Fall Education Conference
for Saturday Only
Saturday, October 19, 2024
West Baton Rouge Conference Center
2750 N. Westport Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
CCAL HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS
CCAL has a discount room block secured with the Hampton Inn and Suites in Port Allen for discount hotel rooms at the rate of $99 plus tax per night for Thursday, October 17th or Friday October 18th. To book a hotel room, call the hotel directly at 225 389-6655 and ask for a reservation under the CCAL Room Block to get the discounted hotel room rate. The hotel rate includes breakfast.
Saturday Breakout Sessions -
October 19, 2024
Culturally Responsive Literacy Practices in an Early Childhood Setting- Dr. Dionne Nichols-Condoll
The presentation will focus on culturally responsive teaching practices including literacy in an early childhood setting and how culture, language, and uniqueness help educators teach literacy skills in a way that increases literacy achievement for all young scholars.
Ready Set Eat Food Safety - Dianne Constant, Agenda for Children
Ready Set Eat Food Safety is a session on how children grow and develop. This is an interactive session that includes information on handling children with special needs. After completion of this three-hour training class, participants will be able to Define the grasping status, describe a positive and supportive learning environment for feeding children, be able to discuss how language and feeding are related.
Tracking and Organizing CCAP Remittances, Semi-automated invoices and More –
Danielle Credeur, Inspire Management Solutions
In this interactive session, center owners and directors will learn how to effectively and efficiently track and organize their CCAP Remittances, their CCAP redeterminations and their semi-automated invoices (also known as SAIs). Come prepared with your laptop and your CCAP paperwork to roll up your sleeves and get your Child Care Assistance Program paperwork organized so that your center can easily stay on top of CCAP payments received, owed and pending. Each of our three 2-hour sessions will be limited to only 10 participants so that we can individualize this hands-on workshop to maximize the benefit for each participant.
Turning Challenges into Triumphs: Strategies for Responding to Staff and Parent Negativity and Keyboard Critics - Kathe Petchel, Hinge Advisors
This session covers steps to take ahead of time to minimize or mitigate negative PR, keyboard critics, and social media rants from both parents and staff. We look at specific and actionable solutions to ensure speedy remedies and learn key phrases and responses to use when under pressure. Attendees will have the opportunity to share some of the challenging situations they have experienced and with the benefit of hindsight, and the groups’ collective wisdom, understand what they could have done differently.
Behavior Has Meaning - Rachelle Gramstad and Analiezel Hall, Co-Presenter – Agenda for Children
During this workshop, participants will gain information about the importance of understanding that all behavior has meaning. During this workshop, participants will be encouraged to think about how the infants, toddlers, or preschoolers in their classrooms communicate their wants and needs, intentions and emotions, and how they respond to their attempts at communication.
Enrollment Elevation - Chelsea Reue, Preschool Exchange
Embark on a transformative journey as we delve into the art and science of crafting preschool tours that captivate hearts and elevate enrollments. In "Enrollment Elevation," we'll explore innovative strategies and proven techniques to turn every tour into a captivating experience. From creating a warm welcome to showcasing your center's unique charm, this presentation is your guide to mastering the intricacies of the tour process. We'll focus on how these efforts can directly improve literacy for Louisiana's youngest learners by attracting families to childcare programs that emphasize early literacy development, ensuring that children have the foundational skills they need to succeed.
ALERT: Profit Is Not a Bad Word – Chelsea Reue
As heart-centered Directors and Owners, it is easy to feel guilty or ashamed of managing a program that is profitable. During this presentation, we will address concerns around profit and explore ways to make your center more profitable to serve your staff, children, families, and yourself better. Takeaways from this presentation will include sample budgets and price structure options to balance a budget and bring profits to your center, turning profit from a bad word into an opportunity for growth. Additionally, we'll emphasize how increased profitability can enhance your center's literacy programs, providing the resources needed to improve early literacy outcomes for the children in your care.
Sensory Story Time – Kathleen Huff, Nunez Community College
This presentation will spark interest in sensory learning activities connected to story times with young children. Children learn through their senses, as well as being interactive with learning materials. So why not link that type of learning to children’s literature in the classroom, in the library, and through newsletters for our families to emulate. Through interactions with materials that connect to the theme of the story it brings children to a higher level of understanding than with the story alone. All early childhood classrooms of today include children with special needs and these are great techniques to fully involve all children.
Child Care Business Valuation 101 & Value Acceleration – Donna S. Daily
Most child care owners do not think about building value over time as they run their business. However, the value of the child care business and associated real estate is what the owner plans to rely on to fund the next chapter of their life – often their retirement. In fact, about 75% of business owners plan to fund their retirement from the eventual sale and “value” of their child care business. This workshop is designed to help owners understand the basics of how childcare businesses are valued. Child care owners often focus on the wrong things when attempting to increase business value. This workshop is designed to help owners understand what increases and decreases a childcare business's value. We will share the proprietary Child Care Business Value Acceleration™ program created by ChildCareOwner.com to help owners implement the most effective methods for increasing the value of their childcare business in less time.
Eliminate, Automate, Delegate to Elevate – Chelsea Reue
Join us for our transformative presentation, "Eliminate, Automate, Delegate, to Elevate," where we'll unveil the essential strategies to streamline your workload, boost productivity, and elevate your business to new heights. Discover how to identify tasks to eliminate, automate repetitive processes, and effectively delegate responsibilities to unlock more time for growth and success. By adopting these strategies, you'll not only achieve greater efficiency and fulfillment but also create the capacity to focus on enhancing literacy programs within your center, thereby improving early literacy outcomes for the children in your care. Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your approach to work and elevate both your business and the educational experiences you provide!
Creating a Literacy Rich Environment – Dr. DeShannon Burrell
Join us for an empowering presentation on fostering a love for reading and writing within homes and communities. This session aims to equip childcare owners, educators, and parents with practical strategies to create enriching literacy experiences for children. We will cover strategies on how to involve parents in their child’s literacy journey along with building community partnerships. Attendees will leave with actionable steps to support children’s literacy development, engage families with setting the home environment for a learning adventure, and collaborating with local organizations to create a supportive literacy network and establish community connections. Dr. DeShannon L. Burrell is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a master’s degree in psychology and her Doctorate in Naturopathic Health. She has thirty years of experience in the childcare field. Within this field, she has worked as childcare staff, director, administrator, and trainer. She has a love for training, equipping, and propelling childcare staff, children and families into their divine destiny. She is owner of Elite Caregiver Training Institute, executive director of Louisiana Human Care Connection, Inc., and Performance Coach with Childcare Millionaire’s Association. She is also a state trainer for Northwestern State University Louisiana Pathways Career Development System helping to improve quality childcare in Louisiana.
No Mine! I wanna Do it! Help me Navigate My Big Emotions
Kari Stephens and Karen Stevens, TIKES Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants
Our goal for the workshop is to help teachers utilize routine parts of their day to highlight and strengthen their classrooms social-emotional literacy. We plan to validate the concerns and frustrations commonly felt by teachers of students with big emotions. We also want to educate an equip teachers with tools such as their social stories, a curated book list, and additional knowledge about social-emotional health, that will give them the confidence necessary to teach children how to identify and regulate their big emotions.
Healing the Hurt of Trauma:
Using Children’s Literature to Support Children –
Sherry Palmer
Trauma is an all too often experienced by the children in our care. These children need extra care and specialized strategies to support their healing. Healing from trauma is a long and arduous process, however adults who recognize this can and must be key to the healing. Adults can use the power of literature as a strategy to support children in trauma. Each participant will receive a list of quality books that are recommended by highly respected children’s counselors and psychologists. Lesson Plans and activities that have been developed to accompany these books will also be shared. By using literature that is relevant to social emotional needs, Louisiana’s youngest learners can develop an understanding of the power of story in the lives of others and for themselves.
Seamless Succession Planning: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Future-Proofing Your Company
Kathe Petchel, Hinge Advisors
It's never too early to plan your exit. In fact, we recommend you start thinking about it when you open your doors. However, as your company grows, things become more complicated, especially when real estate is acquired, children and family members join the company, and you are the market leader in your area. Join Kathe Petchel, Hinge Advisors, Business Development team member, for an informed discussion about what you should have in place now, what to consider for the future, and the key factors that will support a successful exit if and when you choose. Special content relating to second-generation succession planning, business and real estate valuations, and choosing a corporate successor will be shared. Don't miss this session designed to give you peace of mind. Future-proof your company now!
Parent Engagement: An Essential In Building Strong Readers – Sherry Palmer
The families of the children we serve are a constant variable and the most powerful bridge to success for them. When Early Learning Centers embrace families as partners, all benefit. In this session, you will learn the nuts and bolts of parent engagement and have the opportunity to hear examples of successful programs. This presentation will share steps taken from the beginning “dream stages” through implementation of a program that has become a way of life for one center. Specific action steps will be described parents and staff alike took to forge a program and set it up for success that has stood the test of time.
Early Bird Discount Registration Rates through September 18th
CCAL Non-Member
Member
Onsite Friday $125 $250
Onsite Saturday $125 $250
Virtual Friday $125 $275
Virtual Saturday $125 $275
Friday Social $ 60 $120
Exhibitors
6’ table with 2 chairs $375
Drink Sponsor $400
For non-members, call or text Cindy Bishop at 225 933 5435 for special rates.
Please Include your name, center or affiliation and email address please
For registration assistance, call Cindy Bishop at 225 933 5435 or email cindy.bishop@checkmate-strategies.com and David.roberson@checkmate-strategies.com
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