FloridaAEYC State Affiliate Report

Barbara Backus

Summer Board Meeting

July 2o16

Please follow the guidelines below to create your state affiliate report:

  • Name of affiliate – Florida AEYC
  • Dual Affiliate or Non-Dual Affiliate – Dual Affiliate
  1. What is your current position as it relates to the Early Childhood arena? – Professor at Pinellas Technical College. I teach the current early childhood staff a credential needed to teach Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK).
  2. Has your affiliate signed the new charter agreement with SECA?
  • If so, state the date.–June 17, 2016 the Florida AEYC board voted to sign the SECA charter agreement. The president, Bill Ganza was to sign.
  • If not, where is your affiliate in the process?
  • State concerns, issues – setting up dues/online process
  1. Financial status of your state affiliate
  • Balance in checking account - $16,000
  • Balance in savings account - $109,000 plus $50,000 restricted account
  • CDs/Investments - $193,000
  • What are your state affiliate’s revenue streams?
  • Conference
  • Membership
  • Smart Horizons
  • Early Learning Florida registrations
  • CEU’s
  1. Number of current members–2,738
  2. Date and number of last reported number of members – February 2016: 2800
  3. As SECA Rep for your sate affiliate, your communication with membership
  • Visits to local chapters/affiliates
  • Emails
  • Newsletter
  • Blogs
  • Conference state – will be setting up membership booth
  • Affiliate Leadership meeting – gave out SECA book and talked about value of SECA membership to affiliate leaders
  1. Describe your state and local affiliates efforts to:
  • Increase membership – offering free CEU’s to members
  • Retain membership - offering free CEU’s to members
  • Describe the success of such efforts – membership has been steady for the last few months
  1. Describe the challenges/concerns your affiliate is currently facing. – increase membership, get leaders at the local level, get younger members, have no executive director and board members have had to step in to help the office assistant to put on a successful conference, the hotel where the conference was pulled all our rooms last week and 2 months prior to conference, we had to sign a new hotel for the conference
  2. Describe how SECA can support and assist your state affiliate and membership in their endeavors to improve the lives of the young children in your state. – Board members mentioned some support to redevelop our website.