JANUARY 2009
2-22 Annual Vacation
29 - "Team Building for Busy People: From Frenzy to Freedom"
Child Care Choices of Boston
Roxbury YMCA
Contact: Nancy Witherill
Email: witherill@bostonabcd.org
30 - Workshops, "Creating Gossip-free Zones: Problem Solving to Prevent Power Struggles", "Leading on Purpose: Emotionally Intelligent Early Childhood Administration"
Annual BAEYC (Boston Association for the Education of Young Children" Directors Conference
Possible Book Signing
Burlington, MA.
BAEYC.org or MASSAEYC.org
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FEBRUARY 2009
12 - Team building session for East Boston (MA) Early Head Start Program
Contact: Carla Seymour, 617-348-6476
Email: seymour@bostonabcd.org
15 - 9 am-4 pm - Team building with the Myers-Briggs
Faculty and Staff Retreat
Washington, DC,
TBA - Leadership Workshop
Florida Heartland R&R
Port Charlotte, FL
Contact: Paula Mason, 941-255-1650
19 - Featured Speaker and Workshop, "Partnering with Change: We Have to Do What! Why? We've Always Done it This Way",
PSO/Illinois Child Care Association Annual Conference
Westin Hotel
Itasca, IL
Contact: Vickie Kean, 877-912-4222
Email: psoicca@sbcglobal.net
20 - Featured Speaker and Workshops, "Counseling Staff Out the Door" and "So Be it! The Art and Science of Decision-making"
PSO/Illinois Child Care Association Annual Conference
Westin Hotel
Itasca, IL
Contact: Vickie Kean, 877-912-4222
Email: psoicca@sbcglobal.net
26-28 - Keynote Address and additional appearances in Buffalo, NY,
Annual Western New York State Directors Association Leadership Conference
Contact: Susan Block - 716-877-6666 ext 3038
Email: sblock@wnychildren.org
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MARCH 2009
4 - TBA - League School of Greater Boston
6- Workshops, "Creating Communities of Problem Solvers: Winners not Whiners"
Annual Child Care Directors' Symposium
Austin Marriott
Austin, TX
Contact: Cynthia Gamez, cynthia.gamez@twc.state.tx.us
7 - Keynote Address
Annual Child Care Directors' Symposium
Austin Marriott
Austin, TX
Contact: Cynthia Gamez, cynthia.gamez@twc.state.tx.us
11 - TBA - League School of Greater Boston
23 - Keynote Address, Annual Conference, Early Educators
Sponsored by PAL (Preschool Association of Lexington, MA)
Contact: Silvia James
Email: sjames@minuteman.org
24 - 9:30-11:30 am - Directors Forum
Sunny Hill Pre-School
Sudbury, MA
Contact: Debbie Rollins
Email: director@sunnyhillpreschool.org
27 - Preconference Session, "Leading on Purpose: Emotionally Intelligent Early Childhood Administration"
Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference
Westford, MA
MASSAEYC.com
28 - Workshop Session, "Gossip Free Zones: Problem Solving to Prevent Power Struggles"
Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference
Westford, MA
MASSAEYC.com
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APRIL 2009
4 - Keynote Address and Two Workshops, Annual Spring Early Childhood Conference
Dartmouth, NH and upper valley, VT.
Contact: Christine.A.Pressey-Murray@Darthmouth.EDU
17-18 - Featured Workshop Presentations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Annual Early Childhood Conference
Whitewater, WI
Contact: Dr. Robin Fox at foxr@uww.edu or
cesevents@uww.edu
22 - Preconference Full Day Session and Book Signing, "Leading on Purpose: Emotionally Intelligent Early Childhood Administration"
NCCCC (National Coalition of Campus Child Care Centers)
Phoenix, AZ
Contacts: Duane McDonald, duane.mcdonald@uni.edu or
Betty Pearsall, pearsall@york.cuny.edu
27 - Pre-conference Session, 2009 National T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood and Child Care Wage$ Conference
Chapel Hill, NC
Contact: Julie Rogers
Email: rogersjb@earthlink.net
30 - Keynote Address, Annual Directors' Conference, San Diego County Child Care and Development Planning Council
San Diego, CA
County Office of Education
Contact: Zaneta Salde Encarnacion
Email: zencarnacion@sdcoe.net
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MAY 2009
5-6 Smart Start Annual National Conference
Greensboro, NC.
Contact: Dierdre Jersey
Email: djersey@meetingdetails.com
5 - Pre-conference - 8:30 am to noon
"Legal and Ethical Challenges in Early Childhood Administration"
6 - 2:00-3:30 pm - Workshop: "You can stop gossip, whining and negativity!"
12 - "Honoring the vision in your supervision: Five steps to holding resistant staff accountable and encouraging productive staff"
Waterbury, CT
Directors and School administrators
Contact: Barbara Tacci, School Readiness Coordinator, 203-573-6684
14-16 - Workshops, "Legal and Ethical Issues in Early Childhood Education", and "Leading on Purpose: Emotionally Intelligent Early Childhood Administration"
National Louis University's Annual Leadership Connections Conference
Chicago, IL
Website: http://cecl.nl.edu
Contact: Debra.TrudeSuter@nl.edu
Possible book signing event
18 - 9 am-4 pm - Team Building Retreat,
Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Head Start/CESA #2,
Delavan, WI.
Contact: Tracie Boos, Education Specialist
Email: tboos1@sbcglobal.bet
21 - 9-11:45 am - Directors' Seminar, "Leading with Emotional Intelligence"
Sunny Hill PreSchool
Sudbury, MA
Contact: Debbie Rollins
Email: elmf54@msn.com
28 - Ohio AEYC Annual Conference Featured Speaker
Convention Center
Greater Columbus, OH
Contact: Beri Tiffany Smith
Email: projects@oaeyc.org
9-11 am "Pick up time: Procedures and practices to ensure smooth transitions home"
2-5 pm "Leading on purpose: Emotionally intelligent early childhood administration"
29 - Ohio AEYC Annual Conference Featured Speaker
10:15 am- 12:15 pm "Holding resistant staff accountable: From negativity to optimism"
2-5 pm "Leading on purpose: Emotionally intelligent early childhood administration"
Book Signing 1 pm
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JUNE 2009
3 - Southern NH Services CCR&R
Hooksett Public Library
Hooksett, NH
Contact: Tracy Pond
Email: tracypond@gmail.com
9:30 am to 12:30 pm "Courageous Nurturers: Supervision for the gentle in spirit" for R&R professionals
1:30-4:00 Directors' Seminar: "Managing power dynamics when women work with women"
6 - 1-3 pm - "Turning points in our lives: How did studying at a women's college inform your life decisions?"
Douglass College of Rutgers University Reunion Workshop
New Brunswick, NJ
Contact: Debbie Spenndard, 732-932-2880
Email: dougalum@winants.rutgers.edu
12 - Annual Staff Development Retreat, Child Care Circuit
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
Contact: Debbie Goldman, Director of Training
Email: DGoldman@childcarecircuit.org
9:45-11:45 am "Stop the gossiping: Create a community of problem solvers"
1-3 pm "Power struggles among adults: Extreme customer service skills"
14-16- Featured Speaker - Annual NAEYC PDI (National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Development Institute) Conference
Charlotte, NC
Website: naeyc.org
"Play's the thing: Brain research on playful humor lightens up leadership challenges", Time TBA
"In praise of playful childhoods and adulthoods" with Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Luis Hernandez, Dr. Debra Sullivan, Time TBA
19 - 11:15 am-12:45 pm "Supervision for the gentle in spirit: Five steps to holding resistant staff accountable"
Annual staff Development Symposium
Boston, MA, area YMCA/YWCA Child Care and School Age programs, Plympton After School Programs
Woburn, MA
Contact: Michelle Quinlan, 617-927-8249
20 - 8:30 am- 1:30 pm- Early Childhood Professionals Retreat, "Team building and enhanced communication skills"
Marlboro Community Partnership for children
Marlboro, MA
22-23 - Early Learning Institute - Annual Conference
Arizona Department of Education - Early Childhood Education
Westin La Ploma Resort
Tucson, AZ
Contact: Sally Downing
Email: Sally.Downing@azed.gov
22nd - 10:30am- 12pm "Managing power dynamics when women work with women"
3-4 pm "The buck stops here: Legal and ethical issues for early childhood administrators"
23rd - 10:30 am- 12 pm "Five steps to holding resistant staff accountable"
25-26 - Arizona Emergent Leaders Program
Contact: Alan Taylor
Email: ataylor@swhd.org
25th - 9 am- 4 pm, "Leadership style, temperament and opportunites based in Myers-Briggs theory and practice"
26th - 9 am-4 pm "Partnering with change: from resistance to resilience"
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JULY 2009
TBA - Wheelock College Summer Seminars - "The human side of management: The child care organization" with Gwen Morgan, One week course
Contact: Gwen Morgan
Email: gwenmorgan@comcast.net
Website: wheelock.edu
9 - 4:30- 7 pm - "Legal and Ethical Issues in Early Childhood Administration"
Child Care Choices of Boston
Location TBA
Contact: Carla Seymour
Email: seymour@bostonabcd.org
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AUGUST 2009
11-12 - West Virginia Leadership Academy Instructor
Charleston, WV
Contact: Suzi Brodoff
Email: suzib@aol.com
17 - Staff Team Building Retreat, Head Start
Mariana, FL
Contact: Kim Long
Email: Kim.Long@jcsb.org
20 - 4:30-7 pm - Legal and Ethical Issues
Child Care Choices of Boston, Dorchester Boys & Girls Club
Contact: Carla Seymour
Email: seymour@bostonabcd.org
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SEPTEMBER 2009
11-12 - North Carolina LCCA Annual Conference
Winston-Salem, NC.
Contact: Vernon Mason, 252-237-5599
Email: weeschoolQ@vol.com
Keynote address TBA
Follow up workshop(s) TBA
19 - Partners Child Care, Staff Team Building with the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
Newton, MA. (closed)
24-25 - Early Reading First Conference - 2 workshop presentations, including "Emotional Literacy"
Midwest Airlines Center
Milwaukee, WI, .
Contact: Terri Acevedo
Email: tacevedo@4c-milwaukee.org
30 - 5-8:30 pm - Supervision and Team Building Workshop
Partners Child Care Services
Charlestown, MA
Contact: Sandy Augusto
Email: SAUGUSTO@PARTNERS.ORG
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OCTOBER 2009
2 - Starting Points Leadership Conference -
9:40- 11:40 am "Legal and Ethical Issues"
12:00- 1:00 pm - Panel of Experts.
1:30-3:30 pm - "Partnering with Change"
5:00-5:30 - Book signing
Cleveland, OH
Contact: Michelle Jones
Email: michelle.jones@starting-point.org
9 - Keynote Address and Full Day Presentation, "Leading on Purpose: Emotionally Intelligent Early Childhood Administration"
Icelandic Preschool Headmasters & Associates Annual Conference
Reykjavik, Iceland
Bjork Ottarsdottir
Email: nupur2@kopavogur.is
14 - Ounce of Prevention Master Teacher and Family Support Professionals Workshops
Miami, FL
Contact: Renee' Welch,
Email: RWelch@ounceofprevention.org (closed)
24 - Keynote address, "Burned Out or Fired Up: You can make a difference"
NJAEYC annual conference
Atlantic City, NJ,
Email: mail@njaeyc.org
28 - Keynote Address, "Play's the Thing: Keeping Perspective and Humor in Challenging Times",
Massachusetts Research and Referral Agencies annual conference
Shrewsbury, MA,
Contact: Debbie Goldman
Email: DGoldman@childcarecircuit.org
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NOVEMBER 2009
18-21 - Three presentations (schedule of workshops not yet available) - "A matter of balance: Elements of power in building relationships with children, families and each other" (with Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Luis Hernandez, Debra Renetta Sullivan)
National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference
Washington, DC.
naeyc.org
19 - "Brought to you by your amygdala, spindle cells, mirror neurons and OFC (orbito-frontal cortex): Solutions for leadership challenges from the new world of neuroscience." (3 hrs)
"Smart super-vision: You're great at encouraging staff: Now you can be confident at holding reluctant staff accountable" (3 hrs with Elizabeth Kendall, Montclair University)
22-23 - TBA - "Legal and ethical issues for school age providers"
National Community Education Association annual conference
Phoenix, AZ
Contact: Devah Galloway
Email: dgalloway@ncea.com
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DECEMBER 2009
15 - 2-4 pm - Staff development session
Lesley Ellis School
Arlington, MA
Contact: Stepanie Grossman (closed)
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