COMING TOGETHER: EXCELLENCE & PARTNERSHIPS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE 2013
20 and 21 NOVEMBER 2013
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
INTRODUCTION
2013 marks a watershed year for the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). As
the kindergarten and child care sectors come together as one early childhood community,
we move towards a common vision of excellence and partnerships in early childhood
development.
The 2-day early childhood conference will bring together some 2000 child care
supervisors, kindergarten principals and educators, as well as curriculum specialists,
trainers and academia. The conference programme will present sessions that are
engaging, inspiring and professionally stimulating. It is an exciting time for the early
childhood community to embark on new transformational possibilities to enhance
children’s learning and developmental experiences through the quality of their
programmes, pedagogy and practices and fostering strong partnerships to uplift
standards and quality of provisions for young children in their early years.
ECDA is calling for proposals and we invite you to participate by submitting abstracts for
consideration in the concurrent workshops and poster sessions at the conference.
Abstracts submitted must address one of the following key strands:
A. Child Development,
Curriculum &
Pedagogy
 Pedagogical
documentation
 Designing effective
learning spaces
 Best practices in
developmentally
appropriate
curriculums
 Purposeful play
 Quality rating tools
 SPARK
 Strategies for
managing behavioural
issues
B. Professional &
Leadership
Development
 Reflective practices &
dialogue as
professional
development
 Effective mentoring
strategies
 Planning for your
staffs’ professional
development
 Enhancing educators’
observational skills
 The intentional
educator
C. Partnerships &
Networks
 Strategies for strong
partnerships
 Collaborating with
community partners
for programme,
curriculum content and
staffs’ professional
development
 Good practices in
developing
partnerships with
parents
 Teachers as
researchers
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 IT in the EC curriculum
 Innovation to improve
quality in ECE
programmes /settings

Leadership
development
 Creative & aesthetic
expression in the EC
curriculum
DATES TO NOTE:
Submission for proposals open
Deadline for submission of proposals
Notification of acceptance
20 June 2013
16 August 2013
30 August 2013
PRESENTATION FORMATS
Please indicate the format of your presentation:
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Oral/Standard Lecture Presentation: To present your work during a concurrent session.
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Workshop Presentation: To present a participatory and interactive session for
participants to engage in meaningful learning.
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Poster: To present a poster (at least A1 size or 841mm by 594mm) either at a concurrent
session or at the exhibition space. Posters will remain on display throughout the 2-day
conference.
For the Oral/Standard Lecture and Workshop Presentations, presenters may opt for either a
45 or 90 minute session. Please note that we may not be able to accommodate your
preferred length in the event of overwhelming response to the call for proposals.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE:
1. Proposals received after the closing date that is 16 August 2013 will not be accepted for
review by the Programme Sub-Committee. Please note that presenters may be required
to conduct a brief presentation to the committee. All proposals will be evaluated based
on the following criteria:
 Relevance to the theme and key presentation strands
 Clarity of objectives and learning outcomes for the participants
 Participatory and interactive nature of the session
 Completeness of submission
2. The decision of the committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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3. The committee reserves the right to edit abstracts and/or biographical details of any
presenter for content and/or clarity.
4. Presenters will need to submit a deck of presentation slides electronically for review if
the abstract is accepted. These must be submitted either in Adobe PDF (.pdf) or
PowerPoint (.ppt/.pptx format).
5. For Lecture/ Workshop presentations, Presenters must bring their own laptop and
other necessary accessories to connect to the projector.
6. Accepted abstracts and presentation slides will be published on the conference website,
and will be made available to conference participants in Adobe PDF (.pdf) format.
7. Please note that ECDA will not accept presentations that promote products or contain
any kind of marketing materials.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
All proposals must be submitted via email to CDN@ecda.gov.sg using the “Call for
Proposals” form as attached.
All enquiries concerning abstracts, slides, papers and presentations must be made via email
to Ang_Jit_Leng@ecda.gov.sg.
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Call for Proposals Form
(Closing date for proposals: 16 August 2013)
Name (first name and
surname)
Organisation’s Name and
Address
Lead Presenter
Co-presenter/s (if any)
Presenter information /CV
Presentation Format &
Length (please tick
accordingly)
Key Presentation Strands
(please tick one)
To note the following:
 Please attach as separate document (Word Document
Format) a 75-word biography of the presenter(s) including
qualifications, work experience and presentations at other
conferences/workshops.
 Please include an electronically scanned photograph of the
intended presenter(s).
 Font type/size – Arial/11pt
Oral/Lecture
Workshop
Poster
45 minute
45 minute
or
or
90 minute
90 minute
Child Development, Curriculum & Pedagogy
Professional & Leadership Development
Partnerships & Networks
Sub-Strands
(please tick one)
Pedagogical
documentation
Reflective practices &
dialogue as professional
development
Designing effective
learning spaces
Effective mentoring
strategies
Best practices in
developmentally
appropriate curriculums
Planning for your staffs’
professional development
Purposeful play
Enhancing educators’
observational skills
Quality rating tools
The intentional educator
SPARK
Teachers as researchers
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Strategies for managing
behavioural Issues
Leadership development
IT in the EC Curriculum
Strategies for strong
partnerships
Creative & aesthetic
expression in the EC
curriculum
Collaborating with
community partners for
programme, curriculum
content and staffs’
professional development
Innovation to improve
quality in EC
programmes/settings
Good practices in developing
partnerships with parents
Title of Presentation
Abstract
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Please attach a separate document (Word Document format)
to include the following:
o Goals and action-oriented learning objectives
o Benefits to conference participants
o Presentation content and implications for practice
and/or future research with bibliography/ references
o For research papers, please include a brief outline of
the sample, design and methodology
Please include whether the content featured is new
information, has been presented before at other
events/platforms or a work in progress.
Word limit: 250-300
Font type/size: Arial 11pt
Spacing: 1.5
Requirements: Equipment,
technology and room
layout (e.g. theatre style,
cluster seating)
Any other information that
would be useful to us
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