This EI in WI website is the hub of the professional development system for the Wisconsin Birth to 3 Program’s workforce.
The EI in WI professional development system and platform is coordinated by the RESource Project. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services contracts with CESA 5’s RESource Project to provide professional development for Wisconsin’s Birth to 3 Program workforce.
In 2021, the ARPA Grant afforded us the time, space and energy to look at our work and make needed upgrades to move into the future. DHS wanted to be certain that projects funded by ARPA would have long term positive effects. With this in mind, they partnered with RESource to create a new “re-imagined” professional development system for our workforce. RESource used the ARPA contract and combined it with their ongoing contract.
Creating potential for young children in the Wisconsin Birth to 3 Program through community, education, and connection.
Program assistant, hummingbird whisperer, plant lady-ish, voice of reason, checker of details, team go to.
Kathy Boisvert
Professional Development Specialist
Educator, cultivator of collaborative learning, believer in possibility of development , co-director of “Grandma’s Summer Camp”.
Lana Edwards
Professional Development Specialist
Speech language pathologist, northwoods newcomer, queen of the wedding reception dance floor, always on the lookout for new sights.
Melissa Velez
Professional Development Specialist
Early childhood special educator, educational diagnostician, specialist in cultural and linguistic diversity, and member of the WI dual language master cadre. city dweller, singer extraordinaire, Spanish speaker, and lover of all things sports and sugar skulls.
Michelle Davies
Director
Educator and leader, outdoorsy, world explorer, dog and book lover, consumer of plants, trekker, paddler, seeker of sun.
René Forsythe
Professional Development Specialist
Educator, maker of things and lover of the outdoors.