10:30am – 12:00pm

Conference Registration

12:00pm – 1:00pm

LUNCH

1:00pm – 1:30pm

Welcoming Remarks and Update from California Department of Education, Child Development Division.
Tom Cole, Child Development Consultant, California Department of Education, Child Development Division, and Peter Mangione, Co-Director, Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.

1:30pm – 2:30pm

California's Young Children and their Families: Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions.
Joya Chavarin, Research Associate, Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd, and Peter Mangione, Co-Director, Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.

2:45pm – 3:45pm

Challenges to Building New Partnerships and Braiding Systems and Funding to Provide Services. Summary of Implications for PITC.
Ann Michelle Daniels, Associate Professor, Family Life, Parenting, and Child Care Specialist, South Dakota State University, Consuelo Espinosa, Partners for Quality Area Manager (Northern California), Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd, and Peter Mangione, Co-Director, Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inclusion Works!
Linda Brault, Project Director, Beginning Together, Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hotel Check-in. Bookstore open.

6:00pm – 7:00pm

DINNER

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Graduate Networks of Support. Bookstore open.

9:00am – 10:00am

Partners for Quality 10^th Anniversary: Accomplishments, Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future.
Janet Poole, PITC Partners for Quality Director, Center for Child & Family Studies, WestEd.

10:15am – 12:00pm

Current and Proposed Federal Policies That Will Influence the Care of Infants and Toddlers.
Danielle Ewen, Director, Child Care and Early Education Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).

12:00pm – 1:30pm

LUNCH

1:30pm – 3:15pm

CDE’s Learning and Development Curriculum Framework.
Ron Lally, Co-Director Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd, and Peter Mangione, Co-Director Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.

3:30pm – 5:00pm

Culture, Family and You : Anti-Bias Education in Infant Toddler Child Care
Louise Derman-Sparks, Author & Consultant, Anti-Bias Education with Children and Adults

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Partners for Quality 10th Anniversary Celebration!

6:30pm – 7:30pm

DINNER

9:00am – 10:00am

Dual Language Development and PITC Philosophy and Practice.
Marlene Zepeda, Professor and Chair, Department of Child and Family Studies at California State University Los Angeles

10:15am – 12:00pm

What Is The Future for America's Babies?
Ron Lally, Co-Director Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.

12:00pm

Closing Remarks.
Tom Cole, Child Development Consultant, California Department of Education, Child Development Division, and Ron Lally, Co-Director Center for Child and Family Studies, WestEd.