Sessions: Friday, April 24
8:30am-10:00am con't
Diversity: It’s Not Black
and White
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Featu s re
Session Code: F15
Ses ion Dual Language Learners:
Support Strategies for Birth to 5
Session Code: F17
Learn to enhance your multicultural
communication skills by examining
your view of the world, your classroom,
your students, and families.
Participants will take a journey into the
world of diversity and realize it's not
just black and white. Using the Planned Language
Approach Model, participants will learn
about evidence based strategies that
support Birth to five dual language
learners and debunk myths related to
DLL. Participants will acquire and
apply new knowledge on how to
transfer instructional strategies for
Birth to 5 DLL children.
Presenter: Joe French
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Diversity & Equity
Presenter: Melissa Romero
Age Focus: I/T, PRE
Main Topic: Language and Literacy
Rethinking Small Group Instruction
Session Code: F16
Small-group time—those moments in
the day when teachers tailor instruction
to be responsive to individual
children’s interests, strengths, and
needs—is a powerful opportunity for
targeted learning. This session
explores ways to ensure that each
small-group experience delivers a
major impact. Participants will learn
how to be intentional in the materials,
settings, and groupings of children
they select for each small group
and devise strategies for keeping all
children engaged, even those working
independently.
Presenter: Teaching Strategies
Age Focus: PRE
Main Topic: Curriculum
Essential Elements for
Successful Inclusion
Session Code: F18
Have you ever struggled to include a
child into the everyday routines of your
classroom? To truly create an
inclusive environment, a classroom
must embrace children of varying
abilities, delays, or who are medically
fragile. Ingredients for a successful
recipe include: Exploring your attitude,
defining what true inclusion involves,
resolving myths, and the realistic
expectations regarding people with
disabilities.
Presenter: Tricia Streharsky
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Children with
Disabilities/Early Intervention/Inclusion
Finding Your Happy Place
In and Out of the Classroom:
Healthier for You and the Families
and Children You Serve
Session Code: F19
Do you ever feel like you are stressed
out just holding on to get through the
day? Come learn how to identify the
physical and emotional reactions that
children, families, and teachers display
when they are on stress overload.
Stress not handled well can have
negative effects but stressed identified
and minimized can energize your day.
Presenter: Marie Economos
Age Focus: ALL
Main Topic: Professionalism,
Leadership & Ethics
FUN: That was the BEST
Class Ever! K-3
Session Code: F110
Connect with each child in their
learning style - make learning FUN
again! Allow our students to get up and
dive into their learning, drawing
connections through the arts and
technology. No more memorizing
material. Spin the teaching into
engagement for all.
Presenter: Chad Malcolm
Age Focus: SA, K-3
Main Topic: Curriculum
I/T=Infant/Toddler | K=Kindergarten | PRE=Preschool | SA=School-Age