by WHSA | Dec 1, 2010
December 5 to 11, 2010 is National Handwashing Awareness Week. Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Learn more about handwashing safety from the Centers for Disease Control and...
by WHSA | Dec 1, 2010
On November 22, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) submitted its five year plan for YoungStar, the state’s approved childcare quality rating improvement system (QRIS), to the Joint Finance Committee (JFC). As requested by JFC, the five year...
by WHSA | Nov 29, 2010
The newest and fourth CONNECT module, Family-Professional Partnerships, from the Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge is now available. Family-Professional Partnerships focuses on effective practices for developing trusting family-professional partnerships in...
by WHSA | Nov 22, 2010
The Budgeting for National Priorities Project at the Brookings Institution, in cooperation with Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity and the Hudson Institute, will host two back-to-back expert panel presentations for “Should the Disadvantaged be Spared from the...
by WHSA | Nov 19, 2010
The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) has developed a “Making Life Easier” series of tipsheets for parents and caregivers to help them make often challenging situations easier to navigate for both...
by WHSA | Nov 19, 2010
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has added an “Early Childhood Development Interagency Coordination” page to its website. Over the past two years ACF and related Federal agencies have worked to establish “a more integrated focal...
by WHSA | Nov 17, 2010
WHAT: 25th National Training Institute, Connecting Science, Policy, and Practice SPONSOR: ZERO TO THREE WHEN: Wednesday, December 8 to Saturday December 11, 2010 WHERE: JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa – Phoenix, Arizona DESCRIPTION: “Every year,...
by WHSA | Nov 16, 2010
WHAT: 9th Annual WHSA Training Conference, Head Start: Paving Our Way to Excellence SPONSOR: Wisconsin Head Start Association (WHSA) WHEN: Monday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 16, 2011 (Overview Conference Agenda) WHERE: Kalahari Resort & Convention Center,...
by WHSA | Nov 15, 2010
WHAT: Professional Development Approval System (PDAS) Approved Coach/Consultant Train-the-Trainer Event SPONSOR: The Registry WHEN: Monday November 29, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. WHERE: White Rose Inn, Wisconsin Dells DESCRIPTION: Are you interested in becoming...
