Join us for our Annual advocacy luncheon, Your Voice Matters! (additional registration fee)
How do we approach talking about bias, diversity, race and differences with children? Creating a culture of diversity in classrooms is more than just multicultural books and posters. Biases are developed during infancy and toddlerhood when learning happens unconsciously. We will take a look at how these hidden messages are formed and what we can do to change them. As early childhood providers, it is critical that we bring this work to the top of the curriculum, disrupting bias before it becomes unconscious.
Green Space Learning provides online and in person, professional development and CDA preparation. We also design, build and install outdoor learning environments that connect children with nature.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT
Champions 3
"Own Your Power" is a workshop for childcare administrators to help them build confidence in their leadership abilities. Through interactive exercises and group discussions, participants will learn practical strategies for overcoming self-doubt, building trust with staff and parents, and maintaining their own well-being while leading their team.
In 2022, New Orleans voters passed a 20-year property tax (millage) that allocates over $20 million annually to provide free early childhood seats and services. With state matching funds that doubles this investment, New Orleans has had to rapidly expand its early childhood infrastructure, including its workforce. Join the leader of the city’s early childhood workforce task force to learn how New Orleans is thinking about teacher preparation and pathways, pay and benefits, and retention and recruitment for early childhood educators.
Deputy Director, Center for Early Childhood Advancement, Agenda for Children
Derrick Toups lives in New Orleans where he serves as Deputy Director, Center for Early Childhood Advancement at Agenda for Children. At Agenda, Derrick annually oversees more than $45 million of public funding, contracts, and capacity building initiatives as part of implementing... Read More →
Participants will learn the fundamentals of advocacy, its importance and several ways they can help. Participants will take part in a fun and educational role play activity helping to reinforce key concepts from the session. A concluding open discussion will focus on the question "Now that you know more about advocacy, how do you plan to make a difference in our field of early childhood?"
