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South Sound Tapestry of Early Care

Formerly known as SSAEYC

2018 SSTEC Regional Tapestry Early Childhood Conference

“Strengthening the Threads of Professionalism”

P.O. Box 11275, Olympia, WA 98508-1275

Dear Early Childhood Trainer:

We invite you to submit a workshop proposal for the annual SSTEC Regional Tapestry Early Childhood
Conference which will be held:

Saturday, September 29, 2018

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Centralia College, Centralia, WA

We are seeking workshop presenters from a variety of early childhood professions including family child
care, center-based infant, toddler, preschool, and school age care, elementary schools; military child
care; colleges; resource and referrals; Head Start and ECEAP; and mental and physical health. We ask
you to share your expertise in any early childhood topic of great interest to you.

We will select workshops based on format, content, balance of topic areas, and interests indicated by
last year’s evaluations. Child care providers will receive STARS Continuing Education hours for this
conference. The presenter application guides you through the standards required for STARS. We
encourage interactive, hands-on, culturally-relevant workshops.

Presenters receive free admission to the conference and an honorarium of $75 for each 2-hour
workshop. A continental breakfast will be provided, and you may purchase a lunch for $10.00! Please
return a conference registration form if you plan to attend other sessions (this will be mailed to you
after printing in late July), so we can keep an accurate count for each presenter’s limits and room space.

Please mail your Presenter Application(s) by April 30, 2018 to:

Regional Early Childhood Tapestry Conference, Program Committee

P.O. Box 11275

Olympia, WA 98508-1275

Accepted presenter proposals will be notified by July 1, 2018.

Please feel free to pass this application on to others who may want to present at this conference.

If you have questions, please contact:

Laura Scheffer, lscheffer6500@gmail.com or: 360-701-0484,

Debbie Hasbrook, debbiehasbrook@live.com or 253 222-5016


If you have products that you would like to sell at the conference, contact us about arranging for a
vendor table.

SSTEC Trainer Application

Return this form to:

Regional Tapestry Early Childhood Conference, Program Committee

P.O. Box 11275

Olympia, WA 98508-1275

If you have questions, please contact:

Laura Scheffer, lscheffer6500@gmail.com or: 360-701-0484,

Debbie Hasbrook, debbiehasbrook@live.com or 253 222-5016

Name: Email

Mailing Address City Zip

Affiliation (work/school) Position

Day Phone: Evening Phone FAX

Education (classes and degrees that you have completed) related to your workshop topic:

Work experience related to your proposed workshop topic:


Experience teaching adults: (including agencies you have taught for, workshops you have taught)

Names and phone numbers of two references who can discuss your training abilities:

Proposed Workshop Title ______

Describe what skills and knowledge will participants have after completing your workshop?

Knowledge: Students will know

Skills: Students will be able to

Workshop Description: – (2 or 3 sentences). Please include what participants will learn.

Check the STARS Competency Area that best describes your workshop.

___ Administration: managing and operating a program or school

___ Child Growth, Development and Learning

___ Child Guidance: Foster responsibility, autonomy, self-reliance, and positive social interactions;

respond to children with respect, acceptance, comfort…

___ Communication: with children, parents, other caregivers, colleagues

___ Cultural and Individual Diversity

___ Environmental Design

___ Family Systems: relationships with families, family involvement, child’s relationship with family.

___ Health, Safety and Nutrition

___ Observation and Assessment


___ Professionalism: Decision-making; advocacy, ethics, personal and professional growth

Who is your workshop for? (Check all that apply)

___ Beginner level

___ Intermediate level

___ Advanced level

___ Infant Caregivers

___ Toddler Caregivers

___ Preschool ____Caregivers/Teacher

___ School aged Caregivers

___ Administrators&Supervisors

___ Adult Trainers

___ Family Child Care only

___ Center Child Care only

___ Other: ________________

How many people can attend this workshop?

___ 15

___ 20

___ 25

___ 30

___ 40

___ 50

___ 75

___ 100 ___ Other______

Equipment needed (white boards and markers will be provided).

___ overhead projector

___ TV/VCR

___ Other __________


How will your workshop meet the needs of:

Visual learners

Auditory learners

Kinesthetic/Tactile learners

Interpersonal/Interactive learners

How will you present/introduce the main ideas in your workshop?

How will participants practice/apply the ideas you are teaching?

How will you know that participants are learning what you are teaching?

Supporting culturally relevant practices:

Anti-bias/inclusive/culturally relevant workshop content or topics you will include

What anti-bias/inclusive/culturally relevant materials will you use?


How will your workshop style and format include all participants?

How will you address bias issues that arise during your workshop?

Is there anything else you would like us to know?


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Are you willing to repeat this session?

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