The 18th Annual Early Childhood Conference will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., at McEwen Hall.
The annual event is held to offer professional development opportunities to members of the Chautauqua County early childhood community, including teacher education students.
Speakers will be focusing on supporting teachers of children from birth to age 8. The keynote presenter will be Dr. Katherine Levy of the Fredonia School of Music, who will be speaking on using music with young children with a presentation, “Tune Up! You Are the Key to Musical Lives!” In addition, there will be two workshop sessions. Workshop selections will include “Reading with Children: An Invitation for a Conversation,” “Disaster Preparedness,” “Childhood Obesity: Myths and Reality,” “Creating Blogs with School Age Children,” “Supporting Process Arts in the Preschool Classroom,” and “Click, Write, Print: Creating Digital Children’s Books.” Presenters will include College of Education faculty Dr. Mira Berkley, Dr. Clara Beier and Dr. Jennifer Moon Ro; Dr. Jennifer Berke of Mercyhurst College, Norma Cummings of the Chautauqua County Office of Emergency Services; Maggie Bromberg, a nurse practitioner with Springville Pediatrics; Christopher Taverna of the SUNY Fredonia professional staff, and teacher Jeanne Skelton of the Campus and Community Children’s Center .
The conference is co-sponsored by the Chautauqua County Association for the Education of Young Children, SUNY Fredonia College of Education, Success By 6, Chautauqua Child Care Council and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The early registration fee is $20 for students, $30 for members of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and $40 for non-members (received by September 24). On-site registration fees are an additional $5. For more information about the conference, persons should contact Dr. Berkley at 716-673-3455 or e-mail her at Mira.Berkley@fredonia.edu.
