ECE Retention -- Is it All About the Money?

The issue of retention in Early Childhood Education is a growing concern in the field. What has been more concerning over the past 25 years is the ECE wage, or lack there of. While both retention and wage are linked together, it’s important to question if wage is the only variable persuading ECE’s to leave. Is it all about the money? A University of Winnipeg ECE student's recent survey research paper argues that money is not the primary driving force behind the decision to leave the field.

Read more of Lindsay Buset's article on her findings

National Child Care Conference 2009 in Manitoba Highlights Sustainable Child Care Environments and Green Practices

The Manitoba Child Care Association's (MCCA) 32nd annual Conference, held May 27 - 31, 2009 in Winnipeg gathered over a 1,000 participants from the child care sector from across Canada. Co-sponsored by MCCA and the Canadian Child Care Federation the conference included a pre-conference event on sustainable child care environments: Green Goes with Everything, over 60 workshops, program tours, MCCA and CCCF annual general meetings and 250 guests at the "Celebrate" awards banquet complete with tears of joy, laughter and a magician.

Chair of Member Council April Kalyniuk, Pat Wege of MCCA, and CCCF President, Don Giesbrecht at Manitoba Conference

From politics to policies to practice, all the talk was on how to support child care and create healthier environments for children, staff and the planet. Look for the photo spread of the conference and details of the awards night in the Fall issue of Interaction this October.

The 2010 conference, to be co-hosted with the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Quebec is now being planned for May 27-28 in Montreal, Quebec.

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• Winner - The CCCF's Award for Excellence in Child Care
• Anne Maxwell - On receiving her CCCF Recognition Award
• CCCF and Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network build Foundations for Numeracy for children
• In the Fall 2009 issue of Interaction magazine
  
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New Day Nurseries Act for Child Care Supervisors of Ontario Website!

The Government of Ontario has developed a new, bilingual website that gives child care providers a fresh approach to understanding the Day Nurseries Act -- the legislation governing licensed child care programs in Ontario.

Although primarily designed for supervisors of child care programs in Ontario, the site may be accessed by operators, early childhood educators, program staff, parents and anyone who is interested in learning more about licensed child care.The website provides an interactive map of a child care facility. By clicking on a room on the map (e.g., kitchen, infant room, infant/toddler outdoor playground), the relevant Day Nurseries Act requirements are listed. What do you want to investigate in the Toddler Room? Play Equipment and Furnishings? Click on that option.

You can also learn about play equipment and furnishings by clicking on the camera icon to see a series of 15 photographs or click on the video camera to see and hear footage of toddlers in their room. You will also find text which provides you with plain-language licensing requirements for this area as well as the rationale for legislated requirements, and samples of good practices. A self-testing component has been added which allows users to create a unique user profile and learn reflectively through self-testing.

For more information contact Carolyn Mclennon , visit the site at www.childcarelearning.on.ca or see the brochure.