by Maia Shipley | Oct 17, 2024 | Conference, Events, Spotlight
Early childhood education is a calling. Throughout early educators’ careers, they create an environment that encourages children’s positivity, belonging, and success – now and long into the future. That was the message Saturday keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Broughton,...
by Maia Shipley | Sep 20, 2024 | Events, Spotlight, T.E.A.C.H., Uncategorized, Workforce
Paving the Way for Success: Celebrating 25 Years of T.E.A.C.H. When Brooke Goudreau was 17 years old, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to be “when she grew up,” but she already had started working in early care and education. She certainly knew she wanted to make a...
by Maia Shipley | May 16, 2024 | Advocacy, Events, Workforce
A Day Without Child Care: Wisconsin Doesn’t Have to Imagine Challenges persist for providers, parents, and communities What happens to a community when regulated early care and education is no longer available? Over the past decade, Wisconsin residents have started...
by Maia Shipley | Jan 19, 2024 | Events, Spotlight, WEESSN
Reflections on Five Years: The Shared Services Journey to Transform Child Care (Para español desplácese hacia abajo) It all started as community conversations in rural Vernon County with a core question in mind: “How can we come together to stabilize the supply of...
by cperenchio | Oct 30, 2023 | Conference, Events
‘I was inspired’: WECA Conference draws hundreds for engaging professional development experience (Para español lea más abajo). The WECA Conference provided inspiring sessions, new experiences, and even an amazing surprise during the professional development event’s...
by Ruth Schmidt | May 4, 2022 | Best Practices, Events, Workforce
Child care providers, parents and families across the country are marking, “A Day Without Child Care” on Monday, May 9, 2022. This day of action, sponsored by the national organization Community Change Action, aims to highlight the need for dignified, worthy wages for...
