Early Childhood Conference

Judy Harris Helm, Ed.D., keynote speaker

Judy Harris Helm, Ed.D., began her career teaching first grade. She has also taught four year olds and adults as well as designed and directed early childhood programs. For the past ten years she has been assisting early childhood and elementary schools throughout the country and internationally in integrating research and new methods through her consulting and training company, Best Practices, Inc. Helm is also an accomplished author; her work has been translated into five languages.

Barbara Schoenbeck, Ph.D. -  A Teacher’s Place: Loved, Serving, Leading, and Loving

Enjoy lunch as you are encouraged to celebrate your time with young children and their families, live in baptismal grace, maintain warm loving relationships, become “gift naming mirrors” in your classroom, and always keep the most important things, the most important things in your life and teaching.Dr. Barbara Schoenbeck served as director of Early Childhood Education at Concordia University, St. Paul from 1978 to 2005

Schedule for June 15, 2011

8 a.m. Registration, Thom Leadership Education Center, ( TLEC ) lobby

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction of keynote speakers, Weller Hall auditorium

8:45 a.m. Keynote speaker,  Judy Harris Helm, Ed.

10 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Sectional I

11:45 a.m. Lunch, Janzow Campus Center - Luncheon speaker,  Barbara Schoenbeck, Ph.D

1:15 p.m. Sectional II and Combined Sectionals

2:15 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Sectional III

3:30 p.m. Evaluation Collection

Sectional titles and presenters

Sectional I

• Assessment: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Judy Harris Helm, Ed.D., Consultant and Trainer
• Fun to Play, Ready to Learn - Gail Brand, University of Nebraska Extension Educator 
• Meeting the Standards the Kindergarten way—KeepingKindergarten, Kindergarten! - Missy Timmerman, Kindergarten teacher 
• Tools for Tots - Lenette Sprunk and Leah Merkwan, Regional Assistive Technology Specialists
• Creating Artists in all Children - Brenda Robson, Art Educator 

Sectional II

• Helping Children Take Their Place as Readers and Writers - Barbara Schoenbeck, Ph.D. 
  The Power of Play - Kim Marxhausen, Doctoral Candidate, UNL
• Developing Individualized Behavior Support Plans - Carrie L. Gottschalk, M.S., PLMHP, Child and Family Therapist/Behavior Consultant
• The Building Blocks of Play - Lisa Poppe, M.S., Extension Educator University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• Creating Classroom Portfolios for NAEYC Accreditation - Tracy Gordon, NAEYC Special Projects Coordinator 

Sectional III

• The Power of Play -  Kim Marxhausen, Doctoral Candidate, UNL
• Fun Science Activities for Children - Brent Royuk, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Concordia University, Nebraska
• Developing Individualized Behavior Support Plans - Carrie L. Gottschalk, M.S., PLMHP, Child and Family Therapist/Behavior Consultant
• A Place at the Table, Sandra Burwell, R.D., L.M.N.T.
• Emotion Coaching - Kelly Vanness, Early Childhood Professional Development Coord.
• Music and You - Dee Acklie, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education, College of Saint Mary, Omaha