2025 CCSS Conference: Your Story, Your Voice: Craft Your Narrative to Spark Change
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Your Story, Your Voice:
Craft Your Narrative to Spark Change
Join Montgomery County Child Care Support Services for our annual conference on Saturday, October 25, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland!
This year’s theme will provide valuable insights, expert-led discussions, and networking opportunities to help you grow in your role as an educator.
WHO: Educators in the Early Childhood Community
WHEN: Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
WHAT: At this conference we aim to achieve the following objectives: increase ECE educators' understanding of government structure; teach ECE educators effective ways to share their professional experience with others to create change; and showcase child care associations' work and goals to familiarize educators with avenues for engagement that are available for them.
Conference Schedule
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast (vendors/networking)
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Opening Remarks (Child Care Support Services)
8:45 – 9:45 AM
Excellence Awards Ceremony (County Executive/Jennifer Arnaiz)
9:45 – 11:45 AM
Morning Keynote (Daniel Hains, Chris Swanson, & Nicole Rodriguez-Hernandez)
11:45 – 12:30 AM
Lunch (vendors/networking/raffle)
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Breakout Sessions (offered in multiple languages)
2:15 – 3:45 PM
Afternoon Keynote (Children's Opportunity Alliance (COA) will moderate a panel of child care association leaders)
3:45 – 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks (Child Care Support Services)
MSDE Approval #: CWO-163807
Course ID: MC-07242025-01
COK Hours: 3 Community & 3 Professionalism
WANT MORE DETAILS? CHECK OUR OUR 2025 CCSS CONFERENCE WEBSITE HERE
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Please bring a reusable water bottle for the day
Parking will be paid by CCSS (you will receive and need to print a parking pass to use on the day of the event)