MACAE Mission:

Our mission is to strengthen families and communities by providing the highest quality professional development, resources and local, state and federal advocacy to promote lifelong learning.

Our Beliefs:

We believe that:

• Everyone can learn.
• Learning is essential at every age.
• Every person has value and deserves to be treated with respect.
• Everyone in the community shares the responsibility for the mission of educating all members of the community.
• The family is the single most powerful influence on an individual.
• There is strength in diversity.
• Positive human interaction fosters viable communities.