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Early Learning Leaders Resources

The Association for Early Learning Leaders is here to provide professional and valuable resources to strengthen the leadership skills of child care members, other professionals, and national early childhood organizations.

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Members access free tools including downloadable administrative tools, fillable forms, parent articles, and teacher tips, ready to incorporate into your next newsletter or staff meeting. Members get full access to our valuable resources.

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Promote and create meaningful collaborative connections among members. Our community blog provides the opportunity to learn and connect with early learning leadership. Posts will provide insight on:

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Early Learning Leaders’ collaboration with Vendor Members ensures leaders in the field of early care and education access to the latest resources needed to provide quality programs for children. This collaboration is not an endorsement but gives access to choices for you to explore. Our vendor partners include manufacturers, producers, and distributors of early learning products and services. Search our vendor listing by category for program needs.

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Ron McGuckin

Board President

Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates

P.O. Box 2126, Bristol, PA 19007

Mr. McGuckin is a graduate of Duquense Law School and is the owner of Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates Law Firm, which represents child care agencies in Pennsylvania, and has consulting agreements with child care agencies across the country, including several large Head Start programs. Because of his extensive expertise in the area of law affecting the child care industry, Mr. McGuckin has gained a national reputation as "The Child Care Lawyer". Having done so for over forty years, he continues to train child care professionals on a variety of issues including personnel, administration, and other management and legal issues. In addition, he is the author of three publications designed for child care administrators, "Current Issues in Child Care,” “ Model Personnel Policies for Child Care Agencies 1 st through 6 th Editions," and “Model Parent Handbook for Child Care Agencies,” all which have proven to be valuable assets to the child care industry nationwide. Since 2007, Mr. McGuckin has served on the Board of Directors of the National Accreditation Council (NAC) of the Association for Early Learning Leaders (AELL). Most recently, Ron served a four year term as Board President of the Association of Early Learning Leader’s Board of Directors.