Early Childhood Education
Important Links
Illinois Gateways
http://www.ilgateways.com
National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org
After School Alliance
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/home.html
American Federation of Teachers
http://www.aft.org
Chicago Metro AEYC
http://www.chicagometroaeyc.org
Child Care Association of Illinois
http://www.cca-il.org/
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
http://www.cec.sped.org Illinois
After School Network (IAN)
http://www.ianetwork.org/
Illinois Association for Family Child Care
http://www.illinoisafcc.org/
Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health
http://www.ilaimh.org
Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.illinoisaeyc.org/ Illinois
Division of Early Childhood
http://idec.crc.uiuc.edu/ Illinois
Head Start Association
http://www.ilheadstart.org/home.html
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
http://www.inccrra.org/
Illinois State Board of Education Professional Teaching Standards
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/profprep/pdfs/ipts.pdf (PDF)
Teacher National Afterschool Association (formerly National School-Age Care Alliance)
http://www.naaweb.org/
National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators
http://www.naecte.org/
National Association for Family Child Care
http://www.nafcc.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org
National Association of Child Care Professionals
http://www.naccp.org/
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
http://www.nbcdi.org
National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org
National Education Association (NEA)
http://www.nea.org
National Head Start Association
http://www.nhsa.org
National Network for Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/
PSO/Illinois Child Care Association (Pre-School Owners)
http://www.psoicca.org
StarNet
http://www.wiu.edu/starnet
USA Child Care
http://www.usachildcare.org/