New! Spanish translation of Virginia’s Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS), Birth-Five Learning Guidelines now available to educators and families. Please download…
Virginia Child Care Scholarship Program – Spring 2023 Application – Now Open!
The Virginia Child Care Provider Scholarship Program is available for child care program staff (center-based and family child care). The program covers…
Early Childhood Provisionally Licensed Teacher Incentive Program – Application Open For School Divisions
The application for the Early Childhood Provisionally Licensed Teacher Program is now open. This grant is only open to teachers…
Early Childhood State of the State Updates for Summer 2022
Jenna Conway, Deputy Superintendent of Early Childhood Care and Education, delivered a comprehensive presentation entitled “Early Childhood State of the…
State of Babies 2022 Yearbook
Zero to Three has released the 2022 State of Babies Yearbook. Included in the data: In the US, 50.7% of…
Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) Introduction Micro-Credential Pilot To Launch This Summer
VDOE has partnered with the Vinod Chacra IMPACT Lab at Radford University to pilot an ELDS micro-credential. This 5-hour, non-credit bearing, online,…
Ready B5 Recap
In April, the Virginia Department of Education issued the inaugural edition of Ready B5 Recap, the new quarterly newsletter for…
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…
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…