Virtual Conference

2020

OCTOBER 20-24 , 2020

ONLINE VIA ZOOM

www.waeyc.org

Together We Are Better

#WAEYC 2020On behalf of the WAEYC steering committee, we invite you to attend the 44th annual WAEYCConference.

Keri KroutBoard President

Lisa NeumannPast President

Brenda BoydVice President Conference Chair

Kim ThiedeMembership Co-Chair

Rachel FranzMembership Co-Chair

Nancy SpurgeonSecretary

Bekah CardwellTreasurer

Mike BrowneMember-At-Large

Diana CharbonneauMember-At-Large

Christyn DundorfMember-At-Large

Jessica Ferreras-StoneMember-At-Large

Karen KirshenbaumMember-At-Large

Theressa LenearMember-At-Large

Diana StokesMember-At-Large

Amanda CardwellOrganization Manager and Event Coordinator

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AgendaTuesday October 20

10:00am-12:00pm Supporting Challenging Behaviors, Michelle Duhon

1:00-2:30pm Zoom Preschool? Strategies and Ideas for Engaging All Children inVirtual Settings, Ariane Gauvreau

6:00-8:00pm Empoderamiento, Resiliencia y Colaboración: Experiencias delInterinato Educativo durante el COVID 19, Jessica Ferreras Stone

Wednesday October 21

10:00am-11:30am First Responsders to Challenging Behavior and Stress, Steve Erwin

1:00-2:30pm Talking about Feelings and Friendship, Jennifer Cunningham

6:30-8:00pm Early Childhood Pathways to Mathematics, Hilary Martinez

Thursday October 22

9:30-10:30am Hilltop Children's Center Virtual Tour

11:30am-12:30pm Program Panel - Operating During a Pandemic, Brenda Boyd

1:30-2:30pm Napcast, Mike Browne and Nick Terrones

6:30-8:00pm Choosing to Advance Social Justice with Young Children, Carolyn Brennan

Friday October 23

10:00-11:00am WWU Virtual Tour

11:30am-12:30pm WAEYC Annual Meeting

1:00-2:30pm A New Normal - Being the Manager your Team Needs in Extraordinary Times,Miriam Dressler

6:30-8:00pm Relationship Based Approaches to Infant-Toddler Program and FamilyPartnerships, Marilyn Chu

Saturday October 24

9:00-10:30am Keynote: Talking to Youth About Heated Topics, Rosetta Lee

11:00-12:15pm Child Care Advocacy, Ryan Pricco

1:00-3:00pm Preschool in the Park: Using Public Spaces to Cultivate Curious, CompassionateKids, Rachel Franz

10-20-20S u p p o r t i n g C h a l l e n g i n g B e h a v i o r s

M i c h e l l e D u h o n a n d K r i s t e n M c L e s k ey

Challenging behaviors in child care can be one of the most difficult and frustrating tasks facing early learningproviders. Join us as we present practical tools and research-based strategies geared toward positive, proactive behaviormanagement in the classroom. Participants will learn to identify the function of behavior by examining triggers andeffects. We will also develop new mental models for assessing behavior by shifting our perspective and viewingbehavior through a sensory lens. Participants will have opportunities to engage in exercises and collaborativeconversations that build upon these ideas and generate solutions for challenges that are being experienced in theclassroom.

Michelle has worked in early learning settings for over a decade. Her experience ranges from teaching in classrooms, tosupporting programs as an Early Achievers Coach. Now, as an Inclusion Consultant with IMPACT at Northwest CenterKids, she is able to mentor programs as they navigate offering a fully inclusive learning environment. She earned herMA.E.d. from University of Colorado, and an undergraduate degree from University of Washington, both focused inearly childhood education.

Z o o m P r e s c h o o l ? S t r a t e g i e s a n d I d e a s f o r E n g a g i n g A l l

C h i l d r e n i n V i r t u a l S e t t i n g s

A r i a n e G a u v r e a u

Supporting young children in virtual settings can feel overwhelming. This session will discuss ways of building communityonline, collaborating with families, incentivizing children's participation, and providing meaningful instruction in virtual settings.

Ariane Gauvreau, Ph D, has experience as a special education teacher, early intervention provider, Sibshop facilitator, andeducational consultant. She has experience leading professional development and in-service trainings on topics includinginclusion, neurodiversity, home visiting, tiered systems of support, individualized instruction, and family collaboration. She isauthor of many peer-reviewed articles and chapters, including Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with SpecialNeeds. Ariane is an active member of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), on the Editorial Board of Young ExceptionalChildren, and a part of several state and national committees promoting inclusion and best practices in education.

10:00am-12:00pm

1-2:30pm

E m p o d e r a m i e n t o , R e s i l i e n c i a y C o l a b o r a c i ó n :

Ex p e r i e n c i a s d e l I n t e r i n a t o E d u c a t i v o d u r a n t e e l

C O V I D 1 9

j e s s i c a f e r r e r a s s t o n e

COVID-19 ha cambiado rápido y drásticamente la manera en la cual los proveedores del cuidado de la infanciainteractúan con familias y estudiantes. Haciendo una lluvia de ideas sobre las nuevas formas de interactuar ydesarrollar relaciones es un desafío, pero puede y debe hacerse durante el proceso. Saavedra y Pérez (2012)expresan que las experiencias vividas “pueden crear espacios que fomentan tanto la curación colectiva como lapedagogía crítica” (p. 430). Con ase a esto, los presentadores, de Western Washington University, describirán susexperiencias vividas y cómo trabajaron juntos para volver a visualizar las formas en que las familias y losestudiantes interactúan a través de plataformas en línea durante la pandemia. Teniendo claro que atreves decompartir las experiencias de vida se ofrece así la osibilidad de analizar la forma en que el empoderamientotambién se da cuando se negocia y se toman medidas para cambiar la manera de afrontar retos (hooks, 2000a,2000b), ellos compartirán tanto sus triunfos como sus tribulaciones como un medio para alentarlo a aprenderde su experiencia y alentarlo a trabajar a través de las nuevas barreras que puede enfrentar.

Jessica Ferreras-Stone, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Elementary Education Margarita Ruiz Guerrero, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education  Azucena Zavala Montalvo, Student of Early ChildhoodEducation

6-8:00pm

10-21-20

T a l k i n g a b o u t F e e l i n g s a n d F r i e n d s h i p : S u p p o r t i n g Y o u n g

C h i l d r e n ’ s S o c i a l - E m o t i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t i n P r e s c h o o l

J e n n i f e r C u n n i n g h a m

This session will draw upon research and resources related to supporting young children’s social-emotionaldevelopment in preschool. Key areas of social-emotional development in early childhood such as emotional literacyand regulation, friendship, and social problem solving will be broken down into teachable behaviors and skills.Strategies for helping children learn, practice, and use these key skills in the classroom will be shared with examples ofthe practices in action. Links to freely available resources, classroom visuals, and materials to send home to supportfamilies will be provided.

Jennifer Cunningham is a Research Scientist at the Haring Center for Inclusive Education at the University ofWashington. She has experience working as a classroom assistant, preschool teacher, and instructional coach. Sheearned her M.Ed and PhD in Early Childhood Special Education from Vanderbilt University. Her research interestscenter on high quality inclusive practices for supporting children with disabilities in early childhood settings, with aspecific focus on social-emotional skills, challenging behavior, and early language development.

10:00-11:30am

6:30-8:00pm

F i r s t R e s p o n d e r s t o C h a l l e n g i n g B e h a v i o r a n d S t r e s s :

K e e p i n g O u r s e l v e s H e a l t hy

S t e v e E rw i n

Recent research has pointed to “stress” as a significant issue in early childhood programs. Studies such as AdverseChildhood Experiences demonstrate the impact on adult’s physical and mental well-being.  However, what is the impactof stress on children in ECE programs? The triggers that produce stress in adults also trigger stress in children. Thereaction to stress at any age is either flight or fight. Is it possible that a teacher can misinterpret a child’s behavior aschallenging, when in fact it is a response to stress?  The focus of this session is to first understand and define challengingbehavior and secondly to reflect on the function of challenging behavior as described by the research from the Center onthe Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning.  Working in small groups, participants will explore thedynamics of challenging behavior and reflect on whether stress has an impact on these children and teachers. This sessionwill also introduce how resilience can be an effective strategy to reduce stress and build cognitive capacity for children,families and teachers.

Steve Erwin has spent over 40 years working in a variety of capacities to promote, educate and advocate for youngchildren and their families. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Development and post graduate work in PreschoolSpecial Education. His work experience includes being a family childcare provider, owner of a child care center, HeadStart and State Preschool administrator and Head Start reviewer. Recently he worked at the Child Development Lab atCSU, Chico and adjunct faculty for the Child Development Program at CSUC. Currently due to COVID 19 he wasfurloughed from his position as the National Early Childhood Specialist for Kaplan Early Learning Company and is now isthe Interim Education Manager for E Center.

1-2:30pm

E a r ly C h i l d h o o d P a t hway s t o M a t h e m a t i c s

H i l a ry m a r t i n e z

Research has shown that children are capable of learning math concepts at a much earlier age than has beenpreviously recognized. A study also has indicated that when controlling for IQ, family income, gender, temperament,type of previous educational experience, and whether children came from single or two parent families, the masteryof early math concepts upon school entry was the strongest predictor of future academic success.  This session willprovide interactive discussion and activities related to the developmental foundation of mathematical understandingin young children and development of children’s math skills.

Hilary Martinez (she/her) is the Director of Early Childhood Education at Wenatchee Valley College. She has workedin Early Learning for 25+years in various roles including classroom teacher, family support, trainer, coach, and ECEprofessor. Hilary holds a science degree from the University of Washington and is passionate about supporting EarlyLearning Educators in embracing STEM through inquiry and classroom integration.

10-22-20

N a p c a s t

m i k e b r own e a n d n i c k t e r r o n e s

Languagecan have a strong impact on children’s development and learning dispositions. What we say, express, inflect, and gesture, can encourage children toexplore, participate and play. But, not every word we use are as innocuous as you think. When we utter words such as “Your baby is so cute,” “Good job,”“Hi Sweetie Pie,” and more, we send messages to children about the ways they should behave, act, think, know, and be in this world. In this episode, Napcastco-host, Nick (he/him) and Mike (he/him), a #WAEYC Board Member, discusses how the language we use, or don’t use can guide and support childrentowards a path of courage and curiosity, trust and playfulness, perseverance, confidence, responsibility, and social justice. This special live version ofNapcast, a podcast produced by Hilltop Children’s Center in Seattle, WA (Duwamish Territory), will feature the opportunities to interact in real time withNick and Mike. Come prepared with an open heart, mind, questions and comments!

Mike Browne (he/him) is the Community Engagement Manager at Hilltop Children's Center. He facilitates equity-focused professional developmentopportunities for early learning professionals and conducts anti-racism coaching and training for non-profit organizations. He also co-hosts "Napcast" apodcast hosted by two male early childhood educators of color. He identifies as Afro-Caribbean.

Nick Terrones (he/him) is an Educator at Hilltop Children’s Center where he has worked with toddlers for the last 10+ years implementing Anti-BiasCurriculum. He’s a Los Angeles raised Mexican-Native-American with a passion for equity, plants, the ukulele, and raising awareness to the need of agender-balanced workforce in ECE.

C h o o s i n g t o A d v a n c e S o c i a l J u s t i c e w i t h Y o u n g C h i l d r e n

C a r o lyn B r e n n a n a n d m i r i a m p a c k a r d

Have you ever heard an equity related comment from a child and didn’t know how to respond? “Boys don’t wear skirts.” “Why are people mad at the police?”“Why is her skin so dark?” Comments and questions such as these are opportunities to advance social justice, but you may feel unprepared or uncertain abouthow to do it. Grounded in the NAEYC Advancing Equity position statement and Anti-bias Education  (Derman-Sparks, Edwards & Goins, 2020) goals ofsupporting children’s identities, comfort and joy with human diversity, and ability to recognize injustice and act against it, this session will explore six practicalfactors to consider as you reflect on your current practice and plan to engage in equity-based conversations with children.

Carolyn Brennan is an assistant professor in the Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University. She began her career as a toddler teacher ina Reggio Emelia inspired program and now teaches courses focused on infants and toddlers, families, behavior guidance and equity. Her research focuses onearly childhood teacher preparation, online learning, teacher-family communication, and supporting teachers to advance social justice in the classroom.Carolyn earned a PhD in Learning Sciences & Human Development from the University of Washington and an advanced nursing certificate in infant mentalhealth from the Barnard Center for Infant Mental Health.

Miriam Packard is the coordinator of the Early Care & Education B.A. program in the College of Education at the University of Washington. She currentlyteaches earlychildhood teacher preparation courses related to equity, teacher-child interactions, and curriculum and has experience teaching Head Startpreschool and public kindergarten and as an elementary curriculum coordinator. Her research focuses on early childhood teacher preparation, video-mediatedteacher learning pedagogies, online learning, and methods for effectively supporting teachers to engage in equitable practices with children and families.Miriam received a Washington state K-8 teaching certificate with a concentration in Language& Literacy and a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences & HumanDevelopment.

H i l l t o p V i r t u a l T o u r

H i l l t i p c h i l d r e n ' s c e n t e r

Hilltop Children’s Center is a Reggio-inspired preschool, afterschool program, and professional development institute focused on providing equity focused trainings and learningopportunities for professionals working with young children. During our time together in this special live tour, you’ll not only learn a little bit about Hilltop, our philosophy, and ourgrowth over the last 49 years (we turn 50 in January!), but will also get a chance to see our classrooms in action and virtually chat with educators and leadership across our two locations.Enjoy some live footage of children building on the wonders of childhood while we answer some of your most pressing questions related to everything from how we support educators,our enrollment process, how we have stayed opened and operating during COVID-19, community partnerships, and more!

P r o g r a m p a n e l - o p e r a t i n g d u r i n g a p a n d e m i c

b r e n d a b oy d

Join facilitator Brenda Boyd as she opens up a discussion with local ECE programs throughout Washington State. The program panelists will give anoverview of how their programs have handled the COVID 19 pandemic. Participants will gain an understanding of what these programs have done tooperate during this difficult time of crisis, what has been their sucesses and failures and what they have learned through the process so far. Panelists will beavailable to answer questions from participants at the end of the discussion!

Brenda Boyd  has been a NAEYC member for 30 years. She has worked in ECE for more than 30 years in many areas including child care, presechoolteacher, director, trainer, professor and researcher. She received her EC degree from Orecon State and then her masters from Colorado State and finallyher Ph.D. from University of Georgia. She has served as part of the WAEYC board since 2007. She currently Lives in rural eastern Washington and worksin the department of Human Development at Washington State University.   As a professor, she teaches ECE coursework, serves as the lead faculty in theECE program, and is the executive director of the WSU Children’s Center, a campus-based child care program licensed to serve 170 children of faculty,staff and student parents.

11:30am-12:30pm

1:30 -2:30pm

6:30-8:00pm

9:30am-10:30am

E a r ly c h i l d h o o d t e a c h e r p r e p c o u n c i l m e e t i n g

ECPTC will be hosting its annual meeting via zoom. Attendees for this meeting are part of the Early Childhood Teacher Prep. Council group.

10am-12pm & 1:30-3:30

A N ew N o r m a l - B e i n g t h e M a n a g e r y o u r T e a m N e e d s i n

Ex t r a o r d i n a ry T i m e s

m i r i a m d r e s s l e r

Work life will probably never be the same again. Our centers will likely be changed in a variety of ways too. We'll all haveto make adjustments. Your team is going to have to adapt to whatever this new normal is going to be...and they will needyou to lead and manage in ways you may not have needed to before. In this session, we'll look at a dozen managementstrategies that will support you efforts in leading your team forward.

Miriam is the owner at August Education, an Early Childhood Training & Consulting company, as well as the founder andco-owner of Bloom Early Education, a preschool located in Edmonds, WA. Miriam has been working, teaching, andtraining in the early education field for over 30 years, and holds a Bachelor's in Primary Education, and a Master's inCurriculum.

10-23-20

WA E Y C An n u a l M e e t i n g

WA E Y C b o a r d m e m b e r s

Join the board members of the your Washington AEYC affiliate as they give an overview of what WAEYC has beenworking on this past year, local chapter and affiliate benefits, how to become a member and whats next from WAEYC!This is open for members and non-members and is FREE to attend. You do not have to be a member to join us and welook forward to answering all of your questions!

11:30am-12:30pm

1-2:30pm

R e l a t i o n s h i p B a s e d A p p r o a c h e s t o I n f a n t - T o d d l e r P r o g r a m

a n d F a m i ly P a r t n e r s h i p s

m a r i lyn c h u

This session will support Early Childhood directors, family home child care providers, home visitors and other professionalsworking with infants and toddlers to take a relationship based stance in building a partnership with families. Consider how toretain these practices in virtual home visits and remote conferences. Explore the essentials that infant-toddler professionalsshould know and be able to do to ensure the wisdom of families are heard, respected and applied.

Dr. Marilyn Chu is a Professor of Early Childhood at Western Washington University and is currently working on a book titled,Fostering P-3 Leadership for Communities of Collaboration and Partnership. She has worked in a variety of roles in her 25 plusyears in ECE including toddler teacher, child care director, parent educator and ECE professor.

6:30-8:00pm

W W U V i r t u a l T o u r

w e s t e r n wa s h i n g t o n u n i v e r s i ty

WWU’s AS Child Development Center has a 30+ year history of providing outstanding educational experiences tochildren ages 2-5 years. We hold the image of each child as capable, unique, and full of potential. The child’s role in theclassroom is to construct their knowledge and develop skills through exploration, self-expression, and collaboration withtheir teacher, parents, and peers. We value the importance of allowing children time in a nurturing, supportive, andinclusive atmosphere. Come and view us as we interact with the children, coach the student employees, and presentinteractive discussions on the classroom environment, fostering executive function, and setting up provocations withchildren.

10:00am-11:00am

10-24-20K eyn o t e : T a l k i n g t o Y o u t h A b o u t H e a t e d T o p i c s

r o s e t t a l e eYoung people bear witness to challenging or traumatic events in current events, media, and our localcommunities. They are often trying to process thoughts, feelings, and reactions without our explicit helpand guidance - thereby increasing their confusion and anxiety. We adults have a natural instinct toprotect our children from harsh realities and yet prepare them to navigate this complex world - is itpossible to do both? What are ways to talk about identity, difference, and justice in age appropriate ways?How do you reinforce your family's or your school's values without instilling disrespect for otherperspectives? How do you coach them toward authentic and respectful dialogue across difference?Engage in these questions and more through this keynote.

9:00am-10:30am

P r e s c h o o l i n t h e P a r k : U s i n g P u b l i c S p a c e s t o C u l t i v a t e

C u r i o u s , C o m p a s s i o n a t e K i d s

R a c h e l F r a n z

Public spaces  provide preschool-age children with amazing opportunities for engaging in social and environmentaljustice. With examples from an all-outdoor urban preschool and Reggio Emilia, Italy, we will explore children’sexperiences in urban spaces as a platform for anti-bias education in this session.

Rachel Franz (she/her) is the founder of Twig & Thread Consulting where she provides training and coaching toearly educators and parents. She is also the Education & Communications Coordinator at Campaign for aCommercial-Free Childhood where she works on helping families and educators to navigate screen time, marketing,and technology. Rachel is the former Director of Education at Tiny Trees Preschool and is a board member of theWashington Nature Preschool Association, WAEYC, and PNW Chapter of WAEYC.

11:00-12:15pmc h i l d c a r e a d v o c a cy

rya n p r i c c o

Ryan Pricco, Director of Policy & Advocacy with Child Care Aware of WA, will provide an in-depthworkshop regarding how best to advocate for child care to policymakers. Participants will discuss why toadvocate, who to advocate to and how the legislative process works. Tools, tips, and guidance forproviders and parents who want to advocate.

Ryan coordinates all advocacy efforts for Child Care Aware of Washington and is an effective voice inOlympia for children, families and caregivers during the state legislative session. When the Legislature isnot in session Ryan focuses on grassroots mobilization, system messaging, representing us at keymeetings with state-level partners, staffing the board of trustees’ meetings, and assisting the executivedirector. Ryan holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Washington.

1:00-3:00pm

Rosetta Lee serves Seattle Girls’ School in dual roles. SGS is an innovative school for Junior High School girls, aiming to empowerwomen leaders and change agents and dedicating its energies to a diverse community of students and faculty, an anti-bias mission, andan integrated curriculum.  As a faculty member, Rosetta teaches subjects such as science, math, technology, art, ethics, social justice, andmore.  As a professional outreach specialist, she designs and delivers trainings for all constituencies of the school community, as well asthe local and national educational and nonprofit sectors.

Since 2004, Rosetta has been a diversity speaker and trainer on a variety of topics, including cross cultural communication, identitydevelopment, implicit and unconscious bias, gender and sexuality diversity, facilitation skills, and bullying in schools.  Rosetta haspresented at numerous conferences and nonprofit organizations such as the White Privilege Conference, Junior League, and City Year. She has also worked with over 250 K-12 public and independent schools throughout the country, as well as a number of colleges anduniversities.

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Clock Hours will be available for a minimal fee and can be purchased before the end of the event and isbased on the total number of hours in attendance.

Participants will be required to attend live session streaming to qualify for STARS or Clock Hours.

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