WSLN State of the State Report NEVADA

Greetings from the Silver State

State Affiliates Nevada affiliates: 1.RAEYC - Reno/Sparks 2.SNAEYC – Las Vegas

Rural/At-large Members

Student Members University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Working to establish additional chapters at community colleges throughout the state

MEMBERSHIP NevAEYC 635 RAEYC 195 SNAEYC 366 At-large 74 Student Members 104 (numbers are included in local affiliate totals)

Governing Board President & President-Elect Treasurer & Treasurer-Elect Secretary Vice-Presidents of Communications & Technology, Membership, Professional Development, and Public Policy

Governing Board con’t. Members at Large –Nomination Chair –Development Chair –Conference –RAEYC Representative –SNAEYC Representative –UNR and UNLV Student Chapters –Rural At Large

Board Retreats Annual Retreat at Lake Tahoe Invitees include: –State Governing Board Members –Local Affiliate Board Members –Student Chapter Representatives –Early Childhood Educators and stakeholders from throughout the state

Working hard……….

Playing harder………

Camaraderie & Collaboration

July will merge with Apprenticeship Staff expanded to better serve all ECE students throughout the state

Management Group Until now, NevAEYC has not had an executive director – all work has been accomplished through volunteers With increased responsibilities and duties involving T.E.A.C.H., our board felt it was time for outside help

Management Group con’t. The management team will help with: –Conferences –Overseeing T.E.A.C.H. employees –Technology: websites, e-newsletters, listservs –Mail –Phone Calls –Audits –and more…………..

State Conferences Rotate annually between Las Vegas and Reno Pre-Conference Days –DEC (Nevada Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children) –A Day at the Legislature (Reno only)

Mini-Conference As a benefit of membership, a mini- conference in the opposite city of the state conference has been added Will be offered each fall Last year’s mini conference was in Las Vegas This year in Reno the featured speaker will be Bev Bos (October 11 th )

Nevada Early Childhood State Conference 2009 You are cordially invited to attend “Planting the Seeds to Grow a Green Future” April 2-4, 2009 Grand Sierra Resort Reno, Nevada

Technology NevAEYC Home Mission and Vision Employment Opportunities Employment Opportunities NEW! Event Calendar Membership - Join/Renew Student Groups Local Affiliate Groups T.E.A.C.H.® Program Annual Conference Training Opportunities Public Policy Communication Week of the Young Child Governing Board Resources and Links Contact Us

Technology con’t. Electronic Mailing Lists NevAEYC has two electronic mailing lists which are open to members and the larger ECE community. The first list is called NEVAEYCNEWS-L and is a distribution list only. It is used to distribute the NevAEYC quarterly newsletter and other news and updates. This list does not allow you to respond or use it for discussions. The second list is called ECEPUBLICPOLICY-L and is a discussion forum for issues related to ECE and NevAEYC. This list is interactive and allows subscribers to post messages to the entire list.

Challenges Membership –How do we retain members? –What are the “Benefits of Membership” that will appeal to all levels of ECE educators? –How do we serve members throughout a state that is separated by miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles? –How do we establish effective collaborations to avoid “overlapping of services”?

It’s a long, long road ahead!