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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