The Next Steps for
Early Childhood Education in Mississippi

Friday, January 22, 2010
9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Jackson Convention Complex  
 
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Seating is limited for this mini-conference, sponsored jointly by MEC’s Leadership Mississippi program and the national Committee for Economic Development with a grant generously funded by the WK Kellogg Foundation. There is no charge for this event. 

Generously Funded by a Grant From

The business community sent a strong signal a year ago as MEC’s Leadership Mississippi Program partnered with Momentum Mississippi to focus heat and light on the issue of early childhood education with the Mississippi Building Blocks Conference.

 

Today, Mississippi Building Blocks is a largely private-sector funded initiative aimed at improving the quality and delivery of early childhood education in Mississippi and assuring a stronger economic development future.

 

Find out what next steps are being taken by Mississippi Building Blocks and other leading early childhood education initiatives and programs in Mississippi and the nation – and learn how the Mississippi Center for Education Innovation is playing a pivotal role in pulling policy leaders together to assure Mississippi is in a competitive position in early education…an important element for the state’s economic development competitiveness. 

AGENDA
9:00 am Welcome and Overview
Steve Williams, Director, Mississippi Center for Education Innovation
9:10 am Early Brain Development
Dr. Wanda Newell, Chair, Department of Human Sciences, Alcorn State University
9:45 am Mississippi Building Blocks
Dr. Laurie Smith, Executive Director, Mississippi Building Blocks
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Mississippi Early Childhood Video
10:45 am Panel Discussion: Early Childhood Initiatives in MS
Moderator: Rebecca Combs, Executive Director, Phil Hardin Foundation
Annjo Lemons, State Director, Excel by 5
Claiborne Barksdale, Chief Executive Officer, Barksdale Reading Institute
Robin Robinson, Director Organization Development & Communications, Sanderson Farms and Chair of the MB Swayze Educational Foundation
Dr. Marvin Hogan, Executive Director of Friends of Children of Mississippi, inc
11:45 am Lunch and Program
Special Luncheon Presenter
Oleta Fitzgerald, Director, Children’s Defense Fund, Southern Regional Office
Luncheon Keynoter
Michael Petro, Vice President and Director of Business and Government Policy & Chief of Staff, Committee for Economic Development, Washington, DC
Challenge for Action
Blake Wilson, President & CEO Mississippi Economic Council

 

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