You pour into children every day.
Let someone pour into you.
Earn up to 10 hours of state-required continuing education credit at the STARS Preschool Educators Conference, part of D6 Northwest.
March 5–6, 2027 · Northshore Community Church, Seattle, WA
10 CE Hours
State-required continuing education hours
Practical Training
Training you can take back and use in your classroom immediately
Community
Connect with leaders like you.
Faith + Education
For the next generation
Training for the Moments You Can’t Plan For
You can plan the lesson. Prep the activity. Set up the classroom. You can’t plan for the preschooler who melts down at 10:15. The child who won’t let go at drop-off. The big question that comes out of nowhere. Or the day when nothing goes according to plan.
That’s why good training matters.
STARS brings faith and education together with practical training for the real moments you face every day. You’ll earn the continuing education hours you need while gaining ideas you can use, encouragement for the work you’re called to do, and connection with educators who understand your world.
Why STARS
Get the hours you need. Leave with training you will use.
STARS equips preschool educators and administrators with biblically grounded, practical training from experts who know the classroom. Every session is designed to help you, your students, your classroom, and the homes they go back to.
- ✓Earn up to 10 hours of continuing education credit
- ✓Learn practical strategies from experienced educators
- ✓Be refreshed and encouraged in your calling
- ✓Join a community of preschool educators from across the country
- ✓Leave ready to put your training into practice
Your Guides for the Weekend
Learn From Educators Who Know Your World.
Diane Lytle and Sue Montgomery bring decades of experience, practical tools, and a shared passion for helping young children know and love Jesus.
Diane Lytle
Director, Early Learning Academy at Pleasant View Christian School
Diane and her husband Michael have two adult children and a teenage son. She directs the Early Learning Academy in Pleasant View, Tennessee, and finds great joy in serving tiny humans and their parents.
Sue Montgomery
Christian educator, children's author, founder of SongStory Curriculum
Sue built a PreK–K curriculum out of four decades of hands-on ministry. A mother and grandmother with a background in early childhood education, she brings faith to life in ways young children understand and adults lean into.
How it works
Get Your Hours in Three Simple Steps:
1
Register
Add STARS when you register for D6 Northwest Conference. One registration includes six STARS training sessions plus eight D6 mainstage sessions.
2
Learn & Grow
Attend six STARS-accredited training sessions plus eight D6 mainstage sessions packed into one weekend.
3
Complete Your Hours
Submit your training evaluation, and we’ll take it from there. Your certificate will be handled on site.
STARS Accredited Breakouts
Six sessions. Built For Your Classroom
Friday, March 5
9:00 AM
Creating A High-Quality Supportive Environment: Why Does It Matter?
Set the foundation for young learners through schedules, routines, and activities in the classroom and chapel that promote positive outcomes.
Diane Lytle and Sue Montgomery
12:00 PM
The Building Blocks to Reading
Diane Lytle and Sue Montgomery
4:00 PM
From Chaos to Calm
A hands-on look at basic sensory processing: why little ones tip over, and how you can help them calm back down.
Diane Lytle
Saturday, March 6
9:00 AM
Loving God Back: Helping Children Discover Their Part in A Relationship With God
Developmentally appropriate tools that move children beyond learning about God to genuinely responding to His love.
Sue Montgomery
12:00 PM
From Groovy Buttons to Hot Buttons: Finding Calm When Things Get Pushed
Recognize your own triggers, de-escalate hard moments, and respond in ways that build self-regulation and stronger teacher-child relationships.
Diane Lytle
1:30 PM
Lost and Found: Where the Good Shepherd Meets the Easter Story
Love. Lost. Sacrifice. Rescue. Repentance. Forgiveness. Home. A four-lesson unit built for a month of weekly chapels leading into Easter.
Diane Lytle and Sue Montgomery
CE Forms and Topics
Approved Training Evaluation Form
Complete after the conference to submit your STARS hours.
Mainstage Topics (PDF)
See what's covered on the D6 Northwest mainstage.
Coming Soon!
Invest in the Work You’re Called to Do.
March 5–6, 2027 in Seattle, Washington.
Come learn, connect, and leave better equipped for the children and families you serve.