Benefits of Membership
"Belonging to ECEC has made me more reflective of my individual practice. Am I using developmentally appropriate practice? Am I keeping current on new trends and philosophy?"
Membership includes
- an annual Professional ECEC Journal
- Issues, Events, and Ideas newsletters
- reduced registration fees for conference and workshops
Why join?
Enhance Teaching Practice
- professional development: conferences, workshops, articles
"ECEC has kept me rejuvenated and fresh in my ideas,
thinking and approaches."
- specific classroom ideas for instruction and assessment
- access to displays, collections and resources
- deeper understanding about educational principles
"I have used the ideas presented through the Council newsletter as springboards to classroom themes, teaching, and reflections."
"I am a better teacher. I am a better parent. I am a better person."
Benefits of Membership
- developing leadership skills
- questioning practice, strategies and administrative decisions
- learning about available resources
- planning and organizing workshops, conferences, functions
- speaking in public
- developing technological literacy
- appreciation diversity of teaching styles
- becoming more self -reflective in practice
"My membership in the Council has strengthened the desire to be a lifelong learner."
Advocacy
- for young children
- as a collective voice for primary teachers
- by political involvement
- affirming the importance of early childhood education
"We need to celebrate our strength and will to survive."
"I am very proud to be part of this vibrant council. I've met wonderful people, made lots of new friends, and become more confident in my professionalism. This has enriched my life."
"ECEC helped me become a better classroom teacher. The conferences, publications, and workshops have given me an opportunity to see, hear and read the work of people who have helped shape Early Childhood Education. It has kept me connected to both theory and practice."
"It is a gradual process of enlightenment!"
