by Ruth Schmidt | Nov 23, 2021 | Advocacy, Workforce
We are on the precipice of a timely opportunity in Wisconsin and the United States – an opportunity to completely transform the early care and education landscape through the Build Back Better bill making its way through the U.S. House and Senate. We’re incredibly...
by Paula Drew | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Release, WEESSN
The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN), connecting center-based and family child care programs together to collaboratively tackle challenges that face the sector, is expanding its reach. This network has been active since January of 2019,...
by Paula Drew | Apr 30, 2021 | Advocacy, Workforce
by Paula Drew, WEESSN Co-Director; Peggy Haack, ECE Activist; Amy Schuster, REWARD, Program Director While Worthy Wage Day always invokes a myriad of feelings, 2020 was likely one of our darkest tributes to this cause. With COVID-19 spreading across the state and the...
by Jennifer Hilgendorf | Apr 5, 2021 | Advocacy, Provider Spotlight, Workforce
It began with idle small talk at a friend’s party. But that’s always how it begins. “I’m a Realtor, what do you do?” “I’m a teacher.” “Oh, that’s such a rewarding job! My niece is in second grade. What grade do you teach?” “I teach...
by Jennifer Hilgendorf | Mar 11, 2021 | Best Practices, Food Program, WEESSN
by JoAnn Hayden, Food Program Area Coordinator, WEESSN Program Coach, and Amanda Bee, Farm to Early Care and Education Coordinator, The Parenting Place. It has been a long-standing dream for Farm to Early Care and Education to explore ways for child care providers to...
