Professional Groups EWU ECE

1. Professional Groups Relating to
Children and their Mission Statements
By Chelsea Griffin
EDUC 455
11/12/13

2. NAEYC
 National Association of the Education of Young
Children
 Mission Statement – “NAEYC's mission is to
serve and act on behalf of the needs, rights and
well-being of all young children with primary focus
on the provision of educational and
developmental services and resources”

3. NAFCC
 National Association for Family Child Care
 Mission Statement – “ The Mission of the National
Association for Family Child Care is to promote
quality child care by strengthening the profession
of family child care.”

4. CDF
 Children’s Defense Fund
 Mission Statement – “The Children’s Defense
Fund mission is to ensure every child a Healthy
Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and
a Moral Start in life and successful passage to
adulthood with the help of caring families and
communities. ”

5. NEA
 National Education Association
 Mission Statement - “Our mission is to advocate
for education professionals and to unite our
members and the nation to fulfill the promise of
public education to prepare every student to
succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.”

6. NHSA
 National Head Start Association
 Mission Statement- “Our mission is to coalesce,
inspire, and support the Head Start field as a
leader in early childhood development and
education.”