CEC is encouraging all of its members to participate in the upcoming expert panels focused on early learning. Here is a summary of the upcoming events and additional information on how to become involved.
The US Department of Education has announced the panels of experts who be presenting at the Listening and Learning About Early Learning meetings. Below are dates, places, and names of panel members for the meetings, which will run from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm.
- Family Engagement: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at the Orange County Public Schools Educational Leadership Center, 445 W. Amelia Street, Orlando, FL
Don Bailey, Distinguished Fellow in Early Child Development for Response to Intervention International
Gene Garcia, Vice President for University-School Partnerships at Arizona State University
Carol Day, President of the National Black Child Development Institute
Heather Weiss, Founder and Director of the Harvard Family Research Project and Senior Research Associate and Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Standards and Assessments: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at the Polk Bros. Lecture Hall at the Erikson Institute, 451 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL
Sam Meisels, President of the Erikson Institute
Kathy Hebbeler, Manager of the Community Services and Strategies Program at SRI International and Director of the Early Childhood Outcomes Center
Linda Espinosa, Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia
Catherine Scott-Little, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Registration: To attend or speak at a meeting, you must register at least 4 business days prior to each meeting you plan to attend. Seating and speaker slots are limited, so registering early is important.
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