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Oregon Parenting Educators Conference
Oregon Parenting Educators Conference
Annual event
Oregon Parenting Educators Conference
Goal
Join other parenting educators and family support professionals for professional development, networking, and restoration. Our annual conference hosts practical and inspirational sessions that will enhance your work with parents and families. Learn from national speakers and authors, local colleagues, and researchers.
General Information
Save the dates! The in-person 2025 Oregon Parenting Conference will take place at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center (725 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331) on April 28th and 29th, 2025.
The virtual 2024 conference will take place on Zoom/Whova on May 6-8th, 2025.
Requests for Workshops will open in late fall 2024. For attendees, the schedule, scholarship options, and more will be shared as possible. Registration for the 2025 conference will open in March 2025.
The best place for updates is our Parenting Educator Post newsletter - subscribe here.
Both conference formats will offer English and Spanish workshops and Spanish interpretation of keynote speakers and select sessions.
Who attends the conference?
Parenting education and family support professionals including group facilitators, home visitors, early intervention specialists, family resource coordinators, K-12 educators, behavioral and mental health providers, and family advocates of all kinds.
OPEC aims to create a space that is welcoming and inclusive, where all people are valued for their identities, including for their gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, abilities, and lived experiences.
Contact Information
At this time, the conference registration form is only available in English. However, the OSU-OPEC team are ready to answer questions about sessions, scholarships, or the registration process in English and Spanish – contact us at [email protected]. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by April 14, 2025 to Linse Sullivan, Program Coordinator: 541-737-3465 or [email protected].
Por el momento, el formulario de inscripción para la conferencia sólo está disponible en inglés. Sin embargo, el equipo de OSU-OPEC está disponible para responder preguntas sobre las sesiones, becas o el proceso de inscripción en inglés y español - póngase en contacto con nosotros a través del correo electrónico [email protected]. Las solicitudes de adaptaciones relacionadas con una discapacidad deben realizarse a más tardar el 14 de abril de 2025 a Linse Sullivan, coordinador del programa: 541-737-3476 o [email protected]
Frequently Asked Questions
Please read about costs and payment processes on our Registration page
To cancel your registration, please contact Conference Services at [email protected] by April 11, 2025. For cancellations received on or before April 11, 2025, a refund minus a $75 administrative fee will be processed to the payment method on file.
While cancellations received after April 11, 2024 are not eligible for any refund, we appreciate the communication to keep our catering and capacity estimates accurate.
Spanish interpretation is available for keynote sessions and select other sessions. We also offer sessions in Spanish.
Group registrations are not possible as each person needs to complete a registration form and there is no discount for group registrations.
For other payment questions, please contact Oregon State Conference Services at [email protected].
All workshops will receive Parenting Education Professional Development Core Knowledge Area Training Hours. Workshops that offer ORO Set Two Training will be designated in the description. All other workshops will receive ORO Set 1.
Participants who wish to receive the certificate of completion will need to follow the directions shared during the conference. You will receive your certificate as soon as possible after the conference.
We are unable to offer professional CEUs for this event.
We cannot give a certificate of completion watching recorded sessions, only for participation in live sessions.
Each winter we put out a call for workshop proposals. These proposals are scored by the conference committee and the deadline for submitting is January 13, 2025. After that date, we can no longer accept proposals from the general public.
Check back at our website, or Subscribe to the Parenting Educators Post to keep informed for next year!
Exhibitor space is by invitation only.
Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families
The Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families promotes the development and well being of children, youth, and families by generating, translating, and sharing research-based knowledge.
The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (El Colaborativo de educación para padres de Oregon) supports delivery of high quality parenting education programs and collaborative efforts to strengthen regional parenting education systems.
The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) is an initiative founded in 2010 as a partnership between the Oregon Community Foundation, the Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, the Collins Foundation, and Oregon State University. OPEC’s state partners include the Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon's Department of Early Learning and Care, which provide sustaining funding for the OPEC initiative.