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Association of Early Childhood Educators Nova Scotia

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Upcoming events

    • 6 Jun 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • 7 Jun 2025
    • 4:00 PM
    • Delta Dartmouth Hotel
    • 149
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    Diversity in Play: A Joyful Mosaic

    Friday, June 6, 2025 and Saturday, June 7, 2025

    Delta Dartmouth Hotel

    The Delta Dartmouth Hotel is located at 240 Brownlow Ave in the Burnside Industrial Park. Our event will be hosted in the Park Ballroom, to the right of the main hotel entrance. Free parking is available on-site.

    About:

    This year's Spring Symposium will provide an opportunity for early childhood educators and other partners working within the early learning and child care sector the opportunity to participate in an engaging learning experience that will expand traditional understandings about the role of play in children's lives. Beginning from the idea that children - and to some extent the adults who care with them - come to know and experience their world through play, we seek creative ways of thinking about, centering, and engaging children and educators in meaningful play in early childhood education and care environments.

    PD Certificate:

    Participants who attend the symposium (Saturday, June 7) will receive a certificate for completion of 6.5 PD hours that will be sent electronically following the event.

    Participants who attend both the pre-symposium workshop (Friday, June 6) and the symposium (Saturday, June 7) will receive a certificate for completion of 9 PD hours that will be sent electronically following the event.

    Registration:

    AECENS Members, please log in to your account to get the member discount.

    Not an AECENS member yet? Your registration for this event includes a one-year AECENS membership. Check out the perks of membership here.

    One lucky AECENS member who registers by May 4, 2025 will win the early bird registration prize of a $50 SportChek gift card.

    Group Invoicing:

    If you are registering a group of staff and would like to be invoiced, please register each individual separately and send a list of names to us at ed@aecens.ca

    Agenda:

    Friday, June 6, 2025

    1:00-1:30 p.m. - Registration

    1:30-4:00 p.m. - Pre-symposium workshop

    The Pedagogy of Possibilities: Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learning Through Play with Dr. Jamie Leach.

    6:00-8:00 p.m. - Banquet and Awards Gala with Dr. Christine McLean, M.C.

    Saturday, June 7, 2025

    Trade show will be open on Saturday during registration and breaks.

    8:30-9:30 a.m. - Registration

    9:30-10:30 a.m. - Welcome and Keynote Address

    A Passion for Play: Exploring the Possibilities of Play with Tina Geers

    10:30-10:50 a.m. - Break

    10:50-11:50 a.m. - Mosaic of Play panel discussion

    11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch break

    1:00-3:45 - Mosaic of Play concurrent sessions

    3:45-4:00 - Closing remarks

    Check back for updates on the Mosaic of Play panel discussion and concurrent sessions as well as announcements about exciting door prizes!

    Please note that unpaid registrations will be cancelled after 48 hours.

Past events

16 Nov 2024 Recipes for Success
23 Mar 2024 RPL Written Exam Day (Winter 2024)

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AECENS is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded territory and ancestral homeland of the Mi’kmaq Nation.  Our relationship is based on a series of Peace and Friendship treaties between the Mi’kmaq Nation and the Crown, dating back to 1725. 

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