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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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1 Week Left to Share Your Experiences as a Child Care Provider and Earn $30
If you lead a child care center or family day home that serves children ages 0-5, you may be eligible to take a confidential survey that will help us understand how to better support providers.
All eligible respondents will receive a $30 gift card and be entered into a weekly $100 raffle!
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Child Care Centers and Family Day Homes
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.
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Virginia Preschool Initiative
To learn more about Virginia Preschool Initiative, visit the VPI webpage.
Early Childhood Special Education
To learn more about Early Childhood Special Education, visit the ECSE webpage.

Head Start
To learn more about the Office of Head Start, visit the OHS website.
VQB5 - Virginia's Unified Measurement and Improvement System
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.
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.
Early Learning Support
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
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December 3 at 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. ET
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Register
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STREAMin3 Office Hours every Tuesday!
Join Coaches from STREAMin3 on Tuesdays for optional office hours for support with STREAMin3 implementation. Spanish-speaking coach available.
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Ready B5 Recap Fall Edition is HERE!
Click to view the fall edition of Ready B5 Recap, the Quarterly Newsletter for Early Childhood Care and Education in Virginia.
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