National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

National Education Association (NEA)

National Association of Early Childhood Specialists (NAECS)

To provide early childhood education and support services to low-income families.

To provide financial assistance to families with young children.

To provide job training and placement services to parents of young children.

To provide health care services to young children.

Conferences

Workshops

Online courses

Mentoring

To provide information and referrals to child care providers.

To provide financial assistance to child care providers.

To provide training and technical assistance to child care providers.

To enforce child care regulations.

To provide resources and support to early childhood educators.

To conduct research on early childhood education.

To advocate for policies that support early childhood education.

To provide training and technical assistance to early childhood programs.

Portfolio assessment

Standardized testing

Observation

Anecdotal records

To provide care and education to children in a home-based setting.

To provide care and education to children in a center-based setting.

To provide care and education to children in a school-based setting.

To provide care and education to children in a community-based setting.

To ensure that children with disabilities have access to a free and appropriate public education.

To provide financial assistance to families with children with disabilities.

To provide training and technical assistance to educators of children with disabilities.

To conduct research on disabilities.

Infant toddler program

Preschool program

Head Start program

Child care program

To provide guidance to early childhood educators on ethical behavior.

To enforce ethical standards for early childhood educators.

To advocate for policies that support ethical behavior in early childhood education.

To provide training and technical assistance to early childhood educators on ethical behavior.

Infant toddler program

Preschool program

Head Start program

Child care program

To conduct research on early childhood education.

To provide training and technical assistance to early childhood educators.

To advocate for policies that support early childhood education.

To provide resources and support to early childhood educators.

Infant toddler program

Preschool program

Head Start program

School-age child care program

To provide support and resources to early childhood specialists.

To advocate for policies that support early childhood specialists.

To provide training and technical assistance to early childhood specialists.

To conduct research on early childhood specialists.

Infant toddler program

Preschool program

Head Start program

Special education program