Join us for a two-day educational experience with the leading experts on Leadership and Play. Featuring two wonderful and inspiring keynote speakers, you will leave The Forum reinvigorated and ready to put practical and sound strategies to use in your daily work with administrators, teachers, families and children. Celebrate with us as we connect, learn and PLAY together!

Your Presenters
Friday, September 24
Steve Swafford, Balance Warrior

Purposeful Play: Imagination, Collaboration and Connection
In this highly interactive and playful environment, we will explore a variety of techniques and approaches that model purposeful play:

Attendees will:

• Learn and use Appreciative Inquiry as a tool to build community
  
• Experience new ways to identify and manage critical issues
  
• Explore spheres of influence and how to collaborate more effectively
  
• Discover how qualities of play contribute to Social Capital

"Take aways" include valuable tools, insights and techniques that you can use in both your professional practice and personal life.

Saturday, September 25
Walter F. Drew, Ed.D.
Baji Rankin, Ed.D.
Marcia Nell, Ph.D.

Hands, Heart & Mind – The NAEYC Play Symposium
Get ready for a unique and enjoyable hands-on self active PLAY training that promotes and strengthens play-based learning as part of Developmentally Appropriate Practices within early childhood programs that serve children from birth-age 8 and their families.

• Engage in hands-on PLAY experiences using open-ended materials
• Explore the role of the teacher in the learning process
  
• Focus on self active play and creative expression in a professional practice
  
• Understand the value of play in building social competence and resiliency
  
• Develop reflective teaching practices
  
• Construct, implement and evaluate new approaches to teaching
  
• Strengthen teacher’s vision of Self as play advocate

For more information on The Forum Presenters, click here.

The Forum: Daily Schedule

7:30 am – 8:30 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 12:00 pm - General Session
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Lunch/Networking
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm - General Session

Location & Accommodations
Marriott San Jose
301 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 280-1300
Room Rate: $119 + taxes (Single/Double)
Online Reservations

Deadline for room reservations: September 2, 2010. Please identify yourself with CAEYC in order to receive the discounted group rates. Room rates are available for September 23-25.

Registration Deadline and Fees
Space is Limited! Advanced registration is on or prior to Friday, September 10, 2010. A late registration fee of $50 will be charged after September 10.

Online registration is for check and credit card payments only (Visa or MasterCard). If paying by Purchase Order, please download the registration form and either fax or mail it to CAEYC.

Fees
Registration fees include breakfast, lunch, Forum materials and a Play: The Optimal Way to Learn t-shirt. Please have your NAEYC member number available to receive the discounted member rate.