2010 NEW ECSI Keynotes & Special Guests

"BOCA BETH" BUTLER (Monday Keynote, Breakouts on Monday & Tuesday)

Beth Butler (www.bocabeth.com) is a bilingual educator of young children and strives to create better communication within our increasingly diverse society. She is the founder of the internationally acclaimed BOCA BETH language learning series which has garnered various parenting awards including the following: 2008 Editors' Choice Award/Family Review Center, Learning Magazine 2007 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family, Best Educational Product of the Year (2005 & 2006) –Parent to Parent/Adding Wisdom Award.

The BOCA BETH TV Program is now enjoyed on The Education Channel in Tampa, Florida while her products have been listed on the US Department of Education’s OELA (Office of English Language Acquisition) site as a great resource for helping young children learn a second language.

Ms. Butler lived in Chile and Mexico, then spent more than 10 years in preschool and elementary school classrooms, and has written and recorded four bilingual music CDs in Spanish and English, produced two bilingual educational movies and four children's music videos, published a fun coloring/activity book in both languages and speaks nationally with parents and educators – encouraging second language fun.

Heard on CNN en Español Radio and Univision in California, featured in Scholastic/Instructor Magazine, Learning Magazine, Parenting Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, Latina Style and quoted by the Associated Press, Ms. Butler shares her passion for second language learning with thousands of families.

As a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Head Start Association, National Association for Family Child Care and other professional organizations that share in the development of today’s children, Beth Butler shares her passion for second language instruction with children, parents and educators via interactive children’s concerts, keynotes and workshops.

 

 

GLORIA DE GAETANO (Tuesday Keynote and Breakout)

Gloria DeGaetano (www.GloriaDeGaetano.com) is the founder and CEO of The Parent Coaching Institute (www.thepci.org). The PCI is the originator of parent coaching as a profession and maintains the highest standards for parent coaching professionals, offering a comprehensive, year-long, graduate-level parent coach training program for Parent Coach Certification®.

 

A nationally acclaimed educator, author, and speaker, Ms. DeGaetano has over 30 years experience working with children, teachers, and parents as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, district administrator, university instructor, and national consultant.

Ms. DeGaetano has written Screen Smarts: A Family Guide to Media Literacy (Houghton Mifflin, 1996); Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie, and Video Game Violence (with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman) (Crown Books, 1999), and manuals for educators and child advocates, including Television and the Lives of Our Children and the Media Smarts Series for Students K-5 (Jalmar Press). Her latest book, Parenting Well in a Media Age, received the 2007 i-Parenting Media Award.

A respected voice for children and parents, Gloria's ideas and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, McCall's Magazine, Parenting Insights, Seattle's Child, Portland Parent, Bay Area Parent, American Baby Magazine, The Boston Globe, Committee for Children Book and Newsletter, the American Academy of Pediatrics Newsletter, and Catholic Faith and Family Magazine.

An innovative leader in family support, Gloria has appeared on The Today Show and has been interviewed on many national radio shows, including NPR's Marketplace, Fresh Air, and The Tavis Smiley Show and featured in television documentaries produced by ABC and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. The Parent Coaching Institute has been featured on news programs by NBC affiliates throughout the country and in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, LA Tribune, The London Times, The Observer, Better Homes and Gardens, American Way of American Airlines, Christian Parenting Today, The Chicago Daily Herald, and Spirit Magazine of Southwest Airlines.