by Paula Drew | Oct 22, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Workforce
Thank you Governor Evers and the Wisconsin State Legislature for the investment of federal CARES Act funding into Wisconsin’s child care programs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs around the state have said that this funding has been vital in helping them...
by Paula Drew | Aug 24, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Workforce
by Paula Drew, Co-Director Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network This is the sixth and final post in the series Uncovering Stories from the Early Care and Education Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A series which explores the challenges of our essential...
by Paula Drew | 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 Paula Drew | 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 Kelly Hook | 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 Ruth Schmidt | Jul 14, 2020 | Policy
Ruth Schmidt, Executive Director, WECA Governor Evers just announced significant support to distribute PPE to schools, specifically 2 million masks and 4,200 infrared thermometers. While I fully support ensuring our schools open safely for children, teachers, and...
