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Helping Young Children Build Skills for the Future: Connecting SC Early Learning Standards, Play, and Career Readiness
Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
Room 9
South Carolina’s future workforce begins in its early childhood classrooms. This session brings together the SC Early Learning Standards, play-based instructional practices, and career readiness competencies to show how foundational learning in early childhood directly supports the future economic prosperity of South Carolina. Participants will explore how intentional play, early literacy and numeracy foundations, social-emotional development, and integrated STEM experiences lay the groundwork for later Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways and high‑demand workforce skills. This session will highlight developmentally appropriate, evidence‑informed practices that build curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and problem‑solving—skills essential for emerging industries, automation, military pathways, and future-ready careers. Through practical classroom strategies, cross-sector insights, and examples of innovative early learning environments, attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how high‑quality early learning aligns with workforce readiness and strengthens South Carolina’s long-term talent pipeline.  
Speakers
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Tammy Graham

South Carolina Department of Education
Dr. Tammy Graham is a Team Lead for Instructional Supports: Early Learning for South Carolina Department of Education. Tammy has been in education for 29 years and has also taught at the college level. Tammy has served as an assistant principal, principal, and Director of Federal... Read More →
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Jennifer Stock

Early Learning Specialist, South Carolina Department of Education
Jennifer Stock is an early childhood educator with two decades of experience supporting young learners through relationship‑based, student‑centered instruction. She has served in both early childhood and elementary settings, designing engaging play‑based learning and partnering... Read More →
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Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
Room 9
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