Advocacy for Early Childhood Educators in Ontario

Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
Ontario’s Central Advocacy Group for Early Childhood Educators and High Quality Licensed Child Care

For Parents:
For Parents - The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (childcareontario.org)

Do you have an opinion or experience with child care? Would you like to share your story? The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care wants to hear from you!

Worth More Campaign:
Write your MPP - The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (childcareontario.org)

Tell your MPP and Premier Ford that Ontario needs an early learning and child care workforce strategy that includes a salary scale starting at $25 per hour for all child care workers and $30 per hour for Registered Early Childhood Educators to solve the child care workforce shortage and to ensure that more families can access high quality child care.

 

Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO)

AECEO

The Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario has a mission to build and support a strong collective voice for Early Childhood Educators, so they can participate in and influence positive change that benefits ECEs, children, families, and communities. Educators have the opportunity to become a member through this organization, which also supports ongoing professional learning and offers several benefits to ECEs.

Helpful Resources

Ministry of Education
Find and pay for child care | ontario.ca
The Ministry of Education is responsible for overseeing the quality of licensed child care across the province, setting guidelines for licensed child care providers, and providing grants and funding to support licensed child care providers and Early Childhood Educators.


How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years
How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years
How Does Learning Happen? is a framework that all licensed child care providers must follow, providing guidance to educators in offering a high-quality early learning and child care program that fosters the four foundations of optimal human development: belonging, well-being, engagement, and expression.

 

College of Early Childhood Educators
Welcome to the College of Early Childhood Educators | (college-ece.ca)
The College of Early Childhood Educators is the regulatory body for Early Childhood Educators (ECEs). The College has set a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for all Early Childhood Educators to follow. The College also investigates complaints against practicing ECEs, and monitors professional development. The College’s public register allows families to identify a member’s registration status and whether or not they have any restrictions to practice.

 

Raising the Bar Dufferin
Raising The Bar | Dufferin County
Raising the Bar is a community initiative to promote and support early childhood educators in their continuous commitment to excellence in early learning and child care programs. The program provides a framework to guide early learning, child care operators, and EarlyON child and family centres in delivering high quality services for children and families. Here in Dufferin County, Early Childhood Educators have the opportunity to participate in ongoing professional learning experiences through Raising the Bar. Our Early Years and Child Care team listens closely to the professional needs and desires of Educators to foster a sense of belonging, well-being, engagement, and expression within our professional learning community. Raising the Bar supports Educators in meeting their professional learning goals as required by the College of Early Childhood Educators, and ultimately supports high quality licensed child care.

Quality Child Care Makes a Difference

Every child has the right to the best possible childhood. As your child’s first and most important teacher, you have been working hard to provide the best environment you can for your little one. Often, families reach out to others to help with this important job upon returning to work or school.

There is a great deal of research available to confirm that high quality licensed child care is critical for the healthy growth and development of children. There is also a lot of research that tells us that child care that is of low quality can be harmful to children.

Qualified early learning and care professionals - like Registered Early Childhood Educators - with training in all aspects of human development, are a vital part of high quality child care. As a parent you want someone who knows how to provide great learning opportunities, but also knows what experiences are appropriate for your child’s age and stage of development.

Early Childhood Educators know how to offer early learning and care environments that are safe, clean and bright, welcoming, and offers children a sense of belonging, which are also very important aspects of a high quality child care program.