OCAEYC Summer 2023 Newsletter

The Orange County Association for the Education of Young Children (OCAEYC) is a direct affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the foremost professional association for the early childhood field. Visit our website to learn more about our mission and work.

OCAEYC Board Meetings

Our next OCAEYC Board Meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, August 10th at 6:30 p.m. We will send an invite email to members. If you would like to request an item be added to the agenda, or are not a member of OCAEYC but are interested in attending, please email us. You can view past Board Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes on our website.

Welcome to the Team!!!

We would like to take a moment to Welcome and Introduce our new Board Members....

Monique Rico - Board Development Chair

Kristina Atler - Professional Development Chair

Rakhee Parekh - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Chair

You can read more about all of our board members at our website under Contact Us

Highlights

2022-2023

Attention Early Childhood Teachers of Spanish-English Dual Language Learners!

Join TeacherRead-MaestrosLeer!

TeacherRead-MaestrosLeer (TRML) is an exciting new shared book reading program aimed at supporting the language and literacy skills of Spanish-English Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in preschool/transitional kindergarten. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the University of Notre Dame are conducting a study of the TRML program, funded by the Department of Education and in partnership with the Orange County Department of Education.

Teachers who participate in the study will:

have access to free online professional development to support instruction;
build capacity in evidence-based, effective shared book reading practices;
receive free books and materials for their classroom; and
receive $300 for participating.

Click on this link to fill out a brief form to express your interest, and we will contact you soon!

We hope you will join this exciting opportunity to help support the language and literacy development of young DLLs in Orange County ☺

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OCAEYC

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