Online Registration Check-In Begins 8:30 AM
Welcome - Tafta Miller, CCAL President 9:00 AM
Keynote Presentation 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Unleashing Potential:
The Power of Play in Leadership - Rachel Supalla
Prepare to embark on an exhilarating journey where the boundaries between work and play are not just blurred but beautifully intertwined. Rachel Supalla unveils the secret ingredient to transcend the conventional norms of leadership - the Power of Play!
- Ignite creativity and innovation with playful leadership
- Transform the work environment into a space of engagement and enthusiasm
- Overcome the quit culture with playful strategies that inspire commitment and excellence
- Dive into an hour of inspiring, silly, and empowering insights that redefines leadership
Together, let’s unfold the magic where play and leadership merge, crafting a world where every day at work is an exciting journey to excellence, creativity, and unmatched success!
Rachel Supalla M.Ed could have easily become another statistic if it weren’t for the champions in her life that helped her access her inner power, spark her magic of play, and ultimately change her fate.
Now as a mother of four, multi-site childcare owner, speaker, consultant and trainer, she shares the personal and professional insights that she gained on her journey to help nurt ure children and businesses alike. Rachel Supalla has a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood, a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, is Montessori Certified and a certified National Business coach. Today, she is transforming culture from the inside out.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM LDOE Updates
Louisiana Department of Education Updates
Moderator: Shelia Campbell
- EdLink and Kinderconnect Update – Robert Klein
- CCAP Update – Melinda George
- Bulletin 137/Licensing Updates –Andrea Burl
- CC Criminal Background Check Update - Kayla Batiste
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Mid-Morning Break
11:45 AM - 12 Noon
Matt Tessier, Deputy Director, Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Update on Imagination Library of LA
Mattilyn Karst, Louisiana Policy Institute for Children
Overview of CCAL Membership Benefits 12:00 - 1:15 PM
Moderated by Cindy Bishop, CCAL Executive Director
Overview of your CCAL membership benefits and special offers for CCAL members from our corporate partners. This overview will highlight some of the most popular benefits for CCAL members.
12:00 Noon Jessica Carmon, Evolv
Jessica is a Relationship Advocate for Evolv, a full service Payment Processing and Digital Marketing provider. They specialize in reducing costs and increasing online presence and traffic.
12:10 PM Terrell Peterson, Walden University
12:20 PM Beth Fletcher, Inspire Care 360
Beth Fletcher is the Enterprise Business Development Director with Inspire Care 360. She has over 20 years of experience in the childcare industry in various roles including: Director, Executive Director, Business Operations Consultant and Regional Manager for both corporate and franchise childcare companies. In these positions, she was able to support numerous owners, directors, and clients in their quest for a successful childcare center, financially, for their teams and the countless families they served.
Beth’s passion is to recognize where help is needed in a childcare business and to offer solutions and support to help them thrive and flourish to their highest potential.
12:40 PM Bryan Fulton, Kaplan Learning Company
Bryan came to Kaplan with a strong background in sales, management, and marketing and has now been a member of the Kaplan sales team for nearly 24 years.
Bryan is the South Central Regional Manager with Kaplan overseeing four Territory Managers within a 10-state area. During his many years with Kaplan, he has committedly serviced early education customers within school districts, Head Start and private childcare providers throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. His overarching priority is to supply your centers with high quality materials, furnishings and technology to assist in the learning and growth you envision for your children.
Bryan frequently works alongside numerous organizations in both states, serving as Board Member of the Child Care Association of Louisiana and affiliate board member with the Louisiana Head Start Association as well as partnering with many state associations and early childhood stakeholders. Bryan currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, with his wife Conchetta and son Kyle. He enjoys reading, listening to music, playing basketball, trying new restaurants, and spending time with friends and family.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Practically Perfect Performance Workshop
Presented by Rachel Supalla
Join us for a transformative 3-hour workshop designed exclusively for childcare owners and directors, aimed at elevating the effectiveness and accountability of your team. Dive deep into tailored strategies, enhancing your leadership skills and ensuring that your early learning center operates at its’ peak performance.
In the "Practically Perfect Performance Workshop," participants will explore proven systems of accountability and learn how to develop robust Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) tailored to the unique needs and goals of their early learning centers. Through interactive sessions, you’ll be guided on a journey to identify, analyze, and optimize these crucial metrics, ensuring they are aligned with your early learning center’s vision and objectives.
Get ready to unleash your creativity during our Post-It party and brainstorming sessions, where vibrant ideas and innovative solutions flow freely. Engage in dynamic breakout groups, fostering collaboration, and mutual support, as you dissect challenges and construct actionable plans.
One of the highlights of the workshop is the opportunity to create a vision board for your practically perfect early learning center. Visualize success, map out aspirations, and set a tangible course towards realization. Walk away with a clear, visual representation of your early learning center’s path to excellence, equipped with the tools, insights, and confidence to steer your team towards unprecedented success.
Emerge from this workshop empowered, with actionable strategies and a renewed sense of purpose, ready to elevate your early learning center to new heights of achievement. Witness the transformation that arises when accountability and performance coalesce, forging a practically perfect educational environment for every child in your care.
This workshop is a pivotal step towards a future where excellence is not just a goal but a tangible reality, every day, in every way. Your journey to a practically perfect early learning center begins here.
- Learning Outcomes
- Discover the art of developing and implementing effective KPIs
- Foster a culture of accountability and excellence within your team
- Engage in collaborative learning through breakout groups
- Unleash creativity and innovation in solution-oriented brainstorming sessions
- Create a vision board to visually map the pathway to your early learning center’s success
To register for the Saturday, December 9th virtual conference, please register separately by going to childcarelouisiana.org/events
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