Thank you keynote speakers, special guests, panelists, facilitators, sponsors, to all the people who made it happen, and to all the early childhood educators and supporters who showed up to honor Vermont’s children, families, and ourselves. Thank you for joining […]
Child Care Stabilization Grants are available now! These grants, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, are intended to help regulated providers stabilize their operations, compensate staff, and cover unexpected COVID-related costs. Funds may help pay for: Payroll/salaries, employee benefits, […]
by Rachel Hunter Wow, ECE has been in the news more than ever. Every story makes it painfully clear that early childhood education’s staffing crisis is real. It’s so challenging for center directors to manage so many open positions, COVID-related […]
The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) is happy to announce that Callie Weller of Calais is the winner of the the seventh annual Early Childhood Educator of the Year Award. The prestigious annual award recognizes exceptional […]
by Rachel Hunter The early childhood education workforce continues to impress me time and time again. In the past I’ve spoken of the honor I feel facilitating conversations regarding VTAEYC’s Advancing as a Profession work in Vermont. On Saturday, September […]
Adapted from the Task Force’s forthcoming Consensus Document on Professional Compensation: The Task Force for Advancing Early Childhood Education as a Profession in Vermont focuses on truly hearing the voices of Vermont’s ECE workforce. We must ensure that early childhood […]
Louise Derman-Sparks and Debbie LeeKeenan, widely known and respected leaders in bringing anti-bias to early childhood education, will keynote the anti-bias themed first section of Vermont’s virtual 2021 Early Childhood Education Conference on September 29 & 30. LeeKeenan is a […]
by Staci Otis I’ve been watching this week’s PBS NewsHour series “Raising the future: America’s child care dilemma.” This topic is so important to me as a family child care provider in Springfield and as a member of Vermont’s Task […]
VTAEYC is delighted to share themes and dates for the 2021 Early Childhood Annual Conference! We look forward to providing Vermont’s early childhood communities with high-quality programming focused on honoring our children, our families, and ourselves. Building on the successes and lessons of […]
By VTAEYC Treasurer Heather Martin. Heather is an early childhood education consultant based in Proctor, Vermont who led early childhood education programs in Vermont from 2005 to 2021. The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children believes that a […]
