Child Care Leadership Day

04/21/2013

Check out this new resource for early childhood educators in Vancouver, listing upcoming workshops and other professional development trainings: http://www.vancouver-ece-calendar.org/

Calendar of child care and early childhood education workshops in Vancouver, BC for childcare professionals and early childhood educators who work at daycares, preschools, and other early care and learning programs.

04/19/2013

Why the made-in-BC approach to early care and learning for $10-a-day child care applies lessons learned from other parts of Canada. Unlike Ontario, the BC $10-a-day program would build on existing programs, adding public accountability, standards and adequate public resources and ensuring that all families have access to full day early care and learning programs.

Jurisdictional warfare hits plans to introduce full-day daycare in Toronto schools.

04/19/2013

The NDP promises to make worthwhile investments in early care and learning, which will help strengthen the BC economy for everyone through increased productivity and higher workforce participation. Investments in early care and learning pay for themselves immediately and also improve equity and lessen economic inequality.

B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix made several stops on Vancouver Island today, including one in Comox where he promised to pump almost $700 million into education and child care over the next three years if elected.

04/19/2013

Why I think that Emergent Curriculum is such a confusing concept for early childhood education

Programs that practice “emergent curriculum” are usually caring places full of enrichment and learning. These programs are almost always responsive, focused on listening with children, and centred on meeting children’s needs. I make this point from the outset to make

04/18/2013

Why rules for children are less helpful that mutually recognized boundaries, principles, and strategies....

I have found that any theory or practice that is based centrally on the idea that children do not need guidance and support from caring adults is unhelpful at best. Both common sense and long held past practice (passed from

04/01/2013

Registration now open and most sessions announced for this year's Child Care Leadership Day. Register soon, as this year's space has 75 fewer seats than last year, which had 325 attendees.

Date and Time: Saturday September 21, 2013 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM (4 hours of professional development – certificate provided) What’s New for 2013: Thanks to all the helpful feedback we received from the 2012 conference, we’ve made the following

04/01/2013

Based on your feedback, there are lots of changes to the schedule and format. These include better sound, break out sessions, and more sessions with practical focus on ECE practice in our centres. This year's theme is "Leadership from the floor..." Hope to see you there!

04/01/2013

Registration is now open for 2013 Child Care Leadership Day. Past participants, look for an email with special registration information for anyone who attended the first Child Care Leadership Day (in 2012). We hope to see everyone back again for another half day of leadership and professional development.

10/01/2012

Spread the word and celebrate the value of child care with this inspiring video on why child care matters to everyone in BC... http://youtu.be/Lln-emegPtY

Gen Why Media's short video on the value of child care for all of BC's families and communities. Let's work together to make child care work for everyone. Th...

09/30/2012

If you attended today's Child Care Leadership Day, please be sure to post photos on our FB page, or email them to [email protected]. We'll share whatever you send us. Thanks!

09/29/2012

Thank you everyone who attended today's Child Care Leadership Day. We hope you left today with practical ideas to apply to your work and inspired as co-leaders in a movement to transform child care in BC and beyond. We are part of a global movement centred on expanding dignity and respecting everyone, everywhere, and of all ages.

09/17/2012

http://equalityandchildcare.ca/

Together we can support all families in BC through the provision of quality, universal, public, and affordable child care that puts families first. We already know that child care supports income equality, advances gender equity, and builds strong communities. Let’s work together to make child care ...