Building Strong Child Care
Exclusive new opportunity for Bay Area child care professionals
The Bay Area Workforce Development Board and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA) are bringing child care professionals in the Bay Area’s 11 counties an exclusive new opportunity to tap into the all the resources and mentoring available through WECA’s Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN). The best part: 100% of the support, training, and information is FREE!
What’s it all about?
Child care professionals who work in family child care or, group center programs and live in the Bay Area can participate in a new training opportunity to support strong business practices. This offers free access to:
- Build It Strong: Child Care Business Foundations training, a virtual training series that earns 18 hours of Wisconsin Registry credit and provides fundamental skills and strategies to open and/or maintain a sustainable family or group center child care business. You can read more about it here.
- A toolkit with valuable resources for your program and a stipend upon completion of Build It Strong and active participation in coaching.
- WEESSN’s virtual business coaching, including a dedicated “guide on the side” child care coach to help you develop sustainable business practices and provide resources you didn’t know existed, including new tax education resources.
- Two people from your program can access this opportunity at the same time – sometimes having a study buddy makes learning easier!
- Individuals in the following counties are eligible: Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, and Sheboygan
We’re on your team!
We want to help child care professionals set themselves up for success by developing good business practices, especially in the early years when there is a lot of heavy lifting. WEESSN coaches have years of experience in the field and can help you streamline this process.
Get Connected
Start by filling out the interest form, then we’ll work with you to get signed up for the Bay Area project. The first session is on Feb. 4, 2025, so don’t delay! If you have any questions, please reach out to us at BSCC-BayArea@wisconsinearlychildhood.org.
Learn more about WEESSN and explore all the programs WECA has to offer.
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