Recognizing the Value of Educators- Let's Celebrate You! - Conference 2022

Intended For: Supervisor/Director, Registered ECEs, Home Child Care Visitors, Early Childhood Assistants, Home Child Care Providers, ECB Resource Consultation Staff, Specialized Resource Consultants, EarlyON Practitioners

Registration Closed

Date: Oct 22, 2022

Time: 08:15 AM - 04:00 PM

Fee: FREE

Current Availability: 124

Description

It has been a difficult few years and we want to celebrate and recognize the amazing work of Educators; the conference theme is about celebration, recognition and valuing the work of the sector.  The conference will focus on Indigenous World Views, Anti-Black Racism, 2SLGBTQ+ and Educator Well-being.

This opportunity is funded in partnership with the Province of Ontario, and the Government of Canada under the new Canada-Ontario Early Childhood Workforce Agreement, which provides one-time federal funding to support the retention and recruitment of a high-quality child care and early years workforce.

In order to register you need to work in Toronto in one of the following roles:

• Program staff in a licensed child care centre or EarlyON program
• Home Child Care Consultant/Visitor or Provider in a licensed Home Child Care Agency
• Program supervisor/Director of a licensed child care program, home child care or EarlyON program

PLEASE SELECT ONE SESSION IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON

Agenda

Registration & Breakfast

Timing	Name and Description	Location
8:15 am - 8:50 am

Welcome

Timing	Name and Description	Location
8:50 am - 9:15 am		Presentation Hall

Keynote

Timing	Name and Description	Location
9:15 am - 10:15 am	Sarain Fox	Presentation Hall

Morning Break and Refreshments

Timing	Name and Description	Location
10:15 am - 10:30 am

Morning Workshops (90 mins) - Select 1

Timing	Name and Description	Location
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Intuitive Leadership	Meeting room #208
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Confronting Anti-Black Racism in the Early Childhood and Care Sector	Meeting room #104
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Residential Schools	Meeting room #208
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	"Taking the Cork Out" - Unpacking and Unburdening To Strengthen Worker Resilience	Meeting room #200
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Indigenous Singing and Storytelling	Forum
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Prenons Une Pause En Pleine Conscience	Meeting room #101
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Creating Affirming Spaces for 2SLGBTQ Children	Meeting room #102
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Remember, Reflect, Change and Maintain: How understanding Racism, Anti-Black Racism, Trauma and Mental Health Impacts Early Childhood Education	Meeting room #103
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Compassion Fatigue & Well Being	Meeting room #105
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Indigenous Land-Based Learning	Meeting room #202
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Educator Wellbeing and Optimal Functioning: A Humanistic, Solution-Focused Approach	Meeting room #204

Lunch & Networking

Timing	Name and Description	Location
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch

Tabletop exercise and celebration

Timing	Name and Description	Location
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm	Tabletop exercise and celebration

Afternoon refreshments

Timing	Name and Description	Location
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Afternoon refreshments

Afternoon Workshops (90 mins) - Select 1

Timing	Name and Description	Location
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Resilient Leaders	Meeting room #208
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Let Your Spirit Dance	Meeting room #104
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Nutrition for Well-Being: A personalized approach to eating patterns	Meeting room #208
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Using Rhymes to Connect, Engage and Educate.	Meeting room #200
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Kaminaajaanaanik Binoojiiyik- Honouring Our Children	Forum
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	French (MA)	Meeting room #101
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Creating Affirming Spaces for 2SLGBTQ Children	Meeting room #102
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Remember, Reflect, Change and Maintain: How understanding Racism, Anti-Black Racism, Trauma and Mental Health Impacts Early Childhood Education	Meeting room #103
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Indigenous Land-Based Learning	Meeting room #105
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Crystal & Wire - Meditative Arts	Meeting room #202
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Educator Wellbeing and Optimal Functioning: A Humanistic, Solution-Focused Approach	Meeting room #204

End 4:00pm

Timing	Name and Description	Location

Location

BMO Training Centre
3550 Pharmacy Ave.
Scarborough, ON M1W3Z3

District: Toronto and East York District