ABOUT
Founded over 40 years ago, the Virginia Cooperative Preschool Council (VCPC) is the umbrella organization for 29 parent cooperative preschools in Northern Virginia. A cooperative preschool is owned, operated or both by a group of parents and staffed by professional teachers.
VCPC helps to strengthen parent cooperatives by offering its members:
+ a forum for sharing ideas and information,
+ assistance to member schools,
+ continuing education for parents and teachers, and
+ increased community awareness of parent cooperatives.
Specific services and activities of VCPC include annual posting of the nondiscrimanatory statement to the Washington Post on behalf of its member schools; monthly teacher training sessions led by licensed professionals; funding of parent education opportunities; leadership forums for individuals interested in taking on leadership positions in their member school; an online eforum for ongoing exchange and interaction among parents and teacher; and provision of small interest-free loans to member schools.
VCPC is run by a board of directors consisting of parents and educators from its member schools. Board members are elected on an annual basis and meet approximately once a month from September through June.
For more information on VCPC please click on the following links: board of directors, member schools, about cooperative preschool, and related organizations.