by jhilgendorf | Aug 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Spotlight, Workforce
by Paula Drew, WEESSN Co-Director I often struggle with how to present the injustices within the early care and education (ECE) sector without making early educators sound like victims because they are anything but. However, inadequate financing of child...
by jhilgendorf | Jul 22, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Spotlight, Workforce
by Paula Drew, Co-Director, Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network This post is the fourth in the series, Uncovering Stories from the Early Care and Education Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic, based on in-depth interviews of child care providers across...
by jhilgendorf | Jul 20, 2020 | Best Practices, Membership, Policy, Spotlight, Workforce
Because “small lives get bigger”, our mission at WECA is to advance positive change for children by focusing on the professionals who provide child care for well over 70% of Wisconsin’s children. We truly believe that quality early care and education is fundamental to...
by jhilgendorf | Jul 13, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Spotlight, Workforce
This post is the third in the series, Uncovering Stories from the Early Care and Education Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic, based on in-depth interviews of child care providers across Wisconsin. Economists and the world’s best neuroscientists agree, early life...
by jhilgendorf | Jul 6, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Workforce
By Paula Drew, Co-Director, Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network This post is the second in the series, Uncovering Stories from the Early Care and Education Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic, based on in-depth interviews of child care providers across...
by jhilgendorf | Jul 26, 2018 | Best Practices, Conference
by Paula Drew, WECA Conference Team and Former Executive Director at Discovery Center Join us this year at the annual WECA Conference to hear from keynote speaker Lisa Guernsey as she gives insight into 21st century learning opportunities. Back when I was an early...
