TY to our presenters today who helped our AASA Early Learning Cohort at our virtual meeting discussing Transitions for families and children. They offered research and practical ideas! 🙌🏻 🙏🏻 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

Last week, I had the privilege of reading Last Stop on Market Street to the GSRP classroom at Pittsfield Acres! A @geeacademies program! My ❤️ was full!! Thank you to the staff & students for welcoming me in. We also did some singing and dancing! 😊🎵🕺 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

So proud to have attended @wisdearlychildhood 4th Annual Celebration of Culture community celebration on Thursday, Dec. 18! TY @bahjee.empress.afia for your leadership in organizing this event! 🎤⬇️ Happy Holidays everyone! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

TY @gewhitmer and @michdepted for the Michigan Literacy Summit today! Honored to be a panelist as we uplifted @washtenawisd & @wisdearlychildhood work to accelerate economic growth and advance to make #earlychildhoodmattersmost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

So proud to be one of the candidates for NAEYC Governing Board. Voting opened yesterday and today we had a candidate forum. Voting closes Jan. 12, 2026. I am running for Board Secretary. Please consider voting!! 😊 ✅🙏🏻

Honored to be selected as a candidate for the @naeyc 2026 Governing Board! If you are an NAEYC member, I would love to earn your vote as Secretary. Voting opens Nov.19, 2025 and ends Jan. 12, 2026. Here is my link. #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd www.naeyc.org/about-us/peo...

Out helping to spread the word today, Sunday about the upcoming Nov. 4th CTE election! I ran into Nancy as she was out too! Don’t forget to vote yes on Nov. 4th ✅

Despite all of the difficult news in Early Childhood lately, we tried to brighten High Point, Gretchen’s House, Bottles & Backpacks and EMU Children’s Institute days’ on Friday!! We dressed up as our favorite @pbs.org kids characters! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd 🎃🙌🏻 We ❤️ PBS!

We had a great day yesterday at Wiard’s Orchards with our Early Head Start families! A great way to celebrate #headstartawarenessmonth Thank you to all of our families, children and staff for making it be such a wonderful event! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Congrats to Kaitlyn for successfully finishing the Detroit Half Marathon today! We are so proud of you! She ate up all those miles today!! 💪🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

Thank you to all of our preschool partner Principals and Directors for your leadership! On Friday., Oct. 17 the WISD EC celebrated #PrincipalAppreciationMonth by giving all a certificate of appreciation! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

TY Washtenaw Area Council for Children for a great event celebrating 50 years of your work in supporting children and families! I was so proud to learn about your special award winners!! 🫶🏻Thank you WACC! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

TY Michigan Head Start Association for planning and hosting the 2025 Fall Assembly this week! It was great to learn together and also to host Dr. Larry Schweinhart who helped to study the Perry Preschool Project with HighScope! As always let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! #TeamWISD

It has been a week since the Fall 2025 MASA Conference, but I wanted to lift up how great the opportunity was to make 3 presentations with partners from MiLEAP, MAISA, NHSA, and HighScope!! Together we make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! TY SETSEG for the 5K Fun Run as well! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Great @michleague.bsky.social Champions for Kids luncheon today!! We also held key legislative visits today to advocate for PreK for All, Head Start and the budget! TY @jasonmorganmi.bsky.social Reps. Miller, Wilson Jr., Foreman and Senator Shink for meeting with us! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

12th and Final Run for the #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem.bsky.social Virtual Marathon! I competed all 26.2 miles! Battled through a left calf issue and made it!! I also reached my fundraising goal today of raising $500 for STEAM $$ for kids!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

On the way back from Lexington, had to stop in Cincy at #skylinechili for lunch! Special shout out to my “college chili son” David G.! @skylinechilli.bsky.social

TY Rece and Taylor for a beautiful wedding spent in Lexington! We had a wonderful time sharing in your special night! Congrats! 🍾 💒 ❤️

11th morning run for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! 2.6 miles today for a total of 24.2 miles! Almost there! Chasing the sun today on a chilling crisp late Summer morning! 🌞 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

10th Morning Run for #RunUnited2025 virtual marathon! Added 2.4 miles so now I have a total of 21.6 miles! Not much left to go!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd If you want to contribute to my fundraising for STEAM $$ for kids please do it here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/...

9th Morning #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual Marathon Run! 2.4 miles now for a total of 19.2 miles! Chasing the sun this morning! 🌞 Also, thank you to all of my donors! I have raised $385 of my $500! Only $115 more to go! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Happy beginning of the school year @whitlkpublicschools Excited to visit the PreK for All and Head Start spaces with their amazing Director Sue! TY for showing me around the new spaces! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Run #8 for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! I have now completed 16.8 miles of the 26.2 miles! We have now raised $350 of my $500. The EC Dept. Team is a top 5 of all the teams! Please contribute to reach our goal! p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/... #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Run #7 for #RunUnited2025 virtual marathon today! Completed 2.2 miles for a total of 14.6 miles! Over 1/2 way there!! Today we had the Why I Run postcard activity! Photo 2 shares why I run! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Day 6 for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! Almost 1/2 way there in completing my 26.2 miles. I have 12.4 now after my morning run yesterday in Iowa! I surprised my older brother with a visit to celebrate his 55th birthday!! Chasing the sun! 🌞 😊 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Run #5 for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon this morning! 10.4 of the 26.2 miles done! Please continue to contribute to my goal! p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/... I have $200 more to go! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

TY to Dr. Nneka McGee for keynote presenting for Day 2 of our WISD EC Conference! We had such a great day of learning! TY to all to the #TeamWISD staff and the participants for making this be a tremendous success! We had 326 participants for Day 2! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

What a difference a day makes! Thank you to everyone for showing up for the WISD Day 1 Early Childhood Conference! Wow! 😳 363 participants!! TY @danwuori.bsky.social for being our keynote speaker! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

So excited for our 11th Annual Early Childhood conference today! TY @danwouri.sky.social for joining us as Day 1 keynote speaker! Also, thank you to all of our presenters, participants, sponsors, volunteers for making this happen! #EarlyChildhoodmattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Great #TeamWISD Opening events!! TY Dr. Emdin for being with us! You brought the 🔥🙌🏻 Also, so great to have a twist with our Late Night line up!! Watching “Counted Out” was powerful too! Up next the 11th Annual Conference Aug. 20 & 21! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #WISDECC2025

Day 4 of #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual marathon done! 8.4 miles down! TY to everyone who contribute thus far! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Run #3 today for @unitedwaysem.bsky.social #RunUnited2025 Virtual marathon! 2.0 miles for a total of 6.4 miles! Thank you to all of my sponsors! Together we will make a difference for STEAM programs in classrooms! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Day 2 of #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual Marathon! 4.4 miles down! Thanks to all who have contributed! 40% of the way there! Also, great to have a #TeamWISD join! TY Tiffany! Please consider either a) joining the WISD EC team or b) donating Visit my page here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/...

Hi everyone! I am excited once again to be doing the @unitedwaysem #RunUnites2025 Virtual Marathon. This morning I had my Kick-Off run of 2.2 miles, only 24 miles to go! If you would like to donate please do so here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/... This runs through Sept. 14,2025.

Yesterday #TeamWISD Early Childhood Department held our 4th Annual Early Head Start/Early On Ice Cream Social and BLOCKfest(c) event! It was AMAZING! Thank you to WISD team member Bahjee Chea for organizing this!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Fun this morning at the @mytecumseh downtown Pet Parade! Molly was a star! ⭐️ 🤩 So proud of our rescue pup! Thank you Donte for getting a ready for our moment of stardom! Donte is the owner of Supreme K9 Skool! #mytecumseh #ilovemyrescuedog

Please join us for this important conversation on Monday, July 28! Please register by Thursday, July 24! Hope to see you there! #TeamWISD #MakingEarlyChildhoodMatterMost

Rome, Florence, and Venice. Thank you Italy! What an adventure! ❤️ 🇮🇹

Thank you to our community supporters, speakers, and families for coming out on May 31 to support our event! We had a beautiful day of FUN and advocacy to support Head Start! Thank you to our Staff, BoE, and Policy Coucil for coming and supporting too! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Come and join us! Use the QR code to register for the event! Games, Arts/Crafts, Raffles, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and of course cake! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd @headstart.bsky.social @aasadvocacy.bsky.social

What a great event tonight! Thank you to the WISD Ann Arbor Kiwanis for helping to organize the spaghetti dinner fundraiser to benefit the PSO! Also, thank you to Nancy Davis for your dedication and commitment! #TeamWISD

Attending and Advocating for @michheadstart Met with Gov. Whitmer and MI Senator Shink and MI Reps Foreman, Morgan, Shmaltz and Rheingans and attending MHSA 2025 Spring Assembly! TY @whitmermi and @senslotkin and @sengarypeters! @washtenawisd @wisdearlychildhood #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Here is Day 1 from the visit to Buffett Early Childhood Institute and DC West Schools from my time spent in Nebraska! Supt. Poloncic is an amazing leader! Thank you for letting me visit your amazing school where you and your team are making #EarlyChildhoodMatterMost

Hi ECE friends! I have had the privilege and honor to be working with the Buffett Early Childhood Institute over the past three days and be their keynote presenter at the Supt. Early Childhood Plan Convening! Day 2 and 3 photos! Fantastic work being done in Omaha! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

March Means Reading! TY to my friends at Dexter, EMU Children’s Institute, Central Academy, Whitmore Lake, and Milan for inviting me to read this month! ❤️😊 It was a BLAST!! 💥 📕 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Yesterday, I met with Michigan Senators Shink and Irwin and members from Rep. Jenkins-Arno office for Early Childhood Advocacy Day in Lansing! TY to MHSA, ECIC and MAEYC for organizing such a powerful day! TY to over 400+ advocates for showing up to make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Reflecting on my time spent last week at #NCE2025 in NOLA. I am grateful to have had the experience! TY AASA for organizing such a rich experience! I learned so much and felt I was able to contribute to empower others in my learning too! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Calling all EC peeps!! Excited to be presenting at the upcoming AASA NCE 2025 conference in NOLA! Join me at both presentations! #NCE2025 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Excited to make my first @bsky.app post! TY to all my early childhood and education friends that continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost 🫶🏻❤️🙌🏻 A new day rising! Let’s go!!