A conference geared toward family child care providers and child care center teachers that is approved for 5 in-service hours.

Select and register for two of 12 different training topics and attend this year's special keynote presentation:

Kansas Coalition for School Readiness

This lecture will offer an update of current event of the 2009 session of the Kansas Legislature. The information will help participants understand the local impact of the policy discussions in Topeka. Participants will learn the best way to communicate with elected officials to make sure that state level policies make sense for local early childhood initiatives. Core competencies VIII: Professional Development Leadership, Level 3. CDA 6, Professionalism. Audience: All Child Care Providers

Presented by: Jennifer Crow

Jennifer Crow is the Executive Director of the Kansas Coalition for School Readiness. The Coalition joins the efforts of business, community and early childhood/education leaders to influence state legislation that will increase access to, funding for and the quality of early childhood services in Kansas.

Jennifer earned her undergraduate degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and returned to Kansas to teach school. She taught fifth grade in both inner city and suburban settings while also directing several after school and summer programs for at risk kids. She later earned a law degree from Washburn Law School in Topeka, Kansas.

After practicing trial law for two years in Kansas City, she was invited by Governor Kathleen Sebelius to join the Governor’s personal staff as Legislative Liaison and Social Services Advisor to the Governor. Her work on early childhood expansion in the Governor’s Office led to her selection as Executive Director of the Kansas Coalition for School Readiness.

Under Jennifer’s leadership, the Coalition has grown to over 20,000 members statewide. In 2008, the Coalition secured an historic $14.3 million investment in Kansas’ early learning system and restored an early childhood focus to the Children’s Initiatives Fund which had weakened over time. Gains were also made toward establishment of a Kansas Preschool Program for three- and four-year-olds across the state.

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To Register:

1. Select your top three training choices for each session
2. Print and fill-out the Registration Form (pdf format)
3. Send in form with your payment
4. For complete information on registration, training topics, presenter bios, and additional conference information please view the Complete Growing With Children 2009 Brochure.

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