✉️ VDOE Readiness Connections Update: December 3, 2024

Medication Administration Training  

As child day programs gear up for winter break, programs are reminded that the medication administration training (MAT) program trains and certifies child day program providers and private school employees to give medication to children in their care. The MAT program offers a wide range of trainings whether you offer full medication administration or limit services to emergency medications. Learn more about available courses and find a MAT trainer near you on the Medical Home Plus website. 

New Resource for Determining Compliance with Potable Water Lead Testing  

The VDOE is pleased to announce a new resource for all licensed child day programs, and certified preschools and religious exempt child day centers that serve preschool age children that are required to comply with the potable water lead testing law, § 22.1-289.057 of the Code of Virginia. The Potable Water Decisions Flow Chart is now available on VDOE’s child care website. Check out this resource and the recently updated FAQ document to help programs make decisions related to next steps to comply with the potable water lead testing law. 

To learn more about Virginia Preschool Initiative, visit the VPI webpage.

To learn more about Early Childhood Special Education, visit the ECSE webpage.

3 weeks remaining to complete fall local CLASS observations and classroom lists! 

Local CLASS Observations – Completed and Verified by December 22 

This fall all VQB5 classrooms must complete a local CLASS observation coordinated by their Ready Region, with scores entered and verified in LinkB5 by December 22. Once scores are verified, site leaders can access their local CLASS scores via the LinkB5 Reports. 

• Instructions for Accessing Your CLASS data in LinkB5 
• Using CLASS Scores to Guide Improvement  
• Additional resources to support CLASS observation completion are available on the VQB5 Measuring Quality Interactions webpage. 

 
VQB5 Classroom Lists – Completed by December 22 

This fall, VQB5 site leaders must inform all parents/legal guardians about VQB5 and classroom lists. This means every parent/legal guardian should be aware that your site is participating in VQB5, and child-level information is gathered safely and securely through the completion of classroom lists in a secure data portal, called LinkB5. The resources below are available to support site leaders with successful classroom list completion by December 22.   

• VQB5 Classroom Lists Toolkit for Site Leaders   
• Webinar Recording: VQB5 Classroom Lists Toolkit Overview (30 min)  
• LinkB5 GUIDE: Entering Classroom Lists  
• LinkB5 VIDEO TUTORIAL: Entering Classroom Lists for Site Administrators (4 min) 

Free WIDA Webinar Today: Joyful Learning for Multilingual Children  

WIDA University of Wisconsin- Madison is hosting a webinar today for PreK-3 educators, focused on using “play and joyful learning with multilingual children.” The webinar will focus on why play is ideal for multilingual children’s language development and learning, and present ideas about for integration into PreK-3 classrooms and programs. 

• WIDA Webinar: Let’s play! Joyful learning for multilingual children in PreK-3
• December 3 at 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. ET 
• Register