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Friday, November 8, 2019

Workshops (Select One)
These workshops are three hours long with a 30-minute break at the 90-minute point.
1:30pm – 5:00pm

Session: Cultural Humility and Unconscious Bias
Maryam Daha, MA

Session: Infusing Reflective Practice into Your Work
Karen Finello, PhD

Session: Mental Wellness in the Learning Environment
Cheryl Willams-Jackson, PsyD

Session: Current Status of Early Childhood Education in California
Part A: Spotlight on the Role of Higher Education in Quality Counts California

Debra Silverman, PhD
Part B: Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8
Caitlin Lawrence-Toombs

Session: Online Education Best Practices
Part A: Universal Design for Learning and Online Course Design

Maureen Powers
Part B: Learning to See: Using Video to Support Learning, Connection and Community Online
Katie Emerson-Hoss, PhD and Gail E. Joseph, PhD


Saturday, November 9, 2019

Workshop Sessions (Select One)
8:30am – 10:00am

Session: The Building Blocks of the ECE Workforce
Karen Littlefield

Session: Explore Your Coaching and Teaching Practices Within the Context of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
Rachel Johnson

Session: Continuous Quality Improvement
Christina Nigrelli, EdS

Session: Creating a Sustainable System for Family Engagement
Elsa Leal, MA

Session: Leading for Equity and System’s Building in the 21st Century
Neva Bandelow and LaWanda Wesley, MEd, EdD

Workshop Session
10:15am – 11:45am

Session: Updates from the Quality Improvement Office at CDE EESD
Cecelia Fisher-Dahms, MBA

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