Perspectives in Early Childhood
GCECC 2024 Annual ConferenceSCHEDULE
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Welcome to the Conference!
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Conference Schedule
8:15am
Doors open
8:45 – 9:00am
Opening Announcements and Introduce Keynote
9:00 – 10:00am
Opening Keynote
10:00 – 10:15am
Break / Vendors Open
10:15 – 11:30am
Breakout Sessions:
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Creating Collaborative and Coordinated Systems for Family and Community Engagement
(room C170)
Conscious Discipline: Introduction to Breathing
(room C169)
Safe Sleep Presentation
(room C171)
Introduction to the Model Work Standards
(room C162)
Leading Effective Programs: Communicating with Intention
(room C160)
11:30am – 12:15pm
Lunch (Vendors open)
buffet provided by Moe’s Southwest Grill
12:15 – 12:30pm
Introduction to EYI Pyramid Model
12:30 – 1:00pm
Parent Panel – Childhood Challenges
1:00 – 1:15pm
Break (Vendors Open)
1:15 – 2:30pm
Breakout Sessions:
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2:30 – 2:45pm
Break / Vendors Open
2:45 – 4:00pm
Breakout Sessions:
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4:00 – 4:15pm
Raffle Drawing and Closing
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Hanan Osman
Early Childhood Professional Development & T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Indiana Senior Director for INAYEC
Dr. Hanan Osman joined the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children in 2008. Hanan is the Early Childhood Professional Development & T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Indiana Senior Director. She oversees the ECPD department staff and projects. Working closely with the Indiana AEYC Executive Director, inaeyc PD Advisory Committee and Indiana Early Childhood Higher Education Forum. Hanan’s 30+ years working with children and families has given her a wealth of diverse professional experiences and taken her across the globe. From 1990 to 1997, she taught at the School of Psychology and Preschool Education at Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman, Sudan. She worked with Head Start as a teacher and a center director in Kentucky. Hanan also served at the Governor’s Office of Child Development as a Head Start Collaboration Office Coordinator in Frankfort, Kentucky. With the Kentucky Department of Education, Hanan was the Community Early Childhood Councils Coordinator and then served as Kentucky State-Funded Preschool Branch Manager. Hanan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Preschool Education, a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Family Studies/Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Early Childhood Education.
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Vendors
2024 Conference Committee
Ashley Shirley
Thriving Grant County, Thriving Mill Township
Ceola Friday
Ivy Tech
Christina Chandler
Firefly Children & Family Alliance
Dani Svantner
Westminster Preschools
Emma Dragoo
INAEYC
Kim Gordon
OnMyWay PreK
Libby Root
Thriving Grant County, Thriving Mill Township
Liz Richards
Mississinewa Community School Corp.
Jeri McCorkle
Ball State University, Office of Community Engagement
Robyn Duffy
Carey Services, Early Head Start
Sara Hoover
Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Wendy Turcott
Westminster Preschools
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