MO-SECA Leadership Academy - Branson

Friday, Apr 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM to Saturday, Apr 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM CDT

415 N State Hwy 265, Branson, Missouri, 65616, United States

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Friday, Apr 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM to Saturday, Apr 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM CDT

Chateau on the Lake Resort Spa & Convention Center, 415 N State Hwy 265, Branson, Missouri, 65616, United States.

This Leadership Academy will inspire early childhood program administrators—directors, coordinators, and family child care owner/operators—to consider the future of their programs and provide them with the skills and tools to motivate others. Leadership requires “forward, big picture thinking” which can be challenging when you are putting out the daily fires that overwhelm you. These refreshing training sessions will encourage you to reflect on your program and consider new ways to lead. Connect with other leaders to learn from their experiences and share what is working for you.

Early Childhood Innovation Center at UMKC - IHD

The Early Childhood Innovation Center (ECIC) at UMKC's Institute for Human Development

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Sessions on Apr 05, 2024

12:00 PM

New to MO-SECA? Start Here! (Optional)

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
    Jacklyn Aldrich
    MO-SECA Project CoordinatorUMKC-IHD Early Childhood Innovation Center
    Jacklyn Aldrich is the Project Coordinator for the MOSECA. She has been working in public education for the past 22 years in both large districts and small rural districts as a classroom teacher in PreK-4th grades, Special Education teacher in PreK-12th grades, School Based Behavioral Specialist, Parent as Teachers Director, Preschool Director, Curriculum Director, Special Services Coordinator and Director, and Grants Writer and Grants Administrator. Jacklyn received her bachelor's in elementary education from Southwest Missouri State University, a master's in Curriculum and Instruction (Reading Emphasis) from Grand Canyon University, and a Specialist in School Administration (Special Education Director). Her family (husband, herself, and four kids) reside in Chadwick, Missouri, where they operate a working farm.
    12:30 PM

    Plenary Session: Riddle Me This? Asking the Right Questions for Decision-Making

    12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
      Mike Abel
      DirectorUMKC-IHD Early Childhood Innovation Center
      Mike Abel is the Director of the Early Childhood Innovation Center at the UMKC Institute for Human Development. He has extensive experience in national and state program evaluation, validation of research instruments, and facilitating community-based collaboratives. He holds an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Policy and Foundations, an M.A. in Educational Administration, and an M.A. in Early Childhood Education. Mike leads several projects for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to advance the early childhood workforce and to improve the quality of early education, teaching, and home visiting. He is the co-author of Building on Whole Leadership: Energizing and Strengthening Your Early Childhood Program (Gryphon House).
      02:15 PM

      Whole Leadership - Part 1: Essentials

      02:15 PM - 03:45 PM
        Shannon Peery
        Trainer Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
        Shannon Peery is a Trainer Facilitator Specialist for MO-SECA with the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He is excited and grateful to be a part of this university community, enjoys sharing applied scholarship to ECAs across the state, and collaborating on capacity building and strategic projects with the Center. Shannon has a Bachelor’s in Theatre/Liberal Arts from the College of Wooster (Ohio) and a M.Ed from Avila University. He completed the Nonprofit Certificate in Management and Innovation in 2021 and, in December 2023, graduated from UMKC/Bloch with a Master of Public Administration degree. He joined MCNL in March 2023. Shannon’s experience includes many years as a secondary educator, primarily teaching Speech, Theatre and Humanities and serving as a Lead Teacher and Curriculum Expert. He is an amateur musician and actor. His creative interests are balanced with professional capacities of policymaking, program and arts advocacy, administration, presentation, research and writing, all in the service of good governance, inspirational nonprofit leadership, effective metric-based management and positive change.

        Building Staff Morale

        02:15 PM - 03:45 PM
          Melissa Roach
          Training Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
          Melissa Roach is a Training Facilitator Specialist for Missouri Supporting Early Childhood Administrators (MO-SECA) representing the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Melissa has a bachelor’s in early childhood and Elementary Education, and a master’s in education technology from the University of Central Missouri (UCM). Melissa has over twenty years of experience in Early Childhood Education, where she began her career as a toddler teacher, summer camp educator, and assistant director. She was a Parent Educator for Parents as Teachers and Great Circle for several years, before becoming a program and community relations manager for a non-profit safety organization based in Kansas City called Charlie’s House. In addition, Melissa also worked for Missouri Humanities as a Read from the Start Discussion Leader, and as a Parent Aide for the Department of Family Services. Friends, family, and colleagues alike, all have said that Melissa has a plethora of resources and experience that she loves to share! Melissa lives in Greenwood, Missouri with her husband, two teenage daughters (ages 14 and 13) and stays very busy, in addition to her work, as PTA President and chauffer to all thing's soccer, softball, guitar lessons, marching band, choir and more!

          Activating Your Community

          02:15 PM - 03:45 PM
            Sarah Kennedy
            Field Specialist in CommunityMU-Extension
            Sarah Kennedy is a public health professional with nearly 15 years of experience. She is a systems change agent who specializes in epidemiology, data and evaluation. She enjoys using data to engage individuals in conversations about health inequities and disparities. Her experience has been in various coalition settings engaging multi sector stakeholders to align their goals. This includes building bridges between community members and organizations. Most recently, Sarah was at Generate Health and worked to eliminate racial disparities in infant and maternal health in St. Louis. Sarah also has worked in collaborative spaces focused on asthma and employee health care.

            Nurturing Trust and Persistence

            02:15 PM - 03:45 PM
              Christy Roberts
              Community TrainerUMSL- Community Innovation and Action Center
              Christy holds a bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology and has been involved in early childhood for 25 years. The past 18 years have been in the Parents as Teachers (PAT) world starting as a parent educator for two Missouri school districts and then moving to Parents as Teachers National Center working with affiliate programs nationwide. Currently she enjoys facilitating training for PAT and the MO-SECA project. Additional training experience has been with Missouri's Parent Training and Information Center, MPACT, training and educating families of children with disabilities on their rights under IDEA. A special personal and professional highlight has been traveling with her son and delivering conference plenaries on their family’s experience receiving an autism diagnosis. Her passion is to shine a light of awareness, inclusion, and belonging for individuals of all abilities. Her most important roles are wife to Ed Roberts, and mom to Will, 23; Griffin, 21; and Laney, 12.
              04:00 PM

              Whole Leadership - Part 2: Pedagogical and Administrative Leadership

              04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
                Shannon Peery
                Trainer Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
                Shannon Peery is a Trainer Facilitator Specialist for MO-SECA with the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He is excited and grateful to be a part of this university community, enjoys sharing applied scholarship to ECAs across the state, and collaborating on capacity building and strategic projects with the Center. Shannon has a Bachelor’s in Theatre/Liberal Arts from the College of Wooster (Ohio) and a M.Ed from Avila University. He completed the Nonprofit Certificate in Management and Innovation in 2021 and, in December 2023, graduated from UMKC/Bloch with a Master of Public Administration degree. He joined MCNL in March 2023. Shannon’s experience includes many years as a secondary educator, primarily teaching Speech, Theatre and Humanities and serving as a Lead Teacher and Curriculum Expert. He is an amateur musician and actor. His creative interests are balanced with professional capacities of policymaking, program and arts advocacy, administration, presentation, research and writing, all in the service of good governance, inspirational nonprofit leadership, effective metric-based management and positive change.

                From Surviving to Thriving: Building a Sustainable EC Program

                04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
                  Christy Roberts
                  Community TrainerUMSL- Community Innovation and Action Center
                  Christy holds a bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology and has been involved in early childhood for 25 years. The past 18 years have been in the Parents as Teachers (PAT) world starting as a parent educator for two Missouri school districts and then moving to Parents as Teachers National Center working with affiliate programs nationwide. Currently she enjoys facilitating training for PAT and the MO-SECA project. Additional training experience has been with Missouri's Parent Training and Information Center, MPACT, training and educating families of children with disabilities on their rights under IDEA. A special personal and professional highlight has been traveling with her son and delivering conference plenaries on their family’s experience receiving an autism diagnosis. Her passion is to shine a light of awareness, inclusion, and belonging for individuals of all abilities. Her most important roles are wife to Ed Roberts, and mom to Will, 23; Griffin, 21; and Laney, 12.

                  Leveraging Community Assets to Lead Change

                  04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
                    Sarah Kennedy
                    Field Specialist in CommunityMU-Extension
                    Sarah Kennedy is a public health professional with nearly 15 years of experience. She is a systems change agent who specializes in epidemiology, data and evaluation. She enjoys using data to engage individuals in conversations about health inequities and disparities. Her experience has been in various coalition settings engaging multi sector stakeholders to align their goals. This includes building bridges between community members and organizations. Most recently, Sarah was at Generate Health and worked to eliminate racial disparities in infant and maternal health in St. Louis. Sarah also has worked in collaborative spaces focused on asthma and employee health care.

                    Developing Your Resource Network

                    04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
                      Melissa Roach
                      Training Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
                      Melissa Roach is a Training Facilitator Specialist for Missouri Supporting Early Childhood Administrators (MO-SECA) representing the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Melissa has a bachelor’s in early childhood and Elementary Education, and a master’s in education technology from the University of Central Missouri (UCM). Melissa has over twenty years of experience in Early Childhood Education, where she began her career as a toddler teacher, summer camp educator, and assistant director. She was a Parent Educator for Parents as Teachers and Great Circle for several years, before becoming a program and community relations manager for a non-profit safety organization based in Kansas City called Charlie’s House. In addition, Melissa also worked for Missouri Humanities as a Read from the Start Discussion Leader, and as a Parent Aide for the Department of Family Services. Friends, family, and colleagues alike, all have said that Melissa has a plethora of resources and experience that she loves to share! Melissa lives in Greenwood, Missouri with her husband, two teenage daughters (ages 14 and 13) and stays very busy, in addition to her work, as PTA President and chauffer to all thing's soccer, softball, guitar lessons, marching band, choir and more!

                      Sessions on Apr 06, 2024

                      08:30 AM

                      Plenary Session: The 5 Essentials of Leadership; Building an Emotionally Responsive Culture by the Book but Let's Use a "Different Book"!

                      08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
                        Steve Zwolak
                        Executive Director EmeritusExecutive Director Emeritus
                        Steve has over 55 years of experience and personal reflection as a student of children, teachers, and leaders, advocating for professionals. He believes that educators must feel INSPIRED to be INTRIGUED in order to be MOTIVATED to deepen their feeling and thinking as they advance their practice in education. Steve's work in education and business has enabled him to build an APPROACH that focuses on Prosocial Skill Development based on Emotionally Responsive Educational practices with Teachers, Leaders and Parents, braiding education and mental health principles. In addition, he integrates developmental concepts of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). Steve focuses on a parallel process - helping our leadership hold the hearts and souls of educators, and families, so they can hold the hearts and souls of our children. Steve's Approach emphasizes the emotional development and wellness of Educators, Leaders, Families, and Children. Families are collectively critical to a child's life as they actualize their own life script, while enriching their school life. In addition, there is evidence that his work has the potential to close racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. We know the foundation for diversity, inclusion and equity are embedded in the emotional development of children and students (the earlier the better). Steve teaches teachers that there is a major watershed from birth through 5 years of age, where children must begin to internalize and then socialize their understanding of diversity, inclusion, and equity to make it an embedded way of life. Steve believes that if children and students are physically safe, they will feel emotionally safe, and then they can take social risk as they feel socially safe and finally, they will be confident in their own competencies to take academic risk. “All learning happens in relationships”. Steve has been recognized locally, regionally, and nationally for my work with children/students, families, educators and leaders.
                        10:15 AM

                        Activating Your Community

                        10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
                          Sarah Kennedy
                          Field Specialist in CommunityMU-Extension
                          Sarah Kennedy is a public health professional with nearly 15 years of experience. She is a systems change agent who specializes in epidemiology, data and evaluation. She enjoys using data to engage individuals in conversations about health inequities and disparities. Her experience has been in various coalition settings engaging multi sector stakeholders to align their goals. This includes building bridges between community members and organizations. Most recently, Sarah was at Generate Health and worked to eliminate racial disparities in infant and maternal health in St. Louis. Sarah also has worked in collaborative spaces focused on asthma and employee health care.

                          Nurturing Trust and Persistence

                          10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
                            Christy Roberts
                            Community TrainerUMSL- Community Innovation and Action Center
                            Christy holds a bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology and has been involved in early childhood for 25 years. The past 18 years have been in the Parents as Teachers (PAT) world starting as a parent educator for two Missouri school districts and then moving to Parents as Teachers National Center working with affiliate programs nationwide. Currently she enjoys facilitating training for PAT and the MO-SECA project. Additional training experience has been with Missouri's Parent Training and Information Center, MPACT, training and educating families of children with disabilities on their rights under IDEA. A special personal and professional highlight has been traveling with her son and delivering conference plenaries on their family’s experience receiving an autism diagnosis. Her passion is to shine a light of awareness, inclusion, and belonging for individuals of all abilities. Her most important roles are wife to Ed Roberts, and mom to Will, 23; Griffin, 21; and Laney, 12.

                            Renovate Your Leadership Style

                            10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
                              Shannon Peery
                              Trainer Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
                              Shannon Peery is a Trainer Facilitator Specialist for MO-SECA with the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He is excited and grateful to be a part of this university community, enjoys sharing applied scholarship to ECAs across the state, and collaborating on capacity building and strategic projects with the Center. Shannon has a Bachelor’s in Theatre/Liberal Arts from the College of Wooster (Ohio) and a M.Ed from Avila University. He completed the Nonprofit Certificate in Management and Innovation in 2021 and, in December 2023, graduated from UMKC/Bloch with a Master of Public Administration degree. He joined MCNL in March 2023. Shannon’s experience includes many years as a secondary educator, primarily teaching Speech, Theatre and Humanities and serving as a Lead Teacher and Curriculum Expert. He is an amateur musician and actor. His creative interests are balanced with professional capacities of policymaking, program and arts advocacy, administration, presentation, research and writing, all in the service of good governance, inspirational nonprofit leadership, effective metric-based management and positive change.

                              Developing Your Resource Network

                              10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
                                Melissa Roach
                                Training Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
                                Melissa Roach is a Training Facilitator Specialist for Missouri Supporting Early Childhood Administrators (MO-SECA) representing the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Melissa has a bachelor’s in early childhood and Elementary Education, and a master’s in education technology from the University of Central Missouri (UCM). Melissa has over twenty years of experience in Early Childhood Education, where she began her career as a toddler teacher, summer camp educator, and assistant director. She was a Parent Educator for Parents as Teachers and Great Circle for several years, before becoming a program and community relations manager for a non-profit safety organization based in Kansas City called Charlie’s House. In addition, Melissa also worked for Missouri Humanities as a Read from the Start Discussion Leader, and as a Parent Aide for the Department of Family Services. Friends, family, and colleagues alike, all have said that Melissa has a plethora of resources and experience that she loves to share! Melissa lives in Greenwood, Missouri with her husband, two teenage daughters (ages 14 and 13) and stays very busy, in addition to her work, as PTA President and chauffer to all thing's soccer, softball, guitar lessons, marching band, choir and more!
                                01:15 PM

                                Leading Change: Organizational Strengths and Vision

                                01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
                                  Melissa Roach
                                  Training Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
                                  Melissa Roach is a Training Facilitator Specialist for Missouri Supporting Early Childhood Administrators (MO-SECA) representing the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Melissa has a bachelor’s in early childhood and Elementary Education, and a master’s in education technology from the University of Central Missouri (UCM). Melissa has over twenty years of experience in Early Childhood Education, where she began her career as a toddler teacher, summer camp educator, and assistant director. She was a Parent Educator for Parents as Teachers and Great Circle for several years, before becoming a program and community relations manager for a non-profit safety organization based in Kansas City called Charlie’s House. In addition, Melissa also worked for Missouri Humanities as a Read from the Start Discussion Leader, and as a Parent Aide for the Department of Family Services. Friends, family, and colleagues alike, all have said that Melissa has a plethora of resources and experience that she loves to share! Melissa lives in Greenwood, Missouri with her husband, two teenage daughters (ages 14 and 13) and stays very busy, in addition to her work, as PTA President and chauffer to all thing's soccer, softball, guitar lessons, marching band, choir and more!

                                  I Need a Strategic Plan!

                                  01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
                                    Shannon Peery
                                    Trainer Facilitator SpecialistMidwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
                                    Shannon Peery is a Trainer Facilitator Specialist for MO-SECA with the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He is excited and grateful to be a part of this university community, enjoys sharing applied scholarship to ECAs across the state, and collaborating on capacity building and strategic projects with the Center. Shannon has a Bachelor’s in Theatre/Liberal Arts from the College of Wooster (Ohio) and a M.Ed from Avila University. He completed the Nonprofit Certificate in Management and Innovation in 2021 and, in December 2023, graduated from UMKC/Bloch with a Master of Public Administration degree. He joined MCNL in March 2023. Shannon’s experience includes many years as a secondary educator, primarily teaching Speech, Theatre and Humanities and serving as a Lead Teacher and Curriculum Expert. He is an amateur musician and actor. His creative interests are balanced with professional capacities of policymaking, program and arts advocacy, administration, presentation, research and writing, all in the service of good governance, inspirational nonprofit leadership, effective metric-based management and positive change.

                                    Leveraging Community Assets to Lead Change

                                    01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
                                      Sarah Kennedy
                                      Field Specialist in CommunityMU-Extension
                                      Sarah Kennedy is a public health professional with nearly 15 years of experience. She is a systems change agent who specializes in epidemiology, data and evaluation. She enjoys using data to engage individuals in conversations about health inequities and disparities. Her experience has been in various coalition settings engaging multi sector stakeholders to align their goals. This includes building bridges between community members and organizations. Most recently, Sarah was at Generate Health and worked to eliminate racial disparities in infant and maternal health in St. Louis. Sarah also has worked in collaborative spaces focused on asthma and employee health care.
                                      01:45 PM

                                      From Surviving to Thriving: Building a Sustainable ECE Program

                                      01:45 PM - 02:45 PM
                                        Christy Roberts
                                        Community TrainerUMSL- Community Innovation and Action Center
                                        Christy holds a bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology and has been involved in early childhood for 25 years. The past 18 years have been in the Parents as Teachers (PAT) world starting as a parent educator for two Missouri school districts and then moving to Parents as Teachers National Center working with affiliate programs nationwide. Currently she enjoys facilitating training for PAT and the MO-SECA project. Additional training experience has been with Missouri's Parent Training and Information Center, MPACT, training and educating families of children with disabilities on their rights under IDEA. A special personal and professional highlight has been traveling with her son and delivering conference plenaries on their family’s experience receiving an autism diagnosis. Her passion is to shine a light of awareness, inclusion, and belonging for individuals of all abilities. Her most important roles are wife to Ed Roberts, and mom to Will, 23; Griffin, 21; and Laney, 12.

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