Conference Schedule

Please refer to Guidebook as the most updated version.

Day 1 - October 25

Time	Activities
8:15 - 8:30	Registration and Coffee
8:30 - 8:45	Welcome
8:45 - 9:45	Keynote by Junko Cancemi: Heart and Body
9:45 - 10:10	Coffee Break
10:10 - 11:00	Open Play
11:00 - 12:00	Lunch
12:00 - 12:30	Mini Keynote: HEART by Amy Thames
12:30 - 1:30	Breakout Sessions: HEART 1. Ann Lopez-Toyoh: Parents as Partners - Strategies to nurture agency in the learning community 2. Taylor Williams: Cooperative Discipline in a Confucian Heritage Classroom 3. Esme Rolfe: Engaging Spaces Foundation stage: Knowing the Child 4. Megan Graff & Carol Lesser: Let the Students Do It 5. Junko Cancemi: Heart and Mind
1:30 - 1:45	Breakout - Pop into HEART! Make a Visit to each of the above workshops for 15 minutes
1:45 - 2:15	Coffee Break
2:15 - 2:45	Mini Keynote: BODY by Donita Bell
2:45 - 3:45	Breakout Sessions: BODY 1. Mubanga Mulenga: Empowering children to share their stories through music, movement, drama and art 2. Nair Cardoso: Extend children learning with Sensory-based practices 3. Briana Watson & Jennifer Clarke: Learning in Motion: Using movement to create mindful learners 4. Cheryl Uy: The Pedagogy of Listening: Are are listening?
3:45 - 4:00	Breakout - Pop into BODY! Make a Visit to each of the above workshops for 15 minutes
4:00 - 5:15	Social

Time	Activities
8:15 - 8:30	Coffee on Arrival
8:30 - 8:45	Housekeeping
8:45 - 9:45	Keynote by Junko Cancemi: Mind and Voice
9:45 - 10:05	Coffee Break
10:05 - 10:45	School Tour
10:45-11:15	Mini Keynote: MIND by Megan Hinds
11:15 - 12:15	Breakout Sessions: MIND 1. Emma Tidmarsh: Supporting Inclusion in the EY classroom 2. Suzanne Vert and Deborah Pedraza: Effectively Interpreting the Voice of the Child 3. Shardea Brown & Ines Suanzes: Overcoming Gender Stereotypes 4. Junko: Heart and Mind (Repeated Session)
12:15 - 12:30	Breakout - Pop into MIND! Make a Visit to each of the above workshops for 15 minutes
12:30 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 1:45	Mini Keynote: VOICE by Shemo Gani & Tina Huang
1:45 - 2:45	Breakout Sessions: VOICE 1. Heidi Steinbring: Let's ask the children 2. Malu Villafane & Judy Zhu: Inquiry approach at the heart of dual language learning 3. Terri Pham: Digital Storytelling in the Early Childhood Classroom 4. Lisa Kane: It's me! Over here! Do you hear me? 5. Annie Choi & Vanessa Pachano: Strategies to hear children's voices in a co-teaching environment
2:45 - 3:00	Breakout - Pop into VOICE! Make a Visit to each of the above workshops for 15 minutes
3:00 - 3:30	Conference Closing (with Coffee)