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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.

EARLY YEARS PROGRAM:
Early Years 2022 Digital Event Program

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.

VIRTUAL HELP DESK:
Please contact Kelly Slocum at kelly.slocum@sdcoe.net for conference support. Also, visit our Early Years webpage at Early Years > Home (sdcoe.net).

avatar for Likaa Mohamad

Likaa Mohamad

AKA-Head Start
Early Educator
AkA-Head Start
My vision of  children’s whole development and education acquisition is a relationship-based environment in which the three parties: educators, learners, and their primary caregivers collaboratively work, ultimately grow, and freely enjoy life together. Children best grow if they are given the chance to reflect their spontaneous and long-term interests, immediate needs, and unique capabilities. Children exhibit self-independence while actively participating in the mosaic fusion of their community. In an optimal environment, it is very crucial that diversity, cultural tolerance, sensory and feeling-based discovery are embraced. By the same token, both what the children learn and how they learn it are taken into careful consideration when planning activities and mighty moments. The curriculum needed for children to fully develop and grow is a blended curriculum that highlights innovation, spontaneous learning, and family engagement in designing every learning experiment that their children witness. I also believe that educators play multiple roles: architects, observers, mediators, coaches, health and nutrition providers. Similarly important, I encourage positive descriptive acknowledgment of learners’ actions, words, and intentions. Last but not least, I appreciate utilizing disciplinary strategies like giving rational consequences, hearing them out, giving them attention, catching them doing good, and knowing when not to respond. When implementing these strategies, children will be guided towards problem-solving, win-win compromises, and desired decision making.