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Webinar: Right Sizing Licensing Rules: A Deeper Look at Innovative Approaches
Right Sizing Licensing Rules: A Deeper Look at Innovative Approaches
This webinar builds on licensing reform sessions held at national conferences sponsored by Opportunities Exchange, NAEYC and BUILD as well as two Issue Briefs authored by Irwin and Stoney. Participants will be encouraged to explore options beyond traditional approaches to licensing compliance and documentation with a focus on two vexing issues: staff to child ratios and electronic compliance documentation.
2026 Shared Services Technical Conference
The Opportunities Exchange 2026 National Conference will bring together early childhood leaders, innovators, funders, and practitioners to spark bold thinking and actionable change. Under the theme Reframe. Reimagine. Retool., we will explore the future of early care and education through transformative sessions and collaborative dialogue.
NAEYC Public Policy Forum
Opportunities Exchange will be partnering with NAEYC staff to host a workshop on “right-sizing” child care licensing. We will explore strategies to update and streamline child care regulation in ways that both protect children and encourage supply building.
2025 BUILD National Conference
OppEx is excited to present two sessions at the 2025 BUILD Conference:
Leading with Intention: Harnessing the Power of Modern Technology to Enable Data-Driven Decisions
Right-Sizing Licensing Regulations: Centering Impact, Not Just Compliance
Both sessions will showcase real-world case studies that highlight how modern technology, data insights, and innovative solutions can address persistent challenges in early care and education.
Using Business Intelligence to Make Smart Decisions
Details coming soon.
Presenter: Virginia Marsh, Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center, Amy Friedlander, OppEx
NOTE: This session is open to all individuals who are registered for the 2022 Opportunities Exchange Conference. To learn more or register for the conference visit: Opportunities Exchange 2022 Conference.
To Register for this workshop, please contact: meredithpflora@gmail.com
All times are EST.
Teacher Compensation and More: Creating Great Work Environments in ECE
Recruiting early childhood teachers has always been challenging —but the "Great Resignation" has hit the ECE sector especially hard. In this session, OppEx's Louise Stoney interviews veteran leader Diane Price (Early Connections, CO) on staffing strategies that helped stabilize their program during the pandemic and reflects on innovative practices as we move forward.
Presenter: Diane Price, Early Connections, CO and Louise Stoney, OppEx
NOTE: This session is open to all individuals who are registered for the 2022 Opportunities Exchange Conference. To learn more or register for the conference visit: Opportunities Exchange 2022 Conference.
To Register for this workshop, please contact: meredithpflora@gmail.com
All times are EST.
Shared Leadership: Transforming the ECE Hierarchy
When an emergency sidelined Regional Director Lisa Polk, her agency faced a crisis of leadership. Was there a better way to grow leaders internally while stabilizing operations? Drawing on the principles of shared services, Lisa describes how they dismantled traditional organizational hierarchy to transform their leadership structure.
Presenter: Lisa Polk, Leapfrog Early Learning Academy, Union City GA
NOTE: This session is open to all individuals who are registered for the 2022 Opportunities Exchange Conference. To learn more or register for the conference visit: Opportunities Exchange 2022 Conference.
To Register for this workshop, please contact: meredithpflora@gmail.com
Beyond Business Training
We know that providers struggle to manage their businesses, but is training the answer? Come learn about how various regions are pairing training with software onboarding, business coaching and peer networking to better support provider business leadership.
NOTE: This session is open to all individuals who are registered for the 2022 Opportunities Exchange Conference. To learn more or register for the conference visit: Opportunities Exchange 2022 Conference