Our team of Quality Improvement Specialists and Central Office staff traveled across New York State to attend over 60 state-wide conferences, local events, trainings, and much more in 2025. We had the privilege of presenting, coordinating, and tabling at events, meeting early childhood professionals in their communities from Long Island to Buffalo. Check out the list below to see where we have been this year and to learn more information about organizations across the state that join us in supporting early learning.
January:
- “Get to Know Carl and Friends” – WXXI Education, Al Sigl Community of Agencies, and Move to Include – Finger Lakes
- Cold Hands Warm Care Workshop – Community Action of Orelans and Genesee – Finger Lakes
February:
- INCLUDEnyc Fair – NYC
March:
- Long Island Pyramid Model Summit – Long Island
- Early Educators Summit – Mohawk Valley
- Brightside Up Mini-Conference – Capital Disctrict
- Regulatory Staff Forum – Office of Children and Family Services – Capital District
- Early Care and Learning Council Membership Meeting – Capital District
- Directors as Leaders – Leadership Day – Western NY
- Staten Island Alliance Early Childhood Enrollment Event – NYC
- Wayne County Early Childhood Summit – Finger Lakes
April:
May:
- Provider Appreciation Day – Community Action of Orleans and Genesee – Finger Lakes
- Empowering Youth Success: School’s Out, Make it Count! – New York State Network for Youth Success (NYSNYS) – Capital District
- Inclusion: It Starts With You! – Parent Network of Western New York – Western NY
- What’s Great in Our State: Celebrate Children’s Mental Health Awareness – Capital District
- Navigating Pre-K Day – New York State Education Department – Capital District
- Springtime in the City Child Care Appreciation Dinner – Child Care Resource Network – Western NY
- Heroes of Child Care Gala – Orange County Child Care Resource & Referral – Mid-Hudson
- Champions of Child Care – Child Care Council of Dutchess Putnam – Mid-Hudson
- Childcare Roundtable Discussion – Dutchess County Childcare Coalition – Mid-Hudson
- CSEA/VOICE Conference – Capital District
- Citywide Child Care Provider Appreciation Day – The New York City Child Care Resource and Referral Consortium – NYC
June:
- SUNY Childcare Conference – Capital Disctrict
- New York State Head Start Association Annual Conference – Mid-Hudson
- Early Care and Learning Council Annual Meeting & Luncheon- Capital District
- RABY STEM Family Olympics – Mid-Hudson
- Learning Carnival Kindergarten Transition Event – ABCD Seneca County Head Start – Finger Lakes
July:
August:
- Early Learning Institute – NYSED Office of Early Learning – Capital District
- CSEA/VOICE Conference – Western NY
- UPK and Kindergarten Transition Jamboree – Fredonia Wheelock Early Childhood Center – Western NY
- Back to School Carnival – Red Creek Central School District – Finger Lakes
- Pyramid Model Foundations – NYS Pyramid Model Leadership – Mohawk Valley
September:
- Head Start & Early Childhood Education Summit – Cornell Human Ecology at Cornell University – NYC
- All Our Kin Provider Resource Fair – NYC
- Long Island Early Childhood Career and Resource Fair – New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute (PDI) Career Development Center – Long Island
- Early Education Hall of Heroes – Child Care Council of Westchester – Mid-Hudson
October:
- Family Child Care Association of New York State Annual Conference – Central NY
- Conference in the Catskills – Family of Woodstock’s Child Care Connections – Hudson Valley
- 2025 Making Connections Fall Conference – Bright Side Up – Capital District
- Stronger Together: A New York Summit Centering Children, Families, & Futures – Help Me Grow NY, Child Care Council of Nassau, Child Care Council of Suffolk, Choice for All, the Long Island Regional Technical Assistance Center for Pre-K & ECE, the Parent Action Coalition of Long Island, and The Long Island Infant Toddler Resource Center – Long Island
- Chautauqua Chapter NYAEYC Fall Early Childhood Conference – Western NY
- Early Education Conference New York 2025 – Committee for Hispanic Children and Families – NYC
- Early Childhood Resource Fair – PDI Career Development Center – Western NY
- Levesque Institute Early Childhood Summit – Niagara University – Western NY
November:
- Long Island Fall PreK Conference – SUNY Farmingdale – Long Island
- ECA Home-Based Service Provider Conference – Early Childhood Alliance – Central NY
- Bronx Provider Resource Day – Day Care Council of New York – NYC
- Southern Adirondack Child Care Network Fall Conference (SACCN) – Capital District
December:
- BUILD Conference – Los Angeles, CA
