Agenda

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration

Foyer

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Opening Plenary: Office of Child Care Strategic Framework Goals, Policy Priorities, and Alignment of ECE Programs

Grand Ballroom

President Obama’s Vision for Early Learning Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education ACF Leadership George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, ACF Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development, ACF Shannon Rudisill, Director, Office of Child Care (OCC) 10:00–10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15–10:45 a.m.

OCC Strategic Framework—Pathway to Measuring Results Amanda Guarino, Management and Program Analyst, OCC Dawn Ramsburg, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC

10:45–11:45 a.m.

Workforce Plenary: Size and Characteristics of Early Care and Education Workers and Caregivers: Initial Findings From the National Survey of Early Care and Education Richard Brandon, Principal, RnB Consulting Robert Goerge, Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Discussant: Martha Zaslow, Director of the Office for Policy and Communications, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own

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Grand Ballroom

1:00–2:15 p.m.

Workforce Concurrent Sessions Junior A-1 Designing Workforce Competencies, Standards, and Pathways To Ballroom 1 Increase Portability and Reciprocity Pam Deardorff, Director, Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education Alison Lutton, Senior Higher Education Specialist, National Center on Child Care Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives (PDW Center) Barbara Newlin, Division Director, Virginia Department of Social Services Patti Russ, Project Coordinator, The National Registry Alliance ACF Discussant: Megan Campbell, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC A-2 Increasing Access to a Continuum of Professional Development Through Distance Learning Jennifer Barry, Early Childhood Services Administrator, North Dakota Department of Human Services Angie Godfrey, Infant/Toddler Program Specialist, Office of Head Start (OHS) Valerie Krajec, Lead Senior Technical Assistance (TA) Specialist, PDW Center Janice Molnar, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family Services ACF Discussant: Amanda Guarino, Management and Program Analyst, OCC

Salon E

Junior A-3 Collecting and Using Workforce Data To Inform State Ballroom Professional Development Systems 2–3 Sarah LeMoine, Project Director, PDW Center Laura Saterfield, Bureau Director, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Rebecca Starr, Research Scientist, Child Trends/PDW Center Kathryn Tout, Co-Director of Early Childhood Research, Child Trends/PDW Center Jere Wallden, Executive Director, The Registry, Inc. ACF Discussant: Paula Bendl Smith, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC Grand A-4 Research Session—Implications of Findings on ECE Workers and Caregivers From the National Survey of Early Care and Education for the Ballroom Implementation of Workforce Initiatives Richard Brandon, Principal, RnB Consulting Robert Goerge, Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Ann Rivera, Social Science Research Analyst, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) Discussant: Martha Zaslow, Director of the Office for Policy and Communications, SRCD ACF Discussant: Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Senior Social Science Research Analyst, OPRE

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A-5 Inclusive Settings for Children Living With Disabilities: Moving Pilot Programs to Scale for Large Programs and Systems Torrie Dunlap, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kids Included Together ACF Discussant: Shantel Meek, Policy Advisor, ACF 2:15–2:30 p.m.

Break

2:30–4:00 p.m.

Financing Plenary: Financing Insights From the Private Sector Ed Munster, President and CEO, YMCA of Metro Atlanta Margo Sipes, Executive Director, Downtown Baltimore Child Care Henry Wilde, Chief Operating Officer, Acelero Learning Elanna Yalow, CEO, Knowledge Universe Moderator: Shannon Rudisill, Director, OCC

4:00–4:15 p.m.

Break

4:15–5:30 p.m.

Financing Concurrent Sessions

London

Grand Ballroom

Junior B-1 Costing Out Quality—The Cost-of-Quality Tool Ballroom Leanne Barrett, Senior Policy Analyst, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Laura Johns, Quality Initiatives Director, Georgia Department of Early Care 2–3 and Learning Anne Mitchell, Co-Founder, Alliance for Early Childhood Finance Dawn Woods, Quality Improvement Specialist, Oregon Department of Education ACF Discussant: Shireen Riley, Region I Regional Program Manager (RPM), OCC B-2 Bringing Innovations Into Subsidy Policies To Increase Access to High- Junior Ballroom 1 Quality Child Care Jim Bates, Senior Research Analyst, National Center on Child Care Subsidy Innovation and Accountability Terrie Hare, State Systems Specialist for Region II, Child Care State Systems Specialist Network State Panel:  Robert Frein, Director, Bureau of Subsidized Child Care Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare  Robert Kindsvatter, Director, Division of Child Development and Early Education, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ACF Discussant: Shelly Dilks, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC Salon E B-3 Fiscal Strategies for Maximizing Resources and Promoting Sustainability Moderator: Dawn Ramsburg, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC State Panel:  David Collins, Director, Division of Early Care and Learning, Colorado Department of Human Services  Jessica Sager, Executive Director, All Our Kin, Inc. (Connecticut)  Laura Saterfield, Bureau Director, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families ACF Discussant: Karen Knoll-Moran, Region VIII RPM, OCC

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B-4 Research Session—Emerging Findings Related to Child Care Choices and Child Care Subsidies Nikki Forry, Senior Research Scientist, Child Trends State Administrators:  Leigh Bolick, Director, South Carolina Department of Social Services  Ellen Wheatley, Administrator, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Facilitators:  Gina Adams, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute  Anna Johnson, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University  Roberta Weber, Faculty Research Associate, Oregon State University ACF Discussant: Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Senior Social Science Research Analyst, OPRE 5:30 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

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Grand Ballroom

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration

Foyer

9:00–9:45 a.m.

Monitoring Plenary—Part 1: Using Key Data Indicators To Maximize Oversight of Health and Safety in Child Care Rick Fiene, Research Director, Pennsylvania State University

Grand Ballroom

9:45–10:30 a.m.

Monitoring Plenary—Part 2: Implementation Examples Karen Beckerman, Strengthening Family Services Director, Kansas Department for Children and Families Adia Brown, Monitoring Lead, OHS David Collins, Director, Division of Early Care and Learning, Colorado Department of Human Services Robert McLellan, Assistant Director, Washington State Department of Early Learning Ross Weaver, Director, Quality Assurance Division, OHS Facilitator and ACF Discussant: Calvin E. Moore, Jr., Deputy Director, OCC

10:30–11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Monitoring Concurrent Sessions C-1 Data-Driven Decision-making: OCC Vision for Quality Data in Action Salon E Bentley Ponder, Director of Research and Evaluation, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Tonya Williams, Director, Arkansas Department of Human Services Moderator: Calvin E. Moore, Jr., Deputy Director, OCC ACF Discussant: Minh Lê, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC C-2 Monitoring Breakout Session—Head Start Lessons Learned Adia Brown, Monitoring Lead, OHS Ross Weaver, Director, Quality Assurance Division, OHS ACF Discussant: Amanda Guarino, Management and Program Analyst, OCC

Junior Ballroom 1

Junior C-3 Building an Exemplary Licensing Program To Increase Children’s Ballroom Health and Safety Michelle Albast, Bureau Chief, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services 2–3 Lesli Blazer, Director of Child Care Services , Oklahoma Department of Human Services Judy Collins, Consultant, Judy Collins Consulting Barbara Hamilton, Early Care and Education Specialist, Health Resources and Services Administration Moderator: Nancy vonBargen, Project Director, National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement ACF Discussant: Leatha Chun, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC

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C-4 Research Session—Using the INQUIRE Data Toolkit for Linking Policy and Monitoring and Evaluation Questions: The Quality Performance Report as an Example Sarah Friese, Senior Research Analyst, Child Trends Carlise King, Interim Executive Director, Child Trends Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Senior Social Science Research Analyst, OPRE Kathryn Tout, Co-Director of Early Childhood Research, Child Trends Presenter and ACF Discussant: Dawn Ramsburg, Child Care Program Specialist, OCC

Grand Ballroom

12:30–1:45 p.m.

Lunch on your own

12:30–3:15 p.m.

Territory CCDF Administrators Meeting Robert Garcia, Region IX RPM, OCC Barbara Carlson, Region II RPM, OCC

London

1:45–3:15 p.m.

D-1 National Organizations Meeting Shannon Rudisill, Director, OCC

Grand Ballroom

Concurrent Sessions: Reflections on ECE Workforce, Financing, and Monitoring To Help More Low-Income Children Access High-Quality Care D-2 Regions I, II, and III ACF Discussants:  Shireen Riley, Region I RPM, OCC  Beverly Wellons, Region III RPM, OCC

Junior Ballroom 1

D-3 Regions IV and V ACF Discussants:  Eric Blanchette, Region IV RPM, OCC  Kathleen Penak, Region V RPM, OCC

Junior Ballroom 2

D-4 Regions VI and VII ACF Discussants:  Gwendolyn Jones, Region VI RPM, OCC  Betty Lammle, Region VII RPM, OCC

Junior Ballroom 3

D-5 Regions VIII, IX, and X ACF Discussants:  Karen Knoll-Moran, Region VIII RPM, OCC  Paul Noski, Region X RPM, OCC

Salon E

3:15–3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30–5:00 p.m.

Closing Plenary: National Conversation on the Future of Early Learning: Reflections on Early Care and Education and the President’s Early Education Initiative ACF Leadership

5:00 p.m.

Adjournment

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Grand Ballroom