2007 Calendar of Events, Classes, Workshops, Seminars
2005 | 2006
| 2008
Jan | Feb
| March | April | May
| June
July | August | Sept
| Oct | Nov | Dec
January, 2007
12 - 12:30-2:30 pm: Managing Change
Long Meadow Childcare Center
Westborough, MA
Contact: TanyaTtrainor, woodland@netscape.com
19 - Leadership on Purpose: Managing with Emotional Intelligence
WAEYC
Worcester, MA
Contact: Meghan Martin, 508-870-1321 ex 320.
26 - 10:15 am-12:15 pm:Gossip-Free Zones and Decision Making by Thin-slicing
2:00-4:00 pm, Stop in the Name of Love: Policies, Procedures, Practices
to End Gossip and Negativity
Boston Association for the Education of Young Children
Directors Conference
Boston Marriott Hotel
Burlington, MA
Contact: Joyce Hollman, 617-522-0881
baeyc.org
February, 2007
4-6 - TBA
Region IV Headstart Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA
Contact: myra@rivsha.org
9-10 -New Hampshire and Vermont AEYC Annual Administrators' Conference
- When Standards are Ahead of Traditions
- As Massachusetts Goes, so Goes the Nation?
- Welcoming LGBT Children, Families, and Peers
- Legal & Ethical Issues for Early Childhood Leaders
- Adult Readiness for Multiculturalism
Fairlee, Vermont
Contact: Lori Harris, 603-643-6504, lorraine.harris@hitchcock.org
13 - 6-8 pm: Teambuilding for Early Childhood Professionals
Live & Learn Early Learning Center
Lee, NH
Contact: Joanna Booth-Miner, livnlrn2@comcast.net
13 - Part II, Staff Development
Live and Learn Learning Center
Lee, NH
22-24 - PSO/Illinois Child Care Association Annual Insights conference,
Celebrating 25 Years
Wyndham Hotel,
Itasca, Illinois
Contact: Jennifer Espinosa-Medica 877-912-4222
- 22 - 6-9:00 pm -Dinner with an Expert
- 23 -
- 9-11 am -At the End of the Day: Policies, Procedures and Practices to Prevent Legal and Ethical Problems when Parents Pick up Children
- 11:00 am-noon - Courage to Confront; 5 Steps to Help Compassionate Administrators/Directors Hold Staff Accountable
- 2-4 pm - Creating A Gossip Free Work Environment
Managing Power Dynamics When Women Work with Women - 4-5:15 pm - Fired Up or Burned Out: the Power of One to Make a Difference
- 24 - 7:45- 9am - Tomorrow's Children Today: Adult Readiness for Multiculturalism
MARCH 2007
3 - New Mexico AEYC Annual Conference
- At the End of the Day: Legal and Ethical Issues at Release Time
- Creating Gossip Free Zones: Transforming Power Dynamics in the Workplace
- Tomorrow's Children Yoday: Adult Readiness for Multiculturalism
Albuquerque Convention Center
Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Penny Curfman, 505-296-0191, curfmanpenny@comcast.net
9 - Keynote Address: 9-10 am- the Power of One to Make a Difference
10:15 am -noon - Workshop, Managing the Power Dynamics when Women
Work with Women
Coalition for Infant Toddler Caregivers Annual Conference
Hilton Hotel
East Brunswick, NJ
www.njcite.org
13-16 Annual NCCC Conference
Featured Speaker, Preconference Session: Creating a Community of Problem
Solvers: Effective Supervision for the Conflict Avoidant
Ritz Carlton,
St. Louis, mo
Contact: Betty Pearsall, www.campuschildren.org,
800-813-8207
23 - AEYC Leadership Retreat. Keynote Address and Friday Evening Session
South Fairfield, CT
Contact: Jennifer Wood, jwood@ncc.commnet.edu
30-31 - Presentations TBA - MASSAEYC Children Our Link to the Future
Annual Conference,
Westford Inn
Westford, MA
Contact: Marcia Farris, 978-654-6053
massaeyc.com
APRIL 2007
13-14 - Presentations TBA: Ohio OAEYC Annual Conference
Columbus, Ohio
Contact: Amy Eldridge, 419-946-6693, ohaeyc.org
13 - 1-4 pm Keynote Address: Avoiding the Rock and the Hard Place:
Making Ethical Decisions that Work (SEE
DESCRIPTION)
Annual Dream Child Conference
Galina, Ohio
Contact: Michelle Moore, director@childcarechoice.org
24 - 6:30-8:30 pm - Keynote Address
Annual NEPCA Week of the Young Child Conference
Natick, MA
Contact: cryan@thetobinshcool.org
April 25-28 - 2 Workshops: Adult Readiness for Multiculturalism: Hearing
Parents in Every Language
NACCP Annual Conference
Seaport Hotel
Boston, MA
Contact: Ginger Meynes, ginger@naccp.org
naccp.org
MAY '07
3 - 9am-noon - Leadership Institute for Directors
Sponsored by Child Care Circuit
Greater Visions Children's Center
180 Old Westford Road
Chelmsford, MA
Contact: NToso@childcarecircuit.org
4 - 9:30 am-noon - Supervision Series for Child Care Circuit of Boston,
Part III
Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club
Dorchester, MA
Contact: Nancy Witherill 617-542-5437 ex 6491
8-10 - Annual National Smart Start Conference
Koury Convention Center
Greensboro, NC
Contact: ncsmartstart.org 919-821-8050
8 - Pre-Conference Session, 1:30- 5 pm - Managing Power Dynamics When Women Work with Women
9 - 1:30-3:30 pm. - At the End of the Day: Legal and Ethical Issues that Arise When Families Arrive to Pick Up Children
Adult Readiness for Multiculturalism and Gossip-Free Zones:
Transforming Workplace Power Dynamics
11-12 - Annual Leadership Connections Conference, Sponsored by National
Louis University
11th:
- Morning session: Untangling the Web: Legal and Ethical Issues for Early Childhood Administrators
- Afternoon session: The Challenges of Multiculturalism
- Evening: Dinner with an Expert
McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership
Chicago, IL
Contact: Donna Jonas, 847-947-5058 cecl.nl.edu/connections
16 - 10:15 am-12:15 pm, 2:15- 4 pm
Annual Young Children without Homes National Conference Workshops,
You may never know: the power of healthy relationships to counter the
effects of post traumatic stress disorder
Newton Marriott Hotel
Newton, MA
17 - 9 am-noon - Leadership Institute for Directors, sponsored
by Child Care Circuit of Lawrence, MA
Greater Visions Children's Center
180 Old Westford Road
Chelmsford, MA
Contact: NToso@childcarecircuit.org
17 - 2-3:45 pm - Annual Young Children without Homes Conference
Workshop: At the End of the Day: Legal and Ethical Issues that
Arise When Families Arrive to Pick Up Children
Newton Marriott Hotel
Newton, MA
18 - 9:30-noon - Supervision Series (Part IV of IV) for Child Care
Circuit of Boston,
Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club
Dorchester, MA
Contact Nancy itherill, 617-542-5437 ex 6491
21 - Management Team Development Session
Early Childhood Department
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA
Contact: Nancy Knight, 508-853-4516
21-26 Online Expert on Legal and Ethical Issues in Early Childhood
Education
McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership
Chicago, IL
Contact: cecl.nl.edu/connections
24 - keynote address, Fired Up or Burned Out: the Power of One to
Make a Difference
Tri-county Community Action Partnership Annual Providers' Banquet
Marino Ballroom
11 Washington Street
Bridgeton, NJ
Contact: Lori Carella, 856-451-6330 ex 208
31 - 9 am-noon - Leadership Institute for Directors, sponsored
by Child Care Circuit of Lawrence, MA
Greater Visions Children's Center
180 Old Westford Road
Chelmsford, MA
Contact: NToso@childcarecircuit.org
JUNE 2007
TBA
NAEYC Annual PDI Conference
5 - Legal and Ethical Issues for Family Child Care Providers,
sponsored by Child Care Circuit of Lawrence, MA
Evening Workshop
Contact: NToso@childcarecircuit.org
10 - 2-4 pm - Annual NAEYC Professional Development Institute
Workshop: Our way to Intentionality: Discovering Paths to the Top of the
Mountain
Pittsburgh, PA
14 - 9 am - noon - Leadership Institute Series, sponsored by Child
Care Circuit of Lawrence, MA
Greater Visions Children's Center
180 Old Westford Road
Chelmsford, MA
Contact: NToso@childcarecircuit.org
20 - 6-8 pm - Keynote Address, Cole Harrington Family Child Care System,
Fired Up or Burned Out: the Power of One to Make a Difference
Avon, MA
Evening Dinner Banquet
Contact: Eileen Kelleher, ekelleher@enableinc.org
21 - 1-3 pm - Team Building Session, Resilience: Effectively Partnering
with Change
Project Hope Center for Homeless Children and Families
Dorchester, MA
Contact: Rosa Almazar, Executive Director
28 - 9 am-noon- Leadership Institute for Directors, Final Session
Sponsored by Child Care Circuit of Lawrence, MA
Greater Visions Children's Center
180 Old Westford Road
Chelmsford, MA
Contact: NToso@childcarecircuit.org
29 -1-5 pm - TBA, Management Teambuilding Session
Thompson Island, Boston Harbor
Hernandez Community Center
South Boston, MA
Contact: Yvette Rodriguez
TBA in May and June, 4-10 sessions for Services Squadron
Hanscom Airforce Base, MA
CarolynMcCafferty@hanscom.af.mil
JULY 2007
6 - Team Building Retreat using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Masscosh non-profit agency
Cambridge, MA
9-13 - Wheelock College Summer Seminar - The Human Side of Management:
The Child Care Organization
5 Day Course, 2-3 credits
Wheelock College
Boston, MA
Contact: wheelock.edu
or Debra Johnston-Malden at 617-879-2240
AUGUST 2007
2 - 10:30 am- 1:30 pm Directors' Leadership Skill Building Session,
Courageous Nurturers: Confronting Inappropriate Behavior
Beavertown, OH
Contact: Penny Babcock, 937-429-9858
2 - 6:30-8:30 pm - Keynote Address, Creating a Community of Problem
Solvers: Winners not Whiners
Beavercreek, Ohio
Area Early Childhood Programs
Contact: penny@beavercreekchristian.org
September 2007
10 - Staff Teambuilding Day
Triumph Head Start
Taunton, MA
14-15 - Workshops TBA - Annual Embracing Diversity Conference
Midwest Conference Center
Milwaukee, WI
Contact: Terri Acevedo, tacevedo@4c-milwaukee.org
29 - Keynote Address: 10th Annual Cape May Early Childhood Conference
Cape May, NJ
knoble@oel.state.nj.us
OCTOBER 2007
6- Keynote Address (offered twice) - Fired Up or Burned Out: the Power
of One to Make a Difference
Bucks County, PA
BCAEYC at Bucks County Community College
Contact: Alison Sheridan, sher7144@comcast.net
9 - 10:15-11:45 am, - Workshop, At the End of the Day: Legal and Ethical
Issues at release time in early childhood and assisted living facilities
Annual NARA (National Association for Regulatory Administration) seminar/conference
Richmond, VA
Contact: naralicensing.org
or Suzanne Grace, 770-388-7771 ex 34
10 - 8-9:30 am - Workshop: Fired Up or Burned Out: the Power of One
to Make a Difference
Annual NARA Seminar
Richmond, VA
Contact: naralicensing.org
13 - Keynote Address, Annual Early Childhood Conference, Tulsa, OK
Sponsored by Child Care Resource Center
18 North Norwood
Tulsa, OK74115
Contact: Paige Whalen, pwhalen@ccrctulsa.org
20 - Workshops TBA - Annual Early Learning NH Professional Development
Conference
University of Southern NH
Manchester, NH
Contact: Katie Broas, kbroas@earlylearningnh.org
NOVEMBER 2007
3 - TBA - Keynote Address
West Chester County, NY
7 - 3 hour session TBA - Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Turning
Misunderstanding into Connection
Annual NAEYC National Conference
Chicago, IL
8-10 - TBA - Evening Workshop: Our Way to Sincerity: Affirming Civility
and Tolerance in our Daily Work
Annual NAEYC National Conference
Chicago, IL .
8-10 - Workshop TBA, Supervision Practice for the
Conflict-Avoidant: Transforming Butterflies in Your Stomach into a Belly
Laugh of Confidence
Annual NAEYC National Conference
Chicago, IL .
DECEMBER 2007
7 - Keynote and Lead Speaker, 2nd Annual Directors' Institute,
LANAEYC
Bethlehem, PA
Contact: tata47@earthlink.net
