Saturday Sessions
8:00 – 9:15 AM | ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
469 Advancing Active Play in Early Care Settings: Strategies to Address Common Challenges in Physical Activity Practices
Rebekah Duchette, Nemours Children’ s Health
Roshelle Payes, Nemours Children’ s Health
W308B Preschoolers Health and Safety
Earn 0.1 CEUs for this session.
470 Enhancing Early Literacy Through Interactive Read- Alouds and Shared Writing: Strategies for Engagement, Differentiation, and Cross- Curricular Connections Chaka Burroughs, Pre-K 4SA Tonya Hibbler-Théard, Pre-K 4SA Silvia Zuniga, Pre-K 4SA Sarah Heinrich, Pre-K 4SA
W206A Preschoolers Language and Literacy
471 Ready to Lead: Empowering New Early Childhood Administrators for Success and Retention
Xiaoli Wen, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
Barbara Volpe, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
Robyn Kelton, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
Kimberlee Hendricks, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
W104 Adults Leadership
472 Building Early Childhood Leadership Capacity in Higher Education: Aligning with State and Professional Standards Through Partnerships, Program Development, Student Perspectives, and Data-Driven Decision Making
Amber Brown, University of Houston – Clear Lake
Preeti Jain, University of Houston – Clear Lake
Neelofer Tajani, University of Houston – Clear Lake
Jane Humphries, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership @ National Louis University
W106 Adults Leadership
473 Fine Motor Fitness: Strategies to Promote Fine Motor Development in Indoor and Outdoor Environments
Dianna Aguirre, Early Learning Coalition of Lake County
Cherry Conley, Joyful Noise Child Care
W206BC Preschoolers Learning Environment
474 Enriching Early Mathematics Education: Preparing Teachers for Child- Centered Problem Solving and Computational Thinking Hae Min Yu, Lewis University Erin Thomson, Lewis University Seung Kim, Lewis University
W311A Adults Mathematics
475 Encouraging Children’ s Learning Through Outdoor Play Velvet Cooley, Portland Community College
W304AB Preschoolers Nature / Outdoor Education
476 Team Building and Professional Development in Early Childhood Programs: How to Implement Effective Practices When Time and Resources for Training Are Limited Janine Martel, Oakland University Boyun Kim, Oakland University
W304CD Adults
Professional Development – Training and Technical Assistance
Earn 0.1 CEUs for this session.
477 Teacher Addictive Behaviors: Why Professional Development Doesn’ t Stick and How to Fix It
Tamar Andrews, American Jewish University
W315B Adults
Professional Development – Training and Technical Assistance
478 Emotion Regulation for Educators: Building Resilience and Well-Being Alison Hooper, The University of Alabama Summer Braun, The University of Alabama
W101 All Children Professionalism and Ethics
2025 NAEYC Annual Conference: In this Place, We Learn. For Every Child, We Lead.
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