Promoting school readiness efforts through individualized services that benefit children.
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ESD 112 Early Care and Education promotes school readiness efforts through individualized services that benefit children. We assist families, child care providers and community partners in providing quality early learning programs and professional development opportunities throughout the ESD 112 region.
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Why do parents spend so much on child care, yet childhood educators earn so little?
(Child Care Aware of America, July 11, 2018)
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(Camas-Washougal Post-Record, April 11, 2019)
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Early Care and Education Centers now offering school-age remote learning support
School-age students enrolled at any of ESD 112’s Early Care and Education (ECE) child care centers now have access to remote learning supports to help with homework assignments and other tasks related to distance learning. [...]
ECEAP receives CARES funding to provide summer support for children and families
This summer, ECEAP teachers quickly shifted to a different way of delivering instruction and maintaining relationships with children and families. Many ECEAP classrooms closed down and teachers were expected to maintain communication, engagement, and interactions [...]
ECE & SaSS Partner to Provide Paraeducator Training
As part of the General Paraeducator Certificate, paraeducators must complete the Fundamental Course of Study (FCS), which is a series of professional development courses covering many domains of learning to be completed in one year. [...]
Tips for helping kids wear masks
You may have seen the jokes on social media where adults predict what kids wearing masks in school will be like. It does seem like an impossible task for teachers to keep their students [...]