Membership Perks
Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado Membership
Take Advantage of The Many Tremendous Perks Provided By Your Membership
ECEA Membership
ECEA is the only child care industry Trade Association in Colorado. We spend every hour of every day advocating for you!
Pro Membership - $55/month
Includes all Plus & Basic Membership Features and also…
- 50% off all ECEA resources and downloads, and self paced digital training
- Unlimited recruiting ads on 10 most popular job sites for only $60/month as an add on
- Actively engage in high level legislation/policy lobbying
- Invited to ECEA/legislature breakfast
- Free ticket to Annual ECEA Leadership conference (as long as you've been a member for the six months prior to the conference)
- 5% of dues go Child Care legal action fund
- Pyramid Guarantee - if your staff quits during the training, you get to send another through within 1 calendar year.
Plus Membership - $35/month
Includes all Basic Membership Features and also…
- Advocacy engagement opportunities
- Unlimited recruiting ads on 10 most popular job sites for only $79/month
- 20% off all ECEA resources and downloads, and self paced digital training
- 2nd priority ticket to Annual ECEA Leadership conference
- Pyramid Guarantee - if your staff quits during the training, you get to send another through within 1 calendar year.
Basic Membership - $25/month
- Members only childcare updates
- Insiders Edge updates
- Individualized advocacy re: Policy/rules
- Pyramid Guarantee - if your staff quits during the training, you get to send another through within 1 calendar year.
- Access to online discussions w/members
- Talk with Dawn or Board members for support
- 4th level priority to annual Leadership conference
Family Homes & SACCs - $8/month
- Members ONLY ECEA Child Care Update
- Individualized administrative advocacy support
- Legislative Lobbying to support your work in the industry
- Pyramid Guarantee - if your staff quits during the training, you get to send another through within 1 calendar year.
- Private online community of all members
- Reach out and talk with staff as needed for support
Discounts
- 5% for 3-9 programs
- 10% for 10-19 programs
- 20% for 20+ programs
Smaller programs with smaller budgets, reach out to Dawn@coloradoecea.org for details on how to join!
When To Level Up....
Let us help you figure out where you need to be organizationally through a membership.
Basic Membership to Plus Membership
If you plan to use the hiring software you need to be at the Plus level or higher.
If you plan to use any of our trainings/resources/conference then saving 20-50% matters. Also, if you want to be at the conference, remember that our space is limited. At the basic level, you might not be able to attend.
Plus Membership to Pro Membership
If you plan to access ANY other resource or attend the conference, the PRO level will save you money.
Programs that are not using the hiring platform are paying $1,500-$2,000 each month they have to post a job.
Direct contracting with CareerPlug costs $199 a month.
How Will This Work?
You have choices:
Finish the existing membership plan and decide what level to choose next time around! If you are paying monthly, we will put an end date on the plan based on your original purchase date.
Know what plan will you want? Let us know now so that we can transition you to it asap. We will apply a credit to your account, and you will not have to start paying for the new monthly membership until your credit is expended.
Benefits of Membership
Hiring Just Got Easier & Less Expensive with Career Plug
ECEA is partnering with Career Plug to help address the hiring pain point for the Colorado Child Care industry. Membership provides you with a 50%+ discount for Career Plug services and:
Customized dashboard and materials
Postings on 10 job boards and an ECEA Careers Page
Automated Interview scheduling tools
Free training from Hiring Specialists
70% increase in applicant volume
*data based on case study of national private equity child care programs.
The New Way To Hire
$60-$79/month additional
Members report spending between $900-2,000 a month on job postings a month.
Potential Hiring Savings: $10,000 to $20,000/year
You can purchase a non-customized version of CareerPlug without ECEA but it will cost you $199 a month.
Membership Product Savings: $1,440 - $1,668/year
Even after you pay your membership for ECEA you are still saving money overall by purchasing this service through ECEA!
Food and Supply Source
Experience national level savings through ECEA and the Food & Supply Source. Save 10-33% over direct ordering with local food vendors.
To qualify you must:
Have 50+ children in your program
Have room for food storage
Place a minimum of one order a month
Be willing to give up the grind (and time/money drain) of shopping at Warehouse or grocery stores
Benefits
Excellent customer support from a national concierge team
Food delivery by Sysco locally
Food program compliant menu planning to save you time/money
Cool School Cafe Rewards with 5000 bonus points when you register
10-33% Savings Members report spending $1,500 on feed a week.
Potential Savings: $15,000 to $20,000/year
To get started fill out a request form at:
ECEA Health Insurance
Our rates can compete with the marketplace now that federal credits have expired.
You don't have to be a member to find out how much you can save
Schedule a quick consultation to find out more about the two product lines and the various levels available through this plan.
Reflection Sciences
More Tremendous Savings!
Kodo Kids - 5% Discount to members!
This Colorado based business is willing to support you if you support them! See our benefits page on our members only site to find out where to place your orders! You can view their products here but don't use that link to place your order if you want your discount!
Google Workspace
10% Savings on your first year!
Use Google Workspace for secure file sharing, video conferencing and more in one place for easier management and simplified costs.
RightQuote
Free - $60 Savings RightQuote
Business Insurance for Home Providers. Get a free price quote and receive a free ECEA membership for one year.
Email: David@RQthatswho.com Tell him ECEA sent you!
ECEA Bright Foundation
Save $350 if they leave your Employ during their Pyramid Training
Our foundation provides training for CO Pyramid, helping you to get your staff teacher qualified. If a staff member quits during the training, ECEA will provide a free training for another staff member within one calendar year.
Early Learning Ventures
Free $450 Onboarding Early Learning Ventures
Use Alliance CORE for the first 3 months for free and they will also waive their one-time onboarding fee of $450.
Kaplan Early Learning Company
Equipment & School Supplies 15% off
There are some qualifiers.
15% discount off of current catalog prices on orders of $300 or more. (some exclusions apply)
Orders of $750 or more receive free shipping
In 2023 ECEA Members saved $103,000
Marketing 360
FREE - $250 Value Marketing 360
Free 30 minute website and marketing analysis. Great multi-purpose platform.
Email dawn@coloradoecea.org to connect with Marketing360.
ESET Digital Security
Save $30 ESET Digital Security
Protect your computers and save at the same time.
Journey Payroll
Save up to 40% Journey Payroll
Why Journey? Better Customer Service. Great rates. New customers get 1 year free membership to ECEA. Every year thereafter receive $100 credit towards your membership dues.
Email dawn@coloradoecea.org to connect with Journey.
Legal Services Save
$50/hour Legal Services
Laura Hazen provides exceptional industry specific legal support when it's needed. Tell Laura you are a member and she will connect with us for confirmation.
Wyndam Hotels
Save 15-22% Wyndam Hotels
Whether your travel is business or personal, you and your entire staff can save!
Email dawn@coloradoecea.org to access discounted benefits.
SWIPE Payment Solutions
$5.00/month Credit Card Processing
You can't charge more than 2% for credit card processing fees. SWIPE offers credit card processing for $5.00 a month.
Additional Partnerships That Just Make Sense
CCIG
CCIG and ECEA have been partners since 1985, teaming with our organization to provide business insurance in a time when it was impossible to do so. Since then, CCIG offers programs detailed support on the things that affect your insurance costs. Their heart of service for child care businesses is evident in all that they do.
Digital Products
Supporting Your Business with Tools and Training
Family Handbook ($549.00 value)
A free editable family handbook for your program! You fill out a google form for us that details the specifics. We drop those details into our template and send it off to you with all required policies and your program customizations included! You can change the pictures and any content you want to making sure it communicates exactly what you need it to!
Training & Program Tracker ($249.00 value)
This system provides you with training worksheets for your new staff to indicate completion dates on. It has a QR code for Colorado Shines for easy access and a QR code for your own training spreadsheet. When they’ve completed their trainings they use the code to enter their information directly into your customized spreadsheet. It will highlight a field when a training is within a month of expiring, making training tracking a snap for you!
Business Essentials (value tbd)
This multi faceted tool is going to put you in the drivers seat in fiscal decision making for your program! Take your financial reports, input some basic information and see clearly what you need to see in order to run your program in an informed way. Also, engage with ECEA staff in a 3 hour Business Essentials training where we go beyond the spreadsheets to specific business essentials that you need to proactively address to run a business that is thriving.
Funnel Tracking (value tbd)
Do you know how many families are reaching out to you on a regular basis? Do you know how many end up taking tours? How many sign on the bottom line? These are just some of the critical issues you need to know in order to turn leads into enrolled families.
Director Training Series (value tbd)
This training will help make you a more effective leader and Director for your staff. It’s not your standard Director training...we get into very specific tasks, skills, and processes that will help you meet all of your business benchmarks and serve your staff well.
Advocacy and Business Consulting For You and Your Business
Dawn Alexander - Advocacy Support
Concerned about a recent abuse allegation or about a licensing visit? Not sure how to implement a state policy or rule? Feeling overwhelmed and just need help? Dawn will walk you through it, whatever the issue, providing support and advocacy where needed. See what we have to offer at our ECEA Digital Store at:
Email her at: Dawn@coloradoecea.org
ECEA Members Only Site
Face it, not everyone loves Facebook. Our new members only website will provide you with:
- private community pages outside of FB where you can discuss all things child care and preschool in CO. This is a members only forum and is CONFIDENTIAL. Violations of Confidentiality can undermine your ability to be a member.
access to digital products and trainings at your level discount rate.
access to an automated membership certificate for your program.
We want to provide 2 logins for you. One for the owner, one for the director. If you need more, just let us know!
Early Childhood Teachers CAN qualify for many teacher discounts!
We reached out to tons of corporations and we heard back from a lot of them. The driving message was, “We never said that early childhood teachers don’t qualify.” Now, that’s not true for everyone and the programs want one thing as proof:
A Badge that identifies them as an early childhood teacher!
We encourage you to encourage your staff to always ask if there is a teacher discount! The worst thing that can happen they get told “No.”
Together We Are Stronger
WHAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THEIR MEMBERSHIP:
"My outlook up to today was pretty doom and gloom. There’s not a lot of support out there for us as professionals. I felt completely alone and no one could answer my questions. Thank you so much for your help. It’s so appreciated. You’ve literally made my day feel less daunting. " New member
"Thank you so much for taking the time to come to Little Giants to talk to me and with all the staff in our center. Your advice and recommendations were valuable and helped me to make decisions that will keep benefiting our staff, children, and the community.
I received good comments from the staff about the way that you talked and listened to them.
After your visit, we learned that ECEA is there not only to send information about new rules and regulations, training, etc. but also, an organization that helps guide and provide us with support when we need it."
Maria O. Executive Director
"Thank you for your tireless work in support of private child care providers and businesses. Thank you!!! " B.F.
"I just wanted to send a quick note and say thank you for taking some time last week to chat with me. I found the conversation extremely helpful and insightful. I am planning on starting to attend more of my local meetings and to try and find ways to help support these causes.
You are fighting the good fight. We appreciate you!"
- Ben B.
"My time with Scott was extremely helpful. From ways to make our school more financially successful in the future, to small line item changes, he helped me to think more clearly about how to make our school financially stable for years to come."
- Sarah J.
"Being new to the child care industry we were feeling a bit overwhelmed and isolated at first. Luckily we were referred to ECEA and I can't say enough positive things about them. From having extremely knowledgeable, and accessible, staff to reach out to, to their in-depth training, and finally to their regulatory advocacy and lobbying, I feel we have a real partner that makes a very meaningful impact on our business success."
- Chad R.
Become a Member
Membership has it's perks. Become a member today!
Please note for 2025:
100% of your membership fees are tax deductible as we have enough other revenue to cover the cost of our lobbying efforts.
If you prefer to join another way you can send a check to our PO box at:
- ECEA of Colorado
- PO Box 336054
- Greeley, CO 80633
***Please include this form with your check: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GPqpByvdxxDDdRcxlz1Y6xHXA5Jm4Tp--Q3wWpWFacQ/edit?usp=sharing
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