New Mexico Association For The Education Of Young Children

Programs: T. E. A. C. H. / incentive: t. E. A. C. H. Served 699 scholars across new mexico in fy 2017 with scholarships toward early childhood education degrees. T. E. A. C. H. Scholars completed 5,537 credit hours in fy 17. The t. E. A. C. H. Scholarships benefited teachers serving 16,271 children across the state in a total of 305 early childhood programs. T. E. A. C. H. Also significantly reduced turnover among our scholars across the state. Total turnover among t. E. A. C. H. Scholars pursuing their associate's degree was 5% and among bachelor's degree students the total was 7%; which contrasts strongly against the average turnover rate in the state of nm, which is 31%. The incentive pay supplement program had 224 teachers and administrators in 109 early childhood programs participating in fy17. The goals of incentive are retaining teachers working with children under five and increasing the education of those teachers, thus providing higher quality early childhood education for nm's children and families. In fy 2017, the turnover of incentive participants was only 9% - way below the state average of around 31%. Incentive is not only encouraging educators to continue working with young children under five, but is succeeding in getting them to take more college classes and stay at their places of employment longer. A total of 49% of incentive participants in fy 2017 submitted documentation of taking more classes toward early childhood education degrees.

nmaeyc conference: nmaeyc hosts an annual early childhood conference. This professional development opportunity draws around 1,000 early childhood professionals every year; with a keynote and featured speakers, a pre-conference day, dozens of workshops and an exhibit hall to engage participants. Nmaeyc awards around thirty scholarships for educators to attend the conference as well as opportunities to volunteer or present for a compensated registration. Nmaeyc works with many partners, including cyfd, doh / fit, ped, nmaimh, which contribute time and funds and in-kind support that help make the event a success. A committee of volunteers serves as the organizers of the conference. This event has been a pillar in the early childhood community for years. It serves not only as a learning experience for educators but also as a teaching experience. Educators are able to present classroom techniques to their peers. This exchange coupled with the ideas from national presenters provides a full and engaging experience for all who attend.

advocacy activities: advocacy has been a central part of nmaeyc's mission since its inception, 52 years ago. Nmaeyc is a grassroots association with more than 800 members statewide and plays a key role in connecting the field of early childhood with policy issues and policy makers. Advocacy and policy maker education are essential strategies that nmaeyc uses to promote access to high quality early childhood education. In fy 17, nmaeyc's advocacy work included taking a lead role in organizing a statewide early childhood public policy and parent advocacy leadership institute in january just before the 2017 nm legislative session, doing this in partnership with the nm head start association and the nm child care and education association. Nmaeyc took part in shaping early childhood legislation, tracking bills and issues and informing the broader early childhood community about what was going on and when and how to make their voices heard. Nmaecy continues to find ways to connect the early childhood community to advocacy for early care and education. This is often done through public policy events around the state and participating in community and legislative meetings. In october 2017, in addition to the january institute, nmaeyc participated in organizing two other public policy institutes: one in santa fe focused on the early childhood workforce and one in albuquerque, the child care policy summit.

accreditation facilitation project: the purposes of the nmaeyc accreditation facilitation project are to: function as the accreditation committee within the framework of the nmaeyc organizational structure utilize best practices of accreditation facilitation projects: a framework for program quality improvement using naeyc early childhood program standards and accreditation criteria as a guide for practice promote quality improvements in early childhood programs throughout new mexico by supporting: -programs actively seeking and maintaining naeyc accreditation -programs not formally engaged in the naeyc accreditation process but interested in utilizing the 10 standards as best practice nmaeyc afp supports programs through: training on naeyc accreditation and standards as best practices topics -onsite as requested by individual programs (accredited and non- accredited) -during the nmaeyc annual conference and/or pre-conference -for nmaeyc chapter gatherings -in other ece settings mentoring and consulting on-site to individual programs through: -information meetings with administrators and/or teachers -classroom observations and assessments -review of program and classroom portfolios -assistance with documents as evidence for portfolios -phone and e-mail availability to answer questions and coach assisting financially with -attendance at the annual conference -annual report fees recognizing naeyc accredited centers -at annual nmaeyc conference -on the nmaeyc website, including updating the list of naeyc accredited centers communicating -information about naeyc accreditation through the nmaeyc accreditation webpage emails to accredited programs about updates and changes in the nacyc accreditation process -training opportunities -opportunities to collaborate with other programs nmaeyc afp collaborates with cyfd/ocd through: on-going conversations about how nmaeyc's afp can interface effectively as part of the qris system the accreditation committee provided the following services in fy16: assisted 13 programs on-site with naeyc accreditation processes (observations and portfolio review and consultations with administrators) averaging 8 hours of mentoring for each program offered on-site training in the accreditation process to a total of 110 participants, totaling 330 hours of cyfd training credit. Provided for conference accreditation training by naeyc academy staff: 80 total participants during friday's preconference for 6 hours training each totaling 480 cyfd training hours. A total of 3. 5 hours training was offered on saturday for a total of about 50 cyfd training hours for the 26 participants. Participated in afp training for mentors and vp for accreditation: 80 hours (in state training and national conference training) allocated scholarships: march preconference participants: 26 allocated assistance for annual report fees: 19 served 116 new mexico accredited programs as a contact and source of information about the naeyc accreditation process all other program service accomplishments