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NAEYC’s Final National Dialogue Meeting
Indianapolis, Indiana
June 8, 2012
Updated October 2012
The purpose of the National Dialogue is as follows; NAEYC is
initiating a national dialogue to strengthen the relationship
among and between the Association’s components – national,
regional, state, and local.
Relationships
Power in organizations is the capacity generated by
relationship. What gives power its charge – positive or
negative – is the quality of the relationship.
Margaret J. Wheatley
The “Relationship Issue”: A
NAEYC Timeline
 1926 - NANE forms (National Association for Nursery Education)
 1937 – Boston Delegates conference – affiliate structure discussed
 1943 - Boston Delegates conference – formal relationship discussion
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1955 - Registration process with NANE
1958 - 30 Affiliate Groups in process
1964 - NANE reorganizes as NAEYC, implements an Affiliate Group
structure
1989 - Governance Study conducted
1992 - YC article by Marilyn Smith, NAEYC- Our Organization, Present and
Future: Issues for Discussion, Spring Leadership Conference opens
national discussion
1996-1999 - ADP (Association Development Process) implemented
2001 - Re-affiliation (version 3) implemented, first Affiliate Council meets
2004 & 2007 - State Affiliate strategic plans submitted
2010 - Strategic plans temporarily suspended
2011 - 10 year anniversary of 2001 Re-affiliation
2011 – National Dialogue initiated on relationship among and between NAEYC and its
component parts
Dialogue
 “Dialogue…is about a shared inquiry, a way of thinking
and reflecting together. It is not something you do to
another person. It is something you do with people.
Indeed, a large part of learning this has to do with
learning to shift your attitudes about relationships
with others, so that we gradually give up the effort to
make them understand us, and come to a greater
understanding of ourselves and each other. “
William Isaacs
The National Dialogue from January 2010 to present
Where We’ve Been
 White Paper
 Governing Board Initiates
Process
 Affiliate Council Charged
with Oversight
Key Documents Developed
 Guiding Principles
 Evaluative
Lenses/Decision-Making
Criteria
 Unifiers
 Named Challenges
 15.1 The Affiliate Council serves three
purposes:
1. To provide a forum for networking
among Affiliate leaders to discuss issues
of common concern;
2. To develop recommendations for the
NAEYC Governing Board with a
particular focus on Affiliate issues; and
3. To develop recommendations for the
Nominating Panel regarding potential
candidates for the Affiliate Liaison seats
on the Governing Board.
NAEYC Governing Board Handbook, 2010
Guiding Principles
 Respect the Work that Preceded It
 Recognize the Need for Adaption and Change
 Be Owned by All Participants
 Consider All Opinions, Feelings, and Thoughts
 Be Open to Embracing and Implementing Change
 Strive to Create a Transforming Vision
Where We’ve Been
 Four National Dialogue Meetings
 Anaheim
(2010), Rhode Island &
Orlando (2011), Indianapolis (2012)
 11 Regional Meetings
 NC, NJ, VT, TX, CA (2),WA, IL, MO,
CO, SD, DC (2011 and 2012)
 857 Voices Present
2012 Regional Meeting Format
 Exploring structural relationships among NAEYC’s
components
 Suggested proposals for proceeding
 What might it look like if implemented?
Emerging Themes from National
and Regional Meetings
 Association’s Mission Statement to Include Reference to
either the Adult, Professional, or Member
 Local Components Desire to be more Mission Focused
 Increased Ability to Respond to Local Issues without being
Encumbered by the 501c3 not-for-profit model
 Local and State Components are
 the Arms and Legs of the National Component
 Grow Leaders
 have Ability to Touch Members and Potential Members
 States Require Independence to Achieve State Specific
Localized Goals – but not in Isolation of National
Component
 National Component seen as Standard Bearer
June Affiliate Survey Results
 Confirming 3 Major Themes – 362 Responses
 80% Agreement with Review of Mission Statement
 66% Agreement with Challenges of Locals with 501c3
Model
 80% Agreement with Members and Greater Voice
 Broken out by Component
 Similar or Greater Agreement for All Questions
Opportunity to Create the Future
Phase I
Phase II
• June 2012 -Final National Dialogue meeting in Indianapolis
• AC convenes to begin building recommendations -intent is to form enough consensus to
allow the AC and GB to move their work forward
• Application process opens for AC Subcommittee
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July 2012 AC Subcommittee orientation & scheduling of weekly virtual meetings
Recommendations drafted and submitted for peer review
Two-way exchange between AC and GB begins
December 2012 final set of recommendations open for public review by Affiliate leadership
(anticipated)
• January – March 2013 GB receives and deliberates final set of vetted recommendations
• Implementation Phase anticipated Summer 2013
Phase IV
Thank You
 We would like to thank the following individuals for making the
National Dialogue meeting series a success:
 Lisa Lockwood, Helen Muscato (NJ), Lorie Barnes (NC), Melissa Reigel-
Gilbert (VT), Glenda Bean, Janie Humphries (SECA), Agda Buchard,
Michael Koetje, John Naegele, Jamie Ashton, Billie Young (WA),Sandra
Giarde, Kelly Lake (CA), Mike Abel, Kelly Hantek (MO & KS), Sherrie
Bosse, Tara Anderson (SD), Ginger Swigart, Amy O'Leary, Gera Jacobs,
Stefanie Fanjul (NAEYC GB), Gail Conway (Chicago Metro), and Linda
Adams (CO), the Advisory Group - Alison Pepper, Peter Pizzolongo,
Brenda Boyd, Jody Askins, Robert Castro, Roberta Schomburg, and
Betsy Carlin, and my colleagues, Ed Stierli and Matt Seiler.
 And a special thank you to Jerlean Daniel, NAEYC Executive Director,
who held both the vision and faith in the premise and promise of the
National Dialogue.
 Please stand if you were apart of the 857 members who have
contributed! Thank you!
Subcommittee Members
Affiliate Council
Governing Board
 Lea Ann Hall (OH), Chair
 Roberta Schomburg (PA),
 Jennifer Griffin (MI)
 Lori Harris (NH)
Chair
 Lorraine Cooke (NJ)
 Amy O’Leary (Mass)
 Gege Kreischer (FL)
 Anna Mercer -McLean (NC)
 Kyra Ostendorf (MN)
 Dennis Sykes (OH)
National Dialogue Archives
 Affiliate leadership can access all archived documents
(including raw transcripts from each national and
regional meeting) online in the Affiliate Resource
Center
 Please direct questions to your Affiliate Council
representative or the Affiliate and Member Relations
Department