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The California Association for the Education of Young Children has existed for more than 40 years and offers valuable services for early childhood educators. Your involvement in CAEYC demonstrates your commitment to professional growth and improvement in the lives of children.

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All memberships are processed through NAEYC. Join or renew online with NAEYC using a credit card or download and mail your membership application to NAEYC.

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Join for 3 years and save 15%!
When you join for three years, you receive a 15% discount on your dues. The discount is reflected in the prices listed.

Member Benefits
When you join, you become a member of NAEYC, CAEYC and a local AEYC. Student and regular members receive the following benefits. Comprehensive members also receive these benefits plus six publications from NAEYC as they are released throughout the year.

Improve your teaching and learning.
As a member you may take advantage of our array of resources to help improve your work with children. These resources include, but are not limited to, the following:

• NEW - Online access to the current issue of Young Children in the NAEYC Members Only section, along with the print publication of your choice—Young Children or Teaching Young Children. Members selecting Young Children will receive six issues per year. Members selecting Teaching Young Children will receive five issues a year and a bonus Spotlight book.
• 20% discount on hundreds of books, videos, brochures, and posters carried in the NAEYC catalog.
• Access to the Members Only area of the Web site
• Discount on registration for the world's largest early education conference and California’s largest early education conference

Raise the quality of early childhood education programs.
As a member you can further the cause of NAEYC's two voluntary national accreditation systems, which work to improve the quality of programs for young children and of professional preparation by recognizing high-quality programs that meet NAEYC standards. And you can promote the development of respected position statements on issues such as developmentally appropriate practice, licensing to ensure health and safety, or supporting families.

Build the early childhood profession.
We believe that early childhood educators are professionals who should be valued and respected. Join us to promote high professional standards, comprehensive training opportunities, and equitable compensation and working conditions so that qualified early childhood educators will stay and grow in this important field.

Promote public support and policies for young children.
Together we can help to increase understanding and support for high-quality early childhood education among policy makers and the public through a wide range of education, advocacy, and public awareness activities, including our annual Week of the Young Child celebration and the Children's Champions Web-based Action Center.

Regular and Student Members receive:

• 20% discount on prices in our catalog of hundreds of books, videos, brochures, and posters.
• Six electronic issues of award-winning Young Children, packed with the latest developments in early childhood education, practice, and research.  
• An annual subscription to CAEYC’s Connections journal. 
• Twelve electronic issues of CAEYC’s E-Connections e-newsletter.
• The print publication package of your choice: six issues of Young Children or five issues of Teaching Young Children—for the Preschool Professional, plus a bonus book, Spotlight on Teaching Young Children. 
• Reduced registration fees at CAEYC and NAEYC-sponsored conferences and seminars, including the world's largest early education conference and California’s largest early education conference.
  
• Voting rights in CAEYC and NAEYC elections to help shape the future of the early childhood profession.
  
• Reduced subscription fees for the highly respected Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Exchange Magazine , Highlights High Five, and Education Week.
• Opportunities to participate in various insurance plans designed to meet your personal and professional needs, including professional liability insurance—and an Association-sponsored credit card service from Bank of America.
• Access to the Members Only area of the NAEYC Web site.

Get 5 Publications FREE!  Join or Upgrade to Comprehensive Membership.
Join NAEYC as a Comprehensive Member and you'll receive five or six publications automatically as they are released throughout the year (a $150 value). What an easy way to enhance your professional development while building your personal professional library of early childhood education resources!

View a sample issue of CAEYC’s Connections journal
Spring 2008 Issue