IPA USA 2024 RIGHT2PLAY, RIGHT NOW: Full Schedule

Welcome to the IPA USA 2024 Conference, The Right to Play, RIGHT NOW! To ensure ease in registration, here are a few tricks.

Once you have purchased your ticket for the conference, you will be directed to a Registration Form. This form is not just a document; it’s a key part of our planning process, and your participation is highly valued. Please complete it to help us track attendees for each of the special events.

If you wish to enhance your conference experience by adding a T-shirt or the Saturday Evening Celebration, you can do so by visiting this page: https://ipausa2024right2playnow.sched.com/?iframe=no

To add the T-shirt or the Saturday Evening Celebration to your registration, click on the ’Reserve Tickets’ button and select the option/s you want to add on.

If you want to attend the Pre-Conference, please follow the link below to register.

PreConference Session – Wednesday, September 25 – 9:30-2:30 pm
Connecting Children with Nature: A Practical Workshop for Educators
Follow this link to register for the preconference——https://events.humanitix.com/connecting-children-workshop

Looking forward to seeing you in Greenville, SC

Deb, President, IPA USA

arrow_back View All Dates

9:15am EDT

Grow Outdoors South Carolina- National Wildlife Federation Panel

Friday September 27, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am EDT

Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

A panel will explore Grow Outdoors South Carolina, a state-funded, 5-year collaboration between the SC Department of Social Services, the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Learning Initiative at North Carolina State University, and multiple early care and education partners. Their vision is that all children in the state spend time outdoors for health, happiness, and a greater appreciation of nature. Panelist will review the history, framework, strategies, and processes of the initiative.

Presenters

Robin Moore

Professor of Landscape Architecture, NC State University

Adrienne Troy- Frazier

Rebecca Colbert, PhD, PLA

Senior Director of Design and Engagement, NWF - Early Childhood Health Outdoors

Rebecca Colbert is a licensed landscape architect with 20 years of experience and a doctorate in Design and Planning. She serves as the Senior Director of Design and Engagement for Early Childhood Health Outdoors at the National Wildlife Federation. Dr. Colbert previously served as... Read More →

Nilda Cosco

Director of Programs, Natural Learning Initiative Research Associate Professor, Co-founder Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC State University

Nilda Cosco, PhD, is Director of Programs at NLI, Research Associate Professor in the Department ofLandscape Architecture, and former Director of the Center for Universal Design. She is responsible forthe conceptualization and management of NLI comprehensive projects, design programming... Read More →

Misty Pearson

Beverly Hunter

Beverly Hunter has worked in South Carolina state government for 40+ years and has been Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) director since 2006. She has led the creation of the statewide Program for Infant Toddler Care in partnership with the University of South Carolina College... Read More →

Friday September 27, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

Session

10:30am EDT

Early Childhood LIberatory Pedagogy: Freedom for All Through Play

Friday September 27, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT

Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

Concepts like liberatory, emancipatory, and decolonized pedagogies are often used when working with older students, but these ideas are rarely applied to early childhood education. In this presentation, I outline the need for early childhood education and care to center liberation and freedom in order to foster whole child development. In misguided efforts to prepare children for school, early childhood practices have disrupted optimal development, severed our natural desires to learn, and led to teacher demoralization and demotivation. I offer early childhood liberatory pedagogy through play as a framework to free us all.

Presenters

Denisha Jones

Dr. Denisha Jones is the Executive Director of Defending the Early Years and an adjunct professor at Sarah Lawrence College and Howard University. Her research interests include organizing activist research projects that examine grassroots movements to achieve racial justice in education... Read More →

Friday September 27, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

Session

11:45am EDT

ONE Year & 1500 Miles Later: An Autoethnographic Journey…

Friday September 27, 2024 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT

Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

As passionate advocates for the right to play, we present an engaging exploration into the essence of play and its pivotal role in development through an autoethnographic study of UK adventure playgrounds and nature schools. This investigation, grounded in personal and professional reflections, delves into the transformative power of play, not just for children but for educators themselves. Our study illuminates how play transcends age, invigorating the adult spirit and fostering a deeper connection to the mission of advocating for children’s play rights.

Presenters

Jonathan McLoud

Jonathan McCloud is an Assistant Professor of Education at Roanoke College, located in Salem Virginia. Jonathan’s scholarly pursuits are linked by an expression of respect and care for the individual, and he is most interested in ways that play is fostered through democratic structures... Read More →

Susan Chlebowski

Susan Chlebowski is a Montessori teacher, forest school leader and PARS Playwork Trainer who studies and teaches research-based models of living and learning that honor a child’s right to play and experience nature as part of a healthy, happy childhood. Her focus work is outreach... Read More →

Friday September 27, 2024 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

Session

2:00pm EDT

Child's Right to Play through the Lens of AnjiPlay

Friday September 27, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

"This presentation will explore AnjiPlay, an educational philosophy and approach from Anji County, China committed to the right of every child to experience extended periods of play. Founded on Principles of Love, Risk, Joy, Engagement and Reflection and Core Elements of Environment, the Child’s Right to Play, the Role of the Teacher and Parents, AnjiPlay returns the right of TRUE PLAY to every child.

The universal child’s innate desire to PLAY unites peoples of different cultures and perspectives. The child’s right to play through the lens of AnjiPlay has become a catalyst for ongoing conversations between the presenter and AnjiPlay. The presenter’s experience in the Kindergartens of Anji viewed through an Australian lens will be respectfully expressed and the impact on the presenter’s work and research in Australia described.

"

Presenters

Kim Moroney

Specialist Early Years, Sydney Catholic Schools

"Kim’s qualifications include a Master of Educational Studies, Bachelor of Education and Diploma in Teaching with teaching and leadership experiences in both prior to school and school settings. Kim’s study in Reggio Emilia, Italy and Anji Play, China have influenced her image... Read More →

Friday September 27, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

Session

3:15pm EDT

Paper Play: Unfolding Magic of Creativity In Learning

Friday September 27, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

The presenters will lead the creative drama session using the teacher-in-role technique, and the participants will join the warm-up games, improvisation phase, and play-based discussion parts.

Presenters

Tugce Arda Tuncdemir

Tugce B. Arda Tuncdemir, PhD., is an assistant professor in the Teacher Education Department at Penn State University Harrisburg. Her research interests are play, creative drama, social-emotional learning, anti-bias curriculum, and diversity shared through presentations, chapters... Read More →

Ruth Guirguis

Ruth Guirguis, Ed.D, is an associate professor of Teacher Education Department at BMCC/CUNY. Her research is primarily focused on DLLs’ association between self-regulation and play, and play as a pedagogy in teacher preparation programs.

Friday September 27, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT
Library C 25 Heritage Green Pl, Greenville, SC 29601

Session

IPA USA 2024 RIGHT2PLAY, RIGHT NOW

From $20.00