Call for NACCRRA Conference Presentations

08/21/2003

Call for NACCRRA Conference Presentations

"Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance." - Abigail Adams

CALL FOR NACCRRA CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

The 2004 Policy Symposium for the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), "Shaping Results Based Early Learning Systems" will be held in Washington, DC on February 25 - 28, 2004. NACCRRA is currently inviting presentation proposals. Priority will be given to proposals which explore research, current and emerging trends, and effective strategies in the following four content/topic areas:

1. Financing & Integrating Systems of Care: Financing Strategies; The Role of Municipalities and Communities in Early Care Systems; Public School Integration; Transition to School; Community Systems for Children with Special Needs (implementing IDEA).

2. Promoting Quality in All Settings: Community-Based Training Systems-Research and/or Effective Practice; Child Outcomes; Tiered Quality Rating Systems; The Early Childhood Workforce-Research & Demographics; Early Literacy; Infant Toddler Mental Health Issues; Distance Learning in Professional Development; School-Age Child Care; Infant/Toddler Care; Higher Education; Homeless Children and Early Learning.

3. Family Engagement: Trends and Demographics of Families & Parents; Documenting and Analyzing Child Care Need; Fatherhood Research, Roles and/or Initiatives; Parents as Advocates; Literacy and the Family; Voter Registration Initiatives.

4. Building Excellence in CCR&R: Implementation of CCDBG; Strategies for Excellence in Hard Times; Implementation of Market Rate Surveys; Accountability and Outcome Measurement; Emerging Roles for CCR&R; Data Ownership & Partnering; Research & CCR&R-Establishing Partnerships; Implementation of an Economic Impact Study; Quality Assurance

The deadline for submitting proposals is September 8, 2003. For more information contact www.naccrra.org/symposium/

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