National Association for the Education of Young Children

Accreditation and early learning systems - naeyc guides the early childhood Education field through its unifying standards for practice and two accreditation systems - naeyc accreditation of early learning programs and naeyc accreditation/recognition of higher Education programs. More than 7,000 early learning programs serving Young Children have earned naeyc accreditation as of fiscal year 2019, and a new accreditation system that automates the accreditation process was launched. There are also more than 600 naeyc accredited and recognized higher Education programs preparing early childhood educators. In fiscal year 2019, these higher Education programs represented approximately 20% of the market.

Conferences and seminars - naeyc's annual events are integral to the impact it has on the early childhood profession. In fiscal year 2019, naeyc hosted successful meetings in Washington, dc and long beach, ca. Naeyc's annual conference (november) drew over 9,000 early learning professionals to Washington, dc, as they gathered to learn, connect and grow as a profession. the conference featured over 500 sessions covering topics such as professional development and preparation systems, steam, wages and compensation, and language and literacy. the conference also focused on the release of naeyc's new position statement, advancing equity in early childhood Education and continued the work and discussion around naeyc's power to the profession initiative. Naeyc's public policy forum took place in late february convening for three days of informative sessions with early childhood policy experts finally, the professional learning institute was held in june. More than 2,000 higher Education faculty, trainers, researchers, ...

Publications - naeyc offers the early childhood field current, relevant, research-based guidance on providing high-quality educational opportunities for Children from birth through age 8. Naeyc published five books in fiscal year 2019 - spotlight on Young Children: serious fun, families & educators together, where's the math, and this is play. Naeyc received three 2019 academic's choice smart books awards for making and tinkering with stem, big questions for Young minds and serious fun. the five issues of teaching Young Children this year included a range of articles on timely research-based topics including supporting diverse families, math concepts and the standards of high-quality early Education programs. the five issues of Young Children contained clusters of articles addressing the following themes; language and literacy, bilingualism, early assessments, supporting the profession and anti-bias Education.