Conference Information
QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about the Conference, please call Robyn Lopez Melton at 541-410-5983 or or email her at rlopezmelton@msn.com
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
The Oregon Statewide Scholarship Program of the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care & Education has scholarships available for registered family child care providers and staff of certified or exempt child care centers. Go to www.centerline.pdx.edu/scholarship or call toll free (877) 725-8535 for application information. Locally, you can contact Denise Hudson at 541-548-2380 x 118. Applications should be submitted to OCCD as early as possible and no later than Feb. 22nd.
RECEIVE A COCC CREDIT
Conference attendees may pay an additional fee for college credit through COCC. Credit-seeking students are encouraged to sign up prior to the conference for the credit option through COCC. In order to receive a college credit for conference attendance, attendees must complete a COCC application and pay a one-time $25 application. First time students at COCC requesting credit for the conference do not need to complete testing requirements at this time; however, students must meet this requirement before subsequent classes at the College. For new, in-district students seeking the 1-credit option for the conference, total cost for the conference is conference fee + $25 application fee + credit/student fee of $69.75. Attendees may not sign up for credit option after the conference. We encourage you to apply to COCC prior to the conference; however, admissions staff will be available to help with on-site applications/registrations on March 5th. To apply to COCC, visit http://new.cocc.edu/Getting+Started/default.aspx
LODGING
For our out of town participants, we have reserved a small block of rooms at the Phoenix Inn in Downtown Bend. A discounted rate will be available on a first come first serve basis for conference participants . Please reference COC-OAEYC to access the discounted rate. Call to book your room ASAP. (541) 317-9292
LUNCH
Complimentary coffee & tea will be available to participants on both days. Saturday lunch and afternoon snacks are included in your conference fee and will be prepared by COCC’s culinary program. Lunch will feature a Fiesta Buffet including chicken enchiladas with sour cream, a build your own taco bar, cilantro beans, Spanish rice, black beans, corn & tomato salad w/ cilantro vinaigrette, and chips with fresh pico de gallo.
WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU
The workshops available to you at this conference were chosen as a direct result of the valuable feedback providers and Head Start professionals shared regarding their training needs through a provider survey conducted by CCD and a surveying of Head Start teach-ers. Our goal is to stay current with your needs and respond with high quality opportunities to engage in your selected topics.
WINE NETWORKING SOCIAL
Join us at WineStyles in Bend, at the bottom of college hill for a no-host social gathering on Friday, March 5th from 5pm to 7pm. Please visit WineStyles on the web at www.winestyles.net/bend
DOOR PRIZES & RAFFLE
All conference participants will be automatically entered into the drawing for door prizes and will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for our ECE basket of fun!
RESOURCES
NAEYC books and materials will be available for purchase. Educational resource materials available for your browsing
and purchase both days from American Federation for Teachers-Oregon, Lakeshore Learning, Lebookman and many more!
CREATE A LOGO CONTEST
Become a Member
OAEYC—the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children—is YOUR statewide early childhood education professional association and NAEYC affiliate with our local Central Oregon Chapter, serving Deschutes, Jefferson & Crook counties. As a member you will support our state and local efforts on behalf of young children and families and professionals in the ECE field. Other benefits include both local and state AEYC newsletters as well as a subscription to NAEYC’s Young Children and/or Teaching Young Children and discounts on this conference, national, state, and local conferences, as well as on NAEYC publications.
If you have any questions about the Conference, please call Robyn Lopez Melton at 541-410-5983 or or email her at rlopezmelton@msn.com
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
The Oregon Statewide Scholarship Program of the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care & Education has scholarships available for registered family child care providers and staff of certified or exempt child care centers. Go to www.centerline.pdx.edu/scholarship or call toll free (877) 725-8535 for application information. Locally, you can contact Denise Hudson at 541-548-2380 x 118. Applications should be submitted to OCCD as early as possible and no later than Feb. 22nd.
RECEIVE A COCC CREDIT
Conference attendees may pay an additional fee for college credit through COCC. Credit-seeking students are encouraged to sign up prior to the conference for the credit option through COCC. In order to receive a college credit for conference attendance, attendees must complete a COCC application and pay a one-time $25 application. First time students at COCC requesting credit for the conference do not need to complete testing requirements at this time; however, students must meet this requirement before subsequent classes at the College. For new, in-district students seeking the 1-credit option for the conference, total cost for the conference is conference fee + $25 application fee + credit/student fee of $69.75. Attendees may not sign up for credit option after the conference. We encourage you to apply to COCC prior to the conference; however, admissions staff will be available to help with on-site applications/registrations on March 5th. To apply to COCC, visit http://new.cocc.edu/Getting+Started/default.aspx
LODGING
For our out of town participants, we have reserved a small block of rooms at the Phoenix Inn in Downtown Bend. A discounted rate will be available on a first come first serve basis for conference participants . Please reference COC-OAEYC to access the discounted rate. Call to book your room ASAP. (541) 317-9292
LUNCH
Complimentary coffee & tea will be available to participants on both days. Saturday lunch and afternoon snacks are included in your conference fee and will be prepared by COCC’s culinary program. Lunch will feature a Fiesta Buffet including chicken enchiladas with sour cream, a build your own taco bar, cilantro beans, Spanish rice, black beans, corn & tomato salad w/ cilantro vinaigrette, and chips with fresh pico de gallo.
WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU
The workshops available to you at this conference were chosen as a direct result of the valuable feedback providers and Head Start professionals shared regarding their training needs through a provider survey conducted by CCD and a surveying of Head Start teach-ers. Our goal is to stay current with your needs and respond with high quality opportunities to engage in your selected topics.
WINE NETWORKING SOCIAL
Join us at WineStyles in Bend, at the bottom of college hill for a no-host social gathering on Friday, March 5th from 5pm to 7pm. Please visit WineStyles on the web at www.winestyles.net/bend
DOOR PRIZES & RAFFLE
All conference participants will be automatically entered into the drawing for door prizes and will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for our ECE basket of fun!
RESOURCES
NAEYC books and materials will be available for purchase. Educational resource materials available for your browsing
and purchase both days from American Federation for Teachers-Oregon, Lakeshore Learning, Lebookman and many more!
CREATE A LOGO CONTEST
Become a Member
OAEYC—the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children—is YOUR statewide early childhood education professional association and NAEYC affiliate with our local Central Oregon Chapter, serving Deschutes, Jefferson & Crook counties. As a member you will support our state and local efforts on behalf of young children and families and professionals in the ECE field. Other benefits include both local and state AEYC newsletters as well as a subscription to NAEYC’s Young Children and/or Teaching Young Children and discounts on this conference, national, state, and local conferences, as well as on NAEYC publications.