Early Childhood Education Assembly

NCTE proposals due January 20th

2012-01-11T11:35:00.001-08:00

The date is approaching. NCTE online proposals due January 20. Join the ECEA in Vegas!

NCTE proposals due January 20th

2012-01-03T06:24:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Submit a proposal for NCTE. Online proposals are due January 20. See you in Vegas!

2011-12-20T12:39:00.000-08:00

NCTE's 2012 annual convention is in Las Vegas! Online proposals are due January 20, 2012 (by mail January 12). Get with some teachers and think about submitting a proposal for the ECEA!

2011-11-20T15:02:00.000-08:00

The 100^th year anniversary marks an important time for all NCTE members. For those of us in early childhood education this moment in time is particularly poignant, because with the creation of the Early Childhood Education Assembly we are officially recognized as a constituent group of the organization.

As I move on to the position of past chair I want to thank all of you for the opportunity to serve in the capacity of interim chair and chair. Your encouragement, support, and patience over the past three and a half years have been greatly appreciated. In particular I want to thank Jean Anne Clyde and the Early Childhood Issues Committee of the late 1990s for their vision of an NCTE that welcomes early childhood educators. Thanks to Carol Avery for putting the committee in place and Jerry Harste for keeping it going. I am also grateful for time spent with Susi Long with whom I had initial conversations that eventually led to the idea of the ECE Assembly. Debi Goodman, as past chair of the Elementary Section Steering Committee (ESSC), helped create a space for the ECEA at the ESSC table making it possible for us to participate in program planning for the annual convention and bringing to you the Day of Early Childhood. Thanks also goes to Laurie Katz, Barbara Z. Kiefer, Detra Price-Dennis, Melissa Wilson, and Patricia Enciso, past co-editors of Language Arts, who expanded the focus of the journal to include pre-K. Historically pre-school concerns have not always been addressed in the journal. Laurie and her co-editors even went as far as to devote a special issue that focused specifically on early literacy.

Thank you to Mariana Souto-Manning, Dinah Volk, Carol Felderman and Jeff Wood for the hours of work getting the ECEA off the ground and continuing to help iron out the kinks as we enter into our toddler years. Carmen Medina, Erin Miller and the Affirmative Action Committee have been instrumental in ensuring that issues of diversity and difference are kept at the forefront of our work. And of course thank you to the At-Large Members of the Board of Directors;Victoria Dixon-Mokeba, Amy Evans, Anne Haas Dyson, Celia Genishi, Julia Lopez-Robertson, Becky McCraw, Wayne Serebrin, and Katie Wood-Ray.

It took almost 100 years for us to be recognized in an official capacity at NCTE, so for the next 100 years it behooves us to make sure that early childhood concerns and issues continue to be part of the NCTE agenda. Here’s to the next 100!

Vivian Vasquez
Past Chair

If you presented an EC focused paper at NCTE this year please consider submitting it for publication in the ECEA Yearbook Volume 2.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS.

2011-09-19T13:42:00.001-07:00

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Chicago is just around the corner! This year, Mariana Souto-Manning (Assistant Chair) has put together a wonderful Day of Early Childhood program on Saturday., Nov. 19,2011, that includes such early childhood educators and researchers as Lisa Cleaveland, Katie Wood-Ray, Kathryn Whitmore, Susie Long, Dinah Volk, Heidi Mills, and Ann Haas Dyson.

The ECEA Business meeting will also be held on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm at the Chicago Hilton/PDR 3, Third Floor. Please attend as this is an opportunity for us to imagine possiblities for the ECE Assembly of NCTE.

Also, it's an election year! You should have received a link to an electronic ballot by now. If you have not and you are a current member please send us an email at eceassembly@gmail.com

Following are the positions we are voting on and a description of what each role entails.

The Assistant Chair:
1. In the temporary absence of the Chair, presides at all business meetings of ECEA and its Board of Directors.
2. Assists the Chair with managing the current ECEA Business Meeting at the NCTE Annual Convention.
3. Assists the Chair in preparing the Annual Report to NCTE.
4. Assists the Chair in planning for ECE involvement at NCTE’s annual convention.

The Treasurer:
1. Handles all financial transactions of the group.
2. Pays bills incurred by ECEA within the budget adopted by the Board of Directors.
3. Submits a written financial report that also includes a report on membership at the ECEA Annual Business Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting.
4. Notifies the Chair if at any time ECEA appears to violate the proviso that it shall not, without the express permission of the Executive Committee of NCTE, incur any obligation exceeding its funds.
5. Assists the other officers and committees in carrying out their responsibilities.
6. Serves as the IRS contact for tax-exempt reporting purposes.

Duties of the Board of Directors
1.Sets policies for the general operation of the organization.
2.Approves the budget and authorizes additional expenditures.
3.May authorize publication of monographs and special publications.
4.Sets dues for various classes of membership.
5.May propose amendments to the Bylaws.
6.Receives reports from officers and committees.
7.Plans for ECEA involvement in NCTE’s annual convention
8.Communicates with membership through the assembly newsletter or the annual business meeting.

Finally, we are awarding a number of membership scholarships. Please click on the link below for information regarding this.

Click here for scholarship form.

Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago!
Vivian Vasquez
ECEA Chair.

NCTE Chicago 2011

2011-04-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring! Thank you to those of you who submitted proposals to the early childhood strand for the NCTE annual convention to be held in Chicago in November, 2011. As a result of your submissions, Mariana Souto-Manning, our Assistant Chair and Program Chair was able to create a very strong early childhood strand and Day of EC for the convention!

Keep an eye out for updates regarding keynote speakers and other events!

Also, please remember to spread the word about ECEA and renew your membership today!

Happy New Year

2011-01-07T07:20:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that another year has come and gone! As you plan for the year ahead please remember to renew your membership to the ECE Assembly. Your membership sustains the life of the assembly and we encourage you to spread the word and invite others interested in early childhood issues and advocacy to become members as well.

Thank you to those of you who participated in the early childhood strand at the NCTE annual convention in Orlando, Florida! We hope many of you have submitted proposals for the 2011 convention!

Welcome to the ECE Assembly of NCTE

2010-09-01T13:48:00.000-07:00

Thank you to those of you who submitted proposals to present at the NCTE Convention in Orlando! We look forward to seeing you there.

Click here to view the EC sessions.

Thank you to Debi Goodman and the ESSC for welcoming ECEA with open arms and for their ongoing support of early childhood educators!

Click here for ECEA events that took place at the 2009 Convention.

ECEA at NCTE 2009

2009-09-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe that the NCTE Annual Convention is just around the corner. The Early Childhood Education Assembly has certainly come a long way in a very short period of time. Having recently gained Assembly status, we are especially excited to catch up with all of you at the convention, and talk with you about ways of drawing attention to our early childhood group. Over the past several months the ECEA Board of Directors Officers, has been busy putting together sessions that focus on early childhood education. At the end of this post we will list various sessions to be held on the Day of ECE at the NCTE convention as well as share with you the ECE workshop we are sponsoring as a post convention event.

Please check back regularly for any updates.

Also, for your convenience in the side bar to the right of this post, you will find information regarding membership in the Early Childhood Education Assembly. We need your support so please share this site with your colleagues, follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook and help us to spread the word about our assembly.

We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia!

Vivian Vasquez and Mariana Souto-Manning

ECEA Chair and Assistant Chair

A Day of Early Childhood at the NCTE Annual Convention - Click here and join us!

November 23, 2009: Young Children Learning in Diverse Communities: Language and Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers - A Day-Long Workshop. Click here to register.

WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Session: W.01 - 9:00 am to 3:30 pm 11/23/2009
Format: Day-Long Workshop
Room: Convention Center/Room 201B, Level 2 Topic: Other

In this workshop, ten early childhood educators will engage teachers in exploring issues and ideas to support language and literacy learning in preschools, kindergartens, and primary grades across cultural and linguistic communities.

Presenter:
Gloria Boutte, University of South Carolina, Columbia , 'Teaching African American English Speakers: Expanding Educators and Student Repertoires'

Anne Haas Dyson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Celia Genishi, Teachers College, Columbia University, 'Writing . . . Talking and Playing Between the Lines'

Maria Paula Ghiso, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 'Writing that Matters: Explorations in First Grade Authorship'

Susi Long, University of South Carolina, Columbia , 'Home and Community Literacies: Strategies for Learning about Children Beyond Schools'

Julia Lopez-Robertson, University of South Carolina, Columbia , 'Literature Circles: Inviting Critical Conversations in All Classrooms'

Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University and Vivian Vasquez, American University, Washington, DC
'Critical Literacies in Early Childhood Classrooms'

Dinah Volk, Cleveland State University, Ohio , 'Home and Community Literacies: Strategies for Learning about Children Beyond Schools'

Affirmative Action Committee

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Carmen Medina, Chair
Indiana University
cmedina@indiana.edu

Rochelle, Dail
University of Alabama
rdail@bamaed.ua.edu

Erin Miller
South Carolina
dmiller118@sc.rr.com

Carmen Tisdale
South Carolina
Tisdale_carmen@yahoo.com

ECEA History

2008-08-31T13:01:00.000-07:00

NCTE 2008

At the end of a very exciting Day of Early Childhood, at the annual convention, in November 2008, Deborah Wells Rowe gave a thought provoking keynote for which we hope to provide audio on this site in the near future.

Following Debbie's talk the proposed Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA) held a special interest group meeting to vote on various aspects of the assembly. The minutes from this meeting can be found in the column on the right hand side of this web page. Since this meeting, the ECEA leadership has worked diligently at submitting the necessary paperwork required to complete the process of gaining assembly status. In February, 2009, the NCTE Executive Committee voted on whether or not to award this status.

On March 24, 2009, Millie Davis, Division Director, Communications and Affiliate Services at NCTE contacted us to officially inform us that we had been granted Assembly status!

We look forward to hearing from you, working with you, and supporting your needs! Please come back to this site for updates regarding the status of the proposed assembly.

Vivian Vasquez
ECEA Chair

Board of Directors

2008-01-01T05:47:00.000-08:00

ECEA Board of Directors
2009-2011

Chair
Vivian Vasquez (2008-2011)
American University, Washington DC
vvasque@american.edu
www.vivianvasquez.com
www.clippodcast.com

Assistant Chair
Mariana Souto-Manning (2008-2011)
Teachers College - Columbia University
mvsmuga@gmail.com

Treasurer
Dinah Volk (2008-2011)
Cleveland State University
d.volk@csuohio.edu

Secretary
Carol Felderman (2010-2012)
cbfelderman@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor
Jeff Wood (2010-2012)
Laurentian University
JWood@laurentian.ca

Affirmative Action Committee Chair
Erin Miller (2010-2012)
dmiller118@sc.rr.com

At-Large Members of Board of Directors
Victoria Dixon-Mokeba, University of South Carolina (2011)
Amy Evans, University of Georgia (2011)
Anne Haas Dyson, University of Illinois (2011)
Celia Genishi, Teachers College – Columbia University (2011)
Susi Long, University of South Carolina (2011)
Julia Lopez-Robertson, University of South Carolina (2011)
Becky McCraw, Goucher Elementary School (2011)
Wayne Serebrin, University of Manitoba (2011)
Katie Wood-Ray, North Carolina (2011)

ECEA HOME

Welcome to ECEA

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Mandates to implement practices that are antithetical to what we embrace as supportive of young children’s literacy learning are pervasive. Teachers of young children are asked to teach-to-the-test in ways that take away opportunities for holistic, thoughtful, play-oriented practices that allow children to construct knowledge through contextualized and purposeful experiences.

The Early Childhood Assembly provides a new home at NCTE for all who work with young children.

We look forward to supporting teachers of young children with a strong emphasis on promoting thoughtful practices that enhance the teaching and learning of young children within and across diverse communities.

Vivian Vasquez
ECEA Chair