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

NevAEYC635

RAEYC195

SNAEYC366

At-large74

Student Members104

(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 1 2008 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 11th)

Nevada Early Childhood State Conference 2009

You are cordially invitedto attend

“Planting the Seeds to Grow a Green Future”

April 2-4, 2009Grand Sierra Resort

Reno, Nevada

Technology

• www.nevaeyc.org                NevAEYC HomeMission and VisionEmployment Opportunities NEW!Event CalendarMembership - Join/RenewStudent GroupsLocal Affiliate GroupsT.E.A.C.H.® ProgramAnnual ConferenceTraining OpportunitiesPublic PolicyCommunicationWeek of the Young Child Governing BoardResources and LinksContact Us

Technology con’t.

Electronic Mailing ListsNevAEYC 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!

ppulver@washoe.k12.nv.us