Sessions: Thursday, April 23
8:30am-10:00am con't
Five Habits of Highly
Effective Early Childhood Leaders
Session Code: T17
In this interactive session we will
discuss the five habits that highly
effective early childhood education
leaders exhibit that can improve daily
operations and practices in an early
childhood education business. We will
examine the need for a continuous
quality improvement plan, constructive
versus destructive feedback and
completing staff evaluations as a
prerequisite for leading high
performing teams.
Presenter: Robert Gundling
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Program Administration/
Evaluation & Financial Management
Getting Started:
Using Assessment to Raise Your
Quality
Session Code: T18
Are you new to GOLD® and interested
in learning more? Get a guided tour of
the new MyTeachingStrategies™
platform: its features, its functionality,
and how to navigate within it. You will
discover how it can help you observe
children with the curricular objectives
in mind, understand what children
know and can do and where they need
to go next, and use that understanding
to plan meaningful experiences that
are appropriately challenging for
individual children and your group.
Presenter: Teaching Strategies
Age Focus: I/T, PRE
Main Topic: Curriculum
Learn the Signs, Act Early:
Supporting Children through
Developmental Monitoring using
Family Engagement
Session Code: T19
Learn the Signs, Act Early is an
initiative from the Center for Disease
Prevention and Control. This program
aims to improve early identification of
children with autism and other
developmental disabilities so children
and families can get the services and
support they need. Participants will
learn to use these resources in
combination with family engagement to
utilize developmental monitoring to
celebrate milestones and help link
children to the support they need.
Presenter: Deanna Kropf
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Assessment of Young
Children
Music, Movement and
Science: Wow, this is Fun!
Session Code: T111
Featured
Session
Music and movement are powerful
tools to introduce young children to the
world of science. Music and
movement is a powerful emotional
experience that promotes accelerated
learning and long-term retention, while
creating a deeper interest in science.
Young children will make science
connections while also developing
motor coordination with songs such as
Itsy Bitsy Spider, Down by the Bay,
Brown Bear Brown Bear, Five Little
Ducks, and Did You Feed my Cow?
Presenter: Mike Longoria
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Music and Movement
NAEYC Accreditation and
QRIS: Better Together
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Session Code: T112
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Measuring Classroom
Quality with OCOT: The Ohio
Classroom Observation Tool
Session Code: T110
In this session, an overview of the Ohio
Classroom Observation Tool (OCOT)
used in the SUTQ rating process will be
provided. Included in the session will be
how these indicators align with the Early
Learning and Development standards.
This session would be beneficial for
all early childhood program staff
regardless of participation in SUTQ.
Presenter: Jennifer Perkins
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Assessment of Young
Children
Should child care quality be measured
on a national level? Join the National
Association for the Education of Young
Children’s Senior Director of
Accreditation of Early Learning
Programs as she answers this
question and many more.
Come prepared to learn about the
numerous benefits of national
accreditation and how it compliments
Step Up to Quality.
Presenter: Kristen Johnson
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Professionalism,
Leadership
& Ethics
I/T=Infant/Toddler | K=Kindergarten | PRE=Preschool | SA=School-Age