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You're Invited to Celebrate with Power to the Profession

From the beginning, Power to the Profession hasbeen grounded in the voices and perspectives ofeducators. Your expertise, engagement, and passionhave inspired and guided the work of the Power tothe Profession Task Force.Now, the Task Force invites you to celebrate therelease of the Unifying Framework for the EarlyChildhood Education Profession and theProfessional Standards and Competencies forEarly Childhood Educators.Join educators, colleagues, friends, and partnersfrom across the nation on March 9, 1:00 pm - 3:00pm for a live-stream unveiling to recognize thishistoric moment for our field and celebrate ourcollective achievement.

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Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

View the New Movie Trailer

Starting on March 28, No Small Matter will be shownin select movie theaters nationwide!No Small Matter is the first feature-lengthdocumentary to explore the most overlooked,underestimated, and powerful force for change inAmerica today: early childhood education. Throughpoignant stories and surprising humor, the film laysout the overwhelming evidence for the importance ofthe first five years, and reveals how our failure to acton that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisisfor American families, and a slow-motion catastrophefor the country.

Visit their website or Facebook page to find ashowing near you and invite your friends!

Support the 2020 Census and #CountAllKidsThe 2020 Census, coming in April, will bring an opportunity we only get every 10

years and we need everyone's help!!

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureaucarries out a constitutionally mandatedcount, or census, of the nation’s residents.Young children have been historicallyundercounted in past censuses. Youngchildren with certain demographiccharacteristics — such as living in largemetro areas, in linguistically isolatedhouseholds, in grandparents' or non-relatives' households, in group quarters,and in certain other situations — are atrisk of being missed in the 2020 Census.When we miss kids, it harms children andtheir communities for a decade becauseour state loses billions of federal dollars forprograms that give kids a healthy start inlife: Head Start, Medicaid and Children’sHealth Insurance Program (CHIP), theSupplemental Nutrition AssistanceProgram (SNAP, formerly "food stamps"),Title I education funding, child caresubsidies, Early Childhood Intervention(ECI), and school lunches.That’s why we are working with ourpartners to spread the word that ALLTexans — including young children —should be counted in the 2020 Census.

More 2020 Census Info andResources from Texans Care for

Children

Save the Date for TXAEYC 2020 Annual Conference

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TXAEYC's Annual Conference is always ahighlight of our year, and we are alreadylooking forward to this year's event,scheduled for October 15-17 in SanAntonio.The Request for Proposals will bereleased this month. Interested presentersshould consider how their proposal(s)address the Conference theme of Diversityin Action: The Power of the MulticulturalCommunity.Please continue to check our website forthe most up-to-date information and to signup to receive announcements forpresenters, exhibitors, and/or attendees.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Texas Career Directory

Early ChildhoodEducation is a diversefield! Explore theCareer Directory tofind out about careerpathways in the earlychildhood educationfield, like TXAEYCSpecialist, Carol Bell.Education: CDA,Associates in Early

Childhood andBachelors in EarlyChildhood EducationCareer Pathway:Family HomeProvider, Head StartLead Teacher,Specialist withTXAEYC"From as long as Ican remember I’vealways wanted to bea teacher. I would setup dolls, and pretend

to teach them. Now, twenty-five years later I’vebeen the proud owner of a Family Childcarebusiness, completed a CDA, Associates Degreeand my BS in Early Childhood Education withthe support of T.E.A.C.H. I’m a firm believer thatif you take a leap of faith toward your vision,yousucceed."

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Learn More About T.E.A.C.H.Early Childhood Texas

Mark your calendar withthese upcoming datesfrom our local chaptersand programs

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networking, and deadlines

Upcoming Activities

March 9- Power to the Profession Live-StreamMarch 19- Collin County Chapter Educators' ForumMarch 24- Central Texas Chapter TrainingMarch 25-27- Child Care Health Consultant TrainingMarch 28- Southmost Chapter Spring WorkshopMarch 28- Gulf Coast Chapter Healthy BeginningsConferenceApril 4- Paso del Norte Chapter Infants and ToddlersOn the Go TrainingApril 13-17- Week of the Young ChildApril 18- Collin County Chapter WOYC 2020April 21- Austin Chapter Accreditation NetworkApril 21-22- TEACH National Symposium in Chapel Hill,North CarolinaApril 25- Brazos Valley Chapter Conference

Plan Now for 2020's Week of the Young Child

Save the Date for 2020 Week of the Young Child:April 13-17!Theme days and suggested activities are availableon our website. Planning a special event for yourcommunity? Let us know so we can share on ourcalendar!TXAEYC members are also encouraged to connectwith your local chapter to support their WOYC activities.

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Coming Soon: Child Care HealthConsultant Training in the

San Antonio Area

The next training opportunity for newChild Care Health Consultants isscheduled for March 25-27, 2020 in SanAntonio. Application deadline isWednesday, March 18. Please view ourwebsite for additional information.

The Healthy Child Care Texas - SocialEmotional Project (HCCT-SED) isrecruiting early childhood programs toimplement a developmental screeningprogram at their center. Learn moreabout the HCCT Social Emotional Projecton our website.

Apply for CCHC Training Today

Prekindergarten PartnershipOpportunities-- RECESS Initiative

The RECESS PrekindergartenPartnership Initiative can help supportschool districts and early learningprograms by facilitating formal or informalpartnerships.

Formal Partnerships include having adistrict prekindergarten classroom locatedat a "satellite" campus within an earlylearning center within the communitywhere children are dually enrolled in thedistrict and at the early learningcenter. Children and families receivebenefits of the district and the center.

Informal Partnerships includecollaborative professional developmentopportunities where districts partner withearly learning centers in theircommunities for shared trainingactivities. These partnerships are focusedon having consistent messaging andschool readiness initiatives throughout thecommunity.

For more information or to learn aboutpartnership support in your area, pleasecontact RECESS Grant Manager LaurieAdams at laurie@texasaeyc.org.

To learn more about the RECESSInitiative, please visit our website

Now Accepting Applications

Now accepting applications forSummer 2020 term.

Apply Now to continue youreducation!

Click HERE for more information or tostart your application today.

Learn More About theIndividualized Instruction

Project

TXAEYC is partnering with TeachingStrategies to offer a valid andreliable, developmentally appropriateassessment system, GOLD®.

More Information and Application

Contact Us:TXAEYCOffice: 512-215-8142Email: taeyc@txaeyc.orgWebsite: www.texasaeyc.org