Conference of Champions – Love Changes Everyone! 10-14-23

Come join us at our fall Conference of Champions – Love Changes Everyone!  This conference is unique because you get to pick your sessions.  It will be held at Tyler Junior College – main campus in the new Rogers Science and Health building.  We have ten presenters that will offer tips and techniques to help us be better teachers.  Lunch is included in the fee.

When you register: choose three classes in the first section and just in case your classes are full – pick three more classes in the second section.  Please note there are two prices – Regular and TECPA member price.  Registration begins at 8:00am and classes begin at 8:30.  You will receive a certificate for seven clock hours.

Sponsored by  Tyler Junior College

1. Diapers Are Not Forever

Learn the readiness signs for potty training and best practices for teaching toilet learning in the childcare setting.  (Infant/Toddler)

Amber Welguisz, MEd, ECE

2. Empathy For All Children

Children learn what they live.  Learn activities to do with children to help them develop better empathy for others.  (Pre-K/School Age)

Marilyn McKinney, BS, LSW

3. The Growing Years: How Children Become Themselves

Understanding how emerging milestones are linked in infant and toddler development can give you a strengths-based perspective into the individuality, creativity, and curiosity that each child possesses.  (Infant/Toddler/Pre-K)

Stephen Hidalgo, MS, EI-ECSE

4. How Full Is Your Bucket?

In today’s world, it is critical to build a positive self-esteem in every child we interact with – learn how to make it happen.  (All Ages)

Alex Alfaro, AA, BAAS

5. Communicating Behavior Expectations

Learn how using visuals can enhance your classroom expectations.  So, staff can talk less yet communicate more to their students. (Pre-K/School Age)

Kim Paetzel, MEd

6. So You Want To Run A Childcare Center?!

Gain understanding about various support services available to child care centers and learn about resources you can access to guide your decisions for business sustainability and quality care.  (Directors/Owners or Directors to Be)

Tonia Crawford, MEd and Brandee Overshown, CDA

7. Building Stronger Brain Foundations

Learn about the impact of positive and negative experiences on brain development and classroom strategies, activities and resources to foster healthy brain development through early intervention.  (Infant/Toddler)

Emily Bowdoin, EIS-FQ

8. Building Language In Infants And Toddlers

For infants and toddlers, it is important to build language both verbally and nonverbally.  Learn fun activities that will bolster language development in your classroom.  (Infants/Toddlers)

Venice Ray, AA, AS, CDA

9. Circle Time Fun

Learn tips and techniques to make circle time run smoothly to help the children stay engaged.  (Toddler/Pre-K/School Age)

Shannon Bedsole, BS

10. Successful Centers

Learn many tips to organize and enhance your centers with authentic theme items to help decrease challenging behaviors through proper room set up. (Toddler/Pre-K, School Age)

Alexandra Lopez, BS