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The Southwest VA Association for the Education of Young Children (#228)

Membership area:

Roanoke County, Roanoke City, Salem, Botetourt, Craig Co., Franklin Co.

Mission:

SVAECE is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs and championing the rights of young children.

To fulfill its mission, SVAECE will:

  • Support families and professionals who want to ensure the best beginning possible   for every child
  • Nurturing and respecting all young children
  • Professional growth for our members
  • Quality programs, which are developmentally appropriate and reflect current finding in our field
  • The importance of maintaining high standards of professional conduct
  • Continuing to be open to new ideas and willing to learn from the suggestions of others

Opportunities for involvement:

Contact us to become a member or join on-line!

Feel free to meet us at one of our quarterly trainings, or at one of our community events like our Kindergarten Readiness Seminar, our “Night at the Museum”, our Annual Fall Conference and/or our Holiday Festival.

Upcoming Events:

February……..Kindergarten Readiness Seminar
March ………. Student Social/Member Mixer at VA Western Community College
April……….….Celebrating Week of the Young Child / Night at the Museum
May…………...Celebrating Professional Providers
October…....Our Annual Fall Conference at VA Western Community College

Contact Us:

 

The Southwest Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education will host its annual fall conference on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Virginia Western Community College.

We are so excited about our theme, Changing the World Using the Power of Play!

We plan on having at least 200 participants and classroom sizes will average 20-25 participants. Registration for the conference will begin at 8am.  The first session will begin at 9:30am and the last session will begin at 3pm.  As of now, all sessions are scheduled to be 1 hr. in duration.  Should you have any questions or need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I truly hope you can join us on conference day to share your expertise with our conference participants. For more information, please click here.

- Maria Ferrone, SVAEYC President

    
   

 

 

 

LATEST VAECE CONFERENCE UPDATES!

The Keynote speakers for the 2010 VAECE Annual Conference have been selected!

Please visit the Future Conference page to see who will be speaking at next year's conference.

The Exhibit Hall is in a new location! For your convenience, the Exhibit Hall for the 2010 conference will be located in the Grand Ballroom, right across from registration! The larger size is allowing us to feature additional exhibitors and special events.

Registration will be opening soon, make sure to visit the Future Conference page often for updates!

    
 

 


 

 
 
 

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