MNAFEE Conference 2026

The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It)

We Rise Higher Together: Leading the Culture We Want to See, From Shared Values to Collective Action

Captain Your Culture: Lead with Clarity, Alignment, and Appreciation

A-1: Building the Future of ECE: A New Path to Fair Pay and Professional Careers

A-10: Tackling Tough Topics with Diverse Caregiver Groups

A-11: GOLD® for Leaders: Using Data to Guide Implementation and Improve Outcomes

A-3: Difficult Conversations Made Doable: How to Solve Problems Without Creating Conflict

A-4: What is the Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework? An Introduction

A-5: Advocating for ECFE with Administration

A-6: Rethinking Early Childhood Support Through a Neurodiversity-Affirming Lens

A-7: Building Bridges Through Books: Engaging Families & your community with Children's Books (repeat E-7)

A-8: Early Childhood Education During Polarizing and Stressful Times (repeat D-6)

A-9: TBA

A2: From Standards to Storytime: Using the Revised 2028 ECIPs in Practice (repeat D-10)

B-1: Early Childhood Teacher Licensure in Transition: Data, Dialogue, and Next Steps

B-10: Building Connections: A Marketing & Outreach Collaborative

B-11: GOLD® for Teachers: Using Data to Strengthen Instruction

B-3: How are the Successful Learner and Early Childhood Coaching Frameworks Support State and Local Connections, Collaboration, and Comprehensive Integration? (repeat D-3)

B-4: Building ILPs in Community using the Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework (PECCF): Intermediate Level

B-5: The Little Ranger Roadster: Taking Early Childhood Learning on the Road (repeat E-3)

B-6: It's All About the Brain! How to Use Music to Prepare Young Brains for Reading (repeat C-6)

B-7: Receipts, Please: Teaching Parents (and Ourselves) to Spot Real Science in a Clickbait Era

B-8: Leading Instruction with Intention: Strengths‑Based Feedback and Reflective Practice

B-9: TBA

C-1: Family Voice: ECFE MN Story Collective Initiative

C-10: Building ILPs in Community using the Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework (PECCF): Advanced Level

C-11: Empowering Early Literacy with Integrity

C-2: Refocusing on What Matters: Using Data to Elevate Teaching and Learning

C-3: Journey from referral to services; Understanding Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education services

C-4: Beyond the Classroom with The Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework (PECCF): How Program Leaders Can Expand Use of the PECCF to Enhance Programs

C-5: Small but Mighty: Facilitating Honest Conversations About the Joys and Challenges of ECFE and Early Childhood Programming in Rural and Small School Districts

C-6: It's All About the Brain! How to Use Music to Prepare Young Brains for Reading (repeat B-6)

C-7: Preventing the Development of Bias in Early Childhood: Foundations and Reflection

C-8: Leading with Story: Effective ways to share about early learning with district leadership

C-9: TBA

Partnering With Parents: An Approach to Collaborating with Families to Best Meet Children’s Needs

D-1: Understanding and Supporting Big Reactors/Highly Sensitive Children

D-10: From Standards to Storytime: Using the Revised 2028 ECIPs in Practice (repeat A-2)

D-2: Providing ECFE Programming in Rural Communities - Panel & Discussion

D-3: How are the Successful Learner and Early Childhood Coaching Frameworks Support State and Local Connections, Collaboration, and Comprehensive Integration? (repeat B-3)

D-4: A Decade Strong: Essential Practices for Sustaining Social-Emotional Learning and the Pyramid Model Framework at Pearson Early Learning Center (repeat E-4)

D-5: Neurodivergent Affirming Practices for both Parent Educators and Early Childhood Teachers

D-6: Early Childhood Education During Polarizing and Stressful Times (repeat A-8)

D-7: The Value and Practice of Intentional Parent Observation in ECFE: An Action Research Study

D-8: Beyond Birth to 5- Continuing Parent Education for Families PreK to Grade 3 (repeat E-8)

E-1: Why Can’t You All Just Get Along? An Effective Approach to Dealing with Sibling Rivalry

E-2: Being With: Understanding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health through a Pyramid Model Lens

E-3: The Little Ranger Roadster: Taking Early Childhood Learning on the Road (repeat B-5)

E-4: A Decade Strong: Essential Practices for Sustaining Social-Emotional Learning and the Pyramid Model Framework at Pearson Early Learning Center (repeat D-4)

E-5: Inclusion from the Start: Collaborating with Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education in Early Learning Environments

E-6: Parent Education in Polarizing and Stressful Times

E-7: Building Bridges Through Books: Engaging Families & your community with Children's Books (repeat A-7)

E-8: Beyond Birth to 5- Continuing Parent Education for Families PreK to Grade 3 (repeat D-8)

E-9: And So We Grow...Sowing Seeds to End Ageism: Using Storybooks to Cultivate Healthful Positive Age Beliefs