Call for Proposals and Mentors
Submit a Proposal to Present at the DEC 2025 Conference
The Call for Proposals and Mentors is Closed
Thank you for your interest! We encourage you to submit a proposal for next year's conference.
The call will open in late 2025/early 2026 and will be advertised in DEC emails.
The Division for Early Childhood's conferences and events are an integral part of accomplishing its mission.
It is critical that these venues are accessible and inclusive to all interested partners. Therefore, DEC is intentional in relying on the expertise of those who have been made most marginalized by systemic oppression to shape conferences and events so that their content and activities appeal to a diverse community of interested parties, and that attendees and presenters reflect the same.
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DEC intentionally advertises its requests for proposals to groups who have been historically excluded in an effort to ensure the submission pool reflects a diversity of expertise, lived and professional, and roles in the early childhood sector.
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DEC implements a call for proposals process that allows for an assessment of the racial equity perspective and experience of those who make submissions.
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DEC has a proposal review committee consisting of individuals who have professional and lived experience in the sector and show a capacity to bring a racial equity lens to the work of the committee.
The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
Racial Equity Point of View (2024, pgs 9-10)