Join us on Friday, March 28th for this 90-minute virtual webinar! A panel of leaders will be exploring the WeVision EarlyEd initiative’s approach to transforming early care and education (ECE) licensing and quality assurance systems.
Event Highlights:
- Learn more about the approach and why it was developed,
- Understand how Connecticut is using industry-recognized standards in place of state-specific quality ratings,
- Hear early care and education providers share their experiences with the current system and reactions to the proposed approach.
This event offers an opportunity to understand how these innovative ideas could reshape Minnesota’s ECE landscape, creating a system that supports high-quality care and education for all children, while easing the burden on families and providers.
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Speakers
Cisa Keller, President and CEO of Think Small
Candace Yates, Moderator, Vice President of Equity and Early Childhood Programs at Think Small
Marica Cox Mitchell, Vice President, Early Childhood at Bainum Family Foundation
Marica Cox Mitchell began her career as a teacher working in various early learning settings as well as with young children birth through age 8. She currently serves as the Director of Early Learning at the Bainum Family Foundation. Cox Mitchell leads the Foundation’s efforts to build quality, comprehensive early childhood services in the District of Columbia and in other communities throughout the country. Before joining the Foundation, Cox Mitchell worked for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), where she most recently served as Deputy Executive Director, Early Learning Systems. In this role, she led a portfolio encompassing public policy and advocacy, accreditations of early learning programs, higher education accreditation and the Power to the Profession initiative. Cox Mitchell holds a Master of Science in Educational Administration from the University of Scranton as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education from the University of the District of Columbia.
Deb Fils, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Early Childhood in Connecticut
Deb Flis currently serves as the Acting Deputy Commissioner for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood where she is responsible for activities and funding to support the quality improvement of early care and education services. She leads a team of innovative, collaborative and committed professionals whose work touches OEC’s funded programs as well as all licensed and licensed exempt providers. Flis is a lifelong member of the early childhood workforce. She was a classroom teacher and director in community-based child care programs, and an adjunct faculty in the CT community college system. Deb established the Connecticut Accreditation Facilitation Project and served as its first facilitator.
Representative Danny Nadeau
MN House of Representatives District 34A. Sits on the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee.
Representative Nathan Coulter
MN House of Representatives District 51B. Sits on the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee.
More panelists to be announced!
