What
Is VAECE?
The Virginia Association for Early Childhood
Education (VAECE) is an organization of people interested in the
education and welfare of young children and their families. VAECE
members work together:
- to
provide educational opportunities for adults who work with young
children;
- to
advocate legislation at the state and local level for quality
educational opportunities; and
- to
implement programs and services for young children and their families.
Membership is available to all people concerned with the well-being
of children, ages zero through eight, in Virginia.
Who
is VAECE?
The
Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education (VAECE) has its
roots in the Virginia Council on Social Work. Efforts began in 1955
to bring together child care personnel and others interested in
preschool children. In 1956, 60 persons attended a Child Care Preschool
Institute in Roanoke. A year later, more than 200 persons met, adopted
a constitution, and selected the name -- Virginia Association for
Early Childhood Education. Current membership is now over 2,000.
A major step in the professional development of the association
and of the membership was achieved in 1969 with VAECE's affiliation
with the National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC). In 1972 VAECE affiliated with the Southern Early Childhood
Association (SECA).
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