SAVE THE DATE!

We are now accepting presenter proposals for our 2022 conference! All proposals are due by October 30, 2021. Presenters need to agree to follow DAP standards in their presentation and need to have a minimum of an AA degree an appropriate field for what they are teaching.

This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Utah’s early childhood community through his or her many years of service as an advocate for children and quality programming.  Although the recipient may also have had direct contact with children, this award specifically recognizes the contributions they have made because of their vision for and public commitment to children.  The recipient may be a child advocate, an administrator, a public policy-maker or a long standing educator of young children whose efforts have made Utah a better place for children to grow and learn.

Nominations due by January 17, 2022. 

This award is in honor of the exemplary early childhood program leader that acknowledges the whole child, brings best practices into their center/program on a daily basis, sees parents as partners, supports staff, and delights in the magic of a child’s discovery. 

This individual goes above and beyond their program work to help strengthen the early childhood professional landscape in their community and collaborates with others through local and/or state initiatives and  committees that work to achieve high quality standards and programming that ultimately supports each young child and their family in preparing them for success!

Nominations due by January 17, 2022.

This award is in honor of the exemplary early childhood teacher that acknowledges the whole child, brings best practices into the classroom on a daily basis, sees parents as partners, supports peers, and delights in the magic of a child’s discovery. 

This award will be given out Saturday March 5th just before our Keynote speaker.

We encourage nominations from child care centers, family child care programs, preschools, school districts, home visiting programs, etc. You may nominate a colleague or even yourself!

Nominations due by January 17, 2022