The NYAEYC Annual Conference has been cancelled. Below are some of the great sessions the Institute planned to offer. NYAEYC will hold the conference on April 15-17, 2021. Save the date, we will see you then!

Gender Development, Expression and Play

  • Presenter: Kate Engle, Trainer – Gender and Sexuality
  • Time: 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Prácticas Inclusivas: Respetando la Diversidad Cultural y Lingüística

  • Presenters: Ivonne Monje, Screening and Assessment Specialist and Tatiana Bacigalupe, Screening and Assessment Specialist
  • Time: 10:30 am-12:30 pm

SPAN – Physical Activity

  • Presenters: Kathy Moss, Quality Improvement Specialist and Karin Sperb, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Coaching Skill-Building: Using the Core Body of Knowledge and the New NYS Early Learning Guidelines

  • Presenter: Helen Frazier, Director of Early Childhood
  • Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Building a Strength Based Classroom Culture

  • Presenter: Alice Blecker, ECAC Project Coordinator
  • Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Bodies Curiosity and Touching

  • Presenter: Lalena Garcia, Trainer – Gender and Sexuality
  • Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Getting Ready for QUALITYstarsNY

  • Presenter: Amy Franz Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

SPAN Nutrition

  • Presenters: Kathy Moss, Quality Improvement Specialist and Karin Sperb, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Trusting Children: What Can We Learn From a Rural Community in China?

  • Presenter: Sherry Cleary, University Dean and Executive Director
  • Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Early Childhood Career Pathways

  • Presenters: Claudine Campanelli, Director of Career Services and Higher Education and Antonee Lewis, Career Advisor
  • Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Including All Families and Supporting All Children

  • Presenter: Lalena Garcia, Trainer – Gender and Sexuality
  • Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

P.L.A.Y.

  • Presenters: Sarah Goulde Houde, Quality Improvement Specialist and JoAnn Toth, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Orientation as a Retention Strategy

  • Presenter: Jill Boeck, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 7:00 am – 8:30 am

Addressing Bias Through Reflective Assessment Practice

  • Presenter: Ivonne Rojas, Screening and Assessment Specialist
  • Time: 7:00 am – 8:30 am

Separation, Attachment and Trust in a Digital Age

  • Presenter: Beth Mindes, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 7:00 am to 8:00 am

Observing and Expanding Block Play for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers

  • Presenters: Andrea Bruno, Early Childhood Coach and Jeanette Monninger, Early Childhood Coach
  • Time: 9:30 am -11:30 am

Mind the Gap: Towards Designing Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Supports for Emergent Multilingual Learners in Early Childhood Education

  • Presenter: Lorraine Falchi, Early Childhood Coach
  • Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am

SPAN – Physical Activity

  • Presenters: Kathy Moss, Quality Improvement Specialist and Karin Sperb, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am

Free Play not Free for All

  • Presenters: Sarah Goulde Houde, Quality Improvement Specialist and JoAnn Toth, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

SPAN- Nutrition

  • Presenters: Kathy Moss, Quality Improvement Specialist and Karin Sperb, Quality Improvement Specialist
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm