FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Mary Stalker
Mary Stalker
Director of Communications
Early Care & Learning Council
(518) 690-4217 ext 22
mstalker@earlycareandlearning.org
www.earlycareandlearning.org
Early Care & Learning Council
(518) 690-4217 ext 22
mstalker@earlycareandlearning.org
www.earlycareandlearning.org
October 26th, 2012
Leadership Summit:
Children, politics and the economy
New
York - Each
year, the Early Care & Learning Council (The Council) brings together
the State’s leaders and other advocates of progressive child care policies, for
its Leadership Summit. This year’s Summit, to be held in Syracuse, will
focus on the current status of public policy issues that affect children, their
families and the early education workforce. The Summit, usually held in
October, is scheduled for November 14th and 15th this
year so that election outcomes can be part of the conversation.
The state of children in New
York and the economy are on the agenda for day one. An exploration of early care
and education New York State will be presented by Council’s executive director
and board chair, as well as Janice Molnar, Deputy Commissioner of Division of
Child Care Services: Office of Children & Family Services. Bill Millet,
President of Scope View Strategic Advantage and Walter S. Gilliam, Ph.D. from
the Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center will present on the correlations
between child development and the economy.
The feature event of day two is
a panel presentation: Post Election –
What Does It Mean for Early Childhood? This panel will include Grace Reef,
Director of Policy at Child Care Aware of America (Washington, D.C.), Harriet
Dichter, Director, Early Learning Challenge (Delaware), Helen Blank, Director of Leadership and Public Policy National
Women’s Law Center (Washington, D.C.), Bob Frawley, Deputy Director of Council
on Children and Families (New York), Sherry Cleary, Executive Director of NY
Early Childhood Professional Development Institute (New York), Kate Breslin,
President of Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (New York). This is sure
to be a lively discussion with these leaders in the field of early education
and policy, moderated by Susan Arbetter,
WCNY The Capital Report.
“I am so looking forward to
this year’s Leadership Summit”, said Marsha Basloe, executive director of the
Early Care & Learning Council. “We have leaders in the field of economics,
child development, and state and national policy. It is also a great opportunity
to meet with others in the field. This is don’t-miss event for anyone concerned
about the future of New York’s children.”
The two day summit also
includes social and networking events. This year is the first year that the Early
Care & Learning Council’s Leadership Summit is open to the public.
Participants can attend for one or two days. A student discount is available.
The Council’s Leadership Summit
is funded in part by JP Morgan Chase and Pfizer Pharmaceutical.
To learn more about the
leadership summit visit www.earlycareandlearning.org
To view a full agenda:
To view
bios for the presenters and panelists: http://nysleadershipsummit.wordpress.com/presenters-and-panelists/
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Early
Care & Learning Council:
For more than thirty-five years, the Early Care & Learning Council has been
a leading voice for early care and education in New York State. With its
statewide network of child care resource and referral agencies, the Council has
successfully fought for increases in funding to support early childhood
programs and for the reform of child care laws, regulations and policies to
improve safety and quality in child care settings. The Council was a
founder and convener of both the Child Care that Works Campaign and
Winning Beginning NY, both statewide advocacy coalitions. The Council and
partners work to increase the quality, affordability and capacity of the early
care and learning field and does so through training and technical assistance,
data management and advocacy initiatives. For more information, please call
(518) 690-4217 or visit www.earlycareandlearning.org.
