Upcoming Events
Mark your calendar for an early childhood event near you! See information below and send details on early childhood events you’d like the Alliance to share by emailing Sarah Galbraith at sarah@vecaa.org.
BBF Early Childhood Action Plan Summit – 7/22
Building Bright Futures
Monday, July 22, 12:15 pm-4:00 pm, Vermont State House
Building Bright Futures (BBF) invites early childhood stakeholders from around the state to their Annual Early Childhood Action Plan (ECAP) Summit.
Join together with other ECAP committee members, State Advisory Council members, and regional and state stakeholders to inform priorities for the coming year and impact the process for updating the ECAP.
Download the full agenda and RSVP by emailing kmobbs@buildingbrightfutures.org. Visit the BBF website to learn more about the ECAP.
Early Childhood Educator's Summer Institute – 7/22 through 7/25
Castleton University
Monday, July 22 through Thursday, July 25, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Castleton University Fine Arts Center
Castleton University offers a variety of hybrid courses designed to deepen practice, meet child care professional development requirements, and contribute to early childhood or elementary educator licensing competencies and/or renewal of educator licenses and endorsements. The focus of this course work is on serving children birth to grade three and their families.
For course descriptions, registration and more, go to Castleton University’s website.
47th Annual Early Childhood Conference and Retreat – 10/24 through 10/26
Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children
Thursday, October 24 through Saturday, October 26, Mount Snow Grand Summit Resort in West Dover
This conference will be hosted by four organizations offering the best professional development activities available. Join the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VtAEYC), Vermont Head Start Association, Bennington County Child Care Association, and Windham Early Childhood Educators Co-Op, plus countless other early childhood education and care professionals from across the state for workshops and networking opportunities. Conference workshop categories include Leadership, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion. The Alliance will be partnering with Let’s Grow Kids to offer a workshop Friday morning on advocacy in the context of early childhood professional development.
Find a complete description of the event on the VtAEYC website.
Save the Date! – Early Childhood Day at the Legislature – 3/11/20
Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Capitol Plaza Hotel and Vermont State House in Montpelier
Mark your calendars for the 26th anniversary of Early Childhood Day at the Legislature (ECDL) on Wednesday March 11, 2020. Join advocates from around the state for a day of networking, education, and advocacy at the State House and the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier.
Stay tuned for more information; in the meantime, check out a recap with photos of ECDL 2019 on the Alliance website.