Professional Resources

 

Forms

• TECTA Student Information Form
• TECTA Financial Support Form
• TECTA Orientation Schedule
• TECTA Summer Orientation Schedule
• TECTA Summer Orientation Enrollment Form
• TECTA Orientation Enrollment Form
• TECTA Academic Registration Information
• TECPAC Informational Brochure
• TECPAC Eligiblity Application
• TECPAC Renewal Application
• TECPAC Questions & Answers
• TECTA Transcript Request Form
• TECTA Career Lattice 

THE TECTA TIMES

The TECTA Times newsletter is currently published three times a year. It serves as a widely available resource for all TECTA stakeholders, including partners, providers, and higher education faculty. Newsletter articles contain discussions of current developments in the early childhood field as well as the academic arena. Articles may also share information about the status of TECTA projects and staff development resources.

The purpose of the newsletter is to disseminate important information and facilitate interaction between child care professionals, and to provide a forum to share ideas, research, and insights about the latest questions and issues inside and outside the early childhood academic classrooms.

• WINTER 2011
• SPRING 2012/SUMMER 2012
• FALL/WINTER 2013

 

Conferences & Events

 

• TCCY Child Advocacy Days - March 12-13, 2013
• NAEYC Conference Information -NOVEMBER 20-23 ,2013
• NAFCC Conference Information - JULY 18-20, 2013
• NBCDI Conference Information - SEPTEMBER 28 -OCTOBER 1, 2013
• SECA Conference Information - FEBURARY 28-MARCH 2, 2013
• TFCCA Conferience Information - APRIL 5-6 , 2013
• TECTA 5th Annual Summer Research Institute - JUNE 22, 2013
• TAEYC Conference  - OCTOBER 10-12, 2013
• UC -AEYC Week of Young Child Banquet - MARCH 25, 2013

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Professional Links and Events

• DHS Partnerships
• Professional Resources List 
• Before You Begin Resource List

Associations & Alliances

• Tennesee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY)

  • Upper Cumberland Commission on Children and Youth (UCCCY) is a a regional council of TCCCY that advocates for children of the Upper Cumberland region     UCCCY Membership

 

• • After School Alliance
  • Association for Childhood Education International
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  • National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
  • National Child Care Association (NCCA)
  • Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Tennessee Family Child Care Alliance (TFCCA)
  • National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)

 

Online Resources

• • Child Care Information Exchange
  • Child Welfare League of America
  • Clearinghouse for Early Education Topics
  • Early Childhood Research & Practice Journal
  • Early Childhood Links
  • National Network for Child Care
  • Parents Know, Kids Grow
  • Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers
  • Red Leaf Press
  • Stand for Children
  • Zero to Three
  • TN Child Care Resource & Referral Office
  • CSEFEL
  • TN Star Quality
  • DHS- TN Child Care Resources

Online Training 

• TN-ELDS
• TN-ELDS online training
• TN Child Care Online Training System (TNCCOTS)

Natural Playscapes Resources

• www.worldforumfoundation.org/nature
• www.childrenandnature.org
• www.planetearthplayscapes.com