Monday, June 27, 2005

Links

If anyone has links they would like the blog to link to then please e-mail me or post a comment with the web address. I plan on adding the ACNJ and the Children's Defense Fund. Thanks, Jane

Friday, June 24, 2005

Wednesday's Star Ledger

NJAEYC and NAEYC made the front page of the Star Ledger on Wednesday June 22nd. The article quoted our State Co-President Nora Kreiger and the NAEYC position on the new regulations that were just released. The article stated that NJ has over 300 NAEYC accreditated centers.

Celebration

This just in from Barbara Young --- This is our 30th year!!! We will have to keep that in mind and make our Fall Kick Off extra special. Also the state affiliate is celebrating it's 60th year and there will be special mention of this at the conference in Atlantic City. Anniversaries all around.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

State Conference

The state conference is October 21 & 22nd, 2005, in Atlantic City. Save the Date.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Minutes May 23, 2005

The following minutes have not been approved at a board meeting.

Sussex County Association for the Education of Young Children
(SCAEYC)
Minutes 5/23/05
The SCAEYC Executive Board along with members (totaling approximately 90) met on May 23, 2005 at the Farmstead Golf Club in order to celebrate our May dinner.
Meeting Notes:
Maureen Greiner introduced our president, Jane Hutnik. Jane welcomed all and mentioned some changes in our local affiliations and introduced our Treasurer, Vito Telischak.
Treasurers Report:
Vito Telischak reported that there was $2,692.96 in our account before the bill for Farmstead was to be paid. He stated that we were in pretty good shape. There was $856 in checks received from NAEYC from our members. Vito then introduced Barbara Young.
Judy Brophy introduced our scholarship recipient, Emily MacDonald, of Vernon High Schoo, who gave a short "Thank You" speech.
Nominations:
Barbara Young made the following nominations to the Executive Board: President - Jane Hutnik, Vice-President - Jennifer Rumore, Secretary - Anna Corbo, Treasurer - Vito Telischak. Maureen Greiner moved to accept the nominations and Kathy Dyer seconded. All were voted in.
Barbara also mentioned that she would be contacting local publications inorder to submit articles about our association promoting advocacy for children. She also mentioned that Sue Venable sent her regards from New Hampshire.
Jane Hutnik stated that Maureen Greiner would still head the May Dinner Committee again next year, Laura Boonham, the Scholarship Committee, Pam Raynor, the Membership Committee, Barbara Young, the Nominations Committee and Jennifer Rumore would still be involved in the Fun Fair Committee and Newsletter, as well as being Vice president. Jane mentioned that the Director's Group which provides training for Directors met 5 times this year at various centers. Next year Karen Wright and Christie Smith will be co-chairing this committee next year. Jane also mentioned that last years turn out was 79 and thanked everyone and introduced our speaker, Joanne Taylor of Sussex County Community College, who spoke on plans the college had in conjunction with NORWESCAP to promote further professional development for our members.
The dinner ended about 9:30 pm. Next meeting will be June 21st at 5:30 pm in NORWESCAP's office on Halsey Road in Newton.
Anna Corbo,
Secretary

Minutes From May 12, 2005

Note: Although we had a meeting on June 21st, we did not review and approved the following minutes.

The Executive Board of the SCNJAEYC met at NORWESCAP at 5:30 pm on May 12, 2005. Present were: Trixy Thibodeau, Laura Boonham, Joanne Taylor, Barbara Young, Pam Raynor, Jane Hutnik, Maureen Greiner, Anna Carbo, Jennifer Rumore and Judy Brophy.

The minutes were read and accepted.

No Treasurer's Report.

Maureen Greiner was named the recipient of the Becker Award for Professional Development.

Scholarship: Laura reported that Emily MacDonald from Vernon High School is this year's high school recipient. No applicant from SCCC, so the Sue Venable scholarship will not be awarded this year. The applications will be worked on over the summer and the contact person at SCCC will be Joanne Taylor and not the office where we have been sending it. It will also be changed to include Warren County seniors and Warren County students attending SCCC.

A motion was made and approved to award Jennifer Rumore the Professional Development Award.

Our affiliate can sell copies of Our Favorite Day at the State Table at our conference. Our affiliate is in charge of the State Table at the conference.

Director's Group: Maureen's directors meeting on May 19th will present a speaker on the changes to the Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers. They will also address the emergency plan. Karen Voit and Christy Smith will take over this important group. Maureen will continue to award certificates to participants for one hour of credit for one hour of training.

Joanne Taylor shared some information on various topics that SCCC will be addressing this year: Emergency Plans, New Regulations for Directors, New Educational Options.

May Dinner: We have 58 acceptances at this point. Maureen was authorized to schedule next year's dinner date at this May's dinner.

Strategic Plan: Jane reported that our two year strategic plan will continue with the existing plan, but with an emphasis on getting Warren County involved.

Barbara Young is continuing a dialogue with the New Jersey Herald in an effort to get a developmentally appropriate activities column published monthly. The Herald emphasized that no one center should be spotlighted. It was suggested that we try other children's publications in the county.

Judy Brophy reported that who will no longer be paying the monthly fee for our web page. It was decided that Vito should apply for a debit card and the organization take over the monthly cost.

emails for Sharon should be sent to Trixy Thibodeau at_________

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Judy Brophy

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Save the Date

The May Dinner will be May 18, 2006 at The Farmstead Country Club.

General Information

Governing Board Members:
President - Jane Hutnik
Vice-President - Jennifer Rumore
Treasurer - Vito Telischak
Secretary - Anna Corbo

Contact Information: justjanes@gmail.com
Board Meetings are held on a monthly basis - September - June at NORWESCAP, 186 Halsey Road, Newton, NJ 07860

SCAEYC Blog

I will be posting most of the newsletter information, minutes from meetings, important announcements and updates from conference calls and hopefully hearing from our membership on this blog. I am hoping that a more interactive webpage will increase the usage and help all SCAEYC members keep in touch. Jane