Chittenden County Forum:
A Collaborative Effort
with
Positive Results
In recognition of ongoing debate, over 20 Chittenden County early care and education providers and consultants came together in March to share their thoughts about quality recognition for center based programs. The forum, titled “How STARS and NAEYC Accreditation Serve our Center-Based Early Care and Education Programs and Our Community,” was jointly sponsored by VAEYC, Building Bright Futures of Chittenden County, and Child Care Resource... [read more]
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Why Star Charts, Rewards, Bribes, & Over-praise are of
Tremendous Concern:
Behavior Modification Critiqued
By guest contributor Scott Noyes
Undoubtedly there are times and places where Behavior Modification could be used properly to externally motivate a person with criminal behavior, a service dog in training, or even an aquarium dolphin.
With the exception of situations such as those, the day-to-day use of Behavior Modification with children is typically unnecessary and ill-advised... [read more]
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What's the Relationship between NAEYC Accreditation and STARS?
As President-Elect of VAEYC, I attended a full day seminar about the new Accreditation requirements early in 2006. Then, in November 2006, I became a member of the STARS Oversight Committee. My motivation for these two actions was to learn more about quality initiatives in the state of Vermont and how they relate to one another... [read more]
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In this issue...
From the President
VAEYC joins coalition in calling for an increase in child care funds
VAEYC & Accreditation
VAEYC's Accreditation Coordinator talks about how we're working to support accreditation
2008 Conference Quickies:
Hotel rooms at the Sheraton Burlington will be available for $99/night for ALL conference attendees... information on reserving a room will be included in the conference brochure.
On Thursday and Friday, October 23rd/24th, the conference is at the Davis Center at the University of Vermont. Parking will be at the Sheraton Burlington, with a quick shuttle bus ride to the Davis Center provided!
Programming on Saturday morning, October 25th, will be held at the Sheraton Burlington.
The conference brochure will be out in late August. Are you on our mailing list? Drop us an email if you aren't sure.
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