2016 Child Care & Early Childhood Education Business Summit
2016 Child Care & Early Childhood Education Business Summit
Thursday, December 1, 2016
the Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center
in Glen Allen, VA
Participant Toolbox - Afternoon Sessions
11:30 - 12:30
Funding Your Passion: A Beginner’s Guide to Fundraising
Fundraising is a challenge for any business! This workshop discusses different types and sources of funding, the basics to creating a fundraising plan, and tips about how to share your story, engage others and turn customers into investors and advocates of your cause. Need help with fundraising and a communications plan? Start with this workshop!
Email: hendersonjk@gmail.com
Bio: Julia Henderson
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Child Care Appreciation Awards Luncheon and Ceremony
Dr. Deborah Tillman, our Mistress of Ceremonies, is a Child Development and Parent Educator, Speaker, Author, Founder & CEO of Happy Home Child Learning Centers, Inc. and “America’s Supernanny” on Lifetime Television. Labeled “A Force for Good” by The Washington Post, Tillman has a deep passion for children. Thank you, Dr. Tillman for helping to celebrate our providers!
Keynote: Emily Ballance
Finding Humor & Purpose in the Midst of Life's Circus!
Our Keynote Speaker, Emily Ballance, is a nationally recognized speaker, who brings her refreshing wit and understanding of people to every presentation. A frequent recipient of standing ovations, Emily draws from her career experiences in healthcare, the corporate world, her private counseling practice, and her life to offer a humorous perspective. You will leave this presentation with better skills to reduce stress, increase productivity, improve communication, and empower yourselves, all while having a great time!
Emily Ballance, MEd, LPC, CSP
Professional Speaker, Emily Ballance, Inc.
1:15 - 2:15
12:30 - 1:00
Maximizing Food Dollars: Understanding the Federal Food Program, Promoting Healthy Meals & Snacks
Caring About Children is our First Priority: Virginia CACFP News You Can Use
Learn about the benefits of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which reimburses child care programs for healthy meals and snacks to ensure that children receive healthy and nutritious meals which make them hungry to learn! CACFP is one way in which the Virginia Department of Health assists the Health Commissioner to lead our state to become the healthiest state in the nation. The program improvements implemented over the past year as well as resources and assistance available to meet the new federal food rules are just some of the ways that we assist child care providers throughout Virginia. Learn more about CACFP and upcoming changes in this workshop. We see your mission in CACFP as ‘”Caring About Children is YOUR First Priority.” Download presentation.
Email: michael.welch@vdh.virginia.gov
Bio: Michael Welch, PhD
3:40 - 4:00
Conclusion: Taking your Thoughts and Ideas to the Next Level & Evaluations
Reminder: You have to be present to win one of our many door prizes!
Kimberly Taylor, Executive Director, Child Care Aware of Virginia
Dr. Deborah Tillman
Emily Ballance
Afternoon Sessions #1 (Choose One)
Winning @Business! Operating Tips for Success
Virginia's Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) -- What are they? Where are they? How they can help your child care program – both centers and homes! The goal of the workshop is to provide Early Childhood businesses with strategies to improve their operational efficiencies through documented business systems, maximizing their use of automation, and financial forecasting to maximize profitability. Download presentation.
Email: lauren@earlyeducationbusiness.com
Bio: Lauren Small
Exploring & Leveraging Skills for Leadership
As adults, we rarely have the opportunity to be true learners. It's important to know yourself, your strengths, and your limitations. In this workshop, you'll learn how to leverage your skills to become a more effective leader. Skills, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs — explore and leverage your greatest attributes to become an inspirational, innovative leader! Download presentation.
Email: danaashley06@hotmail.com
Bio: Dana Ashley
HR Hot Tips: Setting the Stage for a Great Show
Interviewing, hiring, orientation, performance reviews and building an enthusiastic culture are among the keys for creating a high quality child care program. During this workshop, you will learn 6 trends creating a culture for a center in which people want to work, kids want to come play and learn, and about which parents tell their friends. It starts with your talent — making their experience more beneficial, which in turn serves you! This workshop will give you high-level strategies and some very tactical tools you can start using tomorrow. Download presentation.
Email: libby.dishner@crescocoaches.com
Bio: Libby Dishner
2:30 - 3:30
Afternoon Sessions #2 (Choose One)
Marketing Your Program: Maximizing Enrollment
The world of marketing is changing very fast for child care programs. How do you keep up? This workshop will help small businesses understand the latest marketing strategies for early childhood programs. Keep your waiting list full by learning essential marketing techniques, as well as quick fixes to make your current marketing more successful — from strategic photo-taking to web site essentials to what to say on your social media. Download presentation.
Email: lauren@earlyeducationbusiness.com
Bio: Lauren Small
What is the Cost of Quality? The Provider Cost of Quality Calculator
How much does it really cost to operate a high-quality child care program? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a new web-based tool, the Provider Cost of Quality Calculator (PCQC), that calculates the cost of quality based on provider level data. Come see how it works and how you can use it to determine the cost of quality and how each component relates to rates per slot. Download presentation. User Guide for PCQC.
Email: laura.johns@icf.com
Bio: Laura Johns, PhD
Coach, Click, Connect! Maximizing Staff Development
Enhancing the quality of staff development through coaching and mentoring can lead to improved knowledge and practice of early childhood educators and higher outcomes for children. Workshop attendees will learn how to use web-based resources for coaching and mentoring to provide staff support, strengthen staff skills and approaches, and increase staff understanding and implementation of effective practices. Download presentation. Session Handout.
Christine Belinda and Lyn Horning, Penn State Better Kid Care
Emails: Christine: crb16@psu.edu; Lynn: lch5@psu.edu
Why EQ Trumps IQ: High Quality Programs Depend on Staff with High Emotional Intelligence!
People need both kinds of intelligence, intellectual and emotional. Of course IQ, something we’re born with, helps us be successful. But now, studies have validated that your emotional quotient (EQ) is MORE important to success and happiness in life. The best news is, EQ is something that can be developed. Come learn about the building blocks of EQ—the 5 areas you need to know!
Email: libby.dishner@crescocoaches.com
Bio: Libby Dishner
Engaging Families: Best Practices from Head Start
High quality child care programs include strategies that involve parents and families. Head Start programs have long had highly effective parent engagement strategies. Learn how meaningful family engagement contributes to children’s school readiness and healthy development; how to enhance parent, family, and community engagement practices in your program; and support professional development. You will also learn how to find resources, guides, videos, digital tools, and more! Download presentation.
Email: aleta.lawson@dss.virginia.gov
Bio: Aleta Lawson
