Ron McGuckin
Board President
Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates
P.O. Box 2126, Bristol, PA 19007
Mr. McGuckin is a graduate of Duquense Law School and is the owner of Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates Law Firm, which represents child care agencies in Pennsylvania, and has consulting agreements with child care agencies across the country, including several large Head Start programs. Because of his extensive expertise in the area of law affecting the child care industry, Mr. McGuckin has gained a national reputation as "The Child Care Lawyer". Having done so for over forty years, he continues to train child care professionals on a variety of issues including personnel, administration, and other management and legal issues. In addition, he is the author of three publications designed for child care administrators, "Current Issues in Child Care,” “ Model Personnel Policies for Child Care Agencies 1 st through 6 th Editions," and “Model Parent Handbook for Child Care Agencies,” all which have proven to be valuable assets to the child care industry nationwide. Since 2007, Mr. McGuckin has served on the Board of Directors of the National Accreditation Council (NAC) of the Association for Early Learning Leaders (AELL). Most recently, Ron served a four year term as Board President of the Association of Early Learning Leader’s Board of Directors.
According to the "Connections" theory introduced by author and researcher Dr. Brene Brown, we are all "wired for connections." Applying that to early childhood, this session introduces classroom management techniques designed to improve kindergarten-readiness pursuant to the research on the relationship between emotional health and academic success. Attendees of this workshop will learn procedures and practices designed to help teachers and students have stronger connections that will help students have higher self-esteem and stronger emotional readiness to learn.