Separate Fee Workshops

NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation: A self-study workshop for associate degree faculty

Saturday, June 7, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

This full-day workshop is scheduled as a pre-conference to NAEYC’s 2008 Institute f or Early Childhood Professional Development in New Orleans, Louisiana. The workshop is designed for associate degree early childhood faculty who are engaged in the NAEYC Associate Degree Accreditation self study process or are considering applying for accreditation.

Presenters will include faculty from successfully accredited programs and senior NAEYC Associate Degree Accreditation staff. We will orient participants to the accreditation process, criteria, standards, and supportive skills.

Participants will receive:

• A copy of Preparing Early Childhood Teachers: NAEYC’s Standards for Programs
• Guidance about how to use key student assessments, rubrics, and student performance data to document compliance with the standards
• A manual that includes sample pages from report templates, sample self-study activities to take home, background articles, planning tools, and other practical resources
• Hands-on practice with accreditation documents and interactive dialogue with colleagues
• A variety of approaches to gathering, synthesizing and reporting evidence of program compliance with accreditation standards
• An opportunity to meet and talk with accreditation senior staff, Commission members, and faculty from the first cohort of programs in self-study
• Activities that will help you return to your institution with an action plan, resources, other practical tools, and supportive professional relationships

Note:  We also offer a condensed, 2-hour version of this Workshop during the institute, free to those who register for the institute.  This full-day separate-fee workshop is for those who want more depth and individualized support, as well as the resources included in the workshop registration fee.

Please use the institute registration form to register, click here.

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NCATE Accreditation: An NAEYC workshop for faculty compiling program reports

Saturday, June 7, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

Are you preparing an NCATE report?  Come to this full-day workshop to learn everything you need to know to put together a successful and meaningful report.

NAEYC's standards and NCATE's accreditation process for early childhood professional preparation set expectations and a vision for the field, supporting quality and recognition of quality of higher education early childhood programs. If done well, the report and review process allows programs to engage in meaningful self-study so faculty can truly improve students’ knowledge and skills—and receive recognition for a job well done.

A team of NAEYC staff and experienced program reviewers, successful report compilers, and BOE members will facilitate this interactive workshop.  Learn about designing assessments that align with the NAEYC standards, see what an effective rubric looks like, and discover how to present persuasive data.

Learn about the steps involved in going through the program review process—and improving your program—the five sections of the program report, the six to eight required assessments, and how best to communicate your program’s unique context.  Return to your institution with a notebook that includes program report templates, NAEYC and NCATE standards, sample report sections, background articles, planning tools, and other practical resources.

Benefits of Attending:

• Hear about the five sections of the program report and the six to eight required assessments
• Gain ideas about developing early childhood programs and program-level assessment systems that meet new NCATE and NAEYC expectations and support excellent professional preparation
• Examine various approaches to gathering, synthesizing, and reporting assessment data, and look at examples
• Meet colleagues who are also engaged in the program review process
• Return to your institution with an action plan, examples, resources, practical tools, and supportive professional relationships

Please note: This workshop is designed for faculty and administrators in college and university early childhood professional preparation programs. The workshop will not address NAEYC Accreditation for center- and school-based programs for young children.

Please use the institute registration form to register, click here.

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NAEYC Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation: Operation Accreditation - Getting you started in the new system
 
Saturday, June 7, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

Do you need help getting started with the new NAEYC Accreditation process?  Did you receive your Self Study Kit and wonder where the User’s Manual was?  Have you found the portfolios perplexing?  We understand!  This workshop is for you!

At this full day workshop NAEYC Academy Staff will de-bunk myths, answer your questions (ask us anything!) and will provide in plain English:

• Additional guidance on the NAEYC Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria
• Advice on organizing Program and Classroom Portfolios
• Explanations of the differences between Candidacy Requirements and Criteria
• Kkey elements of the Site Visit from an assessment perspective
• Examples of the types of tools used on actual Site Visits
• And so much more!

We promise you’ll leave feeling better.

Please use the institute registration form to register, click here.

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NAEYC/NAECTE Research Symposium — Research on teacher inquiry and reflection: Implications for professional development

Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

A full-day Pre-Institute Research Symposium, planned by NAEYC’s Office of Applied Research and NAECTE, features current research on teacher inquiry and reflection and the critical implications for teacher educators and in-service trainers. Invited speakers are noted researchers and experts in early childhood education:

• Ron Lally, Center for Child and Family Studies; WestEd - Studying the impact of Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) training on quality of care and child outcomes
• Bob Pianta and Jason Downer, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning; University of Virginia - Improving the quality of teacher-child interactions through focused observation and consultation
• Aisha Ray, Erikson Institute - The critical challenge in teacher preparation: Developing early childhood practitioners who can effectively educate diverse children
• Frances Rust, Erikson Institute - Teacher research: Building the bridge between research and practice in preservice teacher education

The Research Symposium includes focused workgroups and a dialogue between presenters and attendees on the applicability of research findings.

Please use the institute registration form to register, click here.

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Communication skills for challenging conversations: A family-centered approach

Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

Turn those challenging conversations with parents into effective two-way communication!  Learn specific communication skills needed for the various challenging conversations teachers and parents might have; prepare yourself for partnerships with families; understand the contexts that families and teachers bring to the partnership; and much more—all within the framework of family-centered care. Practice your new skills through small-group discussions, role plays, and other dynamic exercises.

Presenters: 

Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Early Childhood Education Consultant, Gonzalez-Mena Consultants, Fairfield, CA; Janis Keyser, Family and Program Support Manager, Google Children's Center at the Woods, Mountain View, CA; Maril Olson, Project Coordinator, NAEYC.

Please use the institute registration form to register, click here.

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Linking sectors, advancing systems: Second annual state professional development leadership team work day

Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

NAEYC is pleased to sponsor this working day, made possible by the generous support of the Buffett Early Childhood Fund and Cornerstones for Kids (sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation).

Planned in partnership with the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau; the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE); and the Office of Head Start.

Designed for state leaders working to build and enhance professional development and career systems for the entire early childhood workforce, this session provides an opportunity to:

• Gain insights from and connections to other state colleagues and national experts; and
• Further state planning and team building.

Each participating state must be represented by a cross-sector leadership team. Teams can consist of no less than three and no more than seven members.  Minimum team composition should consist of representatives from:

• Child care (including licensing),
• Head Start, and
• State-funded preschool (if available in your state).

States are strongly encouraged to also include decision-making representation from early intervention, special education, and higher education.

Roles represented within these sectors may include state AEYC affiliate leaders and other professional association leaders, associate and baccalaureate/graduate degree granting institution leaders, resource and referral administrators, public agency officials, and other early childhood leaders.

To sign up for this special event, FIRST please coordinate with your colleagues—a single application must be submitted by each state.  THEN click here and complete the application. Applications are due by March 31, 2008.

For more information please contact Sarah LeMoine, NAEYC Director of the Early Childhood Workforce Systems Initiative, at slemoine@naeyc.org. Visit http://www.naeyc.org/policy/ecwsi/default.asp for an overview of the Early Childhood Workforce Systems Initiative.

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Promoting children's social emotional development and addressing challenging behavior: Supporting teachers' use of effective practices

Planned by the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning and the Technical Assistance Center on Social and Emotional Intervention

Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott

This session provide participants with an overview of a model of effective practices for supporting children's social emotional development and addressing challenging behavior. Participants will learn about the model through lecture and video case examples. Participants will review materials for providing training and coaching to early childhood educators and will practice using these materials through video examples. Participants will receive training materials as part of this session.

To register, please click here.