Join us for a half-day of professional development at the Palmetto Pre-K Jamboree, Thursday, July 30, 12:30 – 4 p.m. Discover fresh, innovative ways to engage young learners through dynamic speakers and engaging sessions. Gain practical strategies to boost your teaching and connect with fellow early childhood educators. Don’t miss this chance to grow your skills and be inspired—register now! Since 2019, South Carolina’s early childhood educators have gathered twice a year for the Palmetto Pre-K Jamboree, hosted by First Steps 4K, SC Head Start Collaboration Office, SC Department of Education, and SC Department of Social Services. Learn from top experts and enhance your professional growth!
In this keynote address Lisa shares the powerful story of her first day of school. Through engaging storytelling Lisa brings you back to this first day by taking you on a tour of Mary’s Nursery School. Lisa will share the sights and sounds of the place where, at the young age of three, she decided to become a teacher and identify how one day solidified this decision. This inspiring keynote gets participants back in touch with their own personal why which is at the heart of providing quality care - why do we show up every day and do this work? And, if it was a child’s only day, what will they remember?
Lisa Murphy
M.Ed. - Ooey Gooey, Inc.
National early childhood speaker, Dr. Marianne Gibbs, presents engaging keynote on the fine motor development of young children 3-6 years old. This session contains essential, rarely addressed information for educators of ALL young children, which supports pencil grasp and pre-writing development across the curriculum. Session is fun and fast-paced. Activities and techniques are ready to use in the classroom or home tomorrow!
Marianne Gibbs
Ed.D., OTR - Gibbs Consulting, Inc.
This is an audience sing-along session! Come ready to sing and clap along while we talk about the importance of having tools like finger play songs and chants to assist in transition times!
Lisa Murphy
M.Ed. - Ooey Gooey, Inc.
Which came first, the child or early learning standards? The child of course! In this session participants will unpack the SC Early Learning Standards through the lens of observing the students in their classrooms. Come join us for an interactive and informative session that will have you looking at all children in a new way.
Karen Lounsbury
Ph.D. - University of South Carolina Upstate
Phonological awareness plays a critical role in future reading success and the important foundation PreK educators provide through intentional instruction. Participants will explore engaging, developmentally appropriate, multimodal activities and classroom routines that strengthen rhyme, syllables, sentence segmentation, and early phoneme awareness while supporting later reading and spelling development.
Keegan Wilson
Ph.D. - Know Dyslexia
Yes, this event is completely free to attend. We encourage you to login and have a look around at your convenience. The Jamboree is intended for SC teachers of 4-year-olds in publicly funded programs, but all of the state’s 4K teachers are welcome.
Yes, you’ll need to fill out our registration form to gain access to the event. Please fill in the registration form with some basic information to get started.
To receive SCDSS Endeavors credit for a session, you must:
Attendance certificates are available for sessions of which you attended least 80%. If you need a certificate, please email your name and the sessions you attended to Jamboree@scfirststeps.org.
Go to the Registry Login on SCEndeavors.org and enter your information. The system will look for your account and guide you through the steps to connect with it.
The information provided at registration will establish you as a user on the platform to create your login credentials and to receive continuing education credit. It will not be used for any other purposes.
Yes, the vFairs platform is compatible with any computer or mobile device and any browser.
The event will be on demand indefinitely, and presenters may allow some sessions to be available to watch later; however, updates and changes to the platform are made periodically and the availability of this feature may change. Please note that continuing education credit is only awarded for attendance of the LIVE sessions.
A planning committee with representatives from the four agencies that provide publicly funded preschool in South Carolina (Department of Education, First Steps 4K, Department of Social Services, and Head Start Collaboration Office) collaborate to plan the day.
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The project described was supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.