Schedule
- MAIN AREA
- MAIN AREA
- Track 1 - PARENTING
- Track 1 - PARENTING
- Track 1 - PARENTING
- Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
- Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
- Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
- Track 3 – STREAM
- Track 3 – STREAM
- Track 3 – STREAM
- Track 4 – Transitioning
- Track 4 – Transitioning
- Track 4 – Transitioning
- Track 5 – Technology in ECD
- Track 5 – Technology in ECD
- Track 5 – Technology in ECD
- Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
- Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
- Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
- Track 7 - Advocacy
- Track 7 - Advocacy
- Track 7 - Advocacy
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Children Have Rights, Parents Have Rights Too
Track 1 - PARENTING
1:00pm-2:00pm
Parenting Woes: How to Balance Your Work, Personal and Parenting Lives
Track 1 - PARENTING
2:30pm-3:30pm
Understanding and Addressing Speech Disorders
Track 1 - PARENTING
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Raising Emotionally Smart Children
Track 1 - PARENTING
11:00am-12:00pm
Getting it Right from the Start: Perspective of Parenting in Jamaica
Track 1 - PARENTING
1:00pm-2:00pm
Using Resources in the Home to Engage the Whole Child
Track 1 - PARENTING
2:30pm-3:30pm
The Home-School Team: An Emphasis on Parent Involvement
Track 1 - PARENTING
3:45pm-4:45pm
Discipline Without Violence: Techniques for Parents
Track 1 - PARENTING
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Managing Specially-abled Children (Children with Exceptionalities)
Track 1 - PARENTING
11:00am-12:00pm
Transforming the Lives of Children and Families through Screening and Early Intervention
Track 1 - PARENTING
3:45pm-4:45pm
The Home -School Team: An Emphasis on Parent Involvement
Track 1 - PARENTING
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Downs Syndrome but not Down
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
11:00am-12:00pm
Why do Boys struggle in Early Childhood Education Programmes?
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
1:00pm-2:00pm
Looking at Learning Outcomes in the Infant Toddler Environment
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
2:30pm-3:30pm
Young Children Aboard the Play Express
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
3:45pm-4:45pm
Make & Take Books for Young Children
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Toxic Stress, its Effect on Young Children
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
11:00am-12:00pm
Watch Me Grow: Why Observation as Authentic Assessment for Infants & Toddlers
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
12:30pm-2:00pm
Temperaments of the Young Child
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
3:45pm-4:45pm
Early Literacy for Infants and Toddlers
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Nutri- Stim Makes Me Go, Glow and Grow
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
11:00am-12:00pm
Why do Boys Struggle in ECE Programmes?
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
1:00pm-2:00pm
Looking at Learning Outcomes in the Infant Toddler Environment
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
2:30pm-3:30pm
Let’s Get Messy- Process vs Product Open Ended Children's Work
Track 2 – EARLY LEARNING & CARE
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Sessions: Panel Discussion – STREAM: The Bridge to Success
Track 3 - STREAM
2:30pm-3:30pm
Learning through Play: Exploring Literacy and Mathematics Augmented Reality Apps and Websites
Track 3 - STREAM
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Sessions: The Relevance of STREAM in the EC Classroom
Track 3 - STREAM
11:00am-12:00pm
Our Children, Our Future: STE(A)M from the Lens of Babies
Track 3 - STREAM
1:00pm-2:00pm
"Teaching Strategies: Coding in the Early Childhood Curriculum "
Track 3 - STREAM
2:30pm-3:30pm
STRE(A)M: Drama and Imaginative Play in the Early Years
Track 3 - STREAM
3:45pm-4:45pm
Vision and Action Through Visual and the Performing Arts in Early Years
Track 3 - STREAM
9:00am-10:30am
" Plenary Sessions: STEM vs STEAM vs STREAM: What does it all mean? "
Track 3 - STREAM
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Tech IT to them: Reshaping our children’s development
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
11:00am-12:00pm
Keeping children engaged during online learning
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
1:00pm-2:00pm
Technology and interactive Media Tools in ECD Programmes
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
2:30pm-3:30pm
Safeguarding children in the online space
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Technology vs Teachers: Can technology replace teachers?
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
11:00am-12:00pm
Safeguarding Children in the Online Space
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
2:30pm-3:30pm
Integrating ICT for different learning styles
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Sessions: Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Guiding Principles for the Use of Technology In Early Learners
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
11:00am-12:00pm
Engaging Young Learners in the Online Space
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
2:30pm-3:30pm
Using Technology to Develop Motor Skills
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
3:45pm-4:45pm
Instruction and Innovation: How do you balance
Track 5 - Technology in ECD
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Entering daycare: why it’s good to prepare for the transition
Track 4 - Transitioning
11:00am-12:00pm
Routines and transitions in early childhood
Track 4 - Transitioning
1:00pm-2:00pm
Supporting Transitions: Communication between home and school
Track 4 - Transitioning
2:30pm-3:30pm
How to aid children’s successful transition: It’s the Little Things
Track 4 - Transitioning
3:45pm-4:45pm
Implementing a Child-Centered Transition Plan
Track 4 - Transitioning
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Inclusion and transition
Track 4 - Transitioning
11:00am-12:00pm
Transition to “Big” School: Supporting the Learning Journey
Track 4 - Transitioning
1:00pm-2:00pm
Creating and sustaining an equitable learning environment to support children in the transition process
Track 4 - Transitioning
2:30pm-3:30pm
Parent Involvement in the Transition Process
Track 4 - Transitioning
3:45pm-4:45pm
Implementing a Child-Centered Transition Plan
Track 4 - Transitioning
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Connecting Transition Policy to Practices
Track 4 - Transitioning
11:00am-12:00pm
How to aid children’s successful transition: It’s the Little Things
Track 4 - Transitioning
1:00pm-2:00pm
Process or Event: Transition in early childhood education
Track 4 - Transitioning
2:30pm-3:30pm
Routines and transitions in early childhood
Track 4 - Transitioning
3:45pm-4:45pm
Transition to “Big” School: Supporting the Learning Journey
Track 4 - Transitioning
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Ethical Leadership ..... Building Responsiveness
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
11:00am-12:00pm
"A Positive Outlook in Changing Times"
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
1:0pm-2:00pm
Leading in a Crisis: Merging the interdisciplinary silos
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
2:30pm-3:45pm
Being a Great Leader in Early Years
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
3:45pm-4:45pm
Leading in the Early Learning Environment: Promoting a Positive Relationship with Your Supervisor
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
9:00am-10:30am
"Plenary Session: Advocating for Children with Special Need: Closing the Gap "
Track 7 - Advocacy
2:30pm-3:45pm
Advocating for Resources in ECD: The Groundwork for a successful Future
Track 7 - Advocacy
3:45pm-4:45pm
“Why Invest in High Quality Early Childhood Development? Because it Matters!!
Track 7 - Advocacy
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Advocacy ECD Policy and Engagement
Track 7 - Advocacy
11:00am-12:00pm
Advocating for the Early Childhood Professional
Track 7 - Advocacy
2:30pm-3:45pm
Being an Advocate for Your Child: What does it mean?
Track 7 - Advocacy
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Uprooting Inequity at the Early Childhood Level
Track 7 - Advocacy
11:00am-12:00pm
Advocatng for the Early Childhood Professional
Track 7 - Advocacy
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Dr. Moses Omondi Abiero
1:00pm-2:00pm
Advocating for Resources in ECD: The Groundwork for a successful Future
Track 7 - Advocacy
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Dr. Taneisha Ingleton
3:45pm-4:45pm
Let’s Get Messy- Process vs Product Open Ended Children's Work
Track 7 - Advocacy
Panel Facilitator: Jennifer "Jenny Jenny" Small
Panelists:
Children, Mrs Diane White- Jamaica; Gwen Cambridge -St Vincent & Grenadines, Ms. Leja Burrows and Ms. Theresa Hunter- Bahamas; Ms. Colette Kane- Canada; Mr. Moses Abiero - Kenya
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Effectively Managing Early Childhood Institutions in a Pandemic
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
11:00am-12:00pm
Remaining Human in a Digital Era
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
1:00pm-2:00pm
The Digital Leader: Approaches to Leading For The Future
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
2:30pm-3:30pm
Strategic and Goal Oriented Leadership in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
3:45pm-4:45pm
Building a Culture of Accountability: The Accountability framework
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
9:00am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Panel Discussion : Essentials of Design Thinking for Innovative Problem Solving
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
1:00pm-2:00pm
Leading in the Early Learning Environment: Promoting a Positive Relationship with Your Supervisor
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
2:30pm-3:30pm
Being a Great Leader in Early Years
Track 6 - Leadership in a Pandemic
9:45am-10:00am
PDI 2021 Report to the Nation/Year of Early Childhood Development
9:15am-10:15am
Plenary Session – Importanceof PDI for teachers towards better outcomes for Children
10:30am-12:00pm
Plenary Session – Social and Emotional Support for Early Childhood Practitioners During and After the Pandemic