Early Childhood Education Professional Organizations

EDU 261 Fall 2015

The Who of Early Childhood Education: The Teachers/Caregivers

• What are the advantages of belonging to a professional organization?

• What does the term “profession” mean for early childhood educators?

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Why Join?• Membership in a professional organization

provides excellent opportunities for early childhood educators to get together and exchange ideas.

• Your involvement demonstrates your commitment to professional growth and improvement in the lives of young children.

• Belonging to an organization that offers increased knowledge and skills can result in professional growth and success.

Family Child Care Associations

• Family child care associations are created specifically to support home-based providers of child care.

• Associations seek to enable these providers to do their work, while maintaining a healthy environment for both the children and the providers.

• Associations represent members that experience the everyday ordeals and face the obstacles of running a small business in addition to providing the peer support, path to enhancing the professionalism of family child care and a link to the greater child care community.

• Associations may provide monthly meetings and workshops specifically designed for family child care providers

NAFCC

• National Association for Family Child Care

NAEYC

• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

• Largest American early childhood professional organization, which deals with issues of children from birth to age eight and those who work with young children.

ACEI

• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)

• Professional organization that focuses on issues of children from infancy to early adolescence, particularly those involving international and intercultural concerns.

NHSA

• National Head Start Association• NHSA is dedicated to meeting the needs of

Head Start children and their families.

SECA

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