sonoma county early learner’s conference · 2015/3/28 · saturday, march 28, 2015 8:30am-4:00pm...

Saturday, March 28, 2015 8 :30am-4:00pm

Sonoma State Univers i ty

Sonoma County Sonoma County Sonoma County Early Learner’s ConferenceEarly Learner’s ConferenceEarly Learner’s Conference

Nothing lights up a child’s brain like play. - Dr. Stuart Brown

Presented by: Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County and Sonoma State University School of Education, in partnership with SSU Early

Childhood Club, Community Child Care Council, Early Learning Institute, CAP Sonoma Head Start, SRJC, YWCA’s A Special Place, North Bay

Children’s Center, Two Rock Coast Guard Child Development Center, SCAEYC, Extended Child Care, Children and Family Circle and SCOE

A day of learning for all those working with children ages birth to twelve years: Infant/Toddler and Preschool Teachers,

Family Child Care Providers, Transitional Kindergarten Teachers, Afterschool Staff,

ECE students, etc

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Conference Sponsors & Donors

SCAEYC Sonoma County Association for the Education of Young Children

Sonoma County Early Learner’s Conference


Community Action Partnership Head Start Dr. Steve Herrington,

Superintendent, Sonoma County Schools

Sonoma County Office of Education Educational Support Services

A HUGE thank you to all our community partners who donated a raffle prize.

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Welcome ………………….…………………………………...….. 4

Schedule of Events………………………………………………… 5

Keynote……………………………………………………………. 6

Conference Learning Objectives………………………………….. 7

Campus Map & Wi-Fi Information……………………………… 8

“I Just Played” & Wrap Up Session………………………………….. 9

Session “A” Workshops………………………...………………….. 10

Session “B” Workshops…………………………………………….. 13

Poster Presentations……………………………………………….. 17

Information & Resource…………………………………………… 19

Conference Vendors..……..…………………………………….…. 20

Committee Members……………………..…………………..……. 21

Notes……………………………………………………………….. 22

Partner Organizations…………………………………………........ 24

Table of Contents



Professional Growth Hours certificates will be available at the Registration Desk in the Student Center when you turn in your Evaluation Form. You may turn it in at lunch time and receive a Professional Growth Hours Certificate for 4 hours, or turn it in at the Wrap-Up Session and receive a PGH Certificate for 8 hours.

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We are pleased to welcome you to the 2015 Early Learner’s Conference at Sonoma State University. The Conference is hosted by the Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County in collaboration with community partners. Our theme this year is “Nothing lights up a child’s brain like play - Dr. Stuart Brown”, and we are delighted to welcome Dr. Brown himself to provide an inspirational start to our day! The Early Learner’s Conference Committee members have spent many hours discussing and planning for this professional development event. The Committee is committed to providing an experience that will be memorable to you as well as provide you with new ideas and skills in the work you are committed to doing. The workshop presentations have been selected to address relevant, accessible, timely, and effective tools for intentional support of children’s learning through play. We challenge you to discover your child within and explore opportunities to support children's learning through PLAY!

Welcome


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7:45—8:30 Registration

8:30—9:00 Welcome/Opening Carol Simmons, Child Care Planning Council Chiara Bacigalupa, Sonoma State University Alice Hampton, Santa Rosa Junior College SSU Early Childhood Club

9:00—10:00 Keynote Address, Dr. Stuart Brown

10:00—10:30 BREAK - Vendors, Information & Resource Tables, Poster

Presentations, Book Signing by Dr. Brown, ECE Wishes Tree (a collaborative art project)

10:30—12:00 Session “A” Workshops

12:00—1:00 LUNCH - Vendors, Information & Resource Tables, Poster

Presentations, Book Signing by Dr. Brown, ECE Wishes Tree, Half Day Professional Development Certificates, Children’s School Tour

12:00—4:00 “I Just Played”- Come and Play...think about play...talk about

play; Drop-In Student Center Ballroom.

1:15—2:45 Session “B” Workshops

3:00—4:00 Wrap-Up Session - Raffle with music/movement (Facilitated

by SSU Early Childhood Club), ECE Wishes Tree, Vendors, Information Resource Tables, Poster Presentations. Full Day Professional Growth Hours Certificates available.

Schedule


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Trained in general and internal medicine, psychiatry and clinical research, Dr. Stuart Brown first recognized the importance of play by discovering its absence in the life stories of murderers and felony drunken drivers. His years of clinical practice affirmed the importance and need for healthy play throughout the human life cycle and his independent scholarship and exploration of the evolution of human and animal play have led to the establishment of the National Institute for Play. The Mission of the National Institute for Play (NIFP) is to bring the unrealized knowledge, practices and benefits of play into public life. Dr. Brown was the instigator and Executive Producer of the three-part PBS series, “The Promise of Play.” His experience as a medical administrator, producer, and scientific consultant or creator to numerous other productions on Joseph Campbell, Cosmology, Animal Play, plus his scientific and popular writings have identified him as the foremost “practical champion of the knowledge of play.” Dr. Brown’s recent book is the title of his speech: Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Stuart Brown


Dr. Brown will be available for book signing from 10:00-10:30 and 12:00-1:00 in the Student Center

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Learning Objectives Connected to ECE Competencies

Learning Objective ECE Competency

Understand and interpret brain research on play and

learning.

Supporting Early Learning and Development, Child

Development and Learning

Explain the importance of play-based instructional

strategies, based on an increased ability to interpret

and understand the research base.

Child Development and Learning, Supporting Early

Learning and Development, Planning and Guiding

Early Learning and Development, Learning

Environments and Curriculum, Professionalism,

Leadership in Early Childhood Education

Plan and implement curriculum and design

environments to support play-based learning for all

children, birth-8, including children with special

needs, and from diverse backgrounds

Child Development and Learning, Supporting Early

Learning and Development, Planning and Guiding

Early Learning and Development, Learning

Environments and Curriculum, Professionalism,

Leadership in Early Childhood Education, Special

Needs and Inclusion, Culture Diversity and Equity,

Dual-Language Development

Identify and practice developmentally appropriate,

play-based strategies that lead to more effective

adult-child interactions, including what to look for

when observing play, how to sustain peer play and

how to collaborate with the children’s point of view

to foster creativity and emerging skills.

Child Development and Learning; Supporting Early

Learning and Development; Planning and Guiding

Early Learning and Development; Learning

Environments and Curriculum; Observation,

Screening, Assessment and Documentation; Rela-

tionships, Interactions, and Guidance

Identify and practice developmentally appropriate

observation-based assessments for ECE.

Observation, Screening, Assessment and

Documentation

Identify and practice developmentally appropriate

nutrition education and physical activity strategies

that empower and move children and their families

toward healthier lifetime behaviors.

Health, Safety, and Nutrition; Family and

Community Engagement; Child Development and

Learning, Learning Environments and Curriculum;

Planning and Guiding Early Learning and

Development

Demonstrate a sense of professionalism through rec-

ognition, networking and high quality workforce de-

velopment training for ECE and school age

community.

Leadership in Early Childhood Education,

Professionalism, Advancing the Early Childhood

Profession

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Student Center:Student Center:Student Center: Registration, Registration, Registration, Welcome, Keynote , Workshop Welcome, Keynote , Workshop Welcome, Keynote , Workshop Locations, Poster Presentations, Locations, Poster Presentations, Locations, Poster Presentations, Food Service, Information & Food Service, Information & Food Service, Information & Resource and VendorsResource and VendorsResource and Vendors Salazar Hall:Salazar Hall:Salazar Hall: Workshop LocationsWorkshop LocationsWorkshop Locations

To Access SSU Wi-Fi: User Name:

SCEvent

Password: S15!studentcenter

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I Just Played 12:00-4:00pm

in Student Center Ballroom Presented by Margaret Costello-Chevez MA, Karen Nattrass MA, & Debra Vigil

Remember how it felt to play when you were a child? Come and rekindle some of that excitement and joy. Come and play…

think about play...talk about play...take a playful spirit and a re-newed appreciation of play back to your own classroom.

Wrap Up Session 3:00-4:00pm

In Student Center Ballroom Join us for a raffle (facilitated by SSU Early Childhood Club), with music/movement , ECE Wishes Tree, Vendors & Information & Resource Tables, Poster Presentations. Turn in your evaluations,

enter for the raffle (3:30-3:45) and receive your Full Day Professional Growth Hours Certificates.

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Age Groups: I/T= Infant Toddler, PS=Preschool,

TK=Transitional Kindergarten, SA=School-Age

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Information and Resource Tables In Student Center

Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County

Sonoma County Association for the Education of Young Children

READY - Road to the Early Achievement and Development of Youth

Pacific Oaks College

Early Learning Institute

Cradle to Career

Sonoma County After School Network

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A Special “Thank You” to the Vendors at today’s

Conference

Trust One Building Maintenance Services Everardo Zuniga

http://www.trustonecorp.com

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Conference Committee Members

Alice Hampton, Santa Rosa Junior College, Child Development Department

Ashley Chavez, Community Child Care Council of Sonoma (4Cs) Carol Simmons, Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County Chiara Bacigalupa, Sonoma State University, Early Childhood Studies Cindy Springer, Children and Family Circle Jess Truttman, Sonoma State University Children’s School Jessica Reed, Sonoma State University Children’s School Kari Poulsen, Santa Rosa Junior College Kathy Kelley, Early Learning Institute, Behavioral Consultation Project Lia Thompson-Clark, Sonoma State University, Children’s School Manisha Gupta, Community Action Partnership, Head Start Melissa Nelson, Sonoma State University Children’s School Missy Danneberg, Extended Child Care Noel Mitchell, SCAEYC, & US Coast Guard, Two Rock Child

Development Center Teri Clark, North Bay Children’s Center Teri Porter, YWCA’s A Special Place Sue Katz, Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs)

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Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County www.scoe.org/ccpc

Partner Organizations

Sonoma County Office of Education www.scoe.org

Sonoma State University Children’s School & Early Childhood Studies Department

https://www.sonoma.edu/tcs/ www.sonoma.edu/education/leee/early-childhood/

North Bay Children’s Center www.nbcc.net

YWCA - A Special Place www.ywcasc.org

Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs)

www.sonoma4cs.org

Santa Rosa Junior College Child Development Department

www.santarosa.edu/childdev/

Community Action Partnership, Head Start

www.capsonoma.org

Early Learning Institute http://earlylearninginstitute.com/

SCAEYC Sonoma County Association for the Education of Young Children Asociación Para La Educación De Niños De Sonoma County http://caeyc.org/main/page/SonomaCounty

Extended Child Care http://www.extcc.org/home.html

Children and Family Circle http://www.cfckids.org

Petaluma Coast Guard Training Center's Child Development Center

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