YAAEYC Summer Newsletter 2011 (2)

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Dear YAAEYC Members,

I hope everyone had a fun and productive summer! We are gear-ing up for an exciting new year. This years YAAEYC Conferencewill take place on October 1st at Penn State, York campus. TheEarly Childhood Summit will be November 30th through December2nd at the Penn Stater Conference Center in State College, PA.They will be offering over 150 workshops.

Over the summer YAAEYC board and committee members metwith Jodie Askins from PENNAEYC to talk about the new websiteavailable to all YAAEYC members called Shared Source. If youare a YAAEYC member you can access the site and take advan-tage of the many resources available to early childhood providers.Shared Source offers best practice resources and products tosave ECE programs time and money and allow them to operatemore efficiently. Members who have used the site have seen costsavings of between 10 and 20%. In addition, members can accesspersonal benefits as well in the form of savings on travel ex-penses, gift cards and more. The web address iswww.sharedsourcepa.org . Check it out!

I am looking forward to the new year and as always thank you toall the York County Early Childhood Providers for your dedicationand commitment.

Sue Yohe

YAAEYC President

Letter From The President

Inside this issue:

The WhiteThe WhiteSummer 2011

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Letter from thePresident

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2011 YAAEYCConference

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Accreditation 3

Week of the YoungChild

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One Book 4Accreditation - Cont. 4

New & RenewingMemberships

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York Library Update 6

YAAEYC Contacts 6

Shared Source 5
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2011 YAAEYC Conference

The YAAEYC Conference planning is in full swing.

The conference will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2011. We are excited to offer some wonderful,new training sessions for attendees as well as some of the favorites from years past.

Our registration will be online this year and the links can be found athttp://volunteer.truist.com/uwoyc/volunteer/ (United Way of York County website) and

http://www.yaaeyc.org/ (YAAEYC website).

We are looking forward to another great conference!

The York Area Association

for the

Education of Young Children

presents:

The 2011

AnnualEarly Childhood

Conference

Saturday, October 1, 2011

8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.

Penn State York
http://volunteer.truist.com/uwoyc/volunteer/http://www.yaaeyc.org/http://www.yaaeyc.org/http://volunteer.truist.com/uwoyc/volunteer/


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NAEYC Accreditation of programs for young children represents the mark of quality in early child-hood education. NAEYC Accreditation began in 1985 with the goal of providing an accrediting sys-tem that would raise the level of early childhood programs. Today, over 7,000 programs are NAEYCAccredited. In York County, there are currently 12 NAEYC Accredited centers.

NAEYC accredited programs invest in early childhood education because they believe in the bene-fits to children and families. Early childhood experiencesfrom birth to age 8have an enormousimpact on childrens lifelong learning and positively contribute to their health and develop-ment. Early childhood education programs with the mark of quality benefit children with greaterreadiness for and success in school.It is for this reason that parents and families are seeking out NAEYC-accredited programs. Parentschoosing an early childhood education program can be overwhelmed by trying to find the highest-quality program for their child. NAEYC Accreditation is the mark of quality that families are lookingfor. NAEYC Accreditation gives families the chance to make the Right Choice for Kids.

NAEYC-Accredited programs must meet NAEYC's 10 standards for high-quality early childhoodeducation:

Standard 1: Relationships

Standard 2: Curriculum

Standard 3: Teaching

Standard 4: Assessment of Child Progress

Standard 5: Health

Standard 6: Teachers

Standard 7: Families

Standard 8: Community Relationships

Standard 9: Physical Environment

Standard 10: Leadership and Management

Benefits of being an NAEYC Accredited Program:

Helps to build a stronger team of teachers, administrators, and families working together to im-prove quality for children.

Improved standards for the overall program

Recognition through NAEYC, including program listing on the NAEYC website in the ProgramSearch section

Announcement of programs accreditation in the NAEYC Early Learning News weekly newsletterto programs, members, media, and others.

Use of NAEYC Accredited logo for marketing purposes

Attracts more families to enroll their children at program

See what some programs have to say about NAEYC Accreditation:"I know it is a lot of work, but in the long run your center, your children and your families will reap thebenefits." Diane Rudash, Director of Lasting Impressions Child Development CenterIts great to have a consensus (NAEYC Accreditation) throughout the field.Alissa Levey Baugh,Director, Early Childhood Services

What is NAEYC Accreditation?


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One BookEvery Young Child

The 2011 selection for One Book Every YoungChild is Stephen Swinburnes Whose Shoes.This photographic picture book shares everydaypeople and what they do with the shoes theywear. Children will enjoy matching people withtheir footwear.

Whose Shoes traveling trunk, along with InsideMouse Outside Mouse, A Special Friend Indeed,Up Down And Around, If You Were A Penguin,and What A Treasure are available for weeklyborrowing through Martin Library. Please callPeggy Gardner at 846-5300 X280 to reserve atime for you. Trunks may be picked up from andreturned to your closest local library.

Week of the Young ChildThe Week of the Young Child Committee will be

starting our meetings in November to plan for the

banquet, publicity, and other wonderful activities

that promote early childhood children, families,

and teachers. If you are interested in joining the

committee or would like more information, please

contact Trish Bissett at Bissettt@unitedway-

york.org or Angie Sparks at as-

[email protected]. Remember, participation

on the committee counts as a Professional Devel-

opment activity for Keystone Stars, and its a lot of

fun

NAEYC is pleased to have funding available to assist some programs with the fees for accreditation. NAEYC

Accreditation Scholarships are awarded to programs primarily on the basis of the program's financial need.

Scholarship Applications will be reviewed within two months of receipt and programs are notified in threemonths. An Awards Committee makes decisions about awarding NAEYC Accreditation Scholarships. This

committee is independent and separate from the NAEYC Academy for Programs for Young Children and its

accreditation decisions.

If an application is denied, and additional information becomes available which significantly changes the pro-gram's application, the program may resubmit an application for reconsideration.

NAEYC Scholarship Awards
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Thank You For Joining Or Renewing Your MembershipAmanda Lewis AndersonMary Sue BarshingerAngie BellLinda BittleAlyson BordenNicolette Bowman

Billy Jo Ann BurgerCrystal ChristmanDoreen ConawayTracy CoyleStacy DennisonMolly DiehlKimDillonAdam EllisLaura EmerickElizabeth FazioSusan D. FerreeTammy Flower

Marguerite FosterFrederic S. FroelicherElizabeth GarrettAmy GoodmanMelinda M. GrahamYetta GravesTina GroffAfsar HaroonJacki HarrisMegan Heffelfinger

Diana HeilnerKately HengstDoug HeyboerBarbara HoffmanJessica JersildLaToya Johnson

James Phillip JohnstonCathie Marie KellerMary Rose KellyRebecca KnaubRuth Camille LeonardAllison R LightyChristine MaxwellSamantha McCulloughHaydee MelendezCarly MercadantePiper MerchantMegan Miller

Nichole MoateBambi MontouthAnnie Lynn MurrayDanelle MurrayRebekah Noel

Norma Jean OviedoChristina OwensSheila PaganTeresa D. PeakeTonya PenningtonLuz Perez

Jessica PetersonMiriam PinkoAlminda PlankAmanda R. ReedNicole ReedMelissa Rohrbaugh

Lisa RumseyKristina SandmannCamile SipeKathy S. SmithMary Kate SmithMelanie L. SolidayLaura E. SpahrStaub, KristinStokes, ShannonSullivan, RebeccaSweitzer, JenniferToone, Linda

Weatherly, DeannaWitmer, Judith AnnWright, JunkoWright, StephanieYeingst, SaraYinger, LisaYoung, LisaZambito, Mary CZimmerman, TabithaZirkle, Renee S

SharedSourcePA.org is available to all YAEYC members as a member benefit - the cost of the siteis included in your annual member dues! Members who are using resources available at Shared-SourcePA.org are saving an average of 10 to 20% on the cost of food, educational materials, officesupplies and liability insurance. Need performance appraisal forms, family handbooks, or classroomtips? These resources and more are just a click away at SharedSourcePA.org.

ChildWare is an easy-to-use, web-based child management system that tracks child and familydata, registrations, attendance, licensing and accreditation, food program subsidies and much more.By automating your processes for invoicing, billing and reporting to multiple funding streams, youll

save both time and money.

Targeted Solutions, the consulting practice of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), canhelp you supplement your staff with specialized expertise in accounting, human resources and mar-keting, giving smaller programs the capacity to compete in a tight market. The first service offering,ECEhire.com, will be an online recruiting service that will help you find and hire qualified staff faster.

SHAREDSOURCEPA.ORG is FREE to all YAEYC members!

SHAREDSOURCEPA.ORG


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RemembertocheckthePAKeyswebsiteatwww.pakeys.org,fortrainingopportunities.

Committee Chair Members Contact Information

President: Sue Yohe [email protected]

Accreditation: Megan Penson [email protected]

Conference Co-Chairs: Molly Diehl [email protected] & Shanda Opsitos [email protected]

Membership: Sukhdeep Gill [email protected]

Nomination: Christy Renjilian [email protected]

Program: Debra Riek [email protected] & Lisa Young [email protected]

Public Policy: Ashley Zurawski [email protected]& Rebecca Sullivan [email protected]

Publicity/Newsletter: Paula [email protected]& Jackie Dell-Shearerdellshearerj@unitedway-

york.org

Recognition: Wendy Latshaw [email protected]

WOYC: Angie Sparks [email protected] & Trish Bissett [email protected]

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York County Libraries Reading Rainbow

Join us Saturday, October 8, 2011, from 11 AM until 3 PM, at West Manchester Mall for ReadingRainbow! Meet One Book Every Young Childauthor Steven Swinburne and enjoy crafts and activi-ties based upon his books. Zoo America will bring live animals. There will be a scavenger hunt inthe mall. You can also purchase books and have them autographed. This event is co-sponsored byWest Manchester Malls Kids Club in conjunction with Family Fun Day.

GO York Grand Prize winners will be drawn at noon in the Bon-Ton Court. The program ends onMonday, September 5, 2011. Encourage your parents and children to turn in their completed forms,at their local library, to be entered into the drawing.

Visit www.yorklibraries.org or www.goyork.org

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YAAEYC Summer Newsletter 2011 (2)