Conference Schedule
Sept. 12th- Friday (Family Welcome)
7:00-8:00 P.M. Pre-registration
7:00-9:00 P.M. Hospitality suite (Food, Fun, Door prizes)
9:00-10:30 P.M. Hospitality Room (Room number to be announced)
7:30-9:00 P.M. (Registration required by August 20th) To register e-mail Marcy @ mchuchna@msn.com with your phone number first and last name and address. State that you are registering for the Friday night workshop.
v Generational Diversity…Does Your Association Have It?Ø Core Competency Content Level VII: Program Planning and Evaluation and VIII: Professional Development and Leadership
§ Presenters: Deloris Friske and Beth Mork· Is your Association concerned that no young leaders are coming forward? This workshop explores how leaders/volunteers are influenced by generational synergy. By understanding what makes each age group “tick,” learn and communicate an Association can effectively make changes to accommodate the growth of an intergenerational board, volunteers and membership.
Sept. 13th - Saturday ( No children on conference floor)
6:30-7:15 A.M. Registration and vendor shopping. 7:15-8:45 A.M. Welcome and Keynote Address
v “You are the Key to the Treasure”Ø Core Competency Content Areas VIII: Professional Development and V: Families and Communities
§ Roxy Chuchna and Beth Mork· Recognizing the important role parents, providers and other professionals who come in contact with a child play in what type of adults are children are going to be. Honoring, valuing and treasuring the adults who work with children. Encouraging you to be the best you can be and validating all that you do to make a difference.
9:00-10:30 Session 1
v Early Literacy: Keeping It Simple Ø Core Competency Content Area II Learning Environment and Curriculum
§ Susan Conant, BS in Early Childhood Education and certified SEEDS trainer · Activities to use in your child care to help children become ready for Kindergarten. Table activities, movement and music activities, large and small group activities are included. All of these ideas use little or no materials besides what is in every child care home.
v Kitchen MagicØ Core Competency Content Area II Learning Environment and Curriculum
§ Bev Herr, Partners for Inclusion Consultant and FCC Trainer· Get ready to see what can happen with common cooking ingredients. Mix up all kinds of science experiments from ingredients found in your kitchen. It’s a perfect place to make some exciting discoveries about the world of science. Come and explore the wonders of simple science and learn easy, effective activities to use in your child care tomorrow.
v Portfolios and Parent ConferencingØ Core Competency Content Area I Child Growth and Development, III Assessment and Planning for Individual Needs and V Families and Communities CDA Areas 4 and 7
§ Tammy Wachter, www.tkwconsulting.com · Portfolios are a collection of a child’s work and caregiver data from informal and performance assessments…sample of a child’s work, observation reports, achievements and more. Learn how to make portfolios and use them as tools for assessment and parent conferencing.
10:45-11:45 Session II
v 3 Discipline Strategies for Your Child CareØ Core Competency Content Area IV: Interactions with Children
§ Deloris Friske: Partners for Inclusion Consultant and FCC Trainer· Do you have a biter in your child care and have you tried everything. The one-minute Behavior Modifier program has a component you might want to add to your “everything” list. Opportunity = Responsibility and how to handle your anger with negative behaviors are two other strategies. Adding these simple techniques to your knowledge of ages and stages of development will add another practical resource to your behavior guidance toolbox.
v Teaching: It’s in the BagØ Core Competency Content Area II: Learning Environment and Curriculum
§ Beth Mork· Set up a child care environment that takes into consideration that children learn while they play and use all of their senses. Use story telling bags and other methods to store and set up a fun, accessible, and quality learning environment for children.
v The Wolf Wore ShoesØ Core Competency Content Area II Learning Environment and Curriculum
§ Kim Woehl ECSATA Trainer Credentialed· According to a growing number of researchers, millions of children across the country are suffering from Nature Deficit Disorder. How can we as caregivers get children back into nature? Join us to share some hands on games that we can play with our school age children to get them thinking about nature. Time will also be shared in how we can get our preschoolers involved.
11:45-12:45 Lunch Vendor Shopping and Door Prizes
12:45-2:15 Session III
v Reading Games for Young ChildrenØ Core Competency Content Area I Child Growth and Development and II Learning Environments and Curriculum CDA Areas 2, 3, 8
§ Nancy Liebelt, FCC Trainer and Mentor· Participants will join in playing games to build the important skills necessary for children to become successful readers. These developmentally appropriate games that are necessary for learning to read include games of alliteration, oral blending, writing, alphabet recognition, letter sounds, word play and rhyming. These games may develop a love of language and joy of reading.
v Treasure Me!Ø Core Competency Content Area VIII: Professional Development and Leadership
§ Michelle Thole, Past President MLFCCA, FCC Trainer and Mentor· Recognize and acknowledge the variety of skills needed to be a child car provider. Recognize stress factors and develop strategies for self care. Define choices and options available to yourself as a child care provider. Reaffirm yourself as the treasure you are to those in your care
v Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders Ø Core Competency Content Area I: Child Growth and Development, IV: Interactions with Children, and V: Families and Communities
§ Dea Anderson, Coordinator of Consultation and Training through Fraser Institute and Center for Inclusive Child Care · This workshop will explore the key characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders and provide you with tools and ideas to more effectively include a child with autism in your child care program2:30-4:00 Session IV
v What to do with the MAD that you FeelØ Core Competency Content Area I Child Growth and Development, II Learning Environment and Curriculum and IV: Interactions with Children
§ Lori Hameister Early childhood Educator, Mentor and FCC Provider· When children are angry, that can be an especially difficult time for them – and their child care providers. Dealing with angry feelings during early childhood years is important. Children need to deal with their anger constructively to succeed in school and in the future at the workplace and in their family life. It’s important to realize that self-control is not a “moral” issue; it’s a “developmental” one. It grows in stages as the child develops and there are important things child care providers can do along the way to support that process.
v The 5 C’s of CommunicationØ Core Competency Content Area V: Families and Communities
§ Vicki Vavra, Early Childhood Educator, Former FCC Provider· Parents and the child care providers will learn ways to communicate by listening and observing. Body language and discussion both communicate to us. We will identify the most challenging situations we face between parents and caregivers.
v Move Through Your DayØ Core Competency Content Area I Child Growth and Development, IV Interactions with Children, VII Program Planning and Evaluation, CDA Areas 2 & 3
§ Tammy Wachter, www.tkwconsulting.com· Need some new or different ideas to help your day flow more smoothly? Find out how music, movement, and utilizing transitions can make your day go better and help the children developmentally.