by WFIS | Mar 6, 2023 | DCYF, Early Learning, Educator Training, WFIS News
WFIS appreciates the work of April Shiosaki, Director of Blossoming Hill Montessori, and our DCYF-Early Learning Advisory Council representative to attend meetings with much data and content to process. The following items are points of interest for early ed programs...
by WFIS | Feb 13, 2023 | DCYF, Education News, The Advocate, WFIS News
The bill to eliminate a Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) charge for background checks is only step one in fixing Washington’s significant background check problem for Early Learning Teachers and Staff. DCYF still needs to solve its problem of...
by WFIS | Jan 30, 2023 | DCYF, Education News, OSPI, Student Safety, The Advocate, WFIS News
The League of Education Voters hosted a webinar on the use of restraint and isolation. Luckily some of our schools were in attendance to help clarify the difference between private schools and the Nonpublic Agencies cited in The Seattle Times article. Legislators are...
by WFIS | Jan 17, 2023 | DCYF, Education News, Legislation and Policy, Student Safety, WFIS News
DCYF’s Ross Hunter sent an email enthusiastically talking about transitional kindergarten for 4 yr olds. See page 12 of the Integrated & Inclusive Programs Report from DCYF and OSPI. As it is known, TK allows four-year-olds – and in some parts of the...
by WFIS | Dec 15, 2022 | DCYF, Education News, The Advocate, Uncategorized, WFIS News
Grant money distributed by DCYF for teacher and administrator bonuses this December did not have the intended positive outcome. Due to a technicality in the grant application and instructions that were not included in the first round and not understood in the second...
by WFIS | Dec 6, 2022 | DCYF, Education News
Amid ongoing labor shortages, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families in September announced a grant to fund child-care provider retention efforts across the state. Many who applied are now going public with their frustrations over what they...
