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July 23, 24, & 25, 2013
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Preschool
Teachers
Adventure
Conference
Featuring Workshops for
Early Childhood Educators, Mother’s Day Out Teachers,
Preschool Teachers, & Directors
Sponsored by
The Adventure Preschool &
Windwood Christian Academy
Ministries of
Windwood Presbyterian Church
10555 Spring Cypress Road, Houston, TX 77070
281-378-4080 Fax: 281 378 4081
www.ptac-preschoolteachersadventureconference.org
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Pre-Conference
CPR/First Aid Course
Add to your professional training by attending this informative class
provided by Unique Services. By attending this class you will become
certified by the American Heart Association in both CPR and First Aid.
Please note that this is a PRE-CONFERENCE class!
When:
Monday, July 22, 2013
Time:
9:00 am until 1:00 pm
Location:
Windwood Presbyterian Church
Activity Center
10555 Spring Cypress Road
Houston, TX 77070
Cost:
$30.00 per person if registered to attend PTAC.
$40.00 if NOT registered to attend PTAC.
Fee payable in advance (see registration form).
**Fee is not refundable, but is transferable.
Greetings!
We want to invite you to join us for
PTAC 16!
We are in Children’s Ministry…..and there is no greater calling!
So, here we are, gathered…. diverse…. committed…. and called.
We are very excited about partnering with area ministries to help them reach out to His
children! We are hoping that each of you, as you attend PTAC, will bring a food item for an
area food pantry. When you drop off your food items you will be able to enter into the
drawing for a Free 3 day PTAC 2014.
“We exist to reflect the whole heart of God to a world loved by God”
Be on the lookout for an email detailing the needs of the area food pantries and how you
can help!
Our goal of this year’s PTAC is to bless you.
All who have gathered here have committed to take a knee and to serve a child for our
King. Here, you will be presented the best training, by the best trainers. You will be surrounded by resources and provided an opportunity to connect with each one. You will be
immersed in a community of people, like you, who believe serving children is God’s highest
purpose for their life.
Take advantage of your time here. Make the most of it. Connect with one another. We
want to bless you.
It is our honor to serve you. Thank you for joining us at PTAC this year!
Michelle Asous
Director, The Adventure Programs
General Information
The Adventure Preschool & Windwood Christian Academy would like to take the opportunity to invite you
to the 16th Annual Preschool Teachers Adventure Conference to be held July 23, 24, and 25, 2013. We
have evolved from a small conference for MDO & Preschool teachers — into a conference that now serves
over 600 Early Childhood Professionals & Directors per day! We have nationally acclaimed speakers, along
with practical and imaginative workshops, where you will find opportunities to be trained, encouraged, and
motivated!
Our Speakers
Each day, we will take the opportunity to start the day together in our Worship Center while we enjoy various nationally recognized speakers and performers of interest to all.
We meet again for an afternoon speaker after the last workshop session.
Registration Deadlines
We are offering a 10% discount AND a FREE conference t-shirt
to those who get their registration forms and fees to us by
May 31, 2013. The final deadline for PTAC registration is July
5, 2013. Your registration forms and fees should be postmarked or hand delivered by no later than July 5, 2013.
Conference Workshops
Seating is limited, so we recommend that you register as
soon as possible. Should we reach capacity and are unable
to accommodate you, your registration fees will be refunded. The first 750 attendees to register will be seated in
the Sanctuary for the Keynote and Footnote Speakers. After 750 will be seated in satellite rooms for the Keynote and
Footnote Speakers. Your nametag will reflect which area
you will be seated.
We will have the conference/presenter handouts available
ONLINE for you to print out BEFORE you arrive. Workshop
notes/handouts will be put up on the website (www.ptacpreschoolteachersadventureconference.org) as they become
available.
Registration paperwork postmarked after July 5, 2013 will
incur a $25 late fee.
Each workshop is 50 minutes long and will have open seating
on a first-come, first-served basis. We have special workshop
tracks for those involved with Mother’s Day Out and/or Preschool, as well as special tracks available for Directors. Minimum Standard training numbers will be in the conference
schedule, which will be posted on the conference website 1014 days prior to July 23rd.
Start/End Times
Keynote Speakers run from 8:15 am until 8:50 am each day,
with conference workshops starting immediately thereafter.
We have an Afternoon Presenter from 2:50—3:50 pm each
day.
Cancelled or Full Sessions
In the past, we have experienced last minute cancellations
that are beyond our control. Last minute cancellations will
be posted outside the session rooms and highlighted in our
morning announcements. It is unavoidable that some of
your chosen sessions will be full, some of the workshops will
be repeated. We recommend that you have at least two alternates chosen in advance for each session time. In fairness
to all participants, saving more than one seat in a session will
not be allowed if that session begins to fill up. Please respect
“Session Full” signs, as sitting on the floor is a violation of
Fire Safety Codes.
Cost
We feel that for the quality of speakers and workshop leaders we are bringing to you, we are still very affordable. (1 day
= $100, 2 days = $180, 3 days = $230). Your fees include admission to speakers and workshops, continental breakfast and a
catered lunch each day.
Training Hours and CEU’s
In accordance with the new standard for training, for each
FULL day that you attend PTAC, you are eligible for 8 clock
hours. If you attend all three days (including speakers) of
PTAC you will be eligible for a total of 24 clock hours. Certificates for training hours will be provided with your registration materials.
For a processing fee of $25, you may obtain 2.4 CEU’s from
Texas Southern University. If you wish to be eligible to receive CEU’s for your conference attendance, you must insure that your conference registration form, your CEU request form, and your fees are postmarked no later than
July 5, 2013.
Refund Policy
Registration fees are non-refundable, but are transferable.
No Children Allowed
PTAC has no childcare available on the premises. Children
cannot attend PTAC or be on the premises.
Questions?
Should you have any questions about PTAC, please call The
Adventure Preschool at 281-378-4080. Extra forms and
workshop handouts can be downloaded from our website at
www.ptac-preschoolteachersadventureconference.org.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Registration: 7:00 am
Praise & Worship: 7:50—8:10 am
Welcome: 8:10—8:15 am
Keynote Speaker: 8:15—8:50 am
Keynote Speaker — Jim Wideman
Jim Wideman is considered an innovator, pioneer, & one of the fathers of the modern children’s ministry
movement. He has been a speaker, teacher, author, leadership coach, ministry consultant, & worked in
local churches over a span of four decades. Jim has trained hundreds of thousands of children’s & student ministry leaders from all denominations & sizes of congregations around the world. In 2012, the
INCM presented him with their first ever Legacy Award for his lifetime achievement in Children’s Ministry. Jim currently oversees all the Next Generation & Family Ministries – Birth through College at World
Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, TN. Jim believes his marching orders are to spend the rest of his life
serving the local church & taking what he has learned about leadership & ministry & pour it into the next
generation of children’s, youth, & family ministry leaders.
Footnote Speaker — Yancy
With over a decade under her belt in creative circles, Yancy’s fingerprints have found their way onto a variety of projects that suggests she has an insatiable appetite to explore, while serving as an ingenious study
in contrasts along the way. From her high-energy worship ministry to preschoolers & preteens, and now
reaching beyond to even mom & dad, Yancy’s musical influence is inspiring the entire family to worship,
learn & rejoice in the Lord! She has had success in a variety of projects & genres, from releasing CD/DVDs,
touring with acts like Newsboys, Mute Math, & Nicole Nordeman, co-writing hits for the likes of Avalon &
Jaci Velesquez, to authoring devotional books. Yancy has even launched a father/daughter speaking
event with her dad and veteran minister, Jim Wideman.
Session 1 Workshops
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Director’s Track
5 Things Every Leader Has to Get Right
Speaker: Jim Wideman
Jim has been leading teams for more than 30 years at church & at school. Over the years, he’s watched leaders come & go, some
have thrived & some have fizzled. In this workshop, Jim will share the 5 most common things he’s observed from working & leading
others from his recent book, “The Eric Trap”. This teaching will not only help directors, but also your key staff.
Top 10 Legal Mistakes Directors Make & How to Avoid Them
Speaker: Tym Smith
This informative session will highlight the top mistakes made in a preschool program. Participants will be given several ways to prevent falling into these ‘pits’. This is a 2-hour workshop that continues in Session 2.
MDO/Preschool Track
A Day in the Life of a Toddler
Toddlers are interesting, unique and fun
little people! They are experiencing difficult physical challenges and important
developmental milestones. Additionally,
they lack crucial social skills & need extremely specific environments! Through
humor and hands-on fun, we will put ourselves in their shoes. Get ready to be 2
years old — again!
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: MDO
Signs of Child Abuse
This session will sharpen your skills at
recognizing signs & symptoms of abuse
& neglect with the children in your care,
as well as review our obligations as child
care professionals.
Speakers: D. Burnworth & J. Hirsch
Audience: Preschool
Math Monkey’s Purposeful
Mathematics Play
Discover how to create a developmentally
appropriate mathematics program for the
early childhood classroom. Explore how
you can bring the concept of sets,
shapes, measurement, spatial awareness, patterning, one-to-one correspondence, numbers & numerals, & problem
solving into daily activities using props &
music to capture a young child’s attention
& interest.
Speaker: Susan Mac Hugh
Audience: MDO
Preschoolers Are Learning Machines:
Teach the Way They Learn!
3, 4, & 5 year olds learn with every
breath, every relationship & every experience. Understand how they learn so you
can make good choices about learning
activities, music, & Bible learning adventures. Make God’s Word meaningful &
memorable to young learners!
Speaker: Karen Apple
Audience: Preschool
Fostering Self-Esteem in
Young Children
The foundations of self-esteem are
formed very early in life and teachers
have a critical responsibility in helping
children develop a healthy sense of selfworth, a feeling that he or she is special,
and positive dispositions toward learning.
This session will address how teachers
can foster the development of a healthy
self-esteem and positive educational outcomes.
Speaker: Stacie Williams
Audience: Preschool
Session 1 Workshops - Continued
Birth to 3: Building Hands for Fine Motor Skills & Handwriting
Did you know that most of our hand skills
are developed in the first year of life and
then refined as we grow older!? Let’s explore these skills during the critical period
before age 3 as well as fun ways to encourage their development in your classroom.
Understanding Multiple Intelligences
God made each of us with at least eight
different pathways or intelligences available for taking hold of information. This
workshop shows how all eight intelligences can be incorporated into one lesson
so that each student receives a wellrounded grasp of what you want to teach
them.
Speaker: Lyn Armstrong
Audience: MDO
Speaker: Tina Houser
Audience: Preschool
Why Kids Misbehave
Controlling a classroom is similar to fire
prevention & protection. You only have
two choices! SNIFF or SNUFF! Smoke
detector or fire extinguisher—proactive or
reactive.
In this insightful workshop,
teachers will learn the reason children
misbehave and how to respond in a way
that truly benefits the child!
Make It Real: Hands-On Science Ideas
Across the Curriculum
In this interactive workshop, Julie will
share science ideas that have consistently proved to be favorites among teachers & students alike. Included will be alltime favorite activities that relate to math,
literacy, music, & movement.
Ideas
shared will make learning fun using real
items to teach science concepts.
Speaker: Dr. Rick Chromey
Audience: MDO/Preschool
Fine Motor Skills . . . Write Out
of the Box!
Engaging & hands-on presentation of the
fine motor development of young children
3-6 years old. This session contains essential, rarely addressed, information for
educators of all young children, which
supports pencil grasp & pre-writing development across the curriculum. Activities
& techniques are ready to use in the
classroom tomorrow!
Speaker:
Marianne Gibbs, EdD, OTR/L
Audience: Preschool
Make It, Take It — Giggle, Wiggle,
Clap & Learn!
This is a double session that includes two
projects to take home and use right away!
Children are natural wigglers and this
energy can be used as a learning experience! Learn dozens of easy to replicate
activities that foster language development coupled with kinesthetic learning.
Learn activities that foster important skills
such as rhythm, repetition, & rhyme,
along with stimulating auditory awareness, listening skills, language use & oral
motor skills.
Speaker: Jane Kitson
Audience: Preschool
Speaker: Julie Hamilton
Audience: Preschool
Sing Across Texas With Me!
Learn new songs, poems, & movement
activities that celebrate the great state of
Texas! Curriculum connections to reading, math, & social studies will be demonstrated.
Speaker: Devora Miller
Audience: Preschool
Conscious Discipline: Fostering
Self-Regulation, Pt. 1
Build your program on safety, connection
& problem solving with the goal of using
brain research to encourage optimal success. Learn the 7 Skills as you view discipline as an opportunity to teach rather
than a disruption. Create a positive learning environment while enhancing socialemotional learning & self regulation for
children in your care.
Speaker: Andrea Poehl
Audience: Preschool
Magical, Marvelous Math
There’s magic in number play with young
children! So, join us in learning the
“tricks”. From playing games to singing &
dancing, we can give our children appropriate math experiences. With the wave
of a wand, we will “turn them into” magical
marvelous mathematicians!
Audience: Preschool
Just Winging It — Science
If you don’t have a ‘science mind’ & experiments aren't really your thing — come
& learn easy, innovative ways to introduce
science into your classroom. This is science made so easy that it will look like
your just ‘winging it’!
Speaker: John Sivadon
Audience: Preschool
Lions, Tigers, & Bears! Oh My!
Managing Conflict in the Classroom
It’s not a matter of “if” conflict happens,
but “when” conflict happens in your classroom. Conflict, when approached correctly, doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
Part of a child’s social and emotional development involves learning to resolve
conflict successfully, but if we fail to manage the conflict when it arises, it can
quickly overtake the classroom. This session is all about how to anticipate conflict,
manage conflict and make conflict work
for you instead of against you in a classroom setting.
Speaker: Lori Buxton
Audience: Preschool
The Tried, the True, & the Brand New:
Books, Baskets, & Dramas for
Young Children
Revisit old favorites and discover new
book titles that are engaging & amusing!
You’ll find books that beg to be read —
from read-alouds & dramas to creating
exciting classroom libraries. We’ll read,
dramatize, & enjoy books that inform &
delight children from toddlers to five.
Speaker: Sherry Dubin
101 Transition Activities
The content of this class is based on the
book “101 Learning and Transition Activities” by Bradley Smith and Adam Smith
[published by Thomas Delmar Learning
©2006] and is a collection of fun and engaging activities for teachers and families
to share with children in a childcare center
or at home.
Speaker: Bradley Smith
Audience: Preschool
Speaker: Chris Smith
Session 2 Workshops
10:10 am - 11:10 am
Director’s Track
Organization for Those Not Born That Way
Speaker: Jim Wideman
No one was born organized! It’s just learned behavior. It comes easier for some than others, but it’s still learned behavior. If you
have ever wished for more than 24 hours in a day, this workshop will help you! Time Management Guru & author of “Beat The Clock”
— Jim Wideman will help you structure your time, your appointments & your priorities to help you get control of your schedule rather
than your schedule controlling you.
Top 10 Legal Mistakes Directors Make & How to Avoid Them
Continuation of Session 1 Workshop.
Speaker: Tym Smith
MDO/Preschool Track
Birth to 3: Building Hands for
Fine Motor Skills
& Handwriting
Repeat of Session 1 workshop.
are developed in the first year of life and
then refined as we grow older!? Let’s
explore these skills during the critical period before age 3 as well as fun ways to
encourage their development in your
classroom.
Audience: MDO
Together Time with Infants,
Toddlers, & Twos
Come & discover the importance of creating an age-appropriate setting for the
youngest children. See how you can
engage these children by designing an
inviting & tranquil setting where infants,
toddler, & two’s can gather together to
explore & learn.
Audience: MDO
Teaching With Spice
An interactive, experiential workshop on
how to be a creative teacher or presenter.
Focuses on creative instructional methods, experiences, music, visuals, writing
& discussions. For the teacher tapped out
on creativity or needing an inspirational
boost, this workshop is just the ticket!
Terrific Transitions
Ahhh! Transitions! Once one of the
scariest words in a preschool teacher’s
vocabulary! I believe that transitions can
be some of the most fun and meaningful
moments with children. We are going to
change those transitions from terrifying to
TERRIFIC!
Books Baskets, & MORE
Enjoy exploring a variety of books & book
extensions; dramatization, story baskets,
as well as poetry & songs. Focus on fostering student participation & active engagement. Discover the power & pleasure of good books & the potential impact
on oral language & vocabulary development.
Sing Across Texas With Me!
Learn new songs, poems, & movement
activities that celebrate the great state of
Texas! Curriculum connections to reading, math, & social studies will be demonstrated. (Repeat of Session 1 Workshop)
Audience: Preschool
Shapes, Symbols, & Scissor Skills
Sequenced for Success!
This collaborative & interactive session
focuses on documentation & assessment
methods for handwriting readiness & scissor skill proficiency. Enhance parent conference interactions & your professional
articulation of students’ progress with
objective & meaningful information produced from these methods.
Speaker: Marianne Gibbs, EdD, OTR/L
Audience: Preschool
share science ideas that have consistently proved to be favorites among
teachers & students alike. Included will
be all-time favorite activities that relate to
math, literacy, music, & movement. Ideas
items to teach science concepts. (Repeat
of Session 1 Workshop)
Painless Parent Teacher Conferences
Assessment and assessment strategies
are vital issues in the childcare center
and early educational class. This session
develops a win/win strategy for initiating
parent teacher conferences. Topics include: The legal liability of early education
assessment and conferences, denial is
not a river in Egypt – how to approach
parents who think it is, and outlining a
“pleasant, thorough and consistent” parent teacher conference.
Audience: Preschool
Bugs In My Garden. . . Numbers
In My Head
Sip “Bug Soup” in the Garden Café &
jump & count to the grasshopper beat!
Experience “thematic” mathematical activities supporting brain research that
suggest the brain encodes new “info” into
long-term memory when it is allowed to
make meaningful connections. Ideas to
take & use tomorrow!
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
The Power of Positive Early Learning
Environments
During this session we will explore effective teaching strategies that foster the
development of essential knowledge &
skills while promoting positive dispositions toward learning. We will discuss
strategies teachers can use to promote
the development of essential skills
through the use of age-appropriate,
meaningful learning experiences that
foster a love of learning!
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. This
session will sharpen your skills at recognizing signs & symptoms of abuse & neglect with the children in your care, as
well as review our obligations as child
care professionals.
Audience: Preschool
Lasso the Energy!
With an attention span of about four minutes and an endless supply of energy,
preschoolers need to be taught in a way
that addresses both of those characteristics. Let’s respect how God made these
little ones. If we provide kids with experiences that connect in a way that meets
their needs, then we’ll see preschoolers
meet Jesus.
Audience: Preschool
Preschoolers Are Learning Machines:
Teach the Way They Learn!
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. 3 , 4, & 5
year olds learn with every breath, every
relationship & every experience. Understand how they learn so you can make
good choices about learning activities,
music, & Bible learning adventures. Make
God’s Word meaningful & memorable to
young learners!
Audience: Preschool
Speakers: Dorris Burnworth & Jake Hirsch
Audience: Preschool
Terrific Transitions are not just about cute
songs or a fun chant as you head out the
door of your classroom. Transitions
should be thoughtful, consistent & relevant. Children see to feel secure in their
surroundings & thrive within predictable
schedules. Let’s chat about how to create transitions that meet the needs of
each child while moving freely throughout
your day from one activity to another.
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: MDO
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop.
Audience: Preschool
Conscious Discipline: Fostering SelfRegulation, Pt. 2
Prerequisite: Part 1 Workshop, from Session 1.
Audience: Preschool
Clap & Learn!
Second part of a double session.
Audience: Preschool
Session 3 Workshops
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
Director’s Track *** LUNCH ***
MDO/Preschool Track
Note To Participants:
Lunch #1 is served during this time.
Music & Fun with the Little Ones!
Are you ready to get energized? Come to
this high energy workshop that will introduce ways to help keep those little one’s
attention through a variety of popular
songs that keep kids enthused and excited to participate in music. Learn how
to incorporate puppets and visual aids
that keep the children’s attention while
promoting their gross motor skills & learning process.
Speaker: Shelly Akins
Audience: MDO
Positive Guidance Techniques for
Classroom Teachers
In this workshop we will explore ways of
encouraging the development of selfregulation skills that promote positive
interactions among children. We will discuss effective strategies that encourage
and reinforce important dispositions that
lead to positive interactions, effective
problem-solving skills, and cooperative
learning environments.
Audience: Preschool
“Centering” - Fine Motor Skills
Come away with new ideas to help foster
fine motor skills through meaningful centers!
Audience: Preschool
Session 4 Workshops
Beyond Baby Basics for Your
Littlest Learners
Make parents, infants, & crawlers feel
confident & secure each time they come
to your classroom!
Provide a babyfriendly, loving, learning environment that
meets each child’s needs & encourages
& equips parents.
Audience: MDO
Self Esteem
This training session looks at the topic of
Self Esteem. Everyone is searching for
that balance between feeling good about
themselves and putting themselves down.
It is difficult to teach self esteem if you
don’t feel good about yourself.
Errorless Learning. . . Who Knew?
Session involves significant self-reflection
& interaction using a strategy for effective
learning called Errorless Learning. The
session engages learners in a metacognitive approach to assessing their own
teaching strategies & shares a new way
to evoke children’s esteem during the
process of acquiring academic mastery.
Audience: Preschool
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. There’s
magic in number play with young children! With the wave of a wand, we will
“turn them into” magical marvelous
mathematicians!
Audience: Preschool
Why Kids Misbehave
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Controlling a classroom is similar to fire prevention & protection. You only have two
choices! SNIFF or SNUFF! Smoke detector or fire extinguisher—proactive or
reactive.
Audience: Preschool
A Day in the Life of a Toddler
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Toddlers
are interesting, unique and fun little people! Through humor and hands-on fun,
we will put ourselves in their shoes. Get
ready to be 2 years old — again!
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: MDO
Teaching Bible Stories to God’s
Children– A Pastor’s Perspective
More than a few of the Bible stories contain some pretty “adult” content. They
deal with immorality, death, and eternity. How do we teach the Bible stories in
a way that does not dodge the issues, but
does not go over the kid’s heads, or scare
them? We will look at ways of helping
children learn to love and trust God’s
Word.
Speaker: Rev. Kevin Rudolph
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Director’s Track
Making Your School a Great Place to Work
Speaker: Tym Smith
This management session will explore ways to evaluate each staff member’s personality type, will help train managers to develop
plans to motivate staff using techniques such as children’s literature, sports, TV, & games.
Question & Answer With DFPS
Speaker: Christina Harvey
Bring your list of questions, scenarios, & situations and let the representative form the Department of Family Protective Services give
you the real low-down!
MDO/Preschool Track
Lunch #2 is served during this time period.
Music Exploration for Infants
& Toddlers
Babies respond instinctively to music!
Learn ways of experiencing music with
infants & toddlers through songs, rhymes,
& exploration activities that can both
soothe & stimulate cognitive development.
Audience: MDO
Understanding a Young Child’s
Experience of Grief
Common grief reactions, parental concerns, and age-appropriate resources will
be discussed, along with examples of
how to help grieving preschoolers from
the Bo’s Little Friends Program for 3 & 4
year olds. Bo’s Place is a non-profit bereavement center located in Houston,
Texas.
Speaker: Marian Mankin, LCSW
Math Monkey’s Purposeful
Mathematics Play
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Discover
how to create a developmentally appropriate mathematics program for the early
childhood classroom. Explore how you
can bring the concept of sets, shapes,
measurement, spatial awareness, patterning, one-to-one correspondence,
numbers & numerals, & problem solving
into the daily activities.
Audience: MDO
Clap & Learn!
This is the first part of a double session
that concludes in Session 5. Repeat from
Sessions 1 & 2. Includes two projects to
take home and use right away! Children
are natural wigglers and this energy can
be used as a learning experience! Learn
dozens of easy to replicate activities that
foster language development coupled
with kinesthetic learning. Learn activities
that foster important skills such as
rhythm, repetition, & rhyme, along with
stimulating auditory awareness, listening
skills, language use & oral motor skills.
Lions, Tigers, & Bears! Oh My!
Managing Conflict in the Classroom
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. It’s not a
matter of “if” conflict happens, but “when”
conflict happens in your classroom. Conflict, when approached correctly, doesn’t
have to be a bad thing. Part of a child’s
social and emotional development involves learning to resolve conflict successfully, but if we fail to manage the
conflict when it arises, it can quickly overtake the classroom. This session is all
about how to anticipate conflict & making
conflict work for you instead of against
you in a classroom setting.
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
If You Don’t Document It - It Didn’t
Happen
Documentation is becoming more & more
important in the early childhood setting.
Come learn the “in’s & out’s” of documentation in a classroom setting — what you
need — and what you don’t — for yourself & your administration.
Bully-Proofing: Helping Children &
Healing Hurts
Violence, name-calling, social isolation. . .
Bullying is a national crisis today. Learn
how to empower children with the skill of
Assertiveness, beginning with your own
interactions. Children will learn powerful
communication tools, whether they are
the victim or the aggressor.
Speaker: Cindy Pirtle
Session 5 Workshops
Audience: Preschool
Books, Baskets, & Dramas for
Young Children
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Revisit
old favorites and discover new book titles
that are engaging & amusing! You’ll find
books that beg to be read — from readaloud & dramas to creating exciting classroom libraries. We’ll read, dramatize, &
enjoy books that inform & delight children
from toddlers to five.
Audience: MDO
Understanding Multiple Intelligences
Repeat from Session 1. God made each
of us with at least eight different pathways
or intelligences available for taking hold of
information. The workshop shows how all
eight intelligences can be incorporated
into one lesson so that each student gets
a grasp of what you want to teach them.
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
1:40 pm - 2:40 pm
Director’s Track
Avoiding Parent Complaints: A Lesson in Communication
Speaker: Tym Smith
Are you having problems with challenging parents? In this session, directors will learn tips & strategies to avoiding
’misunderstandings’ through successful communication with the parents of the children in your program.
Legal Issue Question & Answer
Bring your list of ‘legal’ questions, situations, & scenarios to discuss. Find out the legal implications of your decisions as Directors.
MDO/Preschool Track
Young Children
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. The
foundations of self-esteem are formed
very early in life and teachers have a critical responsibility in helping children develop a healthy sense of self-worth, a
feeling that he or she is special, and positive dispositions toward learning. This
session will address how teachers can
use classroom experiences to foster the
development of a healthy self-esteem and
positive educational outcomes.
Audience: Preschool
Discipline & Behavior Intervention
Bradley has been a student of leadership
principles for about a decade & began
seeing similarities between these concepts & discipline problems teachers
were having within their classrooms.
Concepts include learning focus on the
leadership aspects of being a teacher &
minimizing challenges & conflict with children through incorporating these leadership strategies with the children. This
workshop focuses on the “positive” side
of discipline.
Audience: Preschool
Having Fun in Centers & Circle Time
Circle time & centers are exciting times to
learn for little minds & hands! Participants will learn about many teaching
games & manipulatives that are fun &
can be used in both teaching situations.
Learn about fun ways to help children
learn letters, sounds, opposites, colors,
body parts, shapes — along with a few
easy science experiments! A fun & exciting learning experience builds a confident
& joyful child.
Speaker: Cindy Baxter
Audience: Preschool
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Enjoy
exploring a variety of books & book extensions; dramatization, story baskets, as
well as poetry & songs. Focus on fostering student participation & active engagement. Discover the power & pleasure of
good books & the potential impact on oral
language & vocabulary development.
Audience: MDO
Rainy Day Activities
Dread rainy days? Discover indoor activities that range from gross & fine motor
skills to literacy, math, & science. You
will go home with an abundance of
hands-on ideas to use on a rainy day or
ANY day of the week!
Audience: Preschool
Bugs In My Garden. . . Numbers
In My Head
Repeat of Session 2 workshop. Sip “Bug
Soup” in the Garden Café & jump & count
to the grasshopper beat! Experience
“thematic” mathematical activities supporting brain research that suggest the
brain encodes new “info” into long-term
memory when it is allowed to make
meaningful connections. Ideas to take &
use tomorrow!
Audience: Preschool
Lasso the Energy!
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. With an
attention span of about four minutes and
an endless supply of energy, preschoolers need to be taught in a way that addresses both of those characteristics.
Let’s respect how God made these little
ones. If we provide kids with experiences
that connect in a way that meets their
needs, then we’ll see preschoolers meet
Jesus.
Audience: Preschool
Toddlers, & Twos
Repeat from Session 2 Workshop. Come
& discover the importance of creating an
age-appropriate setting for the youngest
children. See how you can engage these
children by designing an inviting & tranquil setting where infants, toddler, & twos
can gather together to explore & learn.
Audience: MDO
Make It, Take It — Giggle, Wiggle, Clap
& Learn!
Second part of a Double Session.
Audience: Preschool
Audience: MDO
Teaching With Spice
Repeat from Session 2. An interactive,
experiential workshop on how to be a
creative teacher or presenter. Focuses
on creative instructional methods, in experiences, music, visuals, writing & discussions. For the teacher tapped out on
creativity or needing an inspirational
boost, this workshop is just the ticket!
Music For Preschoolers
Music can be used to calm, educate, &
‘activate’ children! Come and join us for
some new & different ‘musical’ ideas to
bring to your preschool classroom!
Speakers: S. Akins & M. Kirklin
Audience: Preschool
Come away with new ideas to help foster
fine motor skills through meaningful centers!
Audience: Preschool
(Repeat from Session 2) Ahhh! Transitions! Once of the scariest words in a
preschool teacher’s vocabulary! I believe
that transitions can be some of the most
fun and meaningful moments with children. We are going to change those transitions from terrifying to TERRIFIC!
Afternoon Speaker
Yancy
Music Exploration for Infants &
Toddlers
Repeat of Session 4 Workshop. Babies
respond instinctively to music! Learn
ways of experiencing music with infants &
toddlers through songs, rhymes, & exploration activities that can both soothe &
stimulate cognitive development.
Understanding a Young Child’s
Experience of Grief
Repeat from Session 4. Common grief
reactions, parental concerns, and ageappropriate resources will be discussed,
along with examples of how to help grieving preschools from the Bo’s Little Friends
Program for 3 & 4 year olds. Bo’s Place
is a non-profit bereavement center located in Houston, Texas.
Speaker: Marian Mankin, LCSW
I Can Do It Myself!
Interactive & self-reflective session focuses on techniques you can use immediately in the classroom or at home to support children’s independence & skillbuilding. This session will increase your
ability to facilitate self-help mastery & selfefficacy development in young children,
which are building blocks for future academic achievement.
Audience: Preschool
Time Out Needs a Time Out
School climate impacts all achievement.
The culture of a school can foster bullying, blame & cliques, or it can build cooperation, willingness & responsibility. Examine classroom management tools for
school success & the research that insists
there is a better way. Lay the foundation
for Connections by building your School
Family.™
Audience: Preschool
Children– A Pastor’s Perspective
Repeat from Session 3
2:50 pm - 3:50 pm
All Conference Attendees should report to the Worship Center at this time.
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed by presenters and/or exhibitors are their own,
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Conference Planning
Committee, The Adventure Preschool, Windwood Christian Academy or
Windwood Presbyterian Church. The Conference Planning Committee
does not officially endorse any particular product, program, teaching
method, activity or handout presented at this conference.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Keynote Speaker: 8:15—8:50am
Keynote Speaker — Stephen Fite
As long as Stephen can remember, he has always loved music. At the young age of five he had big
dreams of being the fifth Beatle. That whole British band thing never panned out, but he has found
something just as cool, if not cooler! He has realized his dream of playing before crowds of screaming
fans — the very young variety. The bonus is that through his play (it’s not really work if you love it), he is
able to touch their lives by aiding in their education. Stephen is an award-winning, musician/writer whose
albums have received 18 national recognized honors. Suitable for the classroom, car, or living room, his
upbeat brand of children’s music spans the spectrum from Rock to Reggae, Pop to Blues, Dixieland and
many other styles.
Footnote Speaker — Chandra Peele
Chandra is a dynamic speaker who has a passion for Jesus that is contagious! She encourages her audience
to live with peace, hope, and joy while experiencing true freedom that comes when we step into God’s
amazing grace. This former minister of youth is the founder of GAB (Godly & Beautiful) Ministries, Inc., a
ministry with the mission of reaching teens in a real world with a real God. In addition, she is an advocate
against human trafficking & has worked with teen moms & pregnancy care centers across the United
States, as well as other programs need assistance with at-risk children. Chandra’s latest release is Church
Lady: Freed to Be a Woman of God, her first book for adult Christian women.
Session 1 Workshops
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Director’s Track
The Power of Small in the Center — Why the Small Things Make ALL the Difference
“Small” can change the world! In today’s challenging and changing times, bigger isn’t always better. In fact, it’s often the baby steps
that put us on the path to delivering a true competitive advantage. The real secret to getting ahead is to refocus our attention on the
small details that can set us apart in the early care and education marketplace.
Speaker: Robin Rettie
School Staff Training
This session explains behaviors, how to change unwanted behaviors — and how to work with parents to get the job done!
MDO/Preschool Track
Repeat of Tuesday’s Session 2 Workshop. Enjoy exploring a variety of books
& book extensions; dramatization, story
baskets, as well as poetry & songs. Focus on fostering student participation &
active engagement. Discover the power
& pleasure of good books & the potential
impact on oral language & vocabulary
development.
Audience: MDO
Understanding Kid Culture
What’s your tech? Did you grow up on
black & white television and vinyl records? Or cable & cassettes? Today’s
kids have gone digital and this interactive,
experimental workshop helps early childhood professionals navigate postmodern
culture through the SPIRIT perspective &
provides understanding for how culture
changes and changes children.
Classroom Teachers
interactions among children.
We will
discuss effective strategies that encourage and reinforce important dispositions
that lead to positive interactions, effective
Audience: MDO
Supervision
Texas licensing guidelines on supervision
will be discussed. Participants will learn
the 5 point supervision checklist, and will
explore multiple ways to track attendance
so that children are always accounted for.
Group discussions will reflect on various
supervision issues that can be found in
early childhood situations.
Speaker: Tym Smith
Are You Off Your Rocker? Get on the
Floor with that Child on Your Lap!
Discover 6 steps to help CRAWLERS &
WALKERS LAUNCH into learning adventures! They are ready to hear, so let’s get
ready to teach them about God and His
love!
Audience: MDO
Child Development 101
Early Education teachers and providers
must stay on the cutting edge of developmentally appropriate practices including
strategies for lesson planning and class
room follow through. This class outlines
the key components of a cutting edge
early education strategy. Included are:
Ages and stages, understanding the difference between schedules and lesson
plans, literacy, 6 basic preschool math
concepts, 6 aspects of diversity education, and many more.
of the Box!
classroom tomorrow!
Audience: Preschool
Make It, Take It — Add A Slice of
Music, Add a Slice of Fun!
This is a double session that includes
two projects to take home and use right
away! Sing your way through a session
that is packed with language activities
guaranteed to light the fire of learning in
young children. Music can and will enhance early language skills. Learn about
the connection between music and language skills as a tool to introduce children
to new words, as well as enhance self
esteem, attention and listening skills in
young learners.
Audience: Preschool
There’s magic in number play with young
children! So, join us in learning the
“tricks”. From playing games to singing &
dancing, we can give our children appropriate math experiences. With the wave
of a wand, we will “turn them into” magical marvelous mathematicians!
Audience: Preschool
recognizing signs & symptoms of abuse &
neglect with the children in your care, as
care professionals.
Audience: Preschool
Session 2 Workshops
Attention Differences in the Early
Childhood Setting
Come & explore this neurobiological disorder call ADD & brainstorm effective
classroom management strategies.
Learn how to make curriculum adjustments, increase incentives, maintain a
strong relationship with parents, & develop self-management skills for young
children. Receive the resource information that will be provided for your continuing educational journey.
Audience: Preschool
10 Ways to be a Better Preschool
Teacher INSTANTLY
We live in an instant society. Don’t we all
love the things that we can take care of
easily & quickly? This workshop will outline 10 quick & easy tweaks or changes
that you can make that will make you a
better teacher for your incredible little
munchkins!
Audience: Preschool
Creating Interest Centers
With A Purpose
Teachers often spend the majority of their
planning time focused on the actual curriculum. However, we must begin to meticulously plan the teaching environment
to increase learning and enhance your
curriculum! Let’s discuss how to bridge
the gap between our curriculum and
classroom interest centers!
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: Preschool
Handwriting: There Is More To It
Than You Think! (Part 1)
Part 1 of a 2-part Session. Did you know
that handwriting can be thought of as a
ladder with multiple rungs? Come look at
the various rungs of development, what
they are, how they develop & what you as
a teacher can do to help your children put
it all together.
Audience: Preschool
Rainy Day Activities
Dread rainy days? Discover indoor activities that range from gross & fine motor
skills to literacy, math, & science. You
will go home with an abundance of
hands-on ideas to use on a rainy day or
ANY day of the week!
Audience: Preschool
Ready, Set, Sign: Sign Language for
Classroom/Behavioral Management &
Smooth Transitions!
This presentation will discuss using
American Sign Language in the classroom with a focus on promoting an
“inclusive educational environment”
where children can learn, socialize &
communicate. Attendees will be ‘handson’ & out of their seats, signing & playing
games! Classroom management techniques will be shared as well as how to
incorporate sign language into your daily
routine.
Speaker: Beth Hoffman
Audience: Preschool
If you don’t have a ‘science mind’ & experiments aren't really your thing — come
& learn easy, innovative ways to introduce science into your classroom. This is
science made so easy that it will look like
your just ‘winging it’!
Audience: Preschool
Time Out Needs a Time Out
School climate impacts all achievement.
The culture of a school can foster bullying, blame & cliques, or it can build cooperation, willingness & responsibility. Examine classroom management tools for
school success & the research that insists
there is a better way. Lay the foundation
for Connections by Building your School
Family.™
Audience: Preschool
10:10 am - 11:10 am
Director’s Track
The Tortoise & the Hare — Keys to Making It to the Finish Line
There are some important lessons about perspective & balance to be learned from this classic tale. In our time together, we will
evaluate how effectively we are running the race set before us & how we can ensure that we not only cross the finish line, but that we
RUN through it!
Child Find
This session reviews the definition of disability — as defined by federal, state, and local laws, resources available, and provides ideas
for working with parents & the public school system.
MDO/Preschool Track
Wiggle, Growl, Stretch: Books,
Baskets & Dramas for 2’s & 3’s
What does literacy look like in a classroom of 2’s & 3’s? With intentional &
purposeful planning, you can make literacy meaningful & fun! Discover how
nursery rhymes, poems, finger plays,
songs, & dramatic play can enrich classroom experience for your young learners.
Audience: MDO
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Discover
6 steps to help CRAWLERS & WALKERS
LAUNCH into learning adventures! They
are ready to learn, so let’s get ready to
teach them about God and His love!
Audience: MDO
Young Children
can use classroom experiences to foster
the development of a healthy self-esteem
and positive educational outcomes.
Audience: MDO
Raising the Bar of Professionalism
This is a highly motivating session that
encourages teachers and early education
employees to look introspectively and
evaluate themselves professionally. Concepts include working toward growth and
excellence and seeing the work as a profession. Participants will be encouraged
to realize the importance of their career
and the impact they are having on society
as a whole.
Conflict Resolution &
Positive Guidance
The session will start by exploring the
reasons why children act out. Once the
root of the problem is uncovered, participants will learn the five approaches to
discipline and guidance. Group discussion will be encouraged!
Speaker: Tym Smith
Feed the Need
“Do this & get that.” External motivators
are a common trick to encourage participation, work, learning & behavior. This
workshop will explore the problem with
bribes & rewards in the classroom, plus
give a foundation for creating a positive
environment based on grace, relationships, ownership, worth, laughter, &
safety. And, no, you won’t get a prize to
come!
Shapes, Symbols, & Scissor Skills
Sequenced for Success!
This collaborative & interactive session
focuses on documentation & assessment
methods for handwriting readiness & scissor skill proficiency. Enhance parent conference interactions, & your professional
articulation of students’ progress with
objective & meaningful information produced from these methods.
Communicating & Connecting
With Parents
Parents come with various personalities &
with all kinds of backgrounds. Therefore,
their children are a reflection of each family’s unique traits. Early childhood programs must find ways to not only effectively communicate with each parent, but
also connect with the whole family on a
deeper level. We will discuss how to
reach parents in a ways that will bless not
only the child but their entire family.
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: Preschool
Part 2 of a 2-part Session.
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
Second part of a double session that
includes two projects to take home and
use right away!
Outside Centers: Bringing the Inside
Outside & Other Fun Outdoor
Activities
This workshop is designed to get you
thinking outside the box! Anything that
you do inside with your students can also
be done outside. Some examples are
dress up, instruments, paint, tape, etc.
This session will present an array of developmentally appropriate ideas to stimulate students learning in an outdoor environment!
Audience: Preschool
Science? Magic? Check It Out!
Can you -”Soak-It-To-Me”? Or will you try
a “Meltdown”? This workshop is chockfull
of ooooooooh’s & aaaaaaaah’s!
So,
come along for a rollercoaster ride of science “quick tricks” & extended units that
involve children in exploration & experience. Inquiring minds want to know. . .
How about you?
Audience: Preschool
Creative Centers for Outdoor Learning
Explore how small group instruction &
interactive sensory stations can effectively enhance learning. Discover how to
use puppets, props, & other materials to
heighten center development & provide a
rich choice of activities for young children
outside of the classroom.
Audience: Preschool
Spiritual Development of Preschoolers
Babies enter this world ready to start
learning about the God who created
them. But, what exactly should we be
teaching them? In this workshop, we'll go
through the spiritual truths that are the
foundation—what you start with in the
nursery—and how you build on those at
each stage of the preschool years.
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
Ready, Set, Sign: Sign Language for
Classroom/Behavioral Management &
Smooth Transitions!
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop
Audience: Preschool
I Hear You, But I Don’t Understand You
Each school year brings more students
into your classroom who are not native
English speakers. How do you create
thoughtful instruction for 2nd language
learners? Learn the two stages of language acquisition & strategies on how to
initiate English literacy instruction.
Speaker: Dr. Mary White
Audience: Preschool
Conscious Discipline: Fostering SelfRegulation, Pt. 1
Build your program on safety, connection
& problem solving with the goal of using
brain research to encourage optimal success. Learn the 7 Skills as you view discipline as an opportunity to teach rather
than a disruption. Create a positive learning environment while enhancing socialemotional learning & self regulation for
children in your care.
Audience: Preschool
Session 3 Workshops
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
MDO/Preschool Track
Beyond Baby Basics for Your Littlest
Learners
Make parents, infants, and crawlers feel
confident & secure each time they come
to your classroom!
Provide a babyfriendly, loving, learning environment that
meets each child’s needs & encourages
& equips parents.
Audience: MDO
share science ideas that have consistently proved to be favorites among
teachers & students alike. Included will
be all-time favorite activities that relate to
math, literacy, music, & movement. Ideas
items to teach science concepts.
Audience: MDO
recognizing signs & symptoms of abuse &
neglect with the children in your care, as
care professionals.
Session 4 Workshops
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. First part
of a double session.
Audience: Preschool
The Power of Positive Early
Learning Environments
development of essential knowledge and
skills while promoting positive dispositions toward learning. Research demonstrates that children learn best when early
learning environments consist of positive
and nurturing relationships with adults
who engage children in relevant and
meaningful experiences. We will discuss
strategies teachers can use to promote
the development of essential skills
through the use of age-appropriate,
meaningful learning experiences that
foster a love of learning!
Audience: MDO
Conscious Discipline: Fostering
Self-Regulation, Pt. 2
Prerequisite: Part 1, from session 2.
Audience: Preschool
Fundamentals of Sign: American Sign
Language from Birth to 5 years
This workshop teaches basic ASL words
tailored for children from birth to 5 years
through the use of age appropriate songs,
games, stories & activities. This fun &
unique presentation is literally ‘hand-on’ &
will have you out of your seats!
What’s your tech? Did you grow up on
black & white television and vinyl records? Or cable & cassettes? Today’s
kids have gone digital and this interactive,
experimental workshop helps early childhood professionals navigate postmodern
culture through the SPIRIT perspective &
provides understanding for how culture
changes and changes children.
10 Ways to be a Better Preschool
Teacher INSTANTLY
We live in an instant society. Don’t we all
love the things that we can take care of
easily & quickly? This workshop will outline 10 quick & easy tweaks or changes
that you can make that will make you a
better teacher for your incredible little
munchkins!
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Director’s Track
The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
We invest thousands of hours & dollars promoting growth in our teams, but precious little on ourselves. Based on the best selling
book by John Maxwell, this session will challenge us not to settle for “good enough”, but instead to press in & realize our full potential. Maxwell encourages us to be the leaders we are called to be.
Building Staff Loyalty
Statistics tell us that employees usually leave their job for one of eight basic reasons. This class identifies these issues and then allows participants group brainstorming of differing ways these issues can be overcome.
MDO/Preschool Track
Making Sense of Sensational Senses!
This engaging workshop gives insight into
the world of our SEVEN senses & how
those senses affect the lives of children &
each one of us on a daily basis. Learn
about rationale, activities, & practical
techniques to assist students with sensory challenges & promote more effective
classroom learning.
Audience: Preschool
Help Me Make Sense of My World —
Infant & Toddler Environments
It really is a small world after all! Research states that 27% of learning comes
from our environments. This means that
the environment is instructing even when
the teacher is otherwise engaged. Learn
about the most important environmental
components that must be included in an
infant/toddler classroom!
Bugs In My Garden. . .
Numbers In My Head
Sip “Bug Soup” in the Garden Café &
jump & count to the grasshopper beat!
Experience “thematic” mathematical activities supporting brain research that
suggests the brain encodes new “info”
into long-term memory when it is allowed
to make meaningful connections. Ideas
to take & use tomorrow!
Audience: Preschool
Audience: MDO
MDO/Preschool Track
this high energy workshop that will introduce ways to help keep those little one’s
songs that keep kids enthused and excited to participate in music. Whether you
are teaching in your classroom or in a
large group, learn how to incorporate
puppets and visual aids that keep the
children’s attention while promoting their
gross motor skills and learning process.
You don’t need to be a strong singer to
teach children how much fun music,
movement, and learning can be!
Audience: MDO
Supervision
Texas licensing guidelines on supervision
will be discussed. Participants will learn
the 5 point supervision checklist, and will
explore multiple ways to track attendance
so that children are always accounted for.
Group discussions will reflect on various
supervision issues that can be found in
early childhood situations.
Speaker: Tym Smith
Session 5 Workshops
Than You Think! Part 1
Did you know that handwriting can be
thought of as a ladder with multiple
rungs? Come look at the various rungs of
development, what they are, how they
develop & what you as a teacher can do
to help your children put it all together.
Creating Interest Centers
With A Purpose
Teachers often spend the majority of their
planning time focused on the actual curriculum. However, we must begin to meticulously plan the teaching environment
to increase learning and enhance your
curriculum! Let’s discuss how to bridge
the gap between our curriculum and
classroom interest centers!
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: Preschool
Books, Baskets, & MORE
Enjoy exploring a variety of books & book
extensions; dramatization, story baskets,
as well as poetry & songs. Focus on fos-
tering student participation & active engagement. Discover the power & pleasure of good books & the potential impact
on oral language & vocabulary development.
Audience: MDO
Sensory Smart Strategies
More often young children suspected of
or identified as having disABILITIES are
entering preschools. At times, staff may
feel unprepared to assist children with
unique needs, such as seen in children
suspected of being affected with Autism
and/or ADHD. Simple, usable sensory
smart strategies can give staff the tools
necessary to assist such children. This
workshop is an interactive, hands-on session designed to actively engage staff in
utilizing sensory smart tools and strategies that are proven to minimize undesirable behaviors and increase desirable
behaviors.
1:40 pm - 2:40 pm
Director’s Track
The Way We Work
What you know about working styles can increase your efficiency, productivity & job satisfaction! The key to success in the workplace is understanding the work habits of those around you. Discover how to identify many areas of frustration & conflict that can be
directly attributed to a mismatch of learning styles. Then find positive ways of building on natural strengths to reach your desired
outcome. Based on the book by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias.
How to Tame Your Dragons
All managers and leaders have to face “dragons” from time to time. These are challenges that breathe fire and threaten to destroy
our freedom and success. In most cases we find that if we “slay” these dragons, the fall out can be just as bad as the damage the
‘dragons’ themselves can do. We must learn methods of “taming” the dragons rather than completely slaying them. This session will
share stories and strategies to help implement a strong business approach while not compromising your personal goals and objectives. It will also help you identify your business challenges and understand concepts that will help you tame these dragons so that
you can continue to be successful.
MDO/Preschool Track
Sensory Smart Strategies
Repeat of Session 4 Workshop. More
often young children suspected of or
identified as having disABILITIES are
entering preschools. Simple, usable sensory smart strategies can give staff the
tools necessary to assist such children.
This workshop is an interactive, hands-on
session designed to actively engage staff
in utilizing sensory smart tools and strategies that are proven to minimize undesirable behaviors.
Controlled Chaos
Preschoolers are being expelled from
school??? That is unheard of! However,
it is becoming all too common. How can
you create a classroom environment that
helps prevent this from happening, rather
than being the reason why it happened?
This highly engaging & often humorous
session will show you how to not only
manage & change certain behaviors, but
also to understand how your own natural
responses may be why “little Johnny &
Sally are causing chaos”!
Audience: Preschool
Classroom Teachers
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. In this
workshop we will explore ways of encouraging the development of self-regulation
skills that promote positive interactions
among children. We will discuss effective
strategies that encourage and reinforce
important dispositions that lead to positive interactions, effective problemsolving skills, and cooperative learning
environments.
Audience: MDO
MDO/Preschool Track
Wiggle, Growl, Stretch: Books,
Baskets & Dramas for 2’s & 3’s
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. What
does literacy look like in a classroom of
2’s & 3’s? With intentional & purposeful
planning, you can make literacy meaningful & fun! Discover how nursery rhymes,
poems, fingerplays, songs, & dramatic
play can enrich classroom experience for
your young learners.
Spiritual Development of Preschoolers
enter this world ready to start learning
about the God who created them. But,
what exactly should we be teaching
them? In this workshop, we'll go through
the spiritual truths that are the foundation—what you start with in the nursery—
and how you build on those at each stage
of the preschool years.
Audience: MDO
Audience: Preschool
Outside Centers: Bringing the Inside
Outside & Other Fun Outdoor
Activities
workshop is designed to get you thinking
outside the box! Anything that you do
inside with your students can also be
done outside. Some examples are dress
up, instruments, paint, tape, etc. This
session will present an array of developmentally appropriate ideas to stimulate
students learning in the outdoors.
Session involves significant self-reflection
& interaction using a strategy for effective
learning called Errorless Learning. The
session engages learners in a metacognitive approach to assessing their own
Audience: Preschool
Conflict Resolution &
Positive Guidance
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. The
session will start by exploring the reasons
why children act out. Once the root of the
problem is uncovered, participants will
learn the five approaches to discipline
and guidance. Group discussion will be
encouraged!
Speaker: Tym Smith
Feed the Need
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. “Do this
& get that.” External motivators are a
common trick to encourage participation,
work, learning & behavior. This workshop
will explore the problem with bribes &
rewards in the classroom, plus give a
foundation for creating a positive environment based on grace, relationships, ownership, worth, laughter, & safety. And,
no, you won’t get a prize to come!
Afternoon Speaker
Chandra Peele
Audience: Preschool
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Second
part of a double session that includes
two projects to take home and use right
away!
Audience: Preschool
Science? Magic? Check It Out!
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Can you
-”Soak-It-To-Me”? Or will you try a
“Meltdown”? This workshop is chockfull
of ooooooooh’s & aaaaaaaah’s!
So,
come along for a rollercoaster ride of science “quick tricks” & extended units that
involve children in exploration & experience. Inquiring minds want to know. . .
How about you?
Audience: Preschool
Attention Differences in the Early
Childhood Setting
(Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Come &
explore this neurobiological disorder call
ADD & brainstorm effective classroom
management strategies. Learn how to
make curriculum adjustments, increase
incentives, maintain a strong relationship
with parents, & develop self-management
skills for young children. Receive the
resource information that will be provided
for your continuing educational journey.
Audience: Preschool
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Part 2 of
a two-part Session.
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
Fundamentals of Sign: American Sign
Language from Birth to 5 years
workshop teaches basic ASL words tailored for children from birth to 5 years
through the use of age appropriate songs,
games, stories & activities. This fun &
unique presentation is literally ‘hands-on’
& will have you out of your seats!
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. If you
don’t have a ‘science mind’ & experiments aren't really your thing — come &
learn easy, innovative ways to introduce
science into your classroom.
Audience: Preschool
Bully-Proofing: Helping Children &
Healing Hurts
Violence, name-calling, social isolation. . .
Bullying is a national crisis today. Learn
how to empower children with the skill of
Assertiveness, beginning with your own
interactions. Children will learn powerful
communication tools, whether they are
the victim or the aggressor.
Audience: Preschool
2:50 pm - 3:50 pm
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Keynote Speaker: 8:15—8:50 am
Keynote Speaker — Dr. Rick Chromey
Dr. Rick Chromey has equipped leaders to lead, teachers to teach & is an award-winning Toastmaster.
He’s also a popular author on leadership, culture & faith. His books about smaller church ministry have
been perennial bester-sellers, including one paperback title that remained in demand for over 15 years! Dr.
Chromey has penned over 500 articles for leading periodicals in children’s, youth & family ministry & travels widely to speak at conferences, conventions & other leadership events as “the Original Edu-trainer.”
It’s a title that fits him perfectly because audiences rave about his skill to create smiles while blending in
powerful insights & amazing ideas. His family immigrated to the United States from Taiwan when he
Brad Todd— Footnote Speaker
A respected writer with a knack to think on his feet, Brad Todd has been making people smile, laugh, snort
& applaud for years. His skills were first honed while performing in the trenches as a teacher in a second
grade classroom. After years of teaching in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, & with no
money for therapy, his next profession was obvious, standup comedy! Brad moved quickly through the
ranks to perform in some of America’s most respected Comedy Clubs, including Catch A rising Star, Bananas, & New York’s famed Gotham Comedy Club.
Session 1 Workshops
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Director’s Track
Time Management for Directors
National statistics reveal that the average center director will only stay in their position 3-5 years. Often they are totally burnt out and
may even leave the field altogether. Time management strategies can minimize this statistic and give director’s gained control over
their environment. Topics covered are: Learning to control interruptions, developing a proactive vs. a reactive leadership strategy and
overcoming the top time management challenges.
Way To Go! Communication With Parents
Speaker: Mary Beth Gaertner
Two–part session. Learn about a research-based strategy for building positive relationships between teachers & parents that sets
the stage for a collaborative experience all year long! Works every time! When parents are communicating with their child’s
teacher, they are satisfied with the school as well.
MDO/Preschool Track
Toddlers, & Twos
Come & discover the importance of creating an age-appropriate setting for the
youngest children. See how you can engage these children by designing an inviting & tranquil setting where infants, toddlers, & twos can gather together to explore & learn.
Audience: MDO
Young Children
can use classroom experiences to foster
the development of a healthy self-esteem
and positive educational outcomes.
Audience: Preschool
Physical Development of Preschoolers
Preschoolers are constantly exploring in
order to learn more about their bodies
and the world they live in. All of these
physical developments can be incorporated into teaching them about God, Jesus, the Bible and the church. Instead of
pulling out a coloring page, think about
the things they are learning to do physically and use one of them instead. Participants will receive ideas to go along with
each new physical discovery.
Audience: Preschool
Birth to 3 Years of Age: Building Hand
for Fine Motor Skills & Handwriting
are developed in the first year of life &
then refined as we grow older? Explore
these skills during the critical period before age three, as well as provide fun
ways to encourage their development in
your classroom.
Audience: MDO
Fostering Children’s Self-Esteem
This informative session will help teachers who struggle with the children who
‘don’t seem to fit in’. Participants will also
discuss bullying & and how to handle
these situations.
Speaker: Tym Smith
Preschool Stressors
Preschool children often face unique
challenges that can cause interesting
behaviors in the classroom. Teachers
must be willing to investigate the reason
behind the behaviors & create a plan to
help the child better cope with these life
changes. We will discuss issues of preschool development, frequent behavioral
reactions to life stressors & the most
common life changes for preschool children. Issues like a new sibling, divorce,
illness, & much more will be discussed!
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: Preschool
Picking the Right Battles With Children
Much of our time is spent in battles that
should have never been started & just
can’t be won! This is not an ideal way to
spend your day in the classroom! We will
take a look at triggers, both ours & those
of the children in our care, & decide together how we can avoid unnecessary
conflict in our classroom.
I Can Do It Myself!
Interactive & self-reflective session focuses on techniques you can use immediately in the classroom or at home to
support children’s independence & skillbuilding. This session will increase your
ability to facilitate self-help mastery & selfefficacy development in young children,
which are building blocks for future academic achievement.
Audience: Preschool
Let’s Communicate: Sign Language to
Promote a Positive &
Healthy Social Environment
This session is designed to give teachers
an appreciation of the benefits of using
sign language for positive expressions of
emotion. Participants will also learn to
use sign in establishing & maintaining
responsible, productive, & cooperative
behavior in children — while being respectful, kind & caring.
Audience: Preschool
A Pocket Full of Fun
Participants will come away from this
workshop with literally dozens of new
ideas that teachers can ‘tuck in their
pockets’ & use right away!
Audience: Preschool
Introduction to Peaceful Touch
This workshop will give participants a
personal awareness of the benefits of
touch, as well as hands-on practices to
integrate into the classroom. The fundamentals of Peaceful Touch will be discussed, as well as the wide set of positive
outcomes that can be achieved when
touch is used both at home and in the
classroom.
Speaker: Kimberli Ripley
Audience: Preschool
Cookin’ With Colors
Learn recipes for individual cooking experiences that teach colors. It’s literacy,
math, & science with an “attitude”! So, be
ready to “scramble”-up, “stir”-up, and
“cut”-up for a tasty time together!
Audience: Preschool
& Toddlers
Babies respond instinctively to music!
Learn ways of experiencing music with
infants & toddlers through songs, rhymes,
& exploration activities that can both
soothe & stimulate development.
Keep ‘Em Tuned In & Help
Preschoolers Learn Self-Discipline
Teaching 3 to 5 year olds can feel like
“wrangling cats” to some! Learn strategies to keep kids engaged & to teach
them self-discipline in positive, encouraging ways. Self-discipline is caught &
taught!
Audience: Preschool
Gardening with Little Ones
This is an in-depth workshop on how to
get a school garden going: What devices
work and what don’t; how close to pure
organic gardening you can practice with
kids; what expertise is available to figure
out what to plant and how to plant it; and
what tools, websites, etc. are most helpful. We will be talking about both vegetable/fruit and flower/habitat gardens.
Speaker: Ann Hightower
Audience: Preschool
Behavior Solutions
Behavior is learned. Behavior CAN be
changed! This session presents strategies to deal with behavior melt-downs, as
well as strategies to change the behaviors themselves. Includes a section on
identification of special disabilities, including Autism, ADHD, Down’s Syndrome, &
sensory issues.
Audience: MDO
Session 2 Workshops
10:10 am - 11:10 am
Director’s Track
Shift Happens
This insightful learning session explains how our culture has shifted from a modern to a postmodern context. The problem is that
most organizations still operate with modern strategies, methods, & thinking. An excellent introduction to those attempting to understand “everything postmodern.”
Way To Go! Communication With Parents
Continuation of Session 1 Workshop.
Speaker: Mary Beth Gaertner
MDO/Preschool Track
Mother Goose & Her Literacy Lessons
for Toddlers & Twos
Develop an awareness & exploration of
literacy in an early childhood setting that
will set the stage for preschool readiness.
Create the love of reading by introducing
puppets, props, & age appropriate
rhymes & stories for children. Learn how
to integrate drama, music, & perceptual
motor activities that will enhance language development & the joy of being
together.
Audience: MDO
The Power of Small in the Classroom
— Why the Small Things Make ALL
the Difference
“Small” can change the world! In today’s
challenging and changing times, bigger
isn’t always better. In fact, it’s often the
baby steps that put us on the path to delivering a true competitive advantage.
The real secret to success in the classroom is to refocus our attention on the
small details that can set us apart.
workshop will give participants a personal
awareness of the benefits of touch, as
well as hands-on practices to integrate
into the classroom. The fundamentals of
Peaceful Touch will be discussed, as well
as the wide set of positive outcomes that
can be achieved when touch is used both
at home and in the classroom.
Audience: Preschool
Environments
development of essential knowledge and
skills while promoting positive dispositions
toward learning. Research demonstrates
that children learn best when early learning environments consist of positive and
nurturing relationships with adults who
engage children in relevant & meaningful
experiences. We will discuss strategies
teachers can use to promote the development of essential skills through the use of
age-appropriate, meaningful learning experiences.
Audience: Preschool
A Pocket Full of Fun
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Participants will come away from this workshop
with literally dozens of new ideas that
teachers can ‘tuck in their pockets’ & use
right away!
Audience: Preschool
& Toddlers
respond instinctively to music! Learn
ways of experiencing music with infants &
toddlers through songs, rhymes, & exploration activities that can both soothe &
stimulate development.
Audience: MDO
Communicating & Connecting
With Parents
Parents come with various personalities &
with all kinds of backgrounds. Therefore,
their children are a reflection of each family’s unique traits. Early childhood programs must find ways to not only effectively communicate with each parent, but
also connect with the whole family on a
deeper level. We will discuss how to
reach parents in ways that will bless not
only the child but their entire family.
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: Preschool
Birth to 3 Years of Age: Building Hand
for Fine Motor Skills & Handwriting
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Did you
know that most of our hand skills are developed in the first year of life & then
refined as we grow older? Explore these
skills during the critical period before age
three, & provide fun ways to encourage
their development in your classroom.
Audience: MDO
Behavior Solutions
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Behavior
is learned. Behavior CAN be changed!
This session presents strategies to deal
with behavior melt-downs, as well as
strategies to change the behaviors themselves. Includes a section on identification of special disabilities, including Autism, ADHD, Down’s Syndrome, & sensory issues.
Making Sense of Sensational Senses!
This engaging workshop gives insight into
the world of our SEVEN senses & how
those senses affect the lives of children &
each one of us on a daily basis. Learn
about rationale, activities, & practical
techniques to assist students with sensory
challenges & promote more effective
classroom learning.
Tasty Treats for Literacy
Tired of the tried & true? Have we got
some tasty ideas for you! This “hands-on”
“minds-on” workshop will serve up activities that powerfully promote 1st steps to
literacy. From cooking to dramatic play,
these strategies & more will be ones you
will eagerly take back for your children to
enjoy!
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
Session 3 Workshops
Thursday, July, 25, 2013
What the Best Teachers Do Better
Than Everyone Else
Participants will learn 10 things that make
them ‘better’ than the average teacher.
This fun & exciting session will give you
lots of ideas on improving your classroom!
Speaker: Tym Smith
Little Ones Learn About Nature
This workshop explores how to develop a
campus that attracts native creature communities and interests children, when time
spent specifically on ponds and bird
watching. You will see an inexpensive,
fascinating digital microscope that opens
up a new world to small children, and
learn how to make a caterpillar habitat
that can be passed from child to child. It
also includes in-depth lessons on ladybugs, vegetable and herb gardening.
Audience: Preschool
Make the Parent Connection
Parents are often torn between their obligations to work & what they are missing
out in their child’s life. This workshop will
provide ways that you can help parents
connect to their child’s day, especially
working parents.
Audience: Preschool
Keep ‘Em Tuned In & Help Preschoolers Learn Self-Discipline
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Teaching
3 to 5 year olds can feel like “wrangling
cats” to some! Learn strategies to keep
kids engaged & to teach them selfdiscipline in positive, encouraging ways. S
Audience: Preschool
Literacy And Math
This class explores the use of Literacy
Math activity bags & Literacy Math Activities to both encourage literacy & create a
greater math quotient in the curriculum.
Audience: Preschool
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
MDO/Preschool Track
Discover 6 steps to help CRAWLERS &
WALKERS LAUNCH into learning adventures! They are ready to learn, so let’s get
ready to teach them about God’s love!
Audience: MDO
Fostering Children’s Self-Esteem
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. This informative session will help teachers who
struggle with the children who ‘don’t seem
to fit in’. Participants will also discuss bullying & and how to handle these delicate
situations.
Speaker: Tym Smith
Toddlers, & Twos
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Come &
discover the importance of creating an
age-appropriate setting for the youngest
children. See how you can engage these
children by designing an inviting & tranquil setting where infants, toddler, & twos
can gather together to explore & learn.
Audience: MDO
Session 3 Workshops, cont.
Let’s Communicate: Sign Language to
Promote a Positive &
Health Social Environment
This session is designed to give teachers
an appreciation of the benefits of using
sign language for positive expressions of
emotion.
Audience: Preschool
Little Ones Learn About Nature
Audience: Preschool
Picking the Right Battles With Children
Session 4 Workshops
MDO/Preschool Track
workshop will give participants a personal
awareness of the benefits of touch, as
well as hands-on practices to integrate
into the classroom. The fundamentals of
Peaceful Touch will be discussed, as well
as the wide set of positive outcomes that
can be achieved when touch is used both
at home and in the classroom.
Audience: Preschool
Preschool Stressors
Speaker: Kara Gore
Audience: Preschool
Physical Development of Preschoolers
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Preschoolers are constantly exploring in order to learn more about their bodies and
the world they live in. All of these physical
developments can be incorporated into
teaching them about God, Jesus, the
Bible and the church. Instead of pulling
out a coloring page, think about the things
they are learning to do physically!
Audience: Preschool
Children-A Pastor’s Perspective.
More than a few of the Bible stories contain some pretty “adult” content. They
deal with immorality, death, and eternity.
How do we teach the Bible stories in a
way that does not dodge the issues, but
does not go over the kid’s heads, or scare
them? We will look at ways of helping
children learn to love and trust God’s
Word
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Director’s Track
Leading From the Edge
In a flat & F-A-T (fluid, accessible, temporary) world, we need a leader shift! In this insightful workshop, you’ll discover the five “legs”
for how a business, organization or church can “lead from the edge” through decentralized strategies.
School Staff Training
This session explains behaviors, how to change unwanted behaviors — and how to work with parents to get the job done!
MDO/Preschool Track
Shaken Baby Syndrome
This workshop will explain the importance
of both early intervention & the raising of
community awareness in the area of early
brain development.
Speaker: Milton Mitchell
Audience: MDO
Happen
Documentation is becoming more & more
important in the early childhood setting.
Come learn the “in’s & out’s” of documentation in a classroom setting — what you
need — and what you don’t — for yourself & your administration.
Cookin’ With Colors
Repeat of Session 1 Workshop. Learn
recipes for individual cooking experiences
that teach colors. It’s literacy, math, &
science with an “attitude”! So, be ready
to “scramble”-up, “stir”-up, and “cut”-up
for a tasty time together!
Audience: Preschool
this high energy workshop that will intro-
duce ways to help keep those little one’s
songs that keep kids enthused and excited to participate in music. Learn how
to incorporate puppets and visual aids
that keep the children’s attention while
promoting their gross motor skills and
learning process.
Audience: MDO
Self Esteem
This training session looks at the topic of
Self Esteem. Everyone is searching for
that balance between feeling good about
themselves and putting themselves down.
It is difficult to teach self esteem if you
don’t feel good about yourself. Bradley
Smith will share principles that will aid in
a proper understanding of the issue of
self esteem.
Learn new ideas to help foster fine motor
skills through meaningful centers!
Audience: Preschool
Music Potpourri
Join us for a session filled with NEW
classroom favorites — songs, rhymes, &
games that will keep your preschoolers
singing & moving throughout the year!
Activities in this session focus on devel-
oping language, literacy, & math skills in
the young child.
A Pocket Full of Holiday &
Seasonal Ideas
Participants will come away from this
workshop with lots of great ideas for celebrating holidays, plus seasonal activities
with the children in their care.
Audience: Preschool
Classroom Teachers
interactions among children. We will discuss effective strategies that encourage
and reinforce important dispositions that
lead to positive interactions, effective
Audience: Preschool
This session engages learners in a metacognitive approach to assessing their own
Audience: Preschool
Session 5 Workshops
1:40 pm - 2:40 pm
Director’s Track
What’s your tech? Did you grow up on black & white television and vinyl records? Or cable & cassettes? Today’s kids have gone
digital and this interactive, experiential workshop helps early childhood professionals navigate postmodern culture through the
SPIRIT perspective & provides understanding for how culture changes and changes children.
Child Find
This session reviews the definition of disability — as defined by federal, state, and local laws, resources available, and provides ideas
for working with parents & the public school system.
MDO/Preschool Track
Mother Goose & Her Literacy Lessons
for Toddlers & Twos
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Develop
an awareness & exploration of literacy in
an early childhood setting that will set the
stage for preschool readiness. Create
the love of reading by introducing puppets, props, & age appropriate rhymes &
stories for children. Learn how to integrate drama, music, & perceptual motor
activities that will enhance language development & the joy of being together.
The Power of Small in the Classroom:
Why the Small Things Make ALL
the Difference
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. “Small”
can change the world! In today’s challenging and changing times, bigger isn’t
always better. In fact, it’s often the baby
steps that put us on the path to delivering
a true competitive advantage. The real
secret to success in the classroom is to
refocus our attention on the small details
that can set us apart.
Audience: MDO
Children Have Personality Too
This session explores the 4 personality
types: Sanguine, choleric, melancholy
and phlegmatic. This humor-filled session
will relate these personality types to interpersonal relationships including those
within the classroom. The insights gained
will reveal that “children have personality
too” and that it will affect the way they
behave and react.
Make the Parent Connection
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Parents
are often torn between their obligations to
work & what they are missing out in their
child’s life. This workshop will provide
ways that you can help parents connect
to their child’s day, especially working
parents.
Music Potpourri
What the Best Teachers Do Better
Than Everyone Else
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Participants will learn 10 things that make them
‘better’ than the average teacher. This
fun & exciting session will give you lots of
ideas on improving your classroom!
Speaker: Tym Smith
Environments
Audience: Preschool
Happen
Afternoon Speaker
Brad Todd
Audience: Preschool
A Pocket Full of Holiday &
Seasonal Ideas
Audience: Preschool
Tasty Treats for Literacy
Repeat of Session 2 Workshop. Tired of
the tried & true? Have we got some tasty
ideas for you! This “hands-on” “mindson” workshop will serve up activities that
powerfully promote 1st steps to literacy.
From cooking to dramatic play, these
strategies & more will be ones you will
eagerly take back to your children to enjoy!
Audience: Preschool
Gardening with Little Ones
Audience: Preschool
Having Fun in Centers & Circle Time
Circle time & centers are exciting times to
learn for little minds & hands! Participants will learn about many teaching
games & manipulatives that are fun &
can be used in both teaching situations.
Learn about fun ways to help children
learn the letters, sounds, opposites, colors, body parts, shapes — along with a
few easy science experiments!
Speaker: Cindy Baxter
Audience: Preschool
Audience: Preschool
of the Box!
classroom tomorrow!
Audience: Preschool
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Speaker: Milton Mitchell
Audience: MDO
Audience: Preschool
2:50 pm - 3:50 pm
Workshop Leaders
Shelly Akins musical career started at the age of 8, performing in local theatre groups, as well as film and television. Her
love of playing her guitar and singing for the Lord was strong
after attending Young Life in Dallas. After touring with many
musical groups, she and her husband, Paul, began leading
worship together in Mission Viejo, California. After relocating
to Houston, Shelly’s love for children led her to a career teaching music at Christian private schools. Trainer Req. # 5
Julie Hamilton graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in
Kinesiology. She is certified to teach all levels of Physical
Education & Health, as well as Elementary Education & Early
Childhood. Julie has taught a total of 20 years, as well as
directed a Mother’s Day Out & Preschool program. She
currently teaches Head Start in College Station ISD & has
been a Physical Activity Consultant for Head Start Body Start.
Trainer # 1714
Karen Apple is a licensed children’s minister for kids, birth
through fifth grade, with experience designing two over the top
weekday preschools in Charlotte, NC. She speaks at national
conferences & is a contributing writer for K! Magazine & the
Children’s Ministry Brain Trust. Equipping & encouraging
children’s ministry leaders makes her heart sing!
Trainer Req. . # 5
Ann Hightower is a retired ExxonMobil chemical engineer
who has taught an Outdoor Classroom program at The
Branch School since 2004. She is a Master Gardener, & a
member of the Houston Audubon Society, & the Native Plant
Society of Texas. Trainer Req. # 5
Lyn Armstrong is an Occupational Therapist with over 30
years experience with partnering with parents and teachers to
help kids be successful. She is the author of Alphabet Soup:
Fun Activities to Stir Your Child’s Interest in Letters.
Trainer Req.# 5
Cindy Baxter loves children & started her career in education
working for the Illinois State Department of Education, continuing in Texas completing 30 years with Cypress Fairbanks
ISD. Presently with the Adventure Preschool, she has also
taught Bible School, Sunday School & Summer camp at
Windwood Presbyterian Church.
Trainer Req. # 7
Dorris Burnworth has had a 20 year career in the field of
Social Services, working with survivors of war & disaster, &
with mentally ill adults, any of whom were childhood victims of
abuse. She has been with Child Care Licensing for over 7
years. She holds a degree in Clinical Psychology from the
University of Saint Thomas. Trainer Req. # 3
Lori Buxton has been involved in Early Care and Education
since 1995 and has served children and their families on
many levels, including classroom teacher, trainer, children’s
pastor and executive child care administrator. Lori is the
founder of the Gulf Coast Directors Network in southeast
Texas. Trainer Req. # 7
Dr. Rick Chromey is a professor, author, and leader in emergent culture and children’s ministry. He’s a regular contributor
and columnist for Children’s Ministry magazine and the author
of “Energizing Children’s Ministry in the Smaller Church.”
Trainer Req. # 2,3,4
Sherry Dubin has over 30 years of classroom experience in
both public & private schools. Her experience spans the
ages, from 2’s to 5th grade. Sherry has been employed at
The Shlenker School for 20 years. In addition, she has been
associated with the School Literacy & Culture Project (SLC),
Rice University Center for Education/Glascock School for
Continuing Education for over 20 years. She serves as a
mentor & has presented at numerous workshops & conferences. Trainer Req. # 5,6,7
Mary Beth Gaertner has been an educator & administrator
for over 30 years, both in pubic & private education. She has
served in the Alief, Aldine, Spring, & Magnolia public school
districts. She is currently the Director of Educational Ministries at Salem Lutheran School. Trainer Req. # 2
Marianne Gibbs, MOT, OTR, is an occupational therapist &
education speaker. She is a national speaker and the creator
of “Fine Motor Skills. . . Write Out of the Box.”
Kara Gore has worked in the field of ECE for over 13 years.
Kara currently works as the Director at Saint Mark Lutheran
Preschool, an adjunct instructor at Brazosport College, an
early childhood expert witness/legal consultant for TASA and
has been a public speaker since 2006. Trainer Req. # 2
Jake Hirsch is a Child Care Investigator, conducting investigations of abuse/neglect in child care operations. His career
has included working with troubled youth in Canada, was well
as work with Law Enforcement. Trainer Req. # 3
Beth Hoffman has worked for 32 years in early childhood
education. She has served as a teacher, assistant director, &
director in infant & childcare centers. Beth has worked for
Childcare Resources & Referral as a resource & training
specialist. She is a seasoned Time to Sign Certified Trainer &
has her BS in Early Childhood Development. Trainer Req. # 7
Tina Houser has been a writer of church school curriculum for
over 18 years. She is a popular workshop presenter, always
bringing energetic and engaging topics to her audiences. She
is a published author in the areas of storytelling and bringing
the Bible to children. Trainer Req. # 5
Jane Kitson is the author of over 350 original songs and
finger plays that have been shared with over 100,000 early
childhood professionals in 47 states and Canada. Jane taught
PreK, Kinder, and 2nd grade for 15 years and has spent the
past 14 years sharing exciting literacy presentations from
coast to coast. Trainer Req. # 2,3,5
Susan MacHugh is a registered trainer with the Texas Early
Care & Education Career Development System. She is an
early childhood consultant, a former preschool director/head
teacher, and the support group leader for the Kingwood/Humble/ Atascocita Chapter of the Attention Deficit
Disorder Association. Trainer . # 1040
Marian Mankin is the Program Director of Bo’s Place, a nonprofit bereavement center. Marian is a Licensed Clinical
Social worker and has worked with the bereaved for over 8
years. Trainer Req. # 4
Devora Miller, music specialist & speaker, has been teaching
music & theatre arts to children, toddlers through sixth grade,
for the past 25 years. Ms. Miller has also created Big Books
That Sing!, a line of educational resource products to promote
literacy, multi-sensory teaching, & aid for emergent readers.
She is the music specialist at The Briarwood School &
teaches creative dramatics at Grace Presbyterian Church.
Trainer Req. # 5
Cindy Pirtle is currently serving at Windwood Presbyterian
Church as an Elder, on the Leadership Team of Women’s
Ministry. She has a BA in Political Science and a Juris Doctorate. Educated at both the University of Oklahoma and Oxford
University in England, Cindy practiced Trial law for 10 years,
and has spoken on legal and motivational topics.
Trainer Req. # 3
Andrea Poehl helps teachers, administrators, child care
providers, ministry workers and parents harness positive
discipline techniques and cutting-edge early childhood research to create rewarding relationships and positive learning
environments for children. Andrea has been using Conscious
Discipline® since 2003 in her professional and personal life
and is an experienced Certified Instructor. She is one of only
six certified instructors in Texas. Trainer Req. # 4
Robin Rettie is a licensed Texas teacher with certifications in
Early Childhood through Adult. Robin also has a Masters in
Special Education and is the Founder of Lighthouse Learning
& Resource, a one-stop-shop for children with unique learning
abilities. Trainer Req. # 2,5,7
Kimberli Ripley is a Licensed Massage Therapist and is
certified in both Pediatric Massage & Infant Massage Instruction. As a Peaceful Touch trainer, she enjoys sharing with
teachers, parents, & caregivers about the power & advantages of nurturing touch. Kimberli is passionate about sharing
awareness that the abundance or absence of touch that
children receive can shape their emotional & physiological
well-being. Trainer Req. # 4
Kevin Rudolph is the Senior Pastor of Windwood Presbyterian Church, where he has served since 1993. Kevin is the
author of “The Bible Tour Guide: A 365 Day Spiritual Journey”.
Kevin has spent 25 years in ministry and says, “God has set
before us a great adventure of faith as we share the transforming love of Jesus Christ with the many neighbors, new
and old, that surround us.” Trainer Req. # 4
John Sivadon is a graduate of Texas A&M University and is
certified as an algebra/geometry teacher at the high school
level. His passion has always been for science and he has
attended many science conferences. If you are ‘science challenged’, John will teach you ways to make science ‘come
alive’. Trainer Req. # 2,7
Chris Smith is the Early Childhood Consultant for Enid Public
Schools in Oklahoma, and a national workshop presenter with
over 30 years of experience. She combines current brain
research and “best practice’ strategies to create exciting and
innovative learning activities for young children.
Bradley Smith has been an adult educator and motivational
speaker for over 20 years. His knowledge and expertise in the
areas of child care center management, human resources,
leadership, business issues and classroom procedures have
made him a much sought-after conference and seminar
leader. Trainer Req. # 5,7
Tym Smith began working in the Early Childhood Development field in 1986. Tym has served as a NAEYC Validator
since 2002 & is a certified trainer. Trainer # 1320
Jim Wideman is considered as an innovator, pioneer and one
of the fathers of the modern children ministry movement. He
has been a speaker, teacher, author, leadership coach and
ministry consultant as well as work in a local church over a
span of four decades. As well as helped the churches he’s
served thrive, Jim has trained hundreds of thousands of children’s and student ministry leaders from all around the world.
Trainer Req. # 6,7
Dr. Mary White eloquently combines education and empowerment to motivate anyone she comes in contact with. One of
her greatest strengths is as a professional development provider. Her ability to deliver high energy and audienceengaging presentations with a dash of humor is significant.
Trainer # 1492
Stacie Williams has been involved in the field of early childhood for many years as a teacher, director, volunteer, consultant, and presenter. She was a director of a NAEYC accredited preschool for 10 years. She has a B.S. degree in Child
Development from the University of La Verne and is working
on her Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an
emphasis in Early Childhood Special Education at Sam Houston State University. Trainer Req. # 7
Preschool Teachers Adventure Conference
July 23, 24, and 25, 2013
Registration Form
Please Print!
First Name ______________________________ Last Name ____________________________
Email Address: _________________________________ **This is how we will contact you with additional information!
Position (circle one): Director / Pres Teacher / MDO Teacher / Children’s Ministries / Other: _______
Home Address _________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip _____________________________________ Phone _____________________
School or Organization ___________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip ______________________________________ Phone _____________________
I will be attending PTAC on:
_____ Tuesday
July 23, 2013
____ Thursday
July 25, 2013
____ Wednesday July 24, 2013
Cost: (includes continental breakfast,& lunch )
1 day = $100.00
____
2 days = $180.00
____
3 days = $230.00
____
__________________________________________________________Total Conference Payment:
$_________
10% DISCOUNT
My conference registration & payment will be postmarked
on or before May 31, 2013. I am subtracting 10% of my registration fees as a bonus
for registering early.
Free t-shirt size: (circle one) S M L XL XXL
The free t-shirt is only for the Early Bird Registrants.
(minus 10%):
$_________
I will be attending the Pre-Conference CPR/First Aid Course on
Monday, July 22, 2013 at an additional cost of $30.00 if attending PTAC or
$40 if not attending PTAC. Payable in advance, with this registration form.
_____ Yes
Attending PTAC Yes/ No (circle one)
______________________________________________________CPR/First Aid Course Payment:
$_________
I would like to obtain 2.4 CEU’s from Texas Southern University for my attendance
at all 3 days of PTAC. I understand that my PTAC Registration Form,
CEU Form, and payment made out to The Adventure Programs must reach
The Adventure Programs No Later Than July 5, 2013.
_____ Yes (Include $25.00 processing fee)
_____ No
____________________________________________________________________CEU Payment:
$_________
Late Fee ($25) if after July 5, 2013:
$________
TOTAL ENCLOSED $______
Send completed form(s) and make ONE check payable to: The Adventure Programs
10555 Spring Cypress, Houston, TX 77070
281 378 4080, Fax: 281 378 4081
PTAC
Registration
Page
Please send this completed registration form
& payment to:
The Adventure Programs, 10555 Spring Cypress,
Houston, TX 77070
281 378 4080 Fax:281 378 4081
Continuing Education Registration Form
Preschool Teachers Adventure Conference 2013
PTAC July 2013
Student Registration Information
Last Name: _______________________________ First Name: ___________________________________
Previous Last Name: _______________________ Date of Birth: _________________
Phone No. Home: __________________________ Cell:__________________________
Address: _______________________________________City: ______________State:_____ Zip:_______
Mailing Address: (if different) _____________________________________________________________
Gender: ◊M
◊F
Course Selection
Course Title
Location
PTAC Summer Conference 2013
Offsite
Start Date
7/23/2013
Course Fee
$25.00
Student Signature:_________________________________________________________
CEU’s are only available if you attend all 3 days of the PTAC conference.
Check in and Check out will be required for all 3 days.
Please make checks out to The Adventure Programs and attach this form and
the PTAC registration form to your check.
Forms must be received no later than July 5th to receive CEU’s
PTAC Summer Conference 2013 hosted by
The Adventure Programs
10555 Spring Cypress Rd., Houston, TX 77070
281 378 4080, Fax: 281 370 4081
CEU
Application
Please send this completed application form & payment
to:
The Adventure Programs, 10555 Spring Cypress,
Houston, TX 77070
281 378 4080 Fax: 281 378 4081
Additional Information
•
For each day that you attend PTAC you will be eligible to receive 8 clock hours, for a
total of 24 clock hours for the 3 day conference. The clock hours certificate will be
handed to you at registration. There will be stickers passed out for each workshop that
you attend.
•
If you attend all three days of PTAC, you are eligible to receive 2.4 CEU’s from Texas
Southern University for a processing fee of $25.00. Your CEU request form, along with
the $25.00 fee needs to be received by The Adventure Programs by no later than July
5, 2013. Check In and Check Out will be required for all 3 days.
•
The cost of PTAC (1 day = $100.00, 2 days = $180.00, 3 days = $230.00) includes, admission to speakers and workshops, continental breakfast and a catered lunch.
•
The Director’s Track is available only to Directors. Workshops will be available for
Mother’s Day Out Providers and Preschool Teachers.
•
If you have any questions regarding the Preschool Teachers Adventure Conference,
please call The Adventure Preschool at 281-378-4080. Fax: 281-378-4081
•
Our website is: www.ptac-preschoolteachersadventureconference.org
•
We are GREEN! You’ll be able to download additional brochures, forms, and
workshop handouts from our website listed above. Participants will be responsible for downloading and printing the workshop handouts that they want for their
personal use.
Need a Place to Stay?
The following hotels are close by:
Courtyard by Marriot
11050 Louetta Road
Houston, TX 77070
281-374-6464
Ramada Inn
18836 State Hwy. 249
Houston, TX 77070
281-970-5023
Comfort Suites Hwy 249 at Louetta
21222 Tomball Parkway
Highway 249 & Louetta
Houston, TX 77070
281-370-2727
Holiday Inn Houston NW
18818 State Hwy. 249
Houston, TX 77070
281-970-4888
Conference Location
The Adventure Preschool
& Windwood Christian Academy
Ministries of Windwood Presbyterian Church
10555 Spring Cypress Road
Houston, TX 77070
Phone: 281-378-4080
Directions
The easiest approach to our facility is to
follow State Highway 249 (also called the
Tomball Parkway) west towards Tomball.
Take the Spring Cypress Road exit and turn
right on Spring Cypress. Windwood Presbyterian Church campus is about one mile
down on the right.

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