2025 Schedule

Steps to support children's development during the first three years of life can vary dramatically. Creating nurturing spaces that adapt and accommodate these variations is essential. Learn how Universal Design for Learning and Curriculum Modifications can be used within the infant toddler classroom to meet every child's needs. Gain insights about who which partners can support approaches used in the classroom. Develop an action plan for creating spaces all children can learn with strategies easily used in the classroom.

Early childhood educators dedicate themselves to supporting young children’s well-being, but sustaining this important work requires prioritizing their own mental health. Your well-being matters—not just for you, but for the children you care for. Research shows that adult mental health is essential for fostering secure attachment, emotional regulation, and resilience in young children. This session explores high-impact mental well-being practices, including self-care, mindfulness, and reflective practice—interconnected strategies that support both personal and professional growth. Mindfulness is a skill we all possess, but like any skill, it strengthens with practice. By incorporating mindfulness into daily routines, educators can enhance their ability to stay present, reduce stress, and build emotional resilience. Join this session to explore the science behind mindfulness, understand its benefits, and participate in guided exercises designed to expand your repertoire of well-being strategies. Gain practical tools and resources to integrate mindfulness into your personal life and professional practice, helping you cultivate balance, resilience, and sustained passion for your work.

Early childhood educators pour their hearts into their work — but who’s pouring into you? In this interactive session, we’ll explore the vital connection between your mental wellbeing and the emotional climate you create for young learners. Grounded in current research and best practices, this session offers tools to build resilience, manage stress, and cultivate reflective self-awareness. Through engaging discussions and guided reflection, you’ll examine how your identity and lived experiences shape your teaching. Walk away with high-impact strategies you can implement daily to support both yourself and your students — because a thriving teacher creates a thriving classroom!

In this engaging workshop, participants will explore a variety of strategies to support multilingual children to engage in high quality classroom instruction. Participates will be provided time to reflect on their current teaching practices, identify strategies from the presentation that can be apply to the context of their classroom/program and time to create a language support of list of supports they plan to add their educator toolbox.

Unlock the full potential of your educational team with our dynamic training course, designed specifically for program administrators. Dive into the world of curriculum fidelity and discover how to empower your teachers to deliver exceptional learning experiences. This course is your gateway to understanding and implementing a curriculum that meets and exceeds educational standards.

This session reflects on each families unique culture and each child's unique disposition as part of the important design process when creating intimate and beautiful spaces for infants and toddlers while still utilizing the learning requirements, operating needs and the budget impacts of the program's day to day survival.

This session will allow participants to examine their own identity and mental well-being and how this impacts the young children they support. The goal is for participants to deepen their understanding of a broad repertoire of mental well-being practices.

Come learn the science behind why stress is the gift that keeps on giving — how stress affects us mentally and physically, how it affects our interactions and relationships with infants and toddlers, and what we can do to combat stress proactively. This session will break down evidence-based brain research into easy-to-understand and apply bite-sized information.

What is a reflection?... A casting back of…. How often do we as educators wonder why behaviors are happening or why do my efforts seem to not work? These can be interpersonal questions that are asked about situations that occur within the classroom, with making connections with families, or with leadership.

In early childhood education, developing a strong vocabulary lays the foundation for success in math, literacy, and science. This interactive training introduces early educators to essential vocabulary words across these three interconnected domains and explores how they support deeper understanding and cognitive development in young children. Participants will learn effective strategies for integrating domain-specific vocabulary into daily routines, hands-on activities, and play-based learning. Through engaging discussions and practical applications, educators will gain tools to foster meaningful language development, helping children build confidence in their communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.