"Contributing to the professional development of peers, early childhood educators, and the early care and learning community through professional conferences is an opportunity to impact, motivate, and actualize the ECE field's growth, improvement, and accomplishments" Chermaine Tolbert
Conference Presentations
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2024
Anaheim, California
“The caterpillar effect: How to transform children’s learning experiences and advance their language and literacy development through emergent interests”
National Association for Family Child Care, 2024
St. Louis, MO
"Harnessing emerging Interests to transform children’s learning experiences and propel language and literacy growth”
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2022
Washington, D.C
“They look and sound like me”: The opportunity for culturally preserving and relationally centered curriculum and learning in early childhood education”
International Conference on Urban Education, 2022
Cancun, Mexico
“Co-constructing critically conscious, culturally preserving, and inquiry-based early-learning communities and curriculum for access, representation, and justice”
Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children, 2011
Duluth, GA,
“Five Phases of Planning”:
Effective Lesson Planning for Classroom
Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children, 2010
Duluth, GA
“Diverse Teaching Materials”:
Using a Variety of Materials to Enhance Learning
Chermaine initiated, coordinated, and executed The Elevating Early Literacy Conference -200 + attendees
Elevating Early Literacy Summit 2024: Building Foundational Literacy Skills in Birth through Five Classrooms
Atlanta, GA