power of responding to children’s feelings with mature empathy. Participants will explore common ineffective approaches to children’s feelings and practice responding to common situations with effective coaching. Participants will explore classroom structures that support the skill of empathy and help children begin to develop empathy.

Was it Something I Said?

Room 303, Capacity: 140 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Susan Kirby—State Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor When we “ask” a child to do something and then become frustrated that they did not do it, the origin of frustration may actually be within our communication style. We all need to know what “To Do” in order to be successful at a task. In this Conscious Discipline workshop attendees will experience first-hand the mixed messages that we send children. The next steps will include developing an Assertive voice and understanding what that will look like, sound like and feel like in a classroom setting. Attendees will leave with the ability to recognize the different voices and their effectiveness or lack thereof.

A Deep Dive into the NCDPI KEA Object Counting Construct Room 305A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Darlene Germano—RTT-ELC Amy Scrinzi—NCDPI Together, we will unpack the object counting progression to increase our knowledge of the understandings and skills.

We’ll also explore different types of evidences and discuss what the evidences tell us about the children’s knowledge of object counting. In addition, we’ll share concrete strategies for using different learning structures (e.g., whole group, centers, stations, small groups) to capture evidence during the instructional routine.

Build A Brain: Music and Movement in Your Classroom Room 306C, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging Melissa Wood—Alamance Burlington School System Dawn Wood—Alamance Community College In this workshop you will hear how music and movement helps to build synapses in a child’s brain. You will have an opportunity to learn many ways to incorporate music and movement into your classroom – plus, have an opportunity to try these moves out for yourself! Ideas will be provided for Infants through Grade 3.

Learning to Talk and Talking to Learn: Ages, Stages and Red Flags of Speech and Language Development Room 306A, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Infant/Toddler Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Michaela Greene—Speech Center, Inc. Learning to Talk by Talking creatively explains how TALKING matters for LEARNING! Attendees will identify developmental milestones, functional communication skills and then analyze the connection between TALKING and LEARNING. Attendees will also be able to identify “red flags” for speech and language delays and apply research based strategies to increase the child’s functional communication skills. The referral options and benefits of speech/language therapy services will be examined. Attendees will walk away with the knowledge and power to apply children’s TALKING into functional communication and curriculum based LEARNING.

Learning Through Music and Movement Room 307, Capacity: 80 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Angela Clayton—Granville County Public Schools

Word Walk: An Engaging Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children Room 306B, Capacity: 128 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Katherine Beauchat, Ed.D—York College of Pennsylvania Katrin Blamey, Ph.D.—DeSales University This session will describe an instructional procedure for explicit vocabulary instruction in the context of storybook reading designed specifically for preschool children. The presenters will present the research base for the vocabulary protocol, called Word Walk. In addition, presenters will discuss how to implement the instructional sequence and outcomes of using the protocol with preschool children from diverse backgrounds, including a large population of children learning English as a second language. Attendees will leave the session with the knowledge of how to plan and implement a new vocabulary instructional sequence in their preschool classrooms.

Participants will actively engage in movement activities that teach science, math, and social studies concepts. I will share how to make learning content fun and exciting through music.

SESSION FIVE

Oral Language and Vocabulary Development: Racing Towards Reading Success!

Room 305B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Renee Johnson, Connie Wells—Edgecombe County Schools Wendy Seacrest—Catawba County Schools Participants will gain better understanding of the what, why and how of oral language and vocabulary development in young children. Strategies and resources will be shared to support children as they journey to reach the checkered flag of reading success.

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Session Six

SESSION SIX

Saturday, September 19, 12:20 – 1:40 pm Boys Can Wear Dresses Too: Integrating Positive Gender Culture into Your Preschool Classroom Room 301A, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Preschool Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jonathan M. Williams and Kathryn A. Hoerman— Verner Center for Early Learning All children deserve the right to be included and respected. Over the past 40 years these rights have been acknowledged in relation to race, sex, cogitative development, and disability. But what about gender and sexual identity? For many children, the ability to explore, question, and experiment with gender and sexual identification is a luxury not so easily attained. This session explores how to integrate a positive gender culture into your classroom environment. Emphasis will be given to current gender research and various methods that can be used to ensure that all students feel confident with themselves and their peers. Teacher will explore the inward biases that drive classroom culture, and will walk away with a new understanding of the impact gender and sexual identity have on the development of young learners.

Reboot the Brain to Reach Higher Levels of Thinking: Utilizing Connections, Energetic Activity, Movement, and Music to Boost Student Learning and Self-regulation Room 302C, Capacity: 120 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Kim Hughes—Conscious Connections Imagine a learning environment filled will enthusiastic, focused, and connected children both ready and willing to learn to their full potential. Revive and rejuvenate yourself and your learning environment as you enjoy a plethora of interactive, brain-based activities that enhance teaching, increase student time on task, and support the development of self-regulation as well as improve one’s mindset, physical health and emotional well-being. Walk away with numerous activities that can immediately be woven into many aspects of any learning environment, each significantly influencing social and emotional development, as well as the intrinsic motivators that every child needs to find behavioral and learning success.

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Boosting Children’s Brain Connections That Count Room 303, Capacity: 140 Age Group: Across Age/Grade Target Audience: Emerging, Established, Experienced Jessica Shields Flowers—Ripple Effect Conscious Discipline® teaches us that all children need connections. How do we create these connections that literally wire their brains for willingness and impulse control?

“I Love You Rituals” provide these daily tune ups that will increase their attention span and improve cooperation.

The Power of Choice and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment Room 305B, Capacity: 120 Age Group: School Age Target Audience: Established Susan Choplin—Walkertown Elementary Amy Blessing— Pender County Schools In order for children to learn self-regulation, teachers must provide opportunities for children to make choices every day in their Kindergarten classroom. This session will address why children need to make choices, what opportunities for choice may be available, and how teachers can facilitate choices and reflection on those choices. Participants will also make connections between offering choices and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment, particularly the approaches to learning construct.

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Vendors For easy access between sessions, vendors are located in the hallways of the 3rd floor main level. Vendors help make our NCaeyc Conference possible! Connect with them throughout the day and thank our vendors for their support.

Friday, September 18, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Saturday, September 19, 8:00 am – Noon Abrams Learning Trends

Discovery Toys

Appalachian State University

Elite Benefits Group

Atlantic Coast Playgrounds

Gryphon House

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ASU Box 32054 Boone, NC 28608 828-262-2916 Child Development On-line degree, other programs 302B Raleigh St. Wilmington, NC 28412 910-367-8709 Playgrounds, Shade Structures

Carolina Portrait Pros

www.carolinaportraitpros.com Preschool photography company and NCaeyc’s official Conference photographer

Chic Boutique

211 Amber Lane Willow Spring, NC 27592 919-398-6124 All natural soaps, cherry pit packs; American Girls Doll clothes, shoes and accessories’ Original Alcohol ink pendants and paintings; Scrabble tile pendants

1971 Breckenridge Dr. NE Atlanta, GA 30345 678-777-8697 Top Quality Educational Toys, Books and Games 312 N. Church St. Monroe, NC 28712 336-355-1701 Insurance

PO Box 10 Lewisville, NC 27104 336-712-2232 www.gryphonhouse.com Resource Books

Handwriting Without Tears

806 W. Diamond Ave., Suite 230 Gaithersburg, MD 20878 301-263-2700 x114 www.hwtears.com The Get Set for School® Pre-K curriculum builds critical readiness skills that prepare Pre-K children for kindergarten.

This award-winning curriculum makes learning fun and easy

Hatch

W6316 Design Dr. Greenville. WI 54942 804-405-6619 Early Childhood educational essentials

301 N. Main St., Ste 101 Winston-Salem, NC 27101 800-624-7968 www.HatchEarlyLearning.com Early Childhood technology and classroom materials.

Interactive Hardware to STEM learning materials for young children

Community Playthings

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Childcraft

PO Box 2 Ulster. NY 12487 845-572-3435 www.communityplaythings.com Solid wooden furniture and play equipment for early childhood through school age classroom

Conscious Discipline

306 Cannon Gate Dr. Cary, NC 27518 919-454-8330 www.ConsciousDiscipline.com

Discount School Supply

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1365 S. Park Dr. Kernersville, NC 27360 336-996-3090 Classroom Materials

Imagifriends

6650 Crescent Moon Ct. #208 Raleigh, NC 27606 919-798-1821 www.myimagiville.com D.J.’s artwork and Imagifriend merchandise

Kaplan Early Learning

1310 Lewisville-Clemmons Rd. Lewisville, NC 27023 800-334-2014 www.kaplan.com Early Childhood Learning Materials

Lakeshore Learning

2695 E. Dominguez St. Carson, CA 90895 310-337-8600 x2270 www.lakeshorelearning.com Educational Materials

Newmark Learning and Ready Rosie

9959 Foxx Oak Pl. Charlotte, NC 28210 919-360-4128 Ready Rosie Parent Engagement, Pre-K Literacy Resources

Pearson Clinical Assessment

1307 Sippihaw Dr. Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 919-395-6333 Assessment measures, including DIAL-4 301 Fayetteville Street Suite 2100 Raleigh, NC 27601 1-888-PNC-BANK www.pncgrowupgreat.com

Preschool2me PO Box 8165 Round Rock, TX 78683 980-272-1856 Software for Daily Activity Reporting and Parent Communication

Real Time Pain Relief 207 Duncan Hill Court Cary, NC 27518 919-859-1847 Pain Relief Lotions

Smart Horizons

25E 9 1/2 Mile Rd. Pensacola, FL 32534 850-475-4013 Complete line of interactive, web-based training products for education and certification

Speechcenter, Inc.

185 Charlois Blvd.

Winston-Salem, NC 27103 800-323-3123 Speech-Language Pathology Services

Teaching Strategies

7101 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 700 Bethesda, MD 20814 301-634-0818 www.teachingstrategies.com Curriculum and Assessment

The Children’s Health Market 27 Cannon Rd., Suite 1B Wilton, CT 06897 203-762-2938 The Great Body Shop—Health, Safety, Social/Emotional Learning

The Graduation Place

PO Box 870301 Mesquite, TX 75187 800-618-5589 Graduation Items for all ages

VENDORS

PNC

University of Mount Olive at Research Triangle Park

5001 S. Miami Blvd.

Durham, NC 27703 919-381-6925 Pamphlets and other marketing materials to promote University of Mount Olive at Research Triangle Park

Usborne Books 1371 Farrington Rd. Apex, NC 27523 919-387-9402 Books

Walden University

4732 Redbranch Dr. Decatur, GA 30035 678-575-8872 Early childhood and other education online degree programs for professional development

We Care 4 Wealthsmart America 1400 Old Mill Circle Winston-Salem, NC 27103 336-624-2164 Pamphlets, Brochures, and Pens

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NCaeyc thanks our valued Sponsors

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NCaeyc’s Board of Directors and staff thank our sponsors for their contributions. Please let them know how much their support means to NC’s children, families and professionals.

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NCaeyc appreciates our committed Partners NCaeyc’s Board of Directors and staff thank our committed partners.

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PERSONAL AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR WEALTHSMART AMERICA

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Discover the best retirement savings strategy no one has ever told you about!

Contact us to schedule to attend our next online webinar.

Shirley Emanuel 336-624-2164 1400 Old Mill Circle Winston-Salem, NC 27103 Earn part-time income!

We are looking for trainers and managers as we expand in your area.

www.pabsolutions.org

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