MiAEYC Poster Session Call for Proposals

Michigan AEYC Early Childhood Conference

March 26-28, 2020

Amway Grand Plaza Hotel & DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI

RESEARCH & PRACTICE POSTER SESSION PROPOSAL

INCLUSIVE PRACTICES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD & EARLY INTERVENTION

The Poster Session invites practitioners, researchers, and students across disciplines with a focus in early childhood to share information on inclusive practices including collaboration among agencies; modifications of classroom environments, routines and curriculum; supporting peer relationships among all children; working with families; and teaching approaches in Higher Education/Professional Learning settings and related areas. Students, researchers and teachers/caregivers are encouraged to share completed research and research in process, classroom–based action research and practices including reflections/representations of innovative practices. The purpose of the Poster Session is to encourage interaction and informal communication between presenters and conferees.

The Poster Session is Friday, March 27, 2020, from 1:00-2:15 p.m.

Crown Foyer, Concourse Level, Amway Hotel

Attached you will find the poster session proposal cover sheet. Please submit your poster proposal to Kari Holmberg @ holmberg_k@ccresa.org. Deadline is Friday, February 28, 2020

2020 Michigan Division for Early Childhood Conference

Michigan DEC will celebrate our 10th annual conference this year! This conference couldn't happen without the MiDEC Board of Directors, volunteers, speakers and YOU!

Our goal for each participant is to have a productive learning experience and an opportunity to share with colleagues through quality, research-based sessions, and productive organizational meetings.

The theme this year is 'Meeting the Needs of ALL Learners'. Our goal is to provide families, practitioners, and faculty in higher education with a variety of meaningful sessions and dynamic presentations that encourage continuity of strategies and richness of skills for meeting the needs of all children and students, birth to age eight regardless of background, ability, or cultural differences. Session proposals addressing the following topics will be given our top consideration:

* Supporting children in inclusive settings,
* Promoting Universal Design for Learning,
* Advancing Cultural Competency,
* Understanding Implicit Bias,
* Encouraging Mindfulness, being present
* Developing Resilience, and
* Expanding Social-emotional Supports

2020 Call for Nominations for Jane Scandary Award

Michigan Division for Early Childhood (MiDEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children is excited to announce the 2020 Call for Nominations for the Jane Scandary Award for Excellence in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education. Individuals or organizations may make nominations. Consider who you know that you feel is deserving of recognition for his or her contributions and accomplishments. Now is the time to nominate that person for this prestigious award!

See the Awards tab of this website for additional information and to download a Nomination Form. Nomination deadline is February 21, 2020.

2019 MiDEC Board Election Results

The Michigan DEC 2019 Election results are in!

President-Elect Katie Bourbina

Treasurer Mark Kuipers

Member at Large Holly Hoffman

Congratulations and welcome to the Michigan Division for Early Childhood Board of Directors!

Other Board members include:

President Christy Callahan

Past President Lydia Moore

Secretary Julie Ricks-Doneen

Parent Representative Barb Schinderle

Past Parent Representative Lisa Cook Gordon

Member at Large Sophia D'Agostino

Honors and Awards Chairperson Colleen O'Connor

Professional Development Chairperson Nancy Surbrook-Goins

Outreach Chairperson LaShorage Schaffer

Governmental Relations Co-Chairs Katie Bourbina and Lisa Cook-Gordon

MIDEC NEWSLETTER

Greetings MIDEC!

The next issue of the MIDEC Newsletter is available to MIDEC members. This is an added benefit to being a member of the Michigan Division for Early Childhood. Share your thoughts on Facebook or by contacting us.

Newsletter link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16C-Xv3NBrNM14BccZJcT3WNWF0rSSEgh

Please send your inquiries, comments, and article submissions to:
LaShorage Shaffer
Newsletter Editor Email: michigandec@gmail.com

Jane Scandary Award Memorial Contributions

Michigan early childhood special education pioneer, Jane Scandary, passed away on February 9, 2017. To honor her legacy, her family has asked that memorial contributions to go toward continuing the annual presentation of the Jane Scandary Award for excellence in the field of early intervention/early childhood special education, presented by the Michigan Division for Early Childhood.

Checks for contributions for the Jane Scandary Award should be written out the Michigan Division for Early Childhood, with "Jane Scandary Award" in the memo, and sent to:

Michigan Division for Early Childhood
Attn: Jane Scandary Award
240 S. Bridge Street, Suite 250
DeWitt, MI 48820