Please note all times listed below are Eastern time. We anticipate that the detailed conference agenda will be posted at the end of May after session and schedule details have been finalized.
Monday, June 27, 2022
Addressing Historical Inequities in Early Care and Education: Strategies to Support Workforce Equity
- Emily Schmitt, ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
- Chrishana M. Lloyd, Child Trends
- Dawn A. Yazzie, Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
- Michelle Sarche, University of Colorado, Denver
- Marcy Whitebook, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment,
University of California, Berkeley
Gallery A: Early Childhood Workforce
(Well-being and Self-sufficiency; Compensation; In-service and Pre-service Professional Development; Workforce Equity; Recruitment and Retention; and Workforce Supports and Interventions)
Gallery B: Early Childhood Policies and Systems
(Federal, State, and Local Policy; Policy Impacts; System-level Coordination and Collaboration; System-Level Data Integration; System-level Pandemic Impacts or Disruptions; and Federal, State, or Local-level Programs, Services, or Efforts)
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Gallery C: Children's Outcomes and Development
(School Readiness; Social-emotional Skills/Challenging Behaviors; Mental Health, STEM Skills, Cognitive Development/Executive Functioning; Language and Literacy Skills; Kindergarten Entry and Transitions; Measurement and Assessment of Children's Outcomes and Development; and Interventions to Support Children's Outcomes and Development)
Gallery D: Early Childhood Programming and Service Delivery
(Quality and Effectiveness; Program Experiences; Improvement Efforts; Implementation; Teaching or Staff Practices; Culturally-responsive Practice; and Assessment and Measurement Approaches)
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Gallery E: Parents and Families
(Family Well-being and Self-sufficiency; Parenting and Parent-Child Relationships; Home Visiting; Family Access; Utilization and Participation in Early Childhood Programs; Family Engagement in and Experiences with Early Childhood Programs; and Supports and Interventions for Parents and Families)
Creating a System of Care for Infants and Toddlers: A Discussion with State Leaders
- Cynthia Osborne, Vanderbilt University
- Beth Bye, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
- Jenna Conway, Virginia Department of Education
- Karen Powell, Louisiana Department of Education