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November 2008 - Online conference registration begins.

February 12, 2009 - Early bird registration deadline ($160/person)

April 2, 2009 - Regular registration deadline ($250/person)

After April 2 - Late registration ($350/person)

April 1, 2009 - Hotel registration deadline to get special conference rate of $124/room at the Sheraton and $81 at the Park Lane Hotel.

May 5, 2009 - Pre-conference sessions begin

May 6, 2009 - Conference begins

 

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Sessions Scheduled for Tuesday, May 5thSession Times
589Thirst to Learn Dialogue 8:30 - 5:00
547Linking Economic Development & Child Care Meeting 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
585NC Ready Schools Grantee Meeting 8:30 - 5:00
569Framing Early Child Development for Public Understanding and Support 10:00 - 3:00
444Fiscal Mapping: A New Tool for Early Childhood Financing and Systems Reform 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
489Overview of the North Carolina Pyramid Model Partnership 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
493Ready Schools Miami 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
549Parents as Teachers Pre-Conference Session - Neurotoxins: Their Effects on Development, Learning and Behavior 8:30 - 5:00
594Local NC Smart Start Executive Director's Forum 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
304Doing Good or Doing Great? 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
326How to Effectively Engage and Connect with Latino Parents and Youth 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
546Promoting Equity in Child and Family Outcomes: Using the Race Matters Framework 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
305The Whole Child Connection - Empowerment Through Technology 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
327Legal & Ethical Challenges in ECE Administration 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
384Embracing Personal & Organizational Leadership 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
391A Systematic Approach to Technical Assistance 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
425The Touchpoint Approach: Strengthening Families and Communities 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
492Naturalizing Play Areas: Using Design as a Preventative Health Intervention 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
499Question & Answer About North Carolina Environment Rating Scale Assessments 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
510Children with Special Health Care Needs 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
574Smart Start Financial Reporting 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
599Early Childhood Mental Health Systems Development: A Public Health Approach to Young Children's Social Emotional Development 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sessions Scheduled for Wednesday, May 6thSession Times
201North Carolina ABCD Project Networking 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
203Evaluator Roundtable 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
204Strategies for Professionalizing the Field 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
205Paid Family Leave IS Part of the ECE System 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
206Research on Teacher-Child Interactions: Implications for Improving School Readiness 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
207Providing Technical Assistance for Local Early Childhood Systems Work 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
208More at Four Roundtable 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
209Standards of Experience 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
210Research & Development for the Early Care and Education Industry 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
211Leave No Child Inside Legislation - How Is Your State Responding? 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
213Challenges Faced by Tribes and Those Wanting to Work with Tribes 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
214Early Childhood Leadership Development Approaches, Challenges, Concerns and Vision 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
215A Systematic Approach to Family Support Professional Development 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
542Shared Services for the ECE Industry 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
555Diversity in Early Childhood Leadership: Exploring the Issues Challenges and Opportunities 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
320Understanding & Responding to Abuse & Neglect of Infants and Toddlers 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
329Empowering Parents to Keep Their Children Safe & Healthy 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
330You Can Stop Gossip , Whining & Negativity! 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
332Scoring Success with the RFP Process 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
336Supporting Positive Behavior 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
340Quality ECE: A Critical Economic Asset Against Global Competition 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
374Evaluating Arizona's First Things First Initiative 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
401Respectful Accommodations 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
418Conducting a Community Needs Assessment 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
422Including Family Culture When Developing Quality Systems to Include Special Needs 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
437Communication Tools You Can Use 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
467Play Outside! Adventures with the North Carolina Outdoor Learning Environments Alliance 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
469Choices of Care among Latino Low Income Working Families 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
478North Carolina Curricula Review Process: Who, What, When and Why (and What it Means for Programs) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
505How To Get Home Before Midnight: Basic Parliamentary Procedure and Effective Meeting Strategies 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
511Putting the Pieces Together to Build Your Local Ready Schools Initiative 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
527Child Care and Development Fund Quality Initiatives: National Trends 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
528Quality Rating Systems: A Strategic Movement for Defining Quality 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
533The Incredible Years - BASIC Parent Program Implementation 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
536Recruitment - Getting it Right the First Time 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
566Storytime: A New Approach to a Traditional Practice 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
567North Carolina's Automated Record Review Process 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
576Smart Start Governance Operations and Monitoring 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
588The Development of Social Competence for Children in Early Education Programs 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
591Ending the Employment Relationship 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
318FirstSchool: Seamless Education for PreK to 3rd Grade 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
331Be Active Kids: Creating Healthy Habits and Engaging in Healthy Behaviors 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
337Making the Case for Prevention: Using New Research on Trauma Brain Development and Long-Term Adult Health Issues 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
345Who s Caring for Our Babies Now? 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
347Data-Driven Advocacy and Policymaking 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
348Using KIPS to Assess Parenting Outcomes in SC First Steps 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
353Anticipatory Innovation 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
356Chronic Sorrow, Joy, and Strength in Families of Children with Disabilities 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
357No Dead End Ahead: Giving Reliable Referrals 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
361Making the Military Model Work for Your Organization 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
386Improving the Delivery of Early Care & Education in Oklahoma 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
412Program Consultation to Support Early Childhood Inclusion 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
414Extending Home Visiting Programs to Family Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Opportunities and Barriers 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
416Rhode Island's Quality Rating and Improvement System: Findings from the Design and Field Test Phase 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
429Smart Start Fiscal Update 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
445Practical Approaches for a Successful Merger of Local Partnerships 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
450A Blueprint for State Professional Development System Policies 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
481Communicating for Influence 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
496Public Policies to Support Parental Child Care and Workplace Flexibility: Making the Case 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
506Launching and Sustaining a Statewide Incredible Years Program 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
539Research on the Impact of Teacher-Child Interactions 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
572Smart Start and DSS: A Roadmap for Successful Collaboration 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
586Quality Enhancement for the Outdoor Classroom 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
593Leadership for Changing Times 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
595Dealing with Harassment in the Workplace 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Sessions Scheduled for Thursday, May 7thSession Times
323Latino Family Group Meeting - Strategies for Facilitation and Success 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
359Engaging Doctors in Advocacy Work 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
439Early Educator Certification 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
440Beyond Collaboration: Arizona's Innovative Approach to Creating a Quality Improvement and Rating System 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
449Changes in Federal Policy for Child Care Head Start and Other Early Childhood Programs 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
490Maternal Depressive Symptoms: More than the Baby Blues 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
541Helping Early Care and Education Businesses Attain Economies of Scale: The CCA Global Approach 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
550The Role of Schools in the Early Care and Education Delivery System 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
554Essential Components of Establishing a Nurse-Family Partnership Program in your Community 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
561Ready Schools, Ready Communities: Making the Connection 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
590Paying Employees Fairly and Equitably 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
328The Kaleidoscopic Leader 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
334Integrating and Assessing Cultural Competence within Quality Rating and Improvement Systems 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
344Hiring New Staff 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
365Babies & Toddlers in the Policy Picture 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
367Understanding Domestic Violence and Its Effects on Children 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
404Approaches for Strengthening Family, Friend & Neighbor Care 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
474Recruiting and Engaging Board Members so They Become an Active Part of Your Team 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
491Addressing Child Poverty: Building Assets for Children Families and Communities 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
500Early Childhood and Autism Screening 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
504Natural Playscapes: Creating Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
523Trends in Child Care Licensing 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
529Relationship-based Professional Development 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
557The Pre-K Pinch: Early Education Costs and the Middle Class 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
311Transforming Child Care: A New Federal Agenda 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
350Using Tax Credits to Promote High Quality Early Care and Education Services 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
363Wyoming's Developmental Preschools - A Different Approach 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
379Meeting the Needs of Infants & Toddlers: Community Planning 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
382Group Meetings That Keep Parents Coming Back 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
387Looking Into the Paper Room ™ 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
393Emergent Literacy Matters! 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
403Help Me Grow: A Statewide Model for Screening Children's Development and Connecting Families to Resources 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
405Strengthening Families: Empowering Communities to Prevent Child Maltreatment 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
459Developing Virginia's Quality Rating and Improvement System 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
501Social-Emotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood - Understanding Risk, Screening, and Resources for the Primary Care Practice 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
507From Mass Markets to Mass Customization: Crafting the Right Public Awareness Responses 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
509Using the National Early Literacy Panel Findings to Enhance Literacy Development 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
514Ohio's Ready Schools Program: Strong Foundations, Smooth Transitions and Continuous Learning 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
521Improving Standards Using State Rankings of Child Care Center and Family Child Care Home Licensing and Oversight 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
525Inclusion: The Who, What and How with an Emphasis on State Strategies that Make it Work 10:00 - 11:30 p.m.
540The ABCDs of Child Development 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
543Teacher-Child Interactions: Professional Development and the CLASS in Early Childhood Classrooms 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
545Building for Sustainability from the Start 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
575IRS Form 990 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
579Setting the Bar for Online Early Childhood Professional Development Content 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
587Connecting Children with Nature: A Statewide Action Collaborative for Children 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
592Managing Your Labor Dollars in a Difficult Economy 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
578Leading from Within: Five Keys to Living Our Lives as Authentic Leaders 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
300Management Skills for New Managers: Building A Team 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
313Unionizing Home-Based Child Care Providers: An Update 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
338Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Impact on Children Family and Community 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
339A National Study of Maltreated Infants & Toddlers: Early Indicators Associated with School-Age Special Education Services 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
354Developing a Budget for the Child Care Provider 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
366The ABCs of Advocacy 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
373Quality Assurance: Making Sound Investments in Centers Using Public and Private Funds 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
385Building a Dynamic & Diverse Parent Coalition 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
388The 7 Keys of Effective Teams 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
400Perspectives on Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families in Early Care Policies and Practice 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
406Aligning the Efforts - Strengthening Families/Supporting Children 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
407The Medical Home: The Smart Start for All Children 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
419Collaboration of Accountability - Blending Program Fiscal and Contracts Monitoring 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
424Implementing Teacheread: A Professional Development Opportunity 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
431Smart Start Year-End Close 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
455Innovative State Policy Approaches to Spending Investments On At-Risk Children Birth to Five 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
470Examining Classroom Quality Measures in State Child Care Quality Rating Systems: Lessons from Tennessee 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
476Rock Soup Reheated! Parents Making Dreams Out of Life's Hard Places from Early Intervention to Young Adulthood 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
494What Grows in Your Garden - Much More Than You Imagine! 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
502Assessing the Special Health Care Needs of Children in Foster Care 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
508Promoting Positive Mental Health in Children 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
516Launching a Community-based Approach to Ready Schools 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
522Making On-Site Technical Assistance Effective: Research Policy and Best Practice 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
538How Do We Get the Parents on the Floor and Keep Them There? 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
556Beyond the B.A.: Pre-K Teacher Quality From Research to Policy 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
559Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What and How 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
565SPARK Georgia: Year 5 Evaluation and Lessons Learned 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
568Putting North Carolina's Early Learning Standards Online 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
580Logic Models for Effective Planning and Communicating About Programs 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
301Just Down the Hall: Mental Health in Primary Care Pediatric Practice 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
302Selecting and Implementing Curriculum in Preschool: It's the Implementing that Is So Difficult! 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
317Improving Team Effectiveness with Psychometrics 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
343Effective Marketing with Hispanic Parents 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
362Early Childhood Tooth Decay - Risk Factors and Prevention 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
372Michigan's Great Start Initiative: Lessons Learned 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
413Babies and Toddlers in Child Care: State Policy and Practice for Healthy Development 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
415Launching an Outdoor Learning Environments Initiative 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
423Early Brain Development Early Learning and the Effects of Stress and Violence on the Developing Brain 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
426Partnership between Colorado's Early Intervention System and the NICU: A Model for Collaboration 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
430Smart Start Program Match 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
441Assistive Technology to Facilitate Literacy Learning in All Children Including those with Significant Disabilities 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
458Infant Mortality, Racial Disparities and Institutional Racism, Social, Justice and the Mission of Public Health 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
488Improving Children's Environment: Healthy Homes and Lead 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
512Building Connections between Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
517Escaping Program Silos and Moving to the Nirvana of an Integrated Early Childhood System 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
520Inclusion: What is it & How do I do it? 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
531The Early Childhood Professional Development Systems Toolkit 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
551Dad's In the Mix: Getting Fathers Involved in Your Program 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
552Recognizing Child Abuse Using Case Examples 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
553National Accreditation and Quality Rating & Improvement Systems: A Generative Discussion 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
560Civic Engagement in Early Childhood Strategic Planning: South Carolina First Steps Vision 2013 Early Childhood Summits 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
596Understanding and Working with Different Ages and Generations 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
597Raising the Bar: Increasing the Quality of Family Support 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
435Building Cross-Sector Early Childhood Professional Development Systems 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
577Governance as Leadership: Leveraging the Collective Wisdom of the Board of Directors 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Sessions Scheduled for Friday, May 8thSession Times
314Safe and Sober Families: Supporting Families Impacted by Alcohol and Drug Use 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
402Sustaining Early Childhood Initiatives 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
417Strategies for Involving the Legal Services Community 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
598Lost Boys and the Failure to Launch 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
310Managing for Impact 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
341You're "On-Board" - Now What? 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
351Food Security and Hunger among Immigrant Latino Children: Link to Obesity? 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
358Comprehensive Insurance Benefits for Child Care Providers and Partnerships ? YES It's Do-able! 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
378Sustaining Quality: Enhancing Child Care Management Practices 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
381Teachers Matter: Planning for the Next Generation of Leaders in Early Care and Education 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
389Managing Food Allergies in Early Childhood and School Settings 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
397A National Overview: Quality Rating & Improvement Systems that Meet the Needs of Infants Toddlers and School-Age Care 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
438Data Collection for the Texas School Readiness Certification System 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
452Stay and Play Outdoors All Day! 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
503Amp it Up: How to Build Word of Mouth Movements and Mobilize Your Brand Ambassadors 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
513We've Completed the Ready Schools Assessment: Now What? 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
526Child Care and Development Fund Administration: Overview of Federal Requirements 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
548Recruiting, Orienting & Retaining Superior Board Members 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
558Widening the Lens: Looking at Quality from a Program Administration Perspective 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
581Smart Start Governance Strengthening Initiative: Lessons Learned 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
584Raising A Reader, Part I 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
303Give Children a Running Start: Child Health and Obesity 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
306Get Connected: Using Online Tools to Network with Your Community and Beyond 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
324Home Visiting As a Strategy for School Success 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
346New Developments Toward Building Infant Toddler Teacher Support Systems 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
352Educating Spanish-Speaking Parents about Environmental Health Risks for Young Children 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
364Grief and Loss in Young Children: What should we know and how can we help? 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
377Dynamic Staff Meetings 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
380Perspectives on Meeting the Early Childhood Workforce Challenge 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
395Following the System: A Look at the Health Check System from the Smart Start World 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
428Building a Statewide Business Coalition 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
446Cultivating the Seed of Leadership 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
451The Starting Place: Connecting Services in a Rural Community 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
457The Effects of Violence on Brain Development in Children 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
473When Young Children Are Homeless 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
515Assessing and Acting on the Critical Components of Ready Schools 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
530Child Care and Development Fund Administration in the Current Environment: National Trends 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
532Raising A Reader Part II: The North Carolina Experience 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
534North Carolina's Star Rated License: Transition Process 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
535Get Ready, Get Set, Go! Using Research to Inform Program Selection 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
537Building a Strategic Marketing and Promotional Campaign on a Budget 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
582Ethics & Conflict of Interest: Achieving Exemplary Standards in Nonprofit Governance 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
396Collaborative Planning for Inclusion 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.
433Harnessing the Power of Data for Effective Decision-Making 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
571Social Marketing: A Tool for Behavioral Impact 8:00 - 11:30 a.m.