CREATE Conference 2015:"Imagine Possibilities for Early Childhood Teacher Education"

CREATE Early Childhood Education Conference
January 16 (4:30 pm – 8:00 pm) and 17 (8:30 am – 5:00 pm), 2015
College of Education at the University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

We  invite  you  to  join  us  for  “Imagine  Possibilities  for  Early  Childhood  Teacher  Education,” sponsored by CREATE, Communities as Resources in Early Childhood Teacher Education.   The theme  captures  the  dynamic  work  being  done  at  the  University  of  Arizona  and  in  your organizations regarding the initial preparation of early childhood teachers, the professional development of current early childhood teachers, and the development of families’ capacities to educate young children.

We welcome two keynote speakers.   Dr. Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University, author of the award winning book, Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom:  Strategies,  Tools  &  Approaches, and  Dr.  Deborah  Wells  Rowe,  Peabody  College, Vanderbilt University, author of Preschoolers as Authors: Literacy Learning in the Social World, will both  be  setting  the  stage  for  rich  discussions  around  the  innovations  taking  place  in  early childhood teacher preparation.

Our focus is a small conference for 150 people so that there is time to talk with each other as well as to hear presentations about the kinds of innovations that people are pursuing with early childhood  teachers  in  undergraduate  and  graduate  programs,  as  well  as  in  professional development.

Registration will be accepted through January 7, 2015.

Due to the generous co-sponsorship of The HELIOS Education Foundation, there will be no cost for the conference itself.   Travel arrangements will be the responsibility of those attending and presenting.  If you are interested, a block of rooms have been reserved at Aloft Tucson University, and are available for booking through Friday, December 26th  at 5 p.m. local time using the following link: .

CREATE is a partnership of the Helios Education Foundation &
the College of Education at the University of Arizona

Proposal Submission Form (Deadline: October 31, 2014)

Registration form (Register by January 7, 2015)