17th Annual Early Learning Conference
Release the Potential!

Date:  Saturday, February 24, 2024

Where: Heritage Academy

35636 State Road 54,

Zephyrhills, FL 33541

Time: 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM

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Keynote Presenter:
Donna Thornton-Roberts

Donna Thornton-Roberts: Celebrating 48 years in early care and education, Donna is a dynamic National Keynote Speaker and Inspirational Educator. With 40 years as a national speaker, she provides practical management training for early childhood professionals. Starting as a family day care in 1976, Donna’s journey expanded to owning 30 centers by 1991.

A firm advocate for lifelong learning, Donna earned a Bachelor’s in Management of Human Resources and Organizational Design at 42 and a Master’s in Business Administration at 48. As the owner of Child Care Consulting Services, she directly serves in 12 school-age programs.

Donna’s influence extends to academia, where she has been an Adjunct Professor and visiting professor at esteemed institutions. Her media presence includes appearances on CBS News This Morning and Sirius Radio.

As the founder and president of the National Association of Child Care Professionals (now Association of Early Learning Leaders), and President Emeritus of the Child Development Education Alliance in Florida, Donna’s mission is clear – to be intentionally inspirational. Her contagious zeal and decades of expertise make her a driving force in the field of early care and education.

Keynote Session:
POWER UP
Intentionally Making a Difference

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” —Stephen Covey

Each of us have the power to choose thoughts which lead either in a positive or negative direction!
Covey says we are products of our decisions not of circumstances. POWER UP is designed to inspire, encourage, and teach how to intentionally create a great place to be in! Each of us possesses the power to make good decisions that will have a positive- lasting- impact on others. Our mission is to use that POWER to create environments where children thrive.

Persistent Optimism with Energized Unwavering Optimism is POWER UP.

The Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).