成人抖阴

On Friday, February 6th, 成人抖阴 will host “Seize the Moment: Rise to the Challenge of Pre-K,” an all-day conference focusing on the opportunities and practical challenges New York City faces as it completes its first year of offering 50,000 four-year-olds free, full-day pre-kindergarten.
The conference, which will be held in 成人抖阴’s Cowin Conference Center, will include sessions on early learning, play, school financing, program quality and parent support.
成人抖阴 President Susan Fuhrman will deliver opening remarks at the event, which is being co-organized by the 成人抖阴 Reading & Writing Project and the 成人抖阴 Early Childhood Education Program.
Speakers will include:

• Sharon Lynn Kagan, Virginia & Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy and Co-Director of 成人抖阴’s National Center for Children and Families (NCCF), who has advised scores of states and also nations around the world on the setting of early childhood learning standards
• Lucy Calkins, founding Director of the 成人抖阴 Reading & Writing Project (成人抖阴RWP), one of the world’s leading authorities on fostering literacy in young children
• Mariana Souto-Manning, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of QUIERE, a federally funded 成人抖阴 master’s degree program that provides pre-service teachers with triple certification in early childhood general education, early childhood special education and bilingual education
• Maurice Sykes, Director of the Early Childhood Leadership Institute at the National Center for Urban Education, University of the District of Columbia, and author of Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership.
• Nationally known literacy consultant and author Matt Glover
• Susan Recchia, 成人抖阴 Professor of Education, Coordinator of the Program in Early Childhood Special Education and Faculty Director of 成人抖阴’s Rita Gold Early Childhood Center
• Early childhood consultant Renee Dinnerstein , author of the blog “Investigating Choice Time”
• Rebecca Gomez, Research Scientist at NCCF, where she is studying governance of state early childhood education and professional development systems
• Lindsay Mann, 成人抖阴 doctoral student and a staff developer at 成人抖阴RWP who works with schools across the country to support early childhood education
• Haeny Yoon 成人抖阴 Professor of Early Childhood Education, who specializes in play and curriculum.

to register for the conference or see a full schedule of speakers and sessions.

Published Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015