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Welcome to Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children
Click here for information on our upcoming Awards Brunch to be held on Saturday May 1st from 8:30am to 11:00am. This is event will be held at the Viscount Suite Hotel located at 4855 East Broadway.
Mission
The Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children serves young children, their families and stakeholders in the community through:
- Advocacy and leadership
- High quality early care and education
- Professional development and collaboration
Supporting a strong, early foundation for all children, which can last a lifetime.
SAzAEYC has over 345 members in the Southern Arizona area including Graham, Greenlee, Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pima counties. We have 18 members on our Board of Directors and one paid Association Manager.
Some of our proudest accomplishments are:
- Hosting an annual conference for Southern Arizona professionals who serve young children.
- Ongoing collaboration with other agencies to advocate for young children.
- Recognition of early childhood leaders in our community at an Annual Brunch.
- Continually working to offer professional development opportunities to early childhood teachers to improve their student’s lives as well as investigating the feasibility of “mini-seminars” to help centers through the newly revised accreditation process.
- Sponsoring a listserv to keep each other informed of important events in our community and maintaining a dialogue among colleagues.
- Advocate for high quality early childhood education programs, environments for young children.
- Advocate for increasing support and recognition for professionals who work with young children.
- Support the Tucson Children’s Project (TCP) and Building Optimal Nurturing and Development (BOND), action advocacy groups of SAzAEYC.