The 19th Annual Early Years Conference focus is Social Justice in Early Learning and Care.
Social justice in early childhood education is about ensuring that all children and families receive the educational and social opportunities responsive to their cultural identity. High quality programs put social justice teaching front and center by prioritizing anti-bias and culturally sensitive teaching.
TO VIEW YOUR SCHEDULE: Access and view your schedule by clicking the "Schedule" pull down menu located to the right of your profile picture (or head icon) and clicking "Simple".
TO ACCESS ZOOM LINKS FOR YOUR SESSIONS: On Friday and/or Saturday you will need to log in to your Sched profile and pull up your schedule to see your workshop titles. Click on the workshop to view description, presenter information, view documents and access the Zoom link. Zoom links for each workshop will appear below each workshop title 10 minutes before that workshop is scheduled to begin on each day of the conference. Simply click on the link below the title to enter the virtual workshop. (No links will be emailed to you, you must log into your Sched account to access all Zoom links.)
HANDOUTS AND POWERPOINTS: Some workshops will have documents affiliated with the training you are attending. These documents are available immediately for you if they are on your schedule. It is suggested that prior to the conference, you download to your computer and/or print any documents you are interested in so that you can easily access them during the conference.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: Participants will receive 6 PD hours per day. Their hours will be added into the Workforce Registry between 1 to 4 weeks after the conference. Participants will also receive a certificate of completion – but will not be asked to upload this certificate to the Workforce Registry.
Knowing how well your students are progressing in reading is a vital part of teaching. Running Records are an essential tool for determining students' reading assets, progress and needs. This is one of two sessions during this conference for TK-K-1st teachers to learn to apply running records in Spanish or in English or both as a practical formative assessment to guide instruction.
In "The Basics" session: You will learn from analyzing your students’ miscues and patterns across languages to move reading forward. In fact, you will practice administering running records in English and Spanish using video recordings from real classrooms with students who are English learners and Spanish learners.
Jorge Cuevas Antillón is a well-known voice on effective language learning. His capacity to serve schools and districts comes from decades in education, as a teacher, reading coach, school/district administrator and educational grant writer and manager. As the District Advisor for... Read More →
