Greetings!
Early Learning Update Week of September 18th, 2023
Items Covered:
· Submit Questions for Butterfly Pediatrics Meeting on Friday, September 22nd at 11:30am
· Licensed ONLY Webinar: Child Outcomes and Family Engagement
· Licensed ONLY - Licensing “WAC” of the week – Safe Water Sources
1.) Submit Questions for Butterfly Pediatrics Meeting on Friday, September 22nd at 11:30am
Mark your Calendars! On Friday, September 22nd from 11:30am – 12:30pm we will be joined by Butterfly Pediatrics for their first of monthly conversations with us this school year to discuss student behavior. Experts from Butterfly Pediatrics will join us virtually to answer your questions and give resources/ideas about situations your programs are dealing with at the start of the school year.
To make the most of our hour can you please email me at
david.mayer@seattlearch.org by Wednesday, September 20
th any situation/example you are dealing with that you would like the experts from Butterfly Pediatrics to discuss during the virtual meeting. I will be sending these case studies in advance to the Butterfly team so they can be prepared to give you as much information as possible during our time together. Even if you are not able to join the meeting, you can still submit situations and we will record the conversations and send a recording link.
2.) Licensed ONLY Webinar: Child Outcomes and Family Engagement
Each month over the course of the school year I will create a webinar that focuses on a couple of sections of the Early Learning Licensed WAC … I will highlight certain areas of the section that you need to know in order to stay in compliance with your program. This month I will focus on the section of Child Outcomes and Family Engagement. I will send the Webinar directly to your email on Thursday, September 21st. I look forward to creating this series this school year!
3.) Licensed ONLY - Licensing “WAC” of the week – Safe Water Sources
Each week this year I am going to highlight a specific Licensing WAC to ensure that all of our programs stay in compliance, and we are always ready for annual monitoring visits. This week’s featured Licensed WAC is “Safe Water Sources”. The links below are for the full WAC for “Safe Water Sources” and “Safe Drinking Water”. A couple of highlights:
a. Fixtures that provide drinking water for your program must be tested for lead and copper every six years. The results of those tests need to be kept on site at your program. The state has developed a new FREE Early Learning Water Test Program. You will out the form at the link below and they send you the supplies and instructions to complete the test.
b. Drinking water cannot be obtained from a handwashing sink used with toileting.
c. Drinking Fountains cannot be a "bubble type" fountain (the water flow must form an arch). They cannot be located in bathrooms and they must be located above water impervious flooring.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Have a great week!
