2024 Professional Learning Institute Featured Sessions
Using Guidance to Teach Young Children to Gain Five Democratic Life Skills
Dan Gartrell, Bemidji State University, Minnesota
To Protect and Nurture: (Re)Imagining Mentoring for Black Boys in the Early Grades
Brian L. Wright, The University of Memphis
Encouraging States to Fund Evidence-Based Playful Learning
Jared Lisonbee, Katrina Herd, and Cristina Barrera, Utah State Board of Education
Leading a Culture of Joyful Learning in Early Childhood Education
Bridgitt Mitchell, NAEYC; Don Reynolds, Denver Public Schools
STEM in Black: Strategies for Providing BIPOC Children More STEM Mirrors
Orinthia Harris, STEMearly LLC
Blending Standards, Guidance, and Resources from NAEYC and DEC to Prepare Personnel to Create Caring and Equitable Environments for Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families
Megan Purcell, Purdue University; Christine Spence, Virginia Commonwealth University; Laura McCorkle, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Rooks-Ellis, Coastal Carolina University; Heather Walter, George Mason University; Vicki Stayton, Division for Early Childhood
Storytelling/Storyacting: Nurturing Minds, Empowering Hearts, and Strengthening Communities
Sisa Pon Renie, Ivette Guadarrama, and Melissa Kirk, Erikson Institute
Classroom Choreography: Rhythmically Integrating Classroom Instruction and Assessment
Rakhee Dodia and Veronica Castro, Erikson Institute