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Professional Development.  Annual conferences and frequent seminars address your needs as a professional working with young children. Formal presentations and informal networking, valuable workshops, and educational exhibits provide you with new ideas and contacts. Attendance at local, state, and National AEYC conferences keeps you up-to-date. Through association publications and conferences, you gain knowledge and skills that enhance your potential for employment and promotion.

Build the Early Childhood Profession.  We believe that early childhood educators are professionals who should be valued and respected. Join us to promote high professional standards, comprehensive training opportunities, and equitable compensation and working conditions so that qualified early childhood educators will stay and grow in this important field.

Promote Public Support and Policies for Young Children. Together we can help to increase understanding and support for high-quality early childhood education among policymakers and the public through a wide range of education, advocacy, and public awareness activities, including our annual  Legislative Symposium and Month of the Young Child activities.

Raise the Quality of Early Childhood Education Programs.  As a member, you can further our voluntary national accreditation system accreditation, which helps improve early childhood education programs and recognizes high-quality programs so parents can make informed choices. And you can promote the development of respected position statements on issues such as teaching reading and writing, licensing to ensure health and safety, or supporting families. Accreditation helps improve these programs and recognizes high-quality programs so parents can make informed choices. We believe that early childhood educators are valuable professionals who deserve respect. Join us to promote high professional standards, comprehensive training opportunities, appropriate compensation and good working conditions, to keep and grow qualified teaches and providers in this important field.

Improve Your Teaching and Learning.  As a NAEYC member you may take advantage of our wide array of resources to help improve your work with children. These resources include, but are not limited to, the following.

• NEW - Online access to Young Children journal in the “Members Only” section.  
• Young Children journal arriving in your mailbox six times a year.
• Discounted prices in the NAEYC catalog of hundreds of books, videos, brochures, and posters.
• Access to the Members Only area of the NAEYC Website.
• Reduced registration fees to the world's largest early education conference.
• As a CAEYC member, you will receive up-to-date information on the issues affecting your local communities, reduced or free admission to workshops, conferences, and special events, as well as newsletters, access to free website postings and scholarships opportunities.

Benefits on the National (NAEYC) Level        
            Voting rights - to help shape the future of the early childhood profession
·         Reduced rates at conferences
·         Subscription to the journal Young Children or Teaching Young Children -  packed with the latest developments in early childhood education, practice, and research
·          National Academy of Early Childhood Programs - NAEYC administers a national, voluntary accreditation system for early childhood centers and schools
·         Discounted professional subscriptions for example to the highly respected Early Childhood Research Quarterly
·         Opportunity to join more than 100,000 members nationally who work on behalf of young children
·         Opportunities to participate in several insurance plans
·         Opportunity for public policy impact and information - sign on to Children's Champions

     Benefits on the State (Colorado AEYC) Level

• Professional development opportunities - reduced rates at conferences
• Public Policy information. Colorado AEYC keeps you informed of relevant legislation and actively advocates positions beneficial to young children, their families and early childhood professionals.  Sign up for E-mail alerts
• CAEYC Newsletters. Stay current with news, events, legislation, and people around the state
• Technical assistance with NAEYC Accreditation efforts
• Local purchase of NAEYC publications
• Tuition Awards for college students in Early Childhood Education

     Benefits on the Local (District Group) Level

• Networking with other early childhood professionals
• Opportunity to develop your leadership skills
• Joining together on public policy issues
• Professional development opportunities
• Community and Affiliate Chapter events