9:00 – 10:30am
Introduction to Creating Connections for Beginners
Presented by Angel Nichol & Sarah Rose
Introduction to the Creating Connections curriculum.  Will introduce the All the Time strategies and Brain Train Activities.  This session is for teachers who are new to Creating Connections.  There is no participant limit.

9:00 – 10:30am
Creating Connections Tune-Up: A Deeper Dive
Presented by Stephenie Kearney and a panel of HSOLC teachers
This session is for teachers who have received a basics training, but are in need of additional opportunities to problem solve implementing parts or all of the Creating Connections curriculum. This will be an opportunity to see what other teachers in the agency are doing with this curriculum right now. We will spend our time together talking about barriers that may exist, providing some additional resources, and an opportunity to brain storm and problem solve in the moment with a panel of peer mentors. There is no participant limit; session will not be recorded.

8:30-10:00am
Engineering in the Classroom
Presented by Kerry Holmes IN PERSON AT WHITEAKER
Will give an overview of the engineering design process and ideas for how to support it in the classroom.  In person at Whiteaker, limit 20 participants, pre-registration required.  (Session is full)

10:00am-12:30pm
Exploring Technology with Young Children
Presented by Kerry Holmes
Overview and discussion of various types of technology (media, devices, tools, & coding) and how they could be explored in the classroom.  Limit of 30 participants, pre-registration required. You will be invited to the meeting on Microsoft Teams after registration.  (Session is full)

11:00am-2:00pm
Becoming Poverty Informed: Print vs. Oral Culture
Presented by Karla Snell, Chava Kronen, Al McGillivray, Becca Bruce
Join us for the next layer of our journey to become poverty informed in our services. The way in which people give and receive information impacts their worldviews and values, as well as their communication and learning styles. Come explore understanding and communicating via Oral and Print Culture, along with five powerful communication strategies. Download the Handout: Communication Quiz

2:30pm-4:30pm
Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years
Presented by Al McGillivray, Heidi Johnson
Movie screening and discussion.  By taking viewers into diverse early childhood classrooms, the film seeks to demonstrate the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context, and practice in anti-bias education.  As a group we will watch the documentary with break out group discussions.