Pride Month is celebrated every June to honor the history of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and to celebrate those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, intergender, asexual, and Two-Spirit. This …
Juneteenth, which is now celebrated on June 19, is a special day in American history. It marks the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced tha…
Kara uses she/ her pronouns and is an incoming graduate student in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Kara recently relocated to Minneapolis and is excited to get to know the team at MNCWTA.What is your job titl…
This September the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy will launch a completely updated New Worker Foundations Training. One of the many components of this new training is the incorporation of Cultural Responsiveness and opp…
Our Learning Management System (LMS) team is currently working to clean-up the course completion data in our Training Portal for all past courses. This project is necessary to ensure consistency in reporting and course progress g…
One of the main goals of the Training Academy is to ensure a quality and equitable learning experience. We are continuing to learn and make improvements to the Learning Management System (LMS) to ensure this goal is maintained. M…
Learn more about Brittany Koneczny Palm, the new Training Operations Specialist at Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy!
What will you be doing? I will be supporting the training team and our co-directors, Liz and Tracy.T…
First recognized in 1987, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month was established to increase public awareness of the needs and the potential of Americans with developmental disabilities. The Centers for Disease Control and Pr…
UPDATED 05/09/23Following the successful Grand Opening of the Twin Cities Metro Learning Center in September 2022, the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) will be hosting similar celebrations at our regional learnin…
The mission of the MNCWTA (Academy) is to train and foster “the skills, expertise, and well-being of Minnesota’s child welfare workforce while nurturing a commitment to equitable child welfare practice.” One way to achieve that m…