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AECA is a non-profit organization that connects early childhood care and education professionals Produce beneficial publications.

For more than 50 years AECA has worked for quality care and education for the children of Arkansas. In conjunction with its affiliation with the Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA), a 13 state regional organization, our goal is to:

Expand professional growth opportunities. Support public policy issues for southern children. Unless indicated by AECA inclusion of an organization, company, etc. on AECA's page or Twitter page in no way represents any actual, implied or inferred endorsement by the Arkansas Early Childhood Association. Inclusion of an organization, company, etc. is solely for the purpose of keeping our members involved and informed of the issues that effect early childhood families and professionals.

10/27/2026

🔊 This meeting is next week - Tuesday, November 3rd.

To provide you with information and to answer your questions about child care, join the informational Zoom meetings on the first Tuesday of every month at 12pm.

✅ Remember to pre-register online to attend:

🔗 bit.ly/provider-calls

10/26/2026

The Arkansas Market Rate Survey was emailed to facility directors on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The survey was emailed from BrodskyResearch[@]qualtrics-survey[.]com. Please look for the survey in case it goes in your spam folder.

This survey is a critical component of Arkansas's effort to gather information that will help inform future decisions about reimbursement rates and determine the true cost of providing child care services across the state.

If you have any questions, please contact Paige Cox at the Office of Early Childhood Paige.Cox[@]ade.arkansas[.]gov

10/25/2026

Please join the PBECA for this Halloween’s Trunk or Treat, October 26, 2026, from 5pm to 7pm.

Location: 209 North Blake St, Pine Bluff

10/22/2026

Arkansas Early Childhood Job Board is an all-in-one tool for both job seekers and employers looking to hire talented ECE staff. Your job posts are instantly distributed to the most popular national job posting sites giving your job post widespread visibility at no cost!

BENEFITS OF USING THE JOB BOARD
☑️ FREE TO POST: Unlike most job boards, posting jobs is FREE for members!
☑️ 15+ JOB BOARDS IN 1: Each job post automatically appears across 15+ other job sites including Indeed, LinkedIn, Zip Recruiter, Jora, Job Rapido, Adzuna, Career Jet, Oodle, Juju AND MORE!
☑️ SHOW UP IN GOOGLE RESULTS: Your job post automatically shows up in Google search results! This is one of the easiest way for job seekers to find information about your opportunity.
☑️ JOB DESCRIPTION TEMPLATES: The platform provides ready-to-use job description templates specifically created for Arkansas child care professionals (directors, assistant and lead teachers, caregivers, contractors, admin and support staff)!
☑️ ONLINE APPLICATIONS: Job posters have the option of managing the entire application and hiring process within the online platform! No more paperwork or keeping track of emails from applicants.

➡️ FOR EMPLOYERS
Register to post jobs
Create a job post using a set of prewritten job descriptions.
Distribute with one click to the most popular job sites across the web.
Manage your hiring process using custom workflows and templates.
And, finally, hire that talent!

Visit the Arkansas Early Childhood Job Board and sign up for a free account here:

🔗 bit.ly/areceresources

10/21/2026

The Arkansas Market Rate Survey will be emailed to facility directors on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The survey will be emailed from BrodskyResearch[@]qualtrics-survey[.]com. Please watch for the survey in case it goes in your spam folder.

This survey is a critical component of Arkansas's effort to gather information that will help inform future decisions about reimbursement rates and determine the true cost of providing child care services across the state.

If you have any questions, please contact Paige Cox at the Office of Early Childhood Paige.Cox[@]ade.arkansas[.]gov

10/20/2026

CALLING ALL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS IN NWA
Join us at Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center on October 24, 2026 from 9:00am-4:00pm for the Janis Hawkins Shipley Event!
Dr. Nikki Edge will be the keynote speaker presenting on Early Childhood Mental Health, and educators from the Jean Tyson center will host various presentations and discussions in classrooms.
Scan the QR code or use the link below to sign up for a registration link to be sent to you through email. This link will be sent out soon, and this event counts for PDR credit so don't miss out! More information is to come. We hope to see you there!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoQS52ErYEAoze8AV8-8_kiB67-rFz942AT0oYY_sTUWwmqw/viewform

10/19/2026

Please join the PBECA for this Halloween’s Trunk or Treat, October 26, 2026, from 5pm to 7pm. We’re still looking for trunk hosts as well!

Location: 209 North Blake St, Pine Bluff

10/17/2026

Hey y’all! Welcome back to your Advocacy Alphabet with Natasha Kile, your AECA Public Policy Chair. Today, we're talking about P is for Parity.

Across the country, early childhood educators - the professionals we trust with our most vulnerable children during their most critical years of development - earn wages so low that many rely on the very public assistance programs their taxes help fund. The median wage for a child care worker in the United States hovers just above minimum wage in many states. In Arkansas, as in much of the South, it is often lower than that. These are not entry-level positions held by people passing through. These are skilled professionals who have chosen a vocation and are being told, through every paycheck, that their choice was worth very little.

This is a policy failure. Wages in early childhood are low because the system has been designed - intentionally or not - to keep them that way. Changing them requires advocacy, political will, and a collective refusal to accept that the people who shape our children's earliest experiences are worth less than a living wage.

They are worth so much more. And it is past time our policies said so. 🩵

Do you have an advocacy story you’d like to share? I would love to feature your voice in a future column. Reach out to me at [email protected]. Until then, I’ll see you next time.

Natasha Kile
AECA Public Policy Chair

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PO Box 4921
Fayetteville, AR

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.arkansasearlychildhood.org/

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