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Building and Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce:
Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
March 3, 2006
Sacramento California
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| 9:30 a.m. | | Welcome and Introductions
Charles B. Reed, Chancellor, California State University |
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| 10:00 a.m. | | Keynote Address
Dan Bellm, Senior Policy Analyst
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
University of California Berkeley
"Time to Revamp and Expand: Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs in California's Institutions of Higher Education" (PowerPoint, 4MB) |
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| 10:45 a.m. | | Panel of Respondents
- Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Joyce Justus, Interim Vice Provost for Student Affairs, University of California
- James Rosser, President, CSU Los Angeles
- Steven Bruckman, Executive Vice Chancellor, California Community Colleges
- Kris Perry (pdf, 44K), Executive Director, Children and Families First Commission
- Glen Thomas (PowerPoint, 44K), Executive Director, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
- Gary Reichard, Executive Vice Chancellor, California State University (Facilitator)
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| 12:15 p.m. |
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Lunch with Keynote Address
Karen Hill-Scott (bio), President, Karen Hill-Scott & Company
Ahead of the Curve and Out of the Box: Imperatives for Teacher Preparation in the 21st Century |
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| 1:30 p.m. | | Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
- Adjusting postsecondary curriculum to reflect the teacher skills and competencies needed to address the physical, social, emotional, and academic needs of preschoolers preparing for entry into school;
- Ensuring access and success in higher education for a diverse group of individuals seeking careers in early childhood education;
- Recruiting additional faculty and developing faculty leadership in personnel preparation for early childhood education; and
- Articulating academic programs across higher education segments.
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| 2:30 p.m. | | Break |
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| 2:45 p.m. | |
Facilitators' Panel: Group Reports
- Aligning the Preschool Curriculum (PDF, 103k)
Facilitator: Dr. Hallie Yopp, Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education, CSU Fullerton
- Ensuring access and success in higher education (PDF, 50k)
Facilitator: Dr. Marlene Zepeda, Chair and Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies, CSU Los Angeles
- Recruiting and developing faculty (PDF, 86k)
Facilitator: Dr. Valerie Helgren-Lempesis, Professor, Department of Reading and Language Arts, CSU East Bay
- Articulating academic programs (PDF, 107k)
Facilitator: Mary Jane Macquire Fong, Professor, Early Childhood Education, American River College
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| 3:30 p.m. | | Concluding Remarks
Gary Reichard, Executive Vice Chancellor, California State University |
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