In April, the Virginia Department of Education issued the inaugural edition of Ready B5 Recap, the new quarterly newsletter for early childhood care and education in Virginia. The newsletter will focus on how we work together to support all Virginia…
VQB5 Practice Year 2 Plans and Enhancement
The VQB5 Guidelines for Practice Year 2 received a full endorsement from the Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC), and will be shared with the Board of Education for first review in April and second review in June. The guidelines include…
Infant Mental Health and Attachment Course
The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative is excited to announce that registration is open for our summer series of the Infant Mental Health and Attachment Course, a unique professional development opportunity for professionals working with young children, birth to age six, and…
Ready Regions Announced
Important and exciting changes are coming to the way early childhood education programs are coordinated in communities across Virginia. Starting in 2022, Ready Regions will bring unprecedented levels of coordination, accountability, and family engagement to early education programs in every…
Indicators of Effective Technical Assistance Practices: New Resource
Effective technical assistance (TA) is a collaborative, coordinated effort to facilitate change in systems, build capacity, improve practices, and reach agreed-upon outcomes. Specifically, effective TA provides a pathway to improvement through activities and materials that promote new behaviors, practices, beliefs,…
WIDA Early Years: PD Resources for Supporting Multilingual Children and Families
Virginia is now a WIDA™ Early Years State. Information on how to access WIDA’s free resources for supporting multilingual children and families is included in the WIDA™ Early Years eLearning and Promising Practices Implementation Tool Kit flyers. Early childhood professionals can also purchase discounted…
Resources for VQB5 Improvement Partners
The Virginia Department of Education provided a webinar for Virginia’s early childhood professional development providers –referred to as VQB5 Improvement Partners– on November 4, 2021. The webinar’s goals were for participants to increase their understanding about VQB5 and how improvement…
Early Childhood Advisory Committee
Virginia’s Early Childhood Advisory Committee met on November 10, 2021. The the agenda, presentation slides and other documents are available.
New “Virginia Inclusion” Page Added to the LEADS Site
There is a new update to the LEADS site! The new “Virginia Inclusion” page includes resources specifically related to Inclusion in Early Childhood in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VA Inclusion page is organized by the defining features of inclusion that can be used…