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<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">Are you interested in exploring critical issues impacting early care and education? Are you wondering how you could work more collaboratively within your community to connect early childhood partners
(e.g., childcare, schools, community-based organizations, etc.)? Are you eager to connect with other early childhood educators and consider ways of strengthening the early care and education mixed-delivery system in your community?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">Consider attending the Early Childhood Summer Summit on <strong><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Thursday, July 11, 2024, at Keeley’s Banquet Center, 178 Warren Avenue, Portland, Maine. </span></strong> The
summit will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Attending is no cost, and up to 60 individuals can be accommodated. CEUs will be made available to anyone attending the summit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><a href="https://mainedoenews.net/2024/05/31/exciting-early-childhood-summer-summit-opportunity/">Read more details and sign-up here!</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nicole Madore</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
Early Childhood Specialist – Early Learning Team<br>
Office of Teaching and Learning <br>
Maine Department of Education<br>
23 State House Station<br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023<br>
<b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:Nicole.madore@maine.gov">nicole.madore@maine.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: 207-446-3967 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.maine.gov/doe" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE</span></a> |
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<a href="https://mainedoenews.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE Newsroom</span></a> <br>
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