Welcome to the Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children website.  TAEYC is dedicated to serving young children, providers and all the communities in our state. We have over 1900 members across the state including childcare advocates, teachers, administrators, family childcare providers, parents, college educators, resource and referral specialists and many others. 

I am honored to serve this association as its president. TAEYC’s mission is twofold. First, to advocate for best practice in the care, development and education of all Tennessee’s young children. We do this by keeping abreast of national, state and local legislation and sharing that information with our membership. We are a strong and active advocate in our state. Secondly, TAEYC provides members with professional development opportunities.   We do this by offering our members local training opportunities, by providing a wonderful experience at our annual conference in Murfreesboro, and by joining community partners for training opportunities.

I hope you will join me in becoming reenergized in early childhood educations. Please feel free to call on me at any time.
We will Reach Our Potential Together!

Rhonda Laird