1. 234315276860Eastern Sierra Child Development Conference<br />March 15, 2011The Eastern Sierra Association for the Education of Young Children is now recruiting individuals from the community to present at the second Eastern Sierra Child Development Conference. This Conference, scheduled for Saturday, October, 29, 2011 will be held at the Kerr McGee Community Center, 100 West California Avenue, and is expected to draw participants from throughout the Eastern Sierra’s. At this time, the Committee is accepting applications from individuals interested in presenting one or more workshops. The topic for the conference is, Back to the Basics, Remember the Children. The participants at this conference will consist primarily of administrators, teachers and aides from child care and development programs, family child care providers, elementary school teachers, parents and students. Therefore the workshop topics related to early care and education of infants, toddlers, preschool, school age children, and their families are desired.There will be three workshop sessions offered, each at 1¼ hours in length. A very limited amount of audio-visual equipment is available – please keep this in mind when organizing your workshop. Notification of your AV equipment request will be given two weeks prior to the conference date. A stipend of $50 will be provided to presenters for each workshop presented with a limit of two presenters per workshop. In addition, presenters are invited to have lunch the day of the conference. Travel, lodging, and handouts are the responsibility of the presenters. If you are interested in participating with the conference, please complete the attached application and return no later than Friday, June 3, 2011, to the address noted on the application. Please use a separate form for each workshop if of different topics. Notification of selected presenters should be mailed by June 30, 2011.Questions may be directed to the following: Kathy Love (760-939-2861) Kathy.love@navy.milEastern Sierra AEYCConference CommitteeP.O. Box 1293Ridgecrest, CA 93555 Thank you for your interest. The Committee looks forward to receiving your application Sincerely, Kathy Love<br /> Eastern Sierra<br />Association for the Education<br /> Of Young Children<br />Becky Richardson<br />NAWS Child Development Center<br />Diana Smith, <br />Cerro Coso Child <br />Development Center<br />Earleen Halstead<br />Cerro Coso Child <br />Development Center<br />Karen Christiansen<br />Pierce State Preschool<br />Karen Grammond<br />Inyokern State Preschool<br />Kathy Love<br />NAWS Child Development Center <br />Kristina French<br />High Desert Leapin Lizards, Inc<br />Laura Coffee<br />Inyokern State Preschool<br />Linda Eberhart<br />Cerro Coso Community College<br />Kern AEYC Liaison<br />Sandra Goldstein<br />High Desert Leapin Lizards, Inc.<br />Shellie Oney<br />Inyokern State Preschool<br />Tanya Turner<br />NAWS Child Development Center<br />Teri Stephenson<br />Kern Regional Center<br />Vivian Baker<br />Cerro Coso Community College<br />Debra Oliver<br />NAWS Child Development Center<br />