| When you become a member of
Colorado AEYC, you automatically become a member of NAEYC and you also
become associated with one of the Colorado AEYC Chapters. As the state
affiliate of NAEYC, Colorado AEYC has 16 chapters called District Groups
across the state. Typically, chapters represent multiple counties of
Colorado. Click on
any district for more information.
To contact any district representative, please contact the Colorado AEYC
business office, at 303.791.2772 or 1.888.892.4453.

Arkansas
Valley District: Chaffee County
Representative: Rhonda Hansen
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Boulder
County District: Boulder County
Representative: Matt Eldred
More than 140 ECE professionals turned out to the Annual
Provider Appreciation Event sponsored by the Boulder County
District of CAEYC on Friday, April 30 th. There
was live music, entertainment from the improve group
Playback Theatre, wonderful catered meal, and lots of raffle
prizes. The evening was topped off with recognition of the
Teacher of the Year award for Boulder County, which was
awarded to Elaine McCarthy, Director from Childrens House
Preschool in Boulder.
In addition, there were more than 100
letters of recognition and thank you notes written by
parents of children in care to their favorite ECE teacher in
Boulder County. The Co-chairs Melinda Bayers from The Acorn
School in Boulder and Linda Swedhin from the Our Center in
Longmont did a wonderful job organizing the event!
The Boulder County Distirct of CAEYC board of directors has
set August 29th as their retreat date to plan the upcoming
year. We look forward to partnering with other ECE groups
and organizations to advocate for children and child related
issues in the upcoming year. We are especially excited
about the completion of the Boulder County ECE Framework
document, which in alignment with the State-Wide ECE
Framework and look forward to building a cost-model for
implementation in partnership with the local Early Childhood
Council of Boulder County.
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Delta/San
Juan District: Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San
Juan, San Miguel Counties
Representative: Carol Phelps
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Denver
Metro District: Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Park Counties
Representative: Cindy Smith
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Fremont
County District: Fremont County
Representative: Angie Shehorn
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Larimer
County District: Larimer County
Representative: Madonna Mehia
As I send greetings from the Larimer County District of
CAEYC, I have on my desk a copy of THE COLORADO STATESMAN.
Larimer District, in collaboration with the Early Childhood
Council, was pleased to be a part of "Doll Day" and excited
to see many of the over eighty cardboard dolls for the
Colorado Children's Campaign pictured in the April 16
Statesman. Representative Randy Fischer from Larimer
County, is pictured on the front page with one of the
dolls. Family child care homes, child care centers, faith
based programs, and programs for school aged children worked
together to create the variety of diverse dolls. The dolls
were precious; however the message sobering: "Dolls are
cute, but stats about kids in poverty is ugly."
Letters, applications, and nomination forms have gone out to
all Larimer County members of CAEYC. The applications will
be reviewed at the June 10th board meeting. Elections will
be held and new members will take office in August.
Board Member Stephane Tillman from Fort Collins and Nancy
Almond an active district member and ECCLC employee from
Estes Park, graduated as Buell Fellows on May 22. Board
member Beverly Hall completed her Family Leadership classes
and board member Albertha Moorlag is involved in extensive
Pyramid training . Many district members are taking classes
to meet the new licensing requirements.
Spring has finally sprung. The trees and lawns are a lush
green. The many lakes in this area are filled. Lilacs,
Iris, and other flowering plants are blooming. The wild
flowers along hiking paths, are beyond description. It is a
beautiful time of year for growing. Larimer District is
looking forward to growing this coming year as well with new
members, new trainings, and greater community outreach.
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Mesa
District: Mesa County
Representatives: Paula Gallegos
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Mountain District: Eagle, Lake,
Summit Counties
Representative: Taralyn Walters
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Northeast Colorado District: Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick,
Yuma Counties
Representative: Terry Curtis |
Northwest
Colorado District: Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, Counties
Representative: Kim Martin
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Pikes
Peak District: Cheyenne, Elbert, El Paso, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Teller Counties
Representative: Ruby Belton
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Roaring
Forks District: Garfield, Pitkin Counties
Representative: Season Doebler
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San Luis
Valley District: Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande,
Saguache Counties
Representative: Patti Newman
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Southeast
Colorado District:
Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer,
Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo Counties
Representative: Renee Monohan
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Southwest
Colorado District: Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma Counties
Representative: Heather Taylor |
Weld
County District: Morgan, Washington, Weld Counties
Representative: Becky Ward-Smith
We had a Membership Celebration on May 11th
for all current Weld District members. Joanne Dalton was our
speaker. Joanne reminded us that we need to
pat ourselves on the back for the work we
do with and/or for children and be positive about ourselves
and stand up and say I am good at
! Remember to nurture
yourself so that you can nurture others. A delicious dinner and
dessert along with door prize drawings made for a nice evening to
recognize the hard work of early childhood professionals. Board
member elections were held and we have a few changes to the Weld
District Board. Correen Martinez has stepped down as Vice
President. We thank her for her work and contributions while on the
board! Debbie Becker is our new Vice President. Becky Ward-Smith
will continue as the President, Amber Arens remains our Training
Coordinator, Janet Flaugher remains the Secretary, and Julie Skinner
the Treasurer. Kathy Hamblin, Karen Fawcett, and Peggy Johnson
remain as Members at Large. Linda Neigherbauer joins us on the board
as a Member at Large.
We want to encourage all current Weld District
members to join the Facebook group! Information about trainings and
other events are posted on this site and you can network with
others. If you are interested in finding out more information about
the Weld District group please e-mail us at
weldcaeyc@yahoo.com. You must be a current Weld District member
to be accepted into the Facebook group.
In collaboration with United Way of Weld County
and we will be hosting several training workshops. Tentative dates,
times, and topics are:
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August 19 6:45pm 8:15pm
Childhood Obesity
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September 16 6:30pm 8:00pm
Self-Regulating Discipline
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October 9 9:00am 12:00noon
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October 21 6:15pm 7:45pm
Cavity Free Kids Fort Lupton
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November 18 6:30pm 8:00pm
Language & ELL
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December 16 6:30pm 8:00pm
Special Needs
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January 20 6:30pm 8:00pm
Kindergarten Readiness
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February 2 6:30 pm 8:30 pm
Dinner Conversations
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March 5 8:00am 4:30pm
Love to Learn Conference
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April 16 9:00am 12:00noon
Strong Fathers/Strong Families
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