Call for Proposals

Deadline: January 13, 2025



General Submission Guidelines

  • Proposals will be evaluated using a DEC Rubric; please view the Rubric here before submitting to understand our selection criteria.
  • Presentations are designed for all levels of experience - from fundamental to intermediate to advanced topics.
  • Proposals should clearly indicate the age group the information will focus on i.e. birth to three, preschool, school-age OR all.
  • Proposals should be checked for spelling and grammar.
  • Proposals must be non-sales or marketing orientated.
  • There are no fees required to submit a proposal.
  • ECDAW membership is not a requirement for submitting.

In General, IECC Does Not Pay Per Diem, Honoraria, or Reimburse Expenses:

This is a list of topics IECC may be seeking.

  • Racial Equity
  • Anti-bias practices
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Supporting Challenging Behaviors
  • Working with Parents and Families
  • Coaching
  • Family Resource Coordinators
  • Social-Emotional learning
  • The Pyramid Model
  • Intersectionality
  • Positionality
  • Child Find
  • Autism
  • Transitions B-C
  • Speech
  • Mental Health
  • Burnout and Coping Strategies
  • Feeding
  • Spaces and Environments
  • How to build a 0-5 system
  • Relationships/Partners (communities, families, schools)
  • Panel workshops
  • Working with foster families
  • Transition
  • Working with fathers
  • Father engagement
  • Implicit Bias
  • Connections to tribal communities
  • Supporting children with complex needs

Other Considerations:

  • As you plan the details of your presentation, please consider our purpose (below.)
  • Other themes to consider are birth through age eight development, mental health and relationship issues, cultural diversity, father involvement, accountability, school readiness, transitions, and relevant research supporting your information.
  • Please note presenters are welcome and encouraged to submit multiple proposals. This gives the IECC planning committee the opportunity to select from a variety of submission topics from each presenter. IECC will email before scheduling a presenter for multiple presentations. Please note this is a general list and IECC would like to encourage presenters to submit topics from the list below and expand it further.
  • Consider how your presentation strategy and content promotes participants’ growth in their work with all children, including those with disabilities, their families and within the early learning community.
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Our Purpose:

  • Provide high-quality education opportunities for professionals and parents; Challenge thinking about diversity and disability;
  • Increase family and provider effectiveness through new skills, strategies and ideas for providing high quality services;
  • Enhance understanding of the unique strengths and needs of each family; Foster partnerships across families, disciplines, agencies and sponsors to provide coordinated services in local communities;
  • Promote networking and coalition building around early childhood issues; Enhance the lives of children and families through the use of information and technology;
  • Promote evidenced based practices in early childhood; and
  • Promote the mutual understanding of the contributions families and providers bring to the lives of young children.

If you have any questions, please contact iecccfp@uoregon.edu.