Call for 2015 Proposals

Ohio Early Childhood Conference

Session Types:
Standard Session - 90 minutes
Proposal Selection Criteria
Conference sessions should correlate with one of the 10 NAEYC Standards for a Quality Early Childhood
Program: Relatonships, Curriculum, Teaching, Assessment of Child Progress, Health, Teachers, Families,
Community Relatonships, Physical Environment, Leadership and Management.
Incorporates and respects adult learning styles
Practcal applicaton of session content
Presentaton cannot promote or endorse any commerical product or service. Exhibit hall space is available
for this purpose.
Proposal Requirements
Session Title consider the marketng appeal to your targeted audience
Ohio AEYC reserves the right to adapt the ttle for marketng purposes
Target audience
Session Descripton a short paragraph that accurately describes what the atendee will learn and
experience during the session
Session Objectves - a minimum of two measureable objectves including the content, teaching tme and
method to be used to achieve the objectves
Identfy the Core Knowledge and Competency Area for each objectve
Proposal Submission Procedure
All proposals must be submited to the Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Associaton
(OCCRRA) through its Ohio Professional Registry (OPR). You must have an Ohio Professional
Identfcaton Number (OPIN) and an Instructor Profle before you can submit a proposal.
For questons on obtaining your OPIN and Instructor Profle, see the Ohio Professional Registry Guide
below.
You are not required to submit transcripts and fles to OCCRRA in order to submit a proposal for the
conference.
If you already have an OPIN and Instructor Profle, you may login to your profle to submit your proposals.
For questons on submitng a proposal, please see the Proposal Submission Guide below.
If you have additonal questons on submitng your proposal, please contact Heather Callender at
heather@oaeyc.org.

OHIO ASSOCIATION
FOR THE EDUCATION OF
YOUNG CHILDREN
Conference Dates
May 21-23, 2015
Ohio AEYC seeks proposals for the 2015 Ohio Early Childhood Conference. This conference provides the best
professional development opportunites for early childhood educators in the state of Ohio. Sessions will
provide a variety of in-depth research and hands-on actvites that will equip partcipants with new skills while
also ignitng their passion for educatng young children.
Conference Location
Kalahari Resort & Conventon Center
7000 Kalahari Dr.
Sandusky, OH 44870
Proposals due by October 3, 2014
For more informaton, please contact Heather Callender at hcallender@oaeyc.org.
Login to your Instructor Profle in the Ohio Professional Registry on the OCCRRA website
Select TASC in the drop down menu to begin.
Click Create New PDO Applicaton
Approval Informaton
Check the box for Conference Approval
Select 2015 Ohio EC Conference from the drop down menu for conference submission and complete
informaton required.
Click Save Approval Informaton
Info/Descripton
Creatve ttles provide great marketng for presentatons. Please enter your suggested ttle for your
presentaton. Max. 80 characters.
Provide a training descripton that would accurately and entcingly describe your session to atendees.
Max. 30 words.
Complete the rest of the informaton required.
Click Save Info/Descripton
Content Plan
You will need to write original Learner Objectves, Outline of Content, Timeframe and Teaching Method
for each hour of content. The Alignment to Core Knowledge secton provides a drop down menu to
select from. For additonal informaton on each secton, click on (more info).
Be sure to click Save this objectve afer each objectve.


Submission
Click View Applicaton and save a copy of your submission for future reference.
Click Submit PD Applicaton for Approval.
You may ignore the following error messages. They do not apply to conference proposals.
Click submit again if you receive one.

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Proposal Submission Guide
Ohio Professional Registry Guide
Request a username and password
Go to www.opdn.org and click on Registry at the top.
Find the Click here to get started link underneath the log-in box. Click to request a username and
password.
Complete the requested informaton. Fields marked with a red asterisk are required so that we can
ensure your profle is correctly identfed with you.
IMPORTANT: If you work for a licensed child care or aferschool program, please be sure to include the
license number of the program in the employment informaton.
When youre fnished entering the informaton, click the Submit buton.
Set your password
You will receive your username and instructons for setng your password by email immediately in most
cases. If you do not receive the email in your inbox, be sure to check your junk mail or spam folders.
To set your password, simply follow the link within the email and enter your desired password in the
spaces provided.
Once this is completed, you will be prompted to log in with your username and new password.
Enter your informaton in the Registry
Gather your formal educaton and training documents, including ofcial transcripts, licenses,
certfcatons, and workshop atendance informaton.
Go to www.opdn.org, click Registry at the top, and log in. Once youre logged in, choose Click here to
view and edit your Registry Profle.
The Profle Summary screen, will be the frst you see. As you enter informaton in your profle, this page
will change to refect the point totals of what you have added.
Use the blue lef-hand menu to navigate through your profle. High school informaton would be entered
in Basic Educaton, college informaton in Advanced Educaton, and so on.
To enter new informaton in a secton, click the Add new record buton. When you have fnished, be
sure to click Save new record.
Create Instructor Profle
Login to the Ohio Professional Registry
On the right hand side of the screen, click on Click here to view and edit your registry profle.
On the lef side of the screen, select Instructor Profle from the drop-down menu.
Click on I want to Fill out the Instructor Profle
Fill in the required informaton and click on Save Instructor Informaton
You are not required to submit transcripts and fles to OCCRRA
in order to submit a proposal for the conference.