Join the effort to kick off Farm to CACFP Week! Learn about the three components of Farm to CACFP and how to incorporate them into your program. Free resources available to you, including COVID-19 resources for Farm to CACFP. There will be time at the end for plenty of questions in order to help you jump start or expand your Farm to CACFP program April 1, 1p.m. Register HERE!
What is PDG? Are you interested in improving the quality of your program and being in on the ground floor of the new VA Quality and Improvement System? Join us Wed., March 31 at 12:30 to find out more about the Preschool Development Grant and how you can get involved. No registration needed.
The Virginia Promise Partnership is working with Smart Beginnings partners to lift up the voices of child care programs and parents like you! You have important experiences and perspectives to share about the value and need for child care. And we want to provide you with resources and tools to share your story with elected officials across the state.
If you have PARENTS interested in joining other parents in our area and across the state to make sure our elected officials know that early childhood education needs to be a priority, please let me know and we’ll provide dates and times for the advocacy training. Email Rich!
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
B.B. King
Tuition Support Opportunity for Provisionally Licensed Early Childhood Special Education Teachers Radford University and the University of Lynchburg are in a consortium which offers all the courses needed to fulfill an Early Childhood Special Education provisional license or the add-on endorsement. A student can also take additional courses to earn a Master’s Degree in Special Education: Early Childhood. The VDOE has awarded this consortium a grant to provide some tuition support for these courses. All of the courses are taught online and available to students across the state who wish to achieve licensure in ECSE. For more information about the ECSE Consortium grant program, visit Radford University ECSE Consortium Grant Information or University of Lynchburg ECSE Consortium Grant Information. You may also contact Sharon Gilbert at Radford University or Deanna Cash at Lynchburg University.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Resources for Responding to Violence Against the AAPI Community5 Asian-Founded Wellness Resources for members of the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) community who might be in need of support, right now and always.
