McCormick Center Events

2019 Leadership Connections national conference! Download this app from the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership to enhance your conference experience. Explore the 50+ skill-building conference sessions. Build a personalized conference schedule based on the sessions and events that interest you most. Read detailed presenter bios and access any materials such as handouts and presentations that they have made available for participants. Connect with fellow leaders from your state or with shared interests by using the app’s networking features, which include the ability to post photos and statuses either within the app or on your already established social media accounts. Explore Marketplace exhibitors and star the ones you want to visit in-person. And, easily provide the McCormick Center with your feedback on the skill-building sessions with in-app session evaluations to help us continuously improve the conference year after year.

About Leadership Connections
Leadership Connections, a national conference hosted by the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, brings together early childhood administrators, family child care providers, trainers, technical assistance specialists, consultants, college instructors, researchers, and policymakers to hear inspiring keynote speakers, take part in a public policy forum, attend skill-building sessions, and network with other leaders in the field.

About the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership
At the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, we empower individuals to build the leadership and management skills they need to create and sustain exemplary programs for young children. Through professional development, evaluation, research, and public awareness, we promote best practice in program administration. By working with states, professional organizations, and directly with early childhood practitioners, we raise the bar on program quality. Because, when it comes to early childhood education, leadership really does matter.