Birth to 3 Program: Operations Guide
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Wisconsin is updating the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS). We’re inviting parents, caregivers, and professionals who support children from birth to first grade to complete a 15-minute survey to help shape what’s included and how it’s delivered.
This guide outlines all the essential requirements local Birth to 3 Programs must do. Local programs, and their subcontractors, should use this guide.
Manual
Birth to 3 Program Operations Guide, P-03138 (PDF)
Summary of revisions
The updates included in the most recent (May 2025) version of the Birth to 3 Program Operations Guide, P-03138, are summarized below.
Chapter 1
Added updated links for the Birth to 3 Review protocol and Appendix A
Appendix A
Updated appendix A for the Birth to 3 protocol to include an "Overview of the Protocol Review" with descriptions of:
- Pilot measures
- Expanded practice measures
- Summary of measure set
- Record review process
- Sampling method
- Record review results