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Conference For Child Care Professionals 20th Annual Pamper the Provider™  |
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September
25, 2010
St. Cloud Civic Center St. Cloud, Minnesota Join other child care professionals from around the state for a day filled with outstanding speakers, educational workshops, pampering and lots of vendors. The conference site is located on the banks of the beautiful Mississippi River just 60 miles northwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. |
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It's our pleasure to announce Jeff A. Johnson as our keynote for our conference
this year.
Jeff A. Johnson opened Explorations Early Learning, a family child care program, in 2003 with his wife, Tasha, after spending 16 years directing a child care center and community center for a large non-profit agency. Their program focuses on emergent learning in a play-based and child-centered environment.
According to Jeff, "The best thing about our program is the great kids we get to work with each day. Our days are full of laughs, conversation, play, exploration, discoveries, and fun. We enjoy creating an environment conducive to 'light bulb moments'—those moments where kids grasp new ideas. It is wonderful to get to see them rediscover the world.”
They keep their family child care program small to accommodate Jeff’s writing and speaking schedule. His audience, as a writer and speaker, is the hardworking caregivers dedicated to doing right by children: early care and education professionals, teachers, and parents. He is the author of seven books.
Jeff will open our conference with lots of ideas to help maintain and strengthen your smile and close our conference with his topic Cows In The Basement. In this fun session Jeff will help us look at how we, as caregivers, can feed our need for fun and fantasy...and have a good time ourselves while doing so. (back to the top)
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Co-sponsored by Midwest CCR&R Session I - 10:30 - 1:45 PM |
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Session II – 2:00- 3:30 PM
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Session III - 3:45- 5:15 PM
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Brochure
Last
day to register is Friday, September 19th.
Walk
in registrations are welcome at the conference.
If you have questions, please call Theresa at 952-345-8117 or toll free at 877-656-3773, ext. 117 |
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If you're planning to make a night of it or a week of it, call the hotel by the 8/24/10 and request the Pamper the Provider reduced room rate. Remember expenses related to obtaining required training are tax deductible business expenses. Best
Western Kelly Inn - connected
to the Civic Center by a indoor walkway Grandstay
Residential Suite- 2 blocks
from Civic Center Radisson
Suite Hotel - connected to
the Civic Center by a skyway |
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What
is the cost of this conference? What
about licensing approval? Can
I register online? If
I am not a child care provider or not on the food program, can I still
attend? More questions? Give us a call at 952-345-8117 or toll free at 877-656-3773. |
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Almost
all of our workshops are co-sponsored by Midwest CCR&R and/or
have Core Competency and Child Development Associate (CDA) applicability.
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