The Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC), 2015 Annual Conference: "Early Learning: What's Play Got to Do With It?"

The DVAEYC Conference is the premier event for the early education community in the Delaware Valley. This year’s conference, ”Early Learning: What’s Play Got to Do With it?” will bring together over 1,500 early educators, nationally recognized presenters, innovative exhibitors, and public officials for two days of exciting idea-sharing and discussion of one of the most crucial elements of early childhood – the importance of “PLAY.” The conference will highlight best practices in play to help promote and bring attention to the importance of play in early childhood development.

Featured Presenters

Steve Gross - Chief Playmaker, Life Is Good Kids Foundation
(Friday Keynote): “Lead with Optimism (and the Results Will Follow”

Danielle Marshall - Special Projects Consultant, Alliance for Childhood (Saturday Keynote): “A Single Pebble: Play Based Experiential Learning (PBEL)”

Dr. Marcia Nell – Associate Professor, Millersville University, and
Dr. Walter Drew – Facilitator for the Play, Policy and Practice Interest Forum of NAEYC and the Reusable Resources Association
”From Play to Practice: Connecting Teacher’s Play With Children’s Learning”

Aimee Newswanger – Founder, Lancaster Partnership for Community Wellness: “Incorporating Program Wide PBIS into your Early Childhood Program”

Lisa Murphy - Founder and CEO of Ooey Gooey, Inc.
“Ooey Gooey and the Importance of Early Experience”

Debbie Green – Exec. Director, The Parent-Infant Center in West Philadelphia
“Leading With a Vision”

Peg Szczurek - Associate Director of DVAEYC
“Words Matter! Numbers Count! Connecting Concepts for Infants and Toddlers”

Where/When:
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Friday,March 20th & Saturday, March 21st
Registration/Exhibits open at 7:00 a.m. both days

Information:
(215) 893-0130
http://www.dvaeyc.org/events/annual-conference

About DVAEYC
For almost 50 years, the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) has championed high quality early care and education for children from birth to age 8 in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Founded by a group of influential and progressive early childhood educators in the 1960s, the organization was originally called Delaware Valley Association of Nursery and Kindergarten Educators (DVANKE). Then in 1967, the organization affiliated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and proudly adopted our current name. Today, DVAEYC boasts more than 2,000 active members. With 25 professionals on staff, we’re one of the country’s largest local NAEYC affiliates. And we continue to grow by leaps and bounds.
In recent years, we’ve assisted more than 200 early childhood programs to reach national accreditation standards. Our statewide grassroots advocacy network motivates more than 3,000 individuals and organizations to increase public sector support for early learning programs. And our Annual Conference is the largest early childhood convention in the Mid-Atlantic region, drawing over 3,500 individuals annually to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.