2006 Calendar of Events,
Classes, Workshops, Seminars
2005 | 2007
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January
2006
Moving Forward: Building on your strengths to pursue an education
3 part series sponsored by Child Care Connection;
Family Services of Central MA,
100 Grove Street, Worcester, MA
Contact: Debi Lang 508-757-1503
Session 3: Planning a future that makes you smile
1/09/06 7-9 pm
Step in Time Day Care Center,
64 Worcester/Providence Tpke, Sutton, MA
508-865-0200
Quality in Administrative Practices
1/18-20/06 9am-4 pm daily
West Virginia Head Start Association Administrators' Conference
Charleston, WV
Contact: Rebekah Gooch-Erbacher, 314-223-4450
EQ and You: A Guide For The Emotionally Intelligent Manager
1/27/05 - 2 - 4 p.m.
BAEYC (Boston Association for the Education of Young Children)
Annual Directors' Conference,
Marriott Burlington
One Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803
Contact: Joyce Hollman 781-861-9370
Legal and Ethical Issues in Early Care and Education:
1/31/06
Child Care Circuit, Lowell Day Nursery School,
119 Hall St, Lowell, MA 9am-noon
Contact: Nancy Toso 978-722-9999
February 2006
Leadership from the Inside Out; Maximizing your Emotional Intelligence
2/06/06 9 am-4 pm
Region IV Head Start Annual Leadership Conference,
Pre-conference Workshop
Westin Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
Contact: Myra Ingram 770-891-2139
Leadership from the Inside Out
WV's Children; Players Today, Leaders Tomorrow
2/15/05 9am-4 pm pre-conference workshop
Annual "Celebrating Connections" Conference
Civic Center, Charleston, WV
Contact: Alyson Edwards 888-983-2827 401
* = Closed sessions for organization members only
*2/18-19 Guest Speaker Winwood Child
Care Centers
Northern Virginia
Contact wendy@windwood.com
/18 management retreat "excellence"
/19 staff development retreat: "Fired Up or Burned Out: the Power
of One to Make a Difference"
* 2/28 Team Building Retreat
Dorchester Cluster, Dochester, MA.
Contact: Eileen Bisson, Innercity Childcare Professionals Network
innercity@hopemass.org
March 2006
Team Building with Culturally Diverse Staff
3/2/06 7-9 pm
United Parish Nursery School
Upton, MA
Child Care Connections/Family Services of Central MA
508-757-1503
Creating a Community of Problem Solvers: Winners not Whiners
3/3/06 9 am-noon
Child Care Choices of Boston
Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club (Paul McLaughlin Center)
1135 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA
Contact: Nancy Witherill, 617-348-6408
Creating a Community of Problem Solvers: Winners not Whiners
3/6/06 9am - 12 pm
Dorchester Boys and Girls Club
Child Care Choices of Boston
Contact: 617-542-5437 x 6491
Managing the Power Dynamics When Women Work with Women:
3/7/06 1:30-3 pm
2006 National Smart Start Annual Conference
Khoury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC
www.ncsmartstart.org
Creating a Community of Problem Solvers: Winners not Whiners
3/9/06 9 am-noon
NCAA Annual Conference
Las Vegas Hilton
Contact: Claire Damian, info@nccanet.org
Topic TBA -
3/10/06
Greenwich, CT, Staff Development Retreat
Contact: Mary Ann O'Rourke
* = Closed sessions for organization members only
*3/13 Staff Retreat, Resilience
& Optimism in Challenging Times Pathways for Children
Gloucester, MA
Contact: chaines@pw4.org
Creating Positive Communication with All Parents
3/15/06 10:30 - noon
CTI Head Start, Lowell, MA
Contact: email Julie
Keynote Address to MACPC- Serene Leadership in Trying Times
3/16/06 9 am
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA
Contact: wachusettcpc@hotmail.com
*3/16-17 Board Meeting and Staff Development
Retreat
CT
Team Building with Culturally Diverse Staff
3/21/06 7-9 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church, Jeppson Jall
73 Lancaster St
Worcester, MA
Child Care Connections/Family Services of Central MA
Contact: training@cccfscm.org
Managing the Power Dynamics When Women Work with Women: Keeping the
Best and Throwing Out the Rest
3/22/06 9:30 - noon
Directors' Breakfast
Goodnow Public Library
21 Concond Road
Sudbury MA
Contact: wevers@COMTEAM.org
Diversity Workshops and Directors Retreat Day (topics TBA soon)
3/23-25 2006
Education Connection, Danbury, CT
Danbury School System, Torrington School Readiness, Child Care Directors
of Western Connecticut
2 day programs
Contact: Donna Delohery
203-791-1904
Creating Gossip Free Zones - 9-10:15 am
Tomorrow's Children Today: Hearing Parents in Every Language 10:30-11:45
am
3/30/06
NCCCC Annual Conference
Denver, CO
Contact: campuschildren.org,
bridget.shultz@uni.ed
Featured Speaker
3/31 - 4/1/06
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. BURNED OUT OR FIRED UP: The POWER OF ONE to
Make a Difference
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. At the End of the Day: legal and Ethical Issues at
Release Time
Ohio AEYC Professional Development Institute and Annual Conference
400 North St, Columbus, OH
Contact: Amy Eldridge 419-756-1226
April 2006
4/1/06 (Ohio AEYC continued)
1:30- 3:30 pm - Hearing Parents in Every Language
3:45- 5 pm - Finding the Charm in Your Own Story: Adult Readiness for
Children's Literacy
Building Partnerships with Diverse Families
4/3/06 6:30- 8:30 pm
Holden Senior Center
1130 Main St
Holden, MA
Wachusset Community Partnership for Children and
Child Care Connections/Family Services of Central MA
Contact: 508-757-1503, dlang@cccfscm.org
Featured Presenter
4/5-7
28th Annual Early Childhood Conference,
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Contact: cesevents@uww.edu, 262-472-3165
4/6/06 - afternoon - BURNED OUT OR FIRED UP: The POWER
OF ONE to Make a Difference
4/6/06 - evening - Ending Gossip and Negativity at Work
4/7/06 - morning - Ending Gossip and Negativity at Work
4/7/06 - afternoon - Ending Gossip and Negativity at Work
Managing Emotions in the Workplace
4/12/06 10:45 am-12:15 pm
Human Service Forum Annual Conference
Log Cabin
Holyoke, MA
Contact:
humanserviceforum.org, bgreen@humanserviceforum.org
* = Closed sessions for organization members
only
*staff workshop on improving communication
and minimizing gossip and negativity
4/12/06 6:30-8:30 pm
bright horizons at lincc
Contact: lincc@brighthorizons.com
Legal Issues for Family Child Care Professionals
4 /22/06 10 am-noon
Annual Family Child Care Conference
Marlboro, MA
Contact: ncasten@charter.net
National Association of Child Care Professionals - 2006 Annual Conference
4/26-29
4/28 - 8 - 10 am - Legal and Ethical Issues: Hiring, Firing
and Release Time
4/28 - 2:30 - 4:30 pm - Creating a Community of Problem Solvers:
Winners not Whiners
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, GA
Contact: www.naccp.org
May 2006
5/5/06 Annual NH and VT AEYC Directors' Conference
9 am-noon, Supervision With a Purpose: Directive, Reflective, Collaborative
1:30-4:30 pm "Creating Gossip Free Zones: Managing Power Dynamics
in the Workplace"
Sovereign Hotel
Keene, NH,
Contact: lorraineharris@hitchcock.org
Managing Change: Serene Leadership in Trying Times
5/17/06 9am-noon
Lowell Community Teamwork
Lowell, MA
5/19 NH & VT AEYC Annual Directors' Conference
June 2006
* = Closed sessions for organization members
only
*6/1-3/06 - Region IV Headstart Leadership
Institute
Tampa, FL - Keynote
"the straw that didn't break the camel's back"
www.rivhsa.org
Coping with the demands of risk management, the new federal review format excluding positive feedback and an exit interview, motivating staff who are trying to manage continuous change, could deplete the aspiration of any leader. What will it take for us to not only endure all challenges but to lead with hope and optimism? This session explores leadership strategies that will enhance your effectiveness and help your agency grow through challenging times.
6/4-6 NAEYC PDI (professional development institute)
Highlighted Speaker
Annual NAEYC Professional Development Institute
San Antonio, TX
Contact: naeyc.org
6/4 - From the universal to the uniform: considering cultural and diversity standards across personal and professional connections
The NAEYC code of ethical conduct requires Kioko to speak directly with her team teacher, Ella when Kioko has a concern about Ellen's behavior. Kioko was raised to never directly confront another person. At the nexus of standards and cultural differences, human challenges arise. What is the 'right' thing to do? Join us for a lively, interactive session on 'who's standards are these, anyway?'
6/6 - When Standards are Ahead of Traditions: "But We've Always
Done it This Way..."
The Brown vs Topeka board of education Supreme Court decision in 1954
set invaluable standards for change. Despite this, school systems resisted
the new standards. What can we do when standards are ahead of traditions?
6/12 6:15-8:15 pm - Teambuilding for childcare professionals
YMCA Center for Child Development
Southborough, MA
Contact: Meghan Martin, Director, Community Partnership for Children
Westborough, MA, mmartin@ymcaworcester.org
6/13 6-9 pm - Teambuilding for childcare professionals in times of
transition
Sudbury, MA
Contact: Amy Warren
Managing Change
6/17/06 10:30 - noon
CTI Head Start, Lowell, MA
Contact: email Julie
6/19-21 South Carolina Head Start Association
Statewide Mid-level Institute
Columbia, SC
Contact: Evelyn Patterson, President, epatterson@dcca.net
6/19 Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Team Building and Leadership Development
An invitation to see yourself objectively through the lens of the
MBTIi. Learn about your communication style, leadership temperament, stress
triggers while gaining new tools in communicating with opposites, and
turning difficulties into possibilities.
6/21 - Challenges and opportunities of middle management
Middle managers can either feel "stuck in the middle" or
empowered to make invaluable changes. Come learn how to use the unique
middle manager position to make healthy changes for your organization
and yourself.
6/26-/30 - Leading the Change; Family Friendly Programs
A one week 3-credit Wheelock College graduate/undergraduate course
offered at the Dorchester, MA, cluster for early childhood professionals,
Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club
Contact: Ellen Lucas at elucas@danmarrclub.org
This course was developed for directors of existing full-day care centers to help them improve the quality of the service they provide to children and their families. The course is intended to introduce new concepts not commonly included in a course for directors, and to update the participants's knowledge. Partipants will learn the most recent research findings on the elements of quality, new approaches to mission statements and the director's role in achieving and maintaining quality, concepts of family-friendly service, basic marketing concepts, the Birkman approach to leadership, total quality management, uses of technology, and new ways of looking at the center as part of the community support system for parents.
July 2006
The Human Side of Management; the Child Care Organization
7/6/06
Wheelock College summer seminar series.
Co-taught with Gwen Morgan
5 day for credit program in Boston
10-14 - Wheelock College summer seminar: The human side of
management; the child care organization
a 3-credit graduate/undergraduate course for child care program directors
and administrators
offered at Wheelock College in Boston/Brookline, MA
Contact:wheelock.edu or Deb Johnston-Malden
at 617-869-2240
16-18 - South Carolina Head Start Association Leadership Institute,
Hilton Head Island
Contact: Evelyn Patterson at epatterson@dccaa.net
21-22 - 9:30am-3;30 pm - Building partnerships w/ parents to prevent
child abuse and neglect: "caught in the middle"
Sponsored by the Ohio AEYC and the Doris Duke Foundation
Columbus, Ohio
Midwest hotel and conference center
Contact: Kim Tice, OHAEYC Executive Director at ohaeyc.org
July 28-29 - 9:30 am - 3;30 pm Building partnerships w/ parents to
prevent child abuse and neglect
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Oasis Conference Center
August, 2006
22 Staff Development Retreat
Live and Learn Learning Center, Lee, NH
Contact: Joanna Booth-Miner, 603-659-5047
Part II scheduled for February 13, 2007
25-26 - 9:30 am- 3:30 pm - Building partnerships w/ parents
to prevent child abuse and neglect: "caught in the middle"
Cleveland, Ohio
Sheraton Independend Hotel and Conference Center
Comments from past attendees of this workshop:
"It is a workshop like no other and you will come away with knowing
how to handle some pretty tough situations."
"As a result of the information I received at the workshop, I have
already made adjustments to my parent handbook. I am also working on the
grant which would allow me the opportunity to create a program to reach
to families."
"I am the Business Manager at our center, so I don't really attend
many
workshops, but I felt this was really important for me to attend. Perhaps
some centers don't look beyond teachers and directors to attend. I am
constantly the person that the staff looks towards to identify qualifed
pick-up people if there is a question, perhaps because I answer the phone
and I am the first person families see in the office, so I get the bulk
of the questionable situations."
"It was practical, focused on real issues and balanced law/policy
with ethically honoring family cultures."
28 - 9 - 10 am- Keynote Address: BURNED OUT OR FIRED UP: The POWER
OF ONE to Make a Difference
Contact: Anne marie Cummings, ANNC@smoc.org
for Marlboro Child Care, Marlboro School Age, SMOC Family Child Care and
Marlboro Head Start
Plymouth Church, 87 Edgell Road, Framingham, MA
28 - 1-3 pm - Staff Development Session: Creating Gossip-free Zones
Radcliffe Child Care Center, Cambridge, MA
Contact: julieg2811@aol.com
30 - 12:45 -2 pm - Keynote Address: Replacing Gossip and Negativity
with Creativity and Integrity
Sudbury, MA Extended Day
First Parish Church, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
Contact: sedoffice1@aol.com
31 - 9 am - noon - Myers-Briggs Communication and Teaching Styles
Staff Development Retreat
Pierce Extended Day Program
Brookline, MA
Contact: mulveylenoch@verizon.net
September, 2006
6-7 - Myers-Briggs Team Building
Staff Development Retreat
Hudson Country Montessori Schools
New Rochelle, NY
Contact: Mark Meyer, 914-636=6202
16 - 9 - 10 am - Keynote Address: Relationships that Grow and Last
Workshop: 10:15 - 11:45 am - Hearing Parents in Every Language: Adult
Readiness for Multiculturalism
Gloucester county, NJ
SRCCRC/EIRC
Contact: Kathleen Noble noble@aol.state.nj.us
18 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Staff Development and Team Building, Part II
Southborough, MA YMCA
Contact: mmartin@ywcaworcester.org
23 - City of Milwaukee's Annual "Embracing Diversity for Children
and Families" Conference
2 Workshops on family Partnerships: 10:30 am - noon and 2- 3:30 pm
Midwest Airlines Center
Contact: Terri Acevedo
4C-Milwaukee, 1805 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212
25 - 6:30 - 8:40 pm - All Things to All People, but One; Letting Go
of the Supercaregiver Syndrome and Taking Care of You
Community Partnership for Children
Boys & Girls Club
Marlboro, MA
Contact: mmartin@ywcaworcester.org
October, 2006
9 - Keynote Address for Directors in Worcester, MA area
Contact: Meghan Martin at mmartin@ymcaworcester.org
10 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Workshop: All Things to All People, but One;
Letting Go of the Supercaregiver Syndrome and Taking Care of You
Enable, Inc., Family Child Care Providers
Canton, MA
Contact: Eileen Kelleher, 781.821.4422, ext 310
11 - 10:15 am - 3:30 pm
MASS AEYC Fall Conference: Our RichDiversity...Our Cooperative Strength:
*Supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
staff and families
Daylong workshop
Worcester Crowne Plaza Hotel
Contact Marcia Farris at 978-654-6053
*We are committed to embracing the rich diversity each child and their family brings to our doors. Welcoming lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families is as important as welcoming children of any other diversity. How can we work within ourselves and with our staff to acknowledge our biases? How do we welcome each new family, and for that matter, each new staff member, to our organization respectfully and wholeheartedly?
20-21 Western Wisconsin Regional Child Care Conference
Keynote Address and Follow-up Workshops
Plaza Hotel and Suites
Au Claire, WI
Contact: JP Adrian rcdc@case.k12.wi.us
22-24 National Black Child Development Institute Annual Conference
2 workshops
10/23: 10:45am to 12:15 pm - "Stop in the Name of Love:
Modelling Honest Communication for Children" and "At
the End of the Day: Legal and Ethical Issues at Release Time"
Hyatt Regency, Miami, FL
Contact: Vicki L Davis, 202-833-2220
25 Keynote:" Learning from our Past, Gaining Strength for our
Future"
9-11:30 am
GA Head Start Assoc.
Dalton, GA
Contact: Robert Lawrence, Ph.D, 404-525-3461
November, 2006
2 - 9:30-11:30 am: The Art and Science of Decision-making
Directors Network
Sudbury, MA
Contact: Wendy Valentine, Sunny Hill pre-school, 978-433-2627
4 - 2 workshops: "Stop in the Name of Love: Modelling*Authentic
Conversations for Children." and
"Safe Home: My Teacher Helps my Parents Keep me Safe-Building Parent
Partnerships to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect"
Early Learning, NH Annual Professional Development Conference
Southern NH University,
Nashua, NH
Contact: Katie Broas, 603-226-7900
*"Samantha tries so hard to please. She comforts her teacher, Lindy, when Garrett spills lunch. Loud noises frighten Samantha; her watercolors swim in dark blues, black and purples. Lindy notices Samantha's 'pretend" smile when grampa arrives to pick her up. Samantha's smile never reaches her sad eyes. Samantha's mom, Ivy, a single mother, insists Samantha loves staying with grampa until Ivy gets out of work. What are the warning signs of potential abuse and neglect? What steps can Lindy take to protect Samantha and help her family?"
8-11 - NAEYC Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA
2 workshops: "Stop in the Name of Love: Modelling*Authentic
Conversations for Children." and "Leadership from the Inside
Out; Practicing Emotional Intelligence (eq) in Leadership.
Contact: naeyc.org
29 - 6:30-8:30 pm: The Art and Science of Problem Solving
Sudbury Public Schools, Early Childhood Programs.
Sudbury, MA
Contact: Wendy Valentine, Sunny Hill pre-school, 978-433-2627
30 - Two part series "Legal Issues for Administrators and Directors"
Part 1: "Hiring, Firing and the ADA"
Fitchburg, MA
Contact: Gail Bissonnette 978-343-7395 x 12
TBA - 4 Part Series on Effective Supervision for Child Care Choices
of Boston: Legal and Ethical Issues; Effective Supervision Practices;
Giving Staff Difficult Feedback; Building a Community of Problem Solvers
Contact: Nancy Witherill at witherill@bostonabcd.org
DECEMBER
7 - 8:30 am - noon, Keynote Speaker for the Eastern Pennsylvania AEYC's
(lanaecy) Leadership Institute
Contact: Clincoln@northampton.edu
14 - 6:30-8:30 pm - Part II, "Legal Issues for Administrators
and Directors: At the end of the Day; Policies, Procedures and Practices
to Ensure Smooth Transitions"
Fitchburg, MA
Contact: Gail Bissonnette 978-343-7395 x 12
