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Iowa AEYC offers a variety of programs to help early childhood professionals build their skills and provide high quality education for young children.
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Upgrades in Progress!
Get ready for an enhanced NAEYC member experience!
To make this transition as smooth as possible, the NAEYC portal will be temporarily unavailable from February 21, 2025, until March 3, 2025.
For more information visit NAEYC.org
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Join us for the 2025 Spring Institute on May 2-3 at the Holiday Inn Des Moines – Airport. We have a number of amazing speakers lined up for a weekend full of high-quality professional development. You can register for Friday, Saturday, or both days!
To learn more (and for the link to register), visit iowaaeyc.org/events/spring-institute!
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SAVE THE DATE!
This year, Iowa AEYC is once again proud to observe National Day Without Child Care, which this year will take place May 12. More information will be coming soon on how you can get involved with this very important day of advocacy!
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Attention all Iowa AEYC/NAEYC members! This is your reminder that NAEYC’s membership system will go down in THREE days in anticipation of their new membership launch at the beginning of March. NAEYC recommends, if you are due for a membership renewal, that you renew BEFORE then to avoid any interruption in your benefits.
You can renew at:
naeyc.org/get-involved/membership/join
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The 2025 Week of the Young Child is coming up in a month and a half, and we want to know how you’re going to get involved!
In particular, we would love to know if you have any interest in having your local mayor sign a Week of the Young Child proclamation!
If you’re interested in this opportunity to advocate in your city, comment below and we’ll send you more details👇
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As was announced a few weeks ago via an email to all members, NAEYC is overhauling their membership come March, under the framework known as CARES: Community, Advocacy, Resources, Events, and Supports. Iowa AEYC is proud to offer a number of benefits in all of these categories, but today we wanted to show off our Resource benefits.
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Week of the Young Child is coming up in less than two months! Have you applied for a mini-grant to help fund your program’s celebration? The application deadline is two weeks from today!
Grant Application – Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children
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Home Membership Week of the Young Child® Grant Application Grant Application As an affiliate of NAEYC, Iowa AEYC is proud to support celebrations and activities around Week of the Young Child® (WOYC…0 CommentsComment on Facebook
BIG NEWS!
We are excited to announce that we are selling merch! You can purchase a t-shirt, sweatshirt, or backpack at any time using the link below. And, in honor of our grand opening of the online store, you can purchase any item for 10% off between 2.14-2.16.
We will be selling these items indefinitely, so you can purchase them at any time! They may take up to three weeks to ship, so if you’re looking to make a purchase in time for Week of the Young Child or our Spring Institute, be sure to order soon😉
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TONIGHT! Email info@iowaaeyc.org for the Zoom link!
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This morning’s Day at the Capitol was a huge success! We had dozens of providers and legislative staff join us to explore the ways the early care and education field is both succeeding and struggling. Thank you all for coming to the Capitol to make your voice heard!
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We are STILL ON for tomorrow! Please join us as you feel safe to do so. We’re so excited to hear you share your story!
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Sorry the snow kept us home!
NAEYC is restructuring their membership around the acronym CARES: Community, Advocacy, Resources, Events, Supports. Learn more about how Iowa AEYC helps you tune into advocacy opportunities!
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