View as Webpage Report and Recommendations of the Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Commission

You are invited to the launch event for the release of a new groundbreaking report, Elevating Nebraska’s Early Childhood Workforce: Report and Recommendations of the Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Commission.

Developed over the course of three years by the Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Commission, a group of more than 40 Nebraska public- and private-sector leaders, the report outlines the urgent need to prioritize the early childhood workforce in Nebraska for our children, families, communities, and state.

Please join us.

Thursday, January 30, 2020
Marriott Cornhusker Hotel
Lancaster Ballroom
333 S. 13th St.
Lincoln, Nebraska

Agenda

8:30 a.m. Coffee
   
9:00 a.m. Welcome
 
  • Marjorie Kostelnik, Professor, Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Commission Co-Chair
9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks
 
  • Senator John Stinner, Chair of the Nebraska Legislature Appropriations Committee
9:20 a.m. Overview of the Report
 
  • Susan Sarver, Director of Workforce Planning and Development, Buffett Early Childhood Institute
9:45 a.m. Commission Member Panel
 
  • Moderator: Samuel J. Meisels, Founding Executive Director, Buffett Early Childhood Institute and Commission Co-Chair
  • Nancy Edick, Dean, College of Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Tawana Grover, Superintendent, Grand Island Public Schools
  • Catherine Lang, State Director, Nebraska Business Development Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • John Spatz, Executive Director, Nebraska Association of School Boards
  • Mariah Stowe, Owner-Operator, Splash of Color Child Care
10:50 a.m. Closing Remarks
 
  • Matthew Blomstedt, Commissioner of Education, Nebraska Department of Education
  • Dannette Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

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Learn more about the Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Commission and view the full membership list.


About Us
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska promotes the development and learning of children from birth through age 8. For more information, visit buffettinstitute.nebraska.edu.

The Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs, activities, or employment.

The Buffett Early Childhood Institute
2111 S. 67th Street, Suite 350, Omaha, NE 68106
buffettinstitute.nebraska.edu
buffettinstitute@nebraska.edu
402.554.2924
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