Planting the Seeds of our Future
Annual Conference 2024
Registration is now closed.
HOSTED BY: Kitsap Early Learning Professionals and Olympic College
DATE: Saturday, February 24th, 2024
TIME: 9:00-3:30 (doors will open at 8:30am)
LUNCH: 11:30-12:30 *Lunch is not included in your registration fee. Bring your own or go out to eat.
WHERE: Bremer Student Center
Olympic College
William B. Harvey Theatre CIC Building #7
1600 Chester Ave Bremerton, WA 98337
REGISTRATION FEE: $20
SCHEDULE:
9:30-11:30am:
- Small People, Big Emotions
- Supporting our Youngest Learners
- Carolyn Brennan, Ph.D.
- Western Washington University
12:30-3:30pm
- Wonder – Make – Tinker Together
- Creating Inspiring Learning Centers
- Charlene Montano Nolan, Ph.D.
- Western Washington University
PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE: 5 STARS HOURS
Meet Our Keynote Speakers
Carolyn (Carrie) Brennan
Carolyn (Carrie) Brennan is an associate professor of early childhood education at Western Washington University. She began her career as a toddler teacher in a Reggio Emelia inspired classroom and now teaches courses focused on socially just approaches to working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. Her research examines early childhood teacher preparation, is informed (with gratitude) by feminisms of color, and focuses on relationships and power in the classroom, the role of teacher self-reflection, and strategies for supporting developing teachers.
Carolyn earned a PhD in Learning Sciences & Human Development from the University of Washington and an advanced nursing certificate in infant mental health from the Barnard Center for Infant Mental Health.
Carolyn (Carrie) Brennan | She/her/hers (https://www.mypronouns.org/about)
Associate Professor
Woodring, Early Childhood Education (https://wce.wwu.edu/ece)
Charlene Montaño Nolan
Charlene Montaño Nolan is an assistant professor in the Early Childhood Education program at Western Washington University. She began her career as an early childhood teacher in infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms. She now teaches and studies with critical play-based and place-based, Indigenous land based, and culturally thriving pedagogies to enhance early childhood learning environments. Charlene earned her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Human Development from the University of Washington.
Charlene Montaño Nolan, Ph.D. | she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Elementary Education – Early (https://wce.wwu.edu/eled/early-childhood-education)