Early Childhood Services Department at Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA)
Notes from the Executive Director
Dear Wayne County Early Childhood partners,
We are full steam ahead with the start of the 2022-2023 school year. Thank you for all of your hard work this month with opening classrooms, enrolling students, and recruiting staff! Our teams have been out to your programs and have enjoyed reconnecting with you and your new students!!! Lots of important reminders are included below about enrollment surveys and professional development opportunities.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to your WRESA Early Childhood Consultant or our office if you have questions or need assistance.
Best wishes,
Executive Director of Early Childhood Services, Wayne RESA
Reminder - 2022 health and safety refresher training must be completed on or before October 31st.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant requires child care providers to receive ongoing health and safety training. The rule to meet this requirement is below. The official notice was sent on May 1, 2022 stating that licensed child care providers have until October 31st to complete the training in MiRegistry. The information provided in this bulletin explains how to find that required training.
Licensing Rule information: R 400.8131(12) for centers, and R 400.1905(9) for homes “When the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or the department of education publishes a notice that a new health and safety update document or a new health and safety update training activity has been published on MiRegistry, the licensee shall ensure that all personnel read and acknowledge the document or complete the activity within 6 months of the notice.”
Deadline for training completion: Licensed Child Care Providers will have until October 31, 2022 to complete.
Michigan Ongoing Health and Safety Training Refresher 2022 (Refresher 2022) is now available. This FREE training meets the ongoing health and safety training requirement for child care providers, is 2.0 hours, and covers the following topics:
- Handling and storage of hazardous materials and appropriate disposal of bio-contaminants
- Appropriate precautions in transporting children
- Building and physical premises safety
- Emergency preparedness, response and recovery
Click here to register for the online training: Refresher 2022 Training
If you have any questions please contact your consultant. 
Professional Learning for Principals: Pre-K–3rd Grade
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) invites practicing school leaders to join an engaging multi-day virtual convening, on November 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, 2022. The event will use A Principal's Guide to Early Learning and the Early Grades, authored by the National P-3 Center, as a framework.
NAESP, with support from the Foundation for Child Development, hosts this three-day (12-hour) virtual event that will give school leaders in early childhood the tools, resources, and strategies they need to lead Pre-K–3rd Grade efforts in their schools.
A $75 fee covers registration and includes a copy of A Principal's Guide to Early Learning and the Early Grades, which will be mailed to the address listed for registration.
https://www.naesp.org/a-convening-for-principals-early-learning-and-the-early-grades/ 
MDE Memo # 103-22
Children Benefit from Enrollment in the Great Start Readiness Program
The research is clear: a high-quality preschool program has a very significant, long- term, positive effect on children. Specifically, children who attend high-quality preschool programs are more prepared for school, including the demonstration of clear, positive effects on children’s early literacy and mathematics skills, and are less likely to be identified as having special needs or to be held back in elementary school than children who did not attend preschool. It also should be noted that Michigan’s GSRP program is among five states ranked as the highest quality programs in the nation according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.
2022 - 103 Children Benefit from Enrollment in the Great Start Readiness Program
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