Capital Area Association for the Education of Young Children

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• Board Members
  
• President and PennAEYC Representative
  Amber Ruch
• Past President
  Amy Bennett
• Vice President for Services
  Sue Long
• Treasurer
  Kathy Wolfe
• Secretary
  Barb Willier
• Member At Large
  Jennifer Granitz
• Member At Large
  Bev Goodling

• Better Kid Care
• NAEYC
• PA American Academy of Pediatrics
• PACCA
• PENNAEYC
• Pennsylvania Early Learning
• QUEST

CAAEYC Goals

Professional Development

• Support NAEYC accreditation of early childhood programs.
• Provide Director's Roundtable sessions for DPW training hours, along with Administrators' Pre-Conference Workshops.
• Support and promote high quality training for early childhood staff.

Advocacy

• Promote early childhood quality, affordability, accessibility, and compensation issues.
• Seek business and community funding and support through public presentations, one-on-one contracts and publicity through the local media.
• Collaborate with other early childhood advocacy entities.
• Enhance parent education and support of early childhood professionals.

Collaboration

• Build CAAEYC committees and provide support to CAAEYC chairspersons.
• Establish and maintain contact with early childhood programs.
• Foster partnership within the community at business meetings, local events and through our website.