2024 MCEA Fall Conference

2024 MCEA Fall Conference

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8:00am CDT

Breakfast Registration Area

8:45am CDT

Welcome Lake Superior Ballroom - Upper Level

9:00am CDT

Keynote Speaker - Kerry Juntunen Lake Superior Ballroom - Upper Level

10:15am CDT

Eleyo Deep Dive Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Main LevelEleyo Team Help Me Grow Room M/N - Upper LevelKacy Jacobs • Jenny Bouchie High Quality Early Childhood Education: What is it and how to foster equitable access Gooseberry Falls 3 - Lower LevelMeghan Caine How to Create and Sustain a Thriving Family Advisory Council Split Rock 1 - Lower LevelDani Indovino Cawley • Allie Robey MInnesota's Rally to Read Room O - Upper LevelJeremiah Mack • Tim Reardon, Ex. Director of Minnesota's Rally to Read Community Baby Baskets St. Louis River Room - Upper LevelCaitlyn Wood Bounce Back and Lead: Building Resilient Leadership in Community Education French River 2 - Upper LevelJulie Lucas Unconscious and Conscious Bias Gooseberry Falls 2 - Lower LevelCarl Crawford • Keith Turner Time Management Strategies for Effective Leadership: How to Hold Strong Boundaries While Learning to Say “No” So You Can Say “Yes” to Things That Matter Most Split Rock 2 - Lower LevelElsie Storm Debate & Community Education - Supercharging Academic Enrichment French River 1 - Upper LevelJake Swede • Amy Cram Helwich Quality Basics for Youth Programs Gooseberry Falls 1 - Lower LevelJan Derdowski

10:30am CDT

MCEA Finance Committee Meeting Board Room - Upper Level

11:30am CDT

Beyond the Queen's Gambit: Benefits of Chess Gooseberry Falls 1 - Lower LevelPat LaVone Quality Improvement for Early Childhood Departments French River 1 - Upper LevelSteven Jensen • Cindy Check, Consultant at Creative Compass, LLC • Carmen Cook, Consultant at Creative Compass, LLC Ready Early Learning Programs: Spotlight ECFE Split Rock 2 - Lower LevelDarcy Rodriguez • Mi Yang Visual Schedules: FIRST Theory, THEN Make and Take. A Course About Using Visual Schedules with Less Verbal and Early Language Skill Individuals Split Rock 1 - Lower LevelJen Jaros • Laura Kleffman Behavioral Based Interviewing St. Louis River Room - Upper LevelAdam Rosen • Keri Gonzalez Creating a Strategic Community Needs Assessment Gooseberry Falls 3 - Lower LevelKate Andersen • Alice Seuffert Cultivating Self-Care: Enhancing Well-being for You and Your Team Gooseberry Falls 2 - Lower LevelDonna Lekander • Christina Walther Eleyo Connect Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit Hall - Main LevelEleyo Team Growing the Strengths of Youth: A Trauma-Sensitive Strength-Based Approach to Youth Development French River 2 - Upper LevelKathryn Magnusson