by Paula Drew | Sep 10, 2020 | Press Release, WEESSN
The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN), launched in Vernon and Monroe Counties, has been selected to receive the 2020 Wisconsin Top Rural Development Initiative award, one of two awards presented in 2020 by the Wisconsin Rural Partners, Inc....
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 Paula Drew | 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...