Ratios back in focus as international data prompts questions about staffing, safety and quality
New international data has renewed debate about educator-to-child ratios, workforce pressures, child safety and whether current staffing models remain fit for purpose in early childhood education and care.
Ratios back in focus as international data prompts questions about staffing, safety and quality
Educator-to-child ratios have long been one of the most closely watched measures of quality and safety in early childhood education and care (ECEC), but growing workforce pressure, child safety concerns and increasing complexity in children’s needs are prompting renewed discussion about whether minimum staffing requirements remain enough to support contemporary practice.
Allied health in ECEC: why collaboration, capacity building and outreach matter
As allied health professionals become more embedded in early childhood education and care settings, collaboration, outreach and educator capacity building are playing a growing role in supporting children’s development, inclusion and early intervention.
Allied health in ECEC: why collaboration, capacity building and outreach matter
Across Australia, more children than ever are accessing allied health support in the early years. Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Developmental Educators and Psychosocial Therapists are becoming increasingly present within Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings, not only through NDIS-funded early intervention, but also through various state-funded initiatives and inclusion-focused models.
Upcoming closure of Highland Park daycare leaves parents ‘scrambling’ for options
The upcoming closure of a long-standing daycare in Calgary's Highland Park area is said to leave a void in the community, and parents scrambling for a new spot for their children.
#Canada #ChildCare #cityofcalgary https://globalnews.ca/news/11892551/highland-park-daycare-closing-next/Upcoming closure of Highland Park daycare leaves parents ‘scrambling’ for options
The upcoming closure of a long-standing daycare in Calgary's Highland Park area is said to leave a void in the community, and parents scrambling for a new spot for their children.
#Canada #ChildCare #cityofcalgary https://globalnews.ca/news/11892551/highland-park-daycare-closing-next/Upcoming closure of Highland Park daycare leaves parents ‘scrambling’ for options
The upcoming closure of a long-standing daycare in Calgary's Highland Park area is said to leave a void in the community, and parents scrambling for a new spot for their children.
#Canada #ChildCare #cityofcalgary https://globalnews.ca/news/11892551/highland-park-daycare-closing-next/Opposition continues to criticize Sask.'s new daycare funding model
Parents and child-care operators are already feeling the effects of the Saskatchewan government's pending adjustments to daycare funding, according to the province's Opposition. The change will modify the grant provided to daycares to cover the gap between the actual cost of a placement and the $10-a-day cost to parents.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/daycare-funding-model-parents-providers-9.7223612?cmp=rssStony Plain daycare evacuated after van hits building, gas leak detected
Parkland County RCMP and the Stony Plain fire department responded just before 11 a.m. Thursday to Young Champions Daycare after a van drove into the front of the building.
#Canada #Daycare #ParklandCountyRCMP #StonyPlain https://globalnews.ca/news/11890817/stony-plain-daycare-evacuation-collision/Stony Plain daycare evacuated after van hits building, gas leak detected
Parkland County RCMP and the Stony Plain fire department responded just before 11 a.m. Thursday to Young Champions Daycare after a van drove into the front of the building.
#Canada #Daycare #ParklandCountyRCMP #StonyPlain https://globalnews.ca/news/11890817/stony-plain-daycare-evacuation-collision/Stony Plain daycare evacuated after van hits building, gas leak detected
Parkland County RCMP and the Stony Plain fire department responded just before 11 a.m. Thursday to Young Champions Daycare after a van drove into the front of the building.
#Canada #Daycare #ParklandCountyRCMP #StonyPlain https://globalnews.ca/news/11890817/stony-plain-daycare-evacuation-collision/Northwest Calgary daycare issued probationary licence
The owner of Fit Kids Care, a northwest Calgary daycare, says her facility is implementing new protocols after it was issued a probationary licence.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fit-kids-care-calgary-licence-9.7222325?cmp=rss
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