JANUARY 5 Early Childhood Workshop Cy-Fair, ISD Houston, Texas Sponsored by: SRA/McGraw-Hill

JANUARY 24 17th Annual Southern Conference on Children Neesmith-Lane Continuing Education Building, Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia Keynote / Workshops

JANUARY 30-31 Philadelphia Public School Teacher Inservice Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Workshop Sponsored by: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

MARCH 4-5 Los Angeles Unified District Teacher Training Los Angeles, CA Sponsored by: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

MARCH 13 Infant-Toddler Teacher Workshop Columbia, South Carolina Keynote / Workshop Sponsored by: Richland County First Steps

MARCH 18-19 SECA (Southern Early Childhood Association) 55th Annual Conference Daytona Beach, Florida Keynote, Workshop

MARCH 27 South Texas – Kindergarten Teachers of Texas Conference Brownsville, Texas Keynote Sponsored by: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

MARCH 30-31 Early Childhood Workshops Maryland / Washington DC Area Sponsored by: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

APRIL 1-2 25th Annual Child & Family Development Conference University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC Keynote, Workshop

APRIL 19 WTVI (Charlotte, North Carolina’s premier PBS station) – 10th Anniversary Celebration of Ready to Learn Charlotte, North Carolina Luncheon Speaker Sponsored by: Wachovia Bank

APRIL 21-24 National Head Start Association 31st Annual Training Conference Anaheim, California Workshops, Special Presentations, NHSA Choir Director

APRIL 29-30 San Luis Valley Early Childhood Council – Adams State College San Luis Valley, Colorado Teacher workshop (Literacy Connections), Learning experience for children and families Sponsored by: Early Childhood Council of the San Luis Valley

MAY 21-22 Pat Kennedy Scholarship Fund Raiser – Eastfield College Mesquite, TX Keynote, Workshop

JULY 20-22 23rd Annual DLM Early Childhood Summer Institute Dallas, Texas Keynote and Celebrant

JULY 30 Hillsboro County Public Schools Tampa, Florida Keynote Sponsored by: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

AUGUST 12 Wharton Independent School District – Teacher In-service Wharton, Texas Keynote, Workshops

AUGUST 13 Miami-Dade County Public Schools 2004 “Opening of Schools” Pre-K Teachers – Annual Meeting Miami, Florida Celebrant

SEPTEMBER 8 Early Childhood Workshops Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sponsored by: The School District of Philadelphia

OCTOBER 2 11th Annual Northwest Indiana Early Childhood Conference Merrillville, Indiana Keynote, Workshop

OCTOBER 5-6 Wayne County Pre-K / Title I Jesup, Georgia Teacher Training Workshop: Learning Experience through Music

OCTOBER 15-16 AEYC – MO (Association for the Education of Young Children – Missouri) Annual Early Childhood Conference Springfield, Missouri Keynote, Workshop

OCTOBER 23 The Sunshine House, Inc. “Super Saturday” (Regional Teacher Training) Columbia, South Carolina Keynote, Workshop

NOVEMBER 1 Calaway County Regional Early Childhood Teacher Training Paducah, Kentucky Workshop Sponsored by: Calaway Coundy Regional Training Office

NOVEMBER 2 4th Annual Southwest Regional Emergent Literacy Conference Concord, North Carolina Keynote Sponsored by: Southwest Emergent Literacy Project and NCDPI (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction)

NOVEMBER 5 TEPSA (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association) 2004 Fall Conference Arlington, Texas Keynote

NOVEMBER 10-13 NAEYC’s (National Association for the Education of Young Children) 2004 Annual Conference Anaheim, California Workshop

NOVEMBER 16 Learning Experience for Children & Families Greenville, South Carolina Sponsored by: The School District of Greenville County