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Conference Agenda

Monday, September 15
Time Activity
6:00-7:00 pm Early Check-In & Exhibitor Booth Exploration
Tuesday, September 16
Time Activity
8:00 am Check-In & Exhibitor Booth Exploration
9:00 am Welcome & Opening
9:15 am Keynote Address Rob Grunewald
10:15 am Break
10:25 am Breakout Sessions See below for session descriptions
11:25 am Break
11:30 am My Nebraska Story Videos
11:45 pm Lunch
12:20 pm My Nebraska Story Panel Tammy Day, Diane Temme Stinton, Colten Venteicher
12:50 pm Break
1:00 pm Breakout Sessions See below for session descriptions
1:50 pm Break
2:00 pm Legislative Panel State Senators Teresa Ibach, Victor Rountree, Wendy DeBoer, Stan Clouse, Jason Prokop (Moderator)
2:45 pm Closing Remarks
 
Navigating the Conference Experience

To help you navigate this year’s breakout sessions, we’ve introduced a set of icons that reflect both the vision behind each session and the format it will follow. As you explore the agenda, use these icons to find sessions that align with your goals, learning style, and interests, whether you’re looking for practical tools, peer discussion, or community inspiration.

Alongside each session title and description, you will find two sets of icons:

  • Vision Icons – Represent how the session connects to this year’s core themes.
  • Session Type Icons – Indicate the format of the session to help guide your experience.

 

Vision Icons – These reflect the TCFC vision and purpose:
  • Collaboration
    Collaboration

    Content includes examples of communication, teamwork, shared responsibility, problem solving, and innovation.

  • Amplifying Local Voices
    Amplifying Local Voices

    Session includes examples of elevating and highlighting the perspectives, experiences, and needs of individuals and communities at the local level to drive change.

  • Knowledge and Tools
    Knowledge and Tools

    Session shares essential components that empower individuals and communities to take informed action. Knowledge provides the "what" and "why," while tools provide the "how" to start the journey.

  • Addressing Critical Challenges
    Addressing Critical Challenges

    Session shares examples of identifying, understanding, and actively working to overcome significant obstacles or issues that have a substantial impact on individuals, communities, and early childhood systems.

  • Embracing New Opportunities
    Embracing New Opportunities

    Sharing experiences of embracing opportunities by being proactive, open to new experiences, and willing to take calculated risks to improve, innovate, and create meaningful progress within the early childhood arena.

Session Type Icons – These indicate the style of engagement:
  • Panel
    Panel

    A guided discussion with various speakers on a specific topic, including Q&A.

  • Case Study
    Case Study

    Presentations that present real-world examples or case studies to highlight key lessons and insights.

  • Workshop
    Workshop

    Interactive sessions where participants are actively engaged.

  • Roundtable
    Roundtable

    Small, collaborative group discussions allowing for more focused conversations.

  Session Evaluations  

Morning sessions:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MorningTCFC25

Afternoon sessions:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AfternoonTCFC25

  Session Evaluations  

Morning sessions:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MorningTCFC25

Afternoon sessions:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AfternoonTCFC25