Parking for Thursday Evening: The Summit begins at 4:00. You can use the Adams Center parking lot (LOT P on the map). The Passport app system is available to pay for short-term parking. If you are arriving at 5:00 or later, parking on campus is Free.
4/17 Friday Sessions: All Friday sessions will be held in the PJW College of Education, except for two held in adjacent buildings (signage will be displayed). Breakfast will begin at 8:00, and sessions will start promptly at 8:30.
4/18 Saturday Sessions: All Saturday sessions will take place in the PJW College of Education. Breakfast and registration will be available as early as 7:30 am. Sessions will begin at 8:15. Parking for Saturday Sessions: All parking is FREE. You may park anywhere on campus!
Travel: For those traveling from outside Missoula, book your hotel early! A limited number of discounted hotel rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown. You can use this link to book your rooms.Please usethe code ECE or call the hotel at 406-721-8550 and mention the code and ECE 4th Annual Summit.
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Poster Session and Display Across the country, from New Mexico, to Kentucky, to New York, exciting changes are taking place in many states' child care systems. Often, these changes are the result of years of organizing, advocacy, and building power among child care providers, early childhood professionals, parents/caregivers, and concerned community members. In Montana, a growing number of early childhood professionals are connecting with each other and taking action to call on policymakers to build a child care system that works -- for communities, ECE professionals, parents/caregivers, and most of all, for children. This poster documents some of the ways that Montana Advocates for Children, the statewide child care policy coalition, is helping providers connect, get organized, and speak up, together. Viewers/participants will be able to: - describe challenges related to effective child care advocacy - explain the importance of person-to-person connection for building collective power - identify ways to engage in advocacy, locally or at the state level
