Category: Events

April 16-18, 2027
Marriott Hotel
Santa Clara, CA

April 24-26, 2026
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA

All conference activities will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center.
     April 24-26, 2026
     Pasadena Convention Center
     300 E. Green Street
     Pasadena, CA 91101

In 2025, we created virtual site tours. They were among the workshops sessions. We are continuing with the virtual site tours — centers, museums and other ECE-focused programs will submit a workshop proposal through the Call for Presentations (CFP) process. We created a specific track for this purpose, titled Virtual Site Tours. There is no additional fee to attend the Virtual Site Tours — they will be scheduled among the traditional workshop schedule.

We look forward to having you with us in 2026!

https://conference.caeyc.org

From Gloria Davis, SCC-CAAEYC President

It is time to celebrate, appreciate, recognize, and grow!

I am humbled to lead an outstanding group of resilient early educators as we move beyond survival of the pandemic to opening our hearts to transform the futures of all children and families. I am appreciative as I serve the second year of my presidency with colleagues’ bravery, thoughtfulness, and collaborative efforts.

Together we will continue to build on our organization’s most significant assets by maintaining relationships and making new connections. In addition, SCC-CAAEYC keeps the flexibility necessary to respond to the needs of the early childhood education community through our professional development, webinar, workshops, and advocacy. Finally, we are dedicated to nurturing, growing, and developing early childhood leaders. Studies show that investments in high-quality early childhood education save taxpayer dollars, make working families more economically secure, prepare children to succeed in school, earn higher wages, live healthier lives, avoid incarceration, and contribute to society.

We are just coming off celebrating the Week of The Young Child, honoring and validating our youngest learners and families with five fun-filled themes each day.  A special thanks for celebrating the Week of The Young Child at our local region, state, and national levels.

We still have more to celebrate! Earth Day is on April 22 every year. The day inspires us to act toward protecting the environment and focus on the need for conservation. We can teach our young learners how to make this world a better place now and for future generations. Earth day is recognized as the largest civic event in the world.

Teacher Appreciation Week will be celebrated in the first week of May. Teachers have such a significant impact on the lives of our children. Since 1984, the National PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) has designated a whole week to honor the women and men who lend their passion, skills, hard work, and dedication to educating our children. A million thanks to all the excellent teachers in the lives of children as we celebrate, appreciate, and recognize your accomplishment with young children helping them find joy in learning.

Lastly, we want to continue to grow the field of early childhood education by strongly advocating and supporting a robust and diverse universal preschool system inclusive of both school and community-based providers.

Gloria J. Davis, M.A., President

Southern California Chapter

California Association for the Education of Young Children (SCC-CAAEYC)

Full Spring 2022 Newsletter

Important Reminders for the ECE Community

Upcoming Professional Development Events

Written by SCAEYC
December 22, 2020 at 1:38 pm

Future NAEYC Conference Dates/Locations  (www.naeyc.org) Orlando, FL — November 17-20, 2021 Washington, DC — November 16-19, 2022 Nashville, TN — November 15-18, 2023 Anaheim, CA — November 6-9, 2024 Future CAAEYC Conference Dates/Locations (www.caeyc.org)California Forum for Professional Development 2022 CAAEYC Annual Conference & Expo April 29-30 and May 1, 2022 | Pasadena, CA

Written by SCAEYC
December 18, 2020

Topic: TIPS FOR ECE PROVIDERS  DURING COVID-19

Date: Dec 17, 2020 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Meeting Recording

Written by SCAEYC October 30, 2020 at 3:20 pm

Dear Early Care and Education Stakeholders,

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has launched the web-based COVID-19 Early Care and Education Toolkit.  The toolkit is designed as a resource to help early care and education programs – centers and family child care homes – respond to COVID-19. Guidance documents, templates and answers to frequently asked questions have been selected from local, state and national resources. The toolkit is intended as a one-stop for early care and education programs to manage community mitigation at your sites and report COVID-19 cases if and when they occur.

Visit http://ph.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/EducationToolkit/ECE/

Michele P. Sartell

She/Her/Hers

Child Care Planning Coordinator/Program Specialist III

*Updated 12/12/2020

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has revised the  COVID-19 “Guidance for Early Care and Education Providers” and reformatted it into a checklist.  Revisions are highlighted in yellow.  The guidance is available for download at http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/education/GuidanceEarlyChildhoodEducation.pdf.

An array of DPH materials pertaining to early care and education programs, including the revised guidance, also is available on the Early Care & Education

COVID-19 Toolkit site at http://ph.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/EducationToolkit/ECE/

Translation of the revised guidance is currently underway and will be posted on the Toolkit site as soon as it becomes available.

Michele P. Sartell

She/Her/Hers

Child Care Planning Coordinator/Program Specialist III