All COAEYC members will be sent an email with a link to vote in the COAEYC elections at 9:00 am on Friday June 14, 2019.  Voting will close on June 28.

Thank you to the 13 candidates we have running for the 4 open positions on the COAEYC Board.

      Save the Date for Strolling Thunder September 21, 2019.



Are you interested in volunteering for Strolling Thunder? 

If yes, click HERE to fill out the form to apply to be a volunteer for Strolling Thunder on September 21, 2019.

CHANGE IN DEADLINE for submitting proposals to present at CLEL. The deadline for CLEL conference proposals is June 25. Attention early literacy professionals! CLEL wants to hear from you. They are now accepting conference proposals for their 2019 conference to be held Friday, October 4, at the Arvada Center.

This year, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) is especially interested in proposals on the following topics:
*Strategic planning, department management, and/or emerging leader issues for early literacy professionals 
*Mentorship of early literacy staff and storytime presenters 
*Evaluating picture books and other children’s media
*Beginning readers and connecting families to kindergarten readiness resources and ideas
*Fabulous failures at your library and how to fail successfully - how did you fail and what did you learn?
*Innovative visual art programs in early literacy and how to implement them
*Early literacy programming for rural and small libraries
*Training for non-children specialists
*Mental and/or physical health issues and helping our patrons
*Non-fiction in storytime
*Discussing race in storytime

In addition, they are always looking for presentations on ECRR2, literacy and brain development research, storytime best practices, great books for storytimes, and more!

The attached Google form has all the details you need. We'll be accepting proposals through June 25th. Please feel free to pass this email along to your interested colleagues, too!
CLEL conference presentation information.

Click HERE to submit to present at CLEL.

More information about CLEL at this link.

Click HERE to join or renew your membership.

Thank you.

COAEYC
www.coloradoaeyc.org