kindergarten alliance

Kindergarten Alliance

Our Mission Statement

To nurture, support and encourage kindergarten teachers and children in the implementation of exemplary programs.

NKA at a Glance

The National Kindergarten Alliance is the only national organization dedicated specifically to kindergarten and zones des vacances scolaires. The NKA is a coalition of individuals and organizations that share a common goal of ensuring the highest quality education for our youngest learners. Your support is a commitment to facilitating quality education for all kindergarten children. The NKA invites you to become a member of this growing and vital organization. Click here for membership form and information.

The Goals and Purposes of NKA are:

To identify appropriate practices based on comprehensive research in order to effect positive change for kindergarten children throughout the nation
To encourage and assist the formation and growth of state organizations
To provide support for and develop leaders in the field of early childhood education
To schedule and facilitate summit meetings across the nation to address major issues facing kindergarten classroom teachers
To collaborate with governing bodies in order to form a unified voice to bring about positive change in kindergarten education.

About us

The National Kindergarten Alliance is the result of a summit of Leaders from various Kindergarten Associations, organizations, and interest groups from across the nation which met in January, 2000.
A call was issued to all interested leaders of Kindergarten associations, organizations, and groups throughout the United States via list serves, websites, contacts, etc.

Hosted by the California Kindergarten Association, this summit was called to explore the needs of Kindergarten Educators throughout the United States. Representatives from Alabama, California, Nevada, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Texas gathered in San Francisco, CA (in conjunction with the California Kindergarten Conference) to share expertise, concerns, and needs from their home associations.

As a result of a full day of sessions, it was decided by the attendees that a national organization was needed to serve Kindergarten teachers throughout the United States. The group agreed that each state association needs to maintain its own autonomy. The name of the National Kindergarten Alliance was adopted.

Responsibilities were temporarily assigned to several delegates including a a chairperson, a treasurer, a committee to construct a website, etc.

Delegates are working behind the scenes on plans for obtaining grant monies, donations, etc. to help finance the establishment of this organization. We have received several personal donations as well as donations from other Kindergarten associations. Monies are needed to register as a non-profit organization, to maintain a website, for postage to keep our delegates informed, for publications, etc.

What Can You Do? Please contact us with your suggestions for projects, needs of your Kindergarten programs, ideas for obtaining the needed funding for this organization, etc.

NKA is now covering Pre-K and First Grade!
Pssst! Have you heard? NKA has a bigger umbrella this year!
Research, curriculum, book review and everything now includes Pre-School, Kindergarten and First Grade.
Tell your friends!

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NEWS

The National Kindergarten Alliance

cosponsored its first mini workshop in conjunction with the

Orange County Public Schools Kindergarten Council

Member Organizations

Alabama Kindergarten Conference, Inc.(AKC)
California Kindergarten Association (CKA)
Kindergarten Teachers of Texas (KToT)
Staff Development for Educators (SDE)
KinderCon
Illinios Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ILASCD)
Frog Street Press
Nellie Edge
Kindergarten Forum
First Stage Publishing
Minnesota Kindergarten Association
Delta Phi Upsilon

Board of Directors

NKA President

Penny Pillack

P.O. Box 309

Agua Dulce, TX 78330

ppillack@aol.com

NKA Past President

Deborah Nunez

13906 Clovis Circle

Huntsville, Alabama 35803

nkadebi@aol.com

NKA President-Elect

Penny Warner

228 Gildemeister Hall / Winona State University

Winona, MN 55987

pwarner@winona.edu

NKA Treasurer

Liz Blek

27916 Via Granados

Mission Viejo, CA 92692

BLEK@svusd.k12.ca.us

NKA Secretary

Mary Bess Biegner

804 Douglas Street

Alexandria, MN 56308

mbiegner@rea-alp.com

California Kindergarten Association (CKA) Representative

Carol Nicoli

1334 Standish Place

Arcadia, CA 91006

dcnicoli@earthlink.net

Kindergarten Teachers of Texas (KToT)

Representative

Nohemi V. Garza

2514 Shidler Drive

Brownsville, TX 78520

nvgarza@aol.com

Minnesota Kindergarten Association

Representative

Lenne Holland

215 E. 1st

Blue Earth, MN 56013

lholland@blueearth.k12.mn.us

Staff Development for Educators (SDE)

Representative

Catherine Dieter / Noelle Faccidomo

10 Sharon Road

Peterborough, NH 03458

cdieter@sde.com , nfaccidomo@sde.com

Kindergarten Forum

Representative

Anna Rainville

14275 Saratoga Avenue

Saratoga, CA 95014

annarainville@aol.com

Kindercon

Representative

Gayle Griffit-Green, M.E.

4450 Arapahoe Ave. Suite 100

Boulder, CO 80303

ggreen@kindercon.com

Frogstreet Publishing

Sharon Burnett

308 East Trunk St.

Crandall, Tx 75114

www.frogstreet.com

First Stage Publishing

Representative

Ruth Velasquez

8614 Gravenstein Way

Cotati, CA 94931

ruthv@aol.com

Forms

Membership Form
Scholarship Information
Scholarship Application
Grant Information
Grant Guidelines
Grant Application

Contact Information

NKA President
Penny Pillack,
P.O. Box 309
Agua Dulce, Texas 78330
ppillack@aol.com

Webmaster
Nohemi V. Garza
2514 Shidler Drive
Brownsville, Texas 78521
nvgarza@aol.com