Featured Sessions
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
Innovating Pathways in Early Childhood Education: Practices that Move the Field Forward
8:00 – 9:30 AM
W110B
Calvin Moore, Council for Professional Recognition Michelle Kang, NAEYC Marica Cox Mitchell, Bainum Family Foundation
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Our Sankofa Moment: Together We Will Advance Educational Equity for Young Children
1:00 – 2:30 PM
W109A
Tonia Durden, NAEYC Governing Board President Kelly Ramsey, NAEYC Governing Board Vice President Brian Johnson, NAEYC Governing Board Secretary Ann Terrell, Past NAEYC Governing Board President Raquel Munarriz Diaz, Past FLAEYC Board President Camille Mendez, FLAEYC Board Member Erica Colón, Head Teacher, MSU Child Development Laboratories SPONSORED BY
Let’ s Listen, Let’ s Talk: Creating Community Without Consensus 10:00 – 11:30 AM
W109A
Beth Bye, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood( former) Tiffany Hunter, Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Michelle Kang, NAEYC Marica Cox Mitchell, Bainum Family Foundation Hanan Osman, Indiana AEYC Nina Perez, MomsRising Norma Schwartz, Florida AEYC
Moving Programs Forward: Aligning Pedagogical Leadership with Developmentally Appropriate Practice Using the Whole Leadership Framework
3:00 – 4:30 PM
W109A
Marie Masterson, Council for Professional Recognition Jill Bella, Bella Mattina Teri Talan, National Louis University
Earn 0.2 CEUs for this session.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 | ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
Reimagining Early Childhood Education for Multilingual Preschoolers: Enhancing Children’ s Agency Through Inquiry, Writing, and Reading
8:00 – 9:30 AM
W109A
Irasema Salinas-González, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Iliana Alanis, The University of Texas San Antonio
Preschoolers Earn 0.2 CEUs for this session.
Make Room for Boys! Supporting Busy Preschool Boys
10:00 – 11:30 AM
W109A Kenneth Sherman, HighScope Educational Research Foundation Preschoolers
PRESENTED BY SPONSORED BY 2025 NAEYC Annual Conference: In this Place, We Learn. For Every Child, We Lead.
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