by mgiles | Mar 11, 2024 | Spotlight
Enriching Professional Development Opportunities Amy Burkhalter had long wanted to attend early childhood-focused conferences. WECA helped turn the longtime early educator’s thought into a reality in fall 2023 by supporting her attendance at National Association for...
by mgiles | Feb 21, 2024 | Spotlight, WEESSN
Measuring What Matters: Impact of Data Collection in Wisconsin’s ECE Shared Services Network Understanding and evaluating the impact of a new service is critical to improving its offerings and meeting its mission. For Wisconsin Early Childhood Association’s...
by mgiles | Feb 20, 2024 | Provider Spotlight, Spotlight
Supporting Educational and Career Journeys When Ebony graduated from high school, her next step was cosmetology school. It wasn’t until her best friend, the owner of a child care program, asked her to assist at the facility that she realized caring for and educating...
by mgiles | Jan 22, 2024 | Spotlight, Uncategorized
A Key Research Partner and Advocate For at least two decades, professor and researcher Laura Dresser has worked together with WECA to advance studies and public policy that elevate the importance of increased compensation for the early childhood workforce. “WECA is...
by mgiles | 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 mgiles | Dec 12, 2023 | Spotlight
WECA: Valuable Support in the Midst of Upheaval When one of the longest running child care centers in Wisconsin experienced an unexpected tragedy nearly two years ago, WECA was there to help. “I would have been lost without the support. I’m not sure what would have...
